Word: kip
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Married. Leonard Kip Rhinelander, 21, son of Philip Rhinelander, Manhattan real estate magnate, heir to a proud New York name and fortune, and possessor of nearly $400,000 in his own right, to Miss Alice Beatrice Jones, daughter of one George Jones, New Rochelle (N.Y.), cabman. The New Rochelle Standard-Star was quick to allege Father-in-law Jones to be a Negro. Said Manhattan gum-chewers' sheetlets: "BLUEBLOOD WEDS COLORED GIRL," "SOCIETY STUNNED," "COLOR LINE FOR KIP'S BRIDE." Later the more sober dailies investigated, definitely established that Mr. Jones, a onetime British subject, had described himself...