Word: ailsa
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...form a marriage license was issued to David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce, 28, and Ailsa Mellon, 24. Three days later the marriage was celebrated in Bethlehem chapel, the completed part of the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Washington. Only about 200 relatives, high officials and official families were present. Twenty ushers, including Paul Mellon, the bride's brother, Richard K. Mellon, Albert C. Bruce, Richard F. Cleveland (son of the late President), assisted by six young experts on precedence from the Treasury and State Departments, took the guests to their seats. The President and his wife...
...noon the bridal procession came down the aisle as Mr. Bruce and his brother James approached from the side. The 20 ushers were, followed by four bridesmaids?all school friends of Ailsa Mellon's at Farmington, Conn.?and Miss Craigie McKay, the maid of honor. The female attendants wore orchid chiffon swinging a full 18 inches from the ground in front and wide brimmed hats. The costumes were extremely simple, that of the maid of honor being distinguished by a slightly darker hue. Their bouquets were of larkspur, butterfly roses and purple orchids...
This daughter is Ailsa, now aged 25. She was a small girl when her father found it necessary to divorce her young and beautiful Irish mother (Nora McMullen) in 1910-12. The parents' parting was effected with becoming dignity, and it was arranged that Ailsa and her younger brother Paul were to divide their time equally between father and mother. This they did, at first, but as she grew up, the affection lavished upon Ailsa by her father drew her most closely to him. After schooling at home and abroad and making her debut in Pittsburgh, she became...
...vacation, it is customary to note that he looks "like a tired bookkeeper." This was said last week but with less point than usual. Mr. Andrew W. Mellon looked positively pleased with himself as he boarded the Fort St. George en route to Bermuda with his handsome daughter Ailsa, his Yale undergraduate son Paul. To see them off came "the world's most exalted bachelor," Sir Robert Home (TIME, March 29, COMMONWEALTH), onetime British Chancellor of the Exchequer. Bowing, he presented a bouquet to Miss Mellon; then edged Mr. Mellon to the rail, talked earnestly for ten minutes...
...Olympic (White Star) ? Andrew W. Mellon, U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, with his daughter Ailsa and son Paul; Col. Lloyd C. Griscom, one-time U. S. Ambassador at Rome; Dr. Joseph Collins, famed neurologist, author: The Doctor Looks at Literature ? (TIME, June 25, 1923) ; James Speyer, "international banker"; H. A. Cunard Cummins, British ex-Chargé des Archives at Mexico City (TIME, June 23) ; Jane Cowl, famed Juliet; Joseph Urban, famed scenic artist; Daniel E. Woodhull, President of the American Banknote Co.; Simon Guggenheim, President of the American Smelting & Refining Co.; Solomon R. Guggenheim, President of the Braden...