Milestones: Mar. 9, 1925

Born. To John F. A. Cecil and Mrs. Cecil (Cornelia Vanderbilt), a son, George Henry Vanderbilt (eight and one-half pounds); in Asheville, N. C. Children of tenants of Biltmore House (Mrs. Cecil's estate) gathered in English fashion to greet the hear, presented him with a toy stork, a woolly dog.

Born. To William B. Leeds and Mrs. Leeds (Princess Xenia of Russia), a daughter (seven and one-half pounds); in Manhattan. He is the 'son of the late Princess Anastasia of Greece (who was the wife of William B. Leeds, tin-plate king, before she married...

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