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Lydig to Wed
DR.. Percy s Grant
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awarded the custody Of w. +. d.
Stokes. Jr. TO Mrs. Lydig. she rclin-
quishcd the son to his father shortly
after her marriage to Major Philip NJ.
Lydig in 1902. Young Stokes however,
returned TO his mother and enlisted
Mt the outbreak Of the war. She was
chairman of the Social Welfare COM
mittce on National Defense and also
engaged in war service abroad. She
was an officer of the Women's Conser-
walton Movement, and has been active
in crusades against the drug evil. She
was one of the leaders in the woman $
suffrage movement some ten years ago.
Mrs. Lydig was separated for several
years from her second husband. Major
Lydig, before divorce proceedings were
instituted in France. In 1913 she OBJ
taincd final decree of divorce from him
in Paris. The suit was based on in
compatibility, which is legal ground in
the French courts for absolute divorce.
Major Lydig had since spent most of his
time abroad and received n citation for
services during the war. He was with
the Russian Army for time.
Picturesque Dresser
Mrs. Lydig was once described as
america 5 most picturesque woman"
She has always expressed an individual
note in dress and style, usually, as at
the opera. gowned severely but ex-
QuiSitcly plain in black and wearing few
jewels, pearls being her favoritc. A
pronounced brunette, she gives the idea
of Spanish American. She was for
mcrly Miss Rita Hernandez de Alba
dc AcOstn, and is the daughter of Mrs.
Ricardo do AcOstn and thp lotp Mr.
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sho iO Lrou, nc >1rs Rito Trd;,
o1,hnu,i, bor ,,o,oo 60 i;stod ~ tbn Sn'
"iai Romi,,o,, ns | A.. dn hoosto 7 rd;,
Tntii renont,r " sho 'or oco,nioI ur tb" .totot"
hr;'l. horsn y. IL Wa ,;nn+om so''ouo
Enrth ,,.hiob ;s or,,. tbrnn binolsS sro,,
tho Rov nr Groni,a cbnrcb
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ms summer she TOOK Dr. Hrant
country pace at Natohah' ana II was
there that hef SON VINO resides IN Ihi-
caso' recently VlSll"u her' one mas iolg
n"eh comhuhlcaht at the ,hurcn OF
the Ascension ana artl'ely identlIcd
! WIN Tue various rr'iel ana churitaDie
pr3lects OF the PARISH
Dr. Hraht mas lor some years oeeh
one oi lHc conspicuous 'sures Oh ,he
! 'hurch o' 'Ile ascension, ouI as GeI
''rIhln'u, :'oquen' aI'oru'e VI socla'
| iCiofIll' "u!ril nus rIuuc % nm ni'l 'nt 'nisct
| tics md Inymen His voice hos hrcn
roiscI nhoyc the chaos of reconstruc- :
! tinn hcrause bc is impulsivc. because
| I'o'' W. ~ IiI' o'I"uco
ne lees MS iueasi ana because ne Is
m'onth hc will celebrate his twenty.
nirhth anniversary as rector of rho
rhmrrh H ''
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DR.. Grants Adopted Baby
Put the most picturesque phase tc
many minds of DR.. Grants career comc
4 ono night last Nav. when n baby girl
rem doys old, was left at his door Col.
umns nppeared in the newspapers on
4 tLo bachelor pastor. who walked th,
Inor with This wee woif for the bah,
nricI n great deal when she first mr..
rivcd The child was installed in n
nmrscrv on the third floor Of thc rector,
IN a cr;h and with mink blnnkcts Ins,
IrMo tho hohv received mama th,
Row HT' Dr. Grant bnntizing hcr as Foitt