The New York herald., 1921-08-06
DR.. PERCY S. GRANT
TO We'd MRS. LYDIG
UPON HER RECOVERY
Clergyman Confirms Report
of Engagement. but Says
Date Of Marriage Has
Not Been Fixed.
BOTH LONG PROMINENT
First Husband of Bride
Elect Was w. f. ID. Stokes
and Second Major
Philip Lydig.
FREED BY TWO DIVORCES
Episcopal Minister. a Bachelor
Of Sixty, Recently Adopted
Founding Left on
Doorstep.
FREED BY TWO DIVORCES

Mrs. Philip Lydig and the Rev. Dr..
Percy Stickney Grant, rector OF tho
Church Of the Ascension, are to re
married. a rumor of their engage.
ment was confirmed last night by DR..
Grant. The time of the wedding has
not been fixed. 1t depends upon the
state of Mrs. Lydig's health. She Is
low at 4Dr Grants summer home.
near Bedford Village. which she took
for the summer, and. under the advice
of a physician, is living quietly and re-
gaining her strength among the West
chester hills.
a report that DR.. Grant and Mrs.
Iydig. who is noted for her philaA-
ihropic views and interests, as well as
for her social activity were engaged
reached THE New York HERALD yester-
day. DR.. Grant was found at the sum
mer place, Beaver Lodge, Bedford VII
lage, about three miles from Bedford
Hills. He said that he did not wish to
be interviewed but answered specific
questions
rs it true that you and Mrs Philip
Lydg are 10 be married." he was
asked.
Yes" he answered.
Has the date been seto"
No Date Set for wedding.
NO"
win the wedding take place within
the next six months?
= cannot tell
rs II possible that YOU win wait q
year."
II couldn't say that"
I pr Grant explained his reluctance 10
discuss the matter By saying that Mrs
Lydig was naturally the one from whom
any information should come. and he
suggested that she be asked about Il
4 later
she Is here in Bedford Village" the
reporter asked
Yes. She rented my house for the
summer. am now on my vacation and
am visiting her. T shall return to New
York on Monday
"Wlil any formal announcement or the
enga cement he made
NO"
Mrs l.. diss condition is not seri-
ous?"
oh no, she is just resting
When the reporter nrst called "a
Beaver Lodge yesterday he was told.
through some misunderstanding tha,
pr. Grant had gone 10 Greenwich ard
would not return until midnight; Wa
the reporter was announcing hiasels 20
the butler nurse appeared and SAID.
Madame has rung three times where
upon the butler hurried away.
~. Grant is 60 years old and 4 hacs.
oior. He took charge of the Church o.
the Ascension nearly twenty eight years
ago. Mrs. Lydig is the daughter Il
Ricardo do Acosta and was before her
marriage III ss5 Miss rita He-nardcx
de Alba de Acos;a. Her first husb4~d
was w. z. H. stokes. She divorced hin
IN 1900. ard the son ". z. ~ stokes.
u. was gIvon into tho care o. .as
motrE In 1909 she married CAPT.
Philip Meiser L.ydig member of ons
of New Yori's oldest families 4 dccre-
Of divorce from Capt. Lydie. who cal
become Major was granted her IN
France in 1919, tho ground being m
compatibility
Nrr. Lydig Long Prominent.
Mrs l.. dig Is q sreat society favorit~
and is cc.epratea not only for her beauty
but for her many good works, especially
during tie war. when she worked 40
hard as D member or various relief COM
mittccs that she came ntar physical ,
breakdown. size was made chairman 81
the national work committee OF the I
al Defenc, III 1917. and al once plunged
into tho War Savings Stamps and LIB F.,
erty Bond campalgns. She fas also been I
leacor VI crusades against the drug
traffic and in behalf of children suffsr.
ing from iufsntile 9arnly IL.
In 1919 she received gold medal from
the Safety aud Sanitation Committee I'm
recognition 81 thc devotion OF time.
nioncS and personal service In human
tartan achievement" II was given fot
thy organization and extension cf tina
Norma Temperance Society.
Throughout tic later years of ths
suffrage moN cment she vas 4 constant
worker. She marched n suffrage
pnrades. and one of her contributions
was the exhibition ~ paintings Of so-
cictS women IL 1912. So heavy was the
burden of ocicty and aitruistic duties
that sae suffered breakdown in tho
preceding year and lived the life of
recIusc foi three months IN the Adiron
dacl>s In the same year she helped
Dr Grant as q member Of the play
grounds committee ~ the Church OF the
Ascension by helping TO make possible
TIE opening of public Fairgrounds for
thc chldrrn of Greenwich Village.
in 1913 Il was announced that all
tic art treasures In her New York home
would be sod ut public auction as the
condition or her health Obliged her %
i've away from the city great deal OK
the time. Early ir the sare year she
gave notable entertainment ~ her
home-the play 'Judith" drama ~