Milestones: Nov. 24, 1924

Engaged. Patten Wise Slemp, of Cincinnati, cousin of C. Bascom Slemp (Secretary to President Coolidge), to Miss Dorothy Dennett of Washington.

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...

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