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...Chrysostom's stands at No. 1424 North Dearborn Parkway, on the edge of Chicago's "Gold Coast." Originally it was a small vine-covered church. Now it looms, magnificently Gothic, splendid rival of St. James, Chicago's other great Episcopalian church...
Married. Princess Marie Louise d'Orleans, daughter of the Duc de Vendôme, niece of King Albert of Belgium; to Walter F. Kingsland Jr. of Manhattan & Paris; in Chichester, England. Curious secrecy, many detectives, surrounded the little vine-covered church. The bridegroom, as well as the 30 guests, presented a card for admittance...
...season progresses encomia will accrue to the Club's directors, but especially to Clifford Webster Barnes, founder of the club, onetime (1900-1905) Illinois College president, onetime (1918) Red Cross worker, capitalist, altruist, di vine. At Yale, Student Barnes, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., made his first efforts to bring sectarians together. Later, in Paris, Student Barnes assembled a small interdenominational group. Luncheon friends among Chicago business men he persuaded to become trustees of the original Chicago Sunday Evening Club and the beginning and continued existence of the club have been due to his efforts. Looked upon...
Pepper, a seed, is picked from a 40-foot vine, growing up the trunk of a tree, or around a low hut. There are two seasons, two sources. From Telok Belong in Dutch East India are harvested each July between 10.000 and 24,000 tons of pepper seeds known as Lampong. Alleppy and Tellicherry pepper comes from India and is harvested in December. Before they are used for seasoning, the seeds are ground, packed in tin boxes, and given a label. But whether Lampong, Alleppy or Tellicherry vines bore it, whether bought in an exclusive delicatessen shop...
...wife is Actress Peggy Wood of The Clinging Vine (musical show), Merchant of Venice (Portia), and Candida fame. Since becoming Mrs. John V. A. Weaver she has burst into print (Saturday Evening Post) with advice to would-be actors...