Word: bridegroom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Straw Hat. In the American Laboratory Theatre, one of New York's repertory houses, Richard Boleslavsky, formerly director of the First Moscow Art Theatre Studio, stages a delightful, farcical frivolity that skips over the stage and down the aisles on pleasantly intimate terms with its audience. A French bridegroom must match a rare straw hat on his wedding day. Encumbered by a rural wedding party, driven by a fierce Lieutenant, he squirms from one ticklish situation to another, while the audience's amusement is heightened by music with strong rhythm, a buoyant chorus of youthful actors, ingenious flipping...
Married. Edwin Dooley, of Brooklyn, Dartmouth College quarterback; to Harriette Marie Feeley. The bridegroom is of All-American calibre at football; writes poetry...
Engaged. James A. (Bud) Stillman Jr., 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stillman; to Miss Lena Wilson, 18, daughter of a Scotch-Canadian backwoodsman. The bridegroom is the son of Banker James A. Stillman, whose marital complications have long figured in the headlines of the daily news. He met his fiancèe seven years ago at the Stillman camp in Canada, when she was doing odd jobs around the Stillman house; was attracted by her personality, innocence, beauty, cooking. In Canada said Mother Fifi Stillman warmly, while Miss Wilson sat silent, composed: "I am delighted with...
Married. S. Jackson Coleman, barrister, to Muzza Schonau, musician; in London. The ceremony was performed in Esperanto. Rev. A. J. Ashley, Yorkshire church Vicar, officiated in strange-sounding syllables. The bridegroom is known as "edzigonto," the bride as "edzigontino," the best man, "edzigkunolo," the bridesmaid, "edzigkunolino." "Cu vi deziras havi ci tiun virinon kielvian langle-gan edzin on," Rev. Ashley ceased the solemn fluent intonations, gazed inquiringly at the edzigontino. Said she, forsaking virgin existence: "Mi tion volas." Later, the party adjourned to a restaurant where the edzigontino played violin selections, the sole happening of the day not in Esperanto...
Married. Henry Cabot Lodge, grandson of the late famed Senator, to Miss Emily Sears. The ceremony was performed by Bishop William Lawrence of Boston. John Davis Lodge, brother of the bridegroom, was best...