Born. To Mrs. Margaret Thayer Suydam, daughter of Headmaster William Greenough Thayer, of St. Mark's school, Southborough, Mass.; and to John R. Suydam, of St. Mark's faculty; a son. The boys of St. Marks loudly cheered, were accorded a full holiday in honor of the event.

Born. To Robert E. Crowe, famed Illinois State's Attorney, able prosecutor of Leopold & Loeb (TIME, Sept. 8, 1924); a son, Thomas George Crowe (9 Ibs.). Attorney Crowe is now the father of five.

Engaged. Martha Pintard Bayard, famed tennis player; to one Henry Rice Guild, of Boston.

Engaged. Nancy Carr, step-daughter of famed Editor Clark Howell Sr. of the Atlanta Constitution; to one William Thomas Healey.

Married. Mary Lewis, 27, one-time Follies soprano; to Michel Franz Bohnen, 39, muscular-- basso-baritone; both of the Metropolitan Opera; in Manhattan, by Mayor J. J. Walker.

Married. Herbert ("Zeppo") Marx, 26, youngest of the famed Marx brothers; to Marion Benda,t 23, Follies blonde now playing in the Marxian Cocoanuts.

Married. Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, who made the seconding speech in the nominating for President of the U. S. Democrat John W. Davis in Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, in 1924; to Dean Hugh Miller, of Union College; in Washington, in a friend's walled garden.

Married. Walter Baldwin Lawrence, headmaster of Lawrence School, Easton, Pa. (high grade day school); to Julia Johnetta Fisher of State College, Pa.; in Philadelphia.

Died. Gaston Leroux, famed writer of detective stories; at Nice, France. The Mystery of the Yellow Room and The Phantom of the Opera were cinematized. The Phantom featured Lon Chaney.

Died. Frank Chaney, 76, father of famed Cinemactor Lon Chaney; in Los Angeles.