Monday, Mar. 02, 1925
Born. To Mr. and Mrs. Leu Tellegen (Isabel Dilworth -- stage name Nina Romano), whose marriage 14 months ago was announced only last week, a son, Rex, some months ago. The birth of the child was kept secret because his parents feared that it would "damage their professional careers." Said Mrs. Tellegen of her husband: "He is more than the perfect lover. He is the perfect husband, the perfect father." Said Geraldine Farrar, famed diva, onetime wife: "Just can't be bothered; forgotten him."
Engaged. U. S. Senator Thomas, Sterling, 74, of South Dakota, to Mrs. Mayme E. McCaslin of Washington, D. C. Twice married, he has been twice a widower.
Married. Miss Leonora Hughes, 26, partner of Maurice (Mouvet), famed dancer in cabarets and night clubs* in the U. S. and Europe, to one Carlos Basualdo, Argentine millionaire; in Manhattan. Maurice is said to have sobbed, groaned, wept piteously during the ceremony, was mollified when his ex-partner wept with him, invited him to the wedding breakfast.
Sued for Divorce. By the Rev. Stuart Lawrence Tyson, 51, B. A., M. A., D. D., onetime Honorary Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan, author of The Teaching of Our Lord as to the Indissolubility of Marriage: Mrs. Anna Gertrude Tyson. He charged cruelty.
Died. Darnel Guggenheim, 16, nephew of Simon Guggenheim (see EDUCATION); at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was a student, in Exeter, N. H., of heart disease.
Died. Dr. Marion LeRoy Burton, 50, President of the University of Michigan; in Ann Arbor, Mich., after a six months' illness (see EDUCATION).
Died. Hjalmar Branting, 64, thrice Sweden's Premier; at Stockholm, of phlebitis (inflammation of a vein). (See FOREIGN NEWS.)
Died. Addison G. Proctor, 87, "only 7 surviving delegate to the Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln Republican candidate for President in 1860;" in Chicago, of exhaustion following speeches which he made on and before Lincoln's birthday.
Died. Major General James H. Wilson, 87, only surviving corps commander of the Union Armies during the Civil War; in Wilmington, Del., of heart disease.
*They appeared last at the Trocadero, Manhattan.