The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-13
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MARRIED
To MAX
John D.'s Granddaughter and
Swiss Riding Master Wed
In London, Is Report.

LONDON, April 18.-Miss Ma
thilde Mccormick, eighteen-year-
old granddaughter of John ID.
Rockefeller, and Major Max Oser,
nniddle-aged Swiss riding master,
to whom she has been engaged
for more than = year, were secret
ly married IN London yesterday.
international News Service WAS
reliably informed this afternoon,
AIlister Mccormick, former ffance
of Mary Lando - ifer, $ az Ehffsa c5
who IS living sc Wsy6ridges said
he had not seen Mathilde and was
certain she was not In 1yHNyhrla
II know every one IN eHk
bridge" said Allister Mccormick.
IF there were any guests visiting
here. or any sstrapG ers IN & teNns
I would know ab6ut them.
While on the subject Of romance,
Cormick was asked concerning
the possibility of q reconciliation
with Miss Baker.
Il have no future plans that in
volve Miss Baker at all" said Nc
Cormick firmly.
Quit Fiat Suddenly.
Mathilde departed suddenly from
her Kensington fiat some days ago,
giving rise to report that she
was going to Switzerland to be
married to Oser.
The romance of Mathilde. Nc
Cormick and Major Max Oser dates
back to the days when Miss Nc.
Cormick, then sixteen years old,
was living in Switzerland with her
mother, Edith Rockefeller McCors
mick, the divorced wife of Harold
F. Mccormick, Chicago nulti-mil-
lionaire. &
Mathilde was fond of horse-bac1
riding and Major Oser, who then
conducted stable and riding acad-
envy at Zurich. was engaged to
teach her. They went on long
rides together, and the girl took
fancy to her teacher, despite the
fact he was old enough to be hsr
father. This fancy ripened into
friendship and then love.
Major Oser called upon the girls
mother and explained the situation,
pointing out the differences in their
stations in life. -<y
Miss Mccormick was taken to the
United States, but her heart was
still in Switzerland. She returned
with friends, and, with a chaperon,
returned to Switzerland to live tenn
porarily among the mountains she
loved SO dearly.
Miss Julia ManEold, a relative of
Oser, became Miss Mccormick
companion, and they were together
all the time. When Miss Mccormick
came to London to spend the winter
Miss Mangold came with her.
MathiIdo Is Of Age.
The couple are reported to have
left for some unknown destination
to spend their honeymoon.
Mathllde became of age last week.
and friends understood she was
merely awaiting her eighteenth
birthday before marrying.
Major Oser and Mathilde were
said to have called Unexpectedly
upon friends in London last night
and excitedly announced that they
had just been married under a spe-
cial license. They refused to say
what registry performed the cere.
mony. The couple left soon after.
ward, saying they were starting
upon their honeymoon.
Both Oser and Mathilde threw a
veil of secrecy about the reported
nuptials. They were as discreetly
silent as they have been through
out their romance.
Asked who performed the cere-
mony, both Mathilde and Oser shook
their heads in the negative and
smiled. They refused also to give
names Of the Witnesses.
It was understood that Cyrus
Mccormick. paternal grandfather Of
MathiIde was In London recAutIv
It is not known IL he IL still in the
city.
The International News Service
had received a report that Mathilde
was visiting friends in WeybrtdEe,
where Edward Mccormick, a rela..
tive, lives. A search of Weybridse.
however, failed to reveal her where.
abouts.