Milestones: Apr. 7, 1923

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Engaged. Cathleen Vanderbilt, granddaughter of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, to Mr. Harry C. Cushing 3rd, of New York. Her father is Reginald C. Vanderbilt, who recently married Gloria Morgan; her mother is now Mrs. Sydney J. Colford, Jr.

Engaged. Lady Mary Cambridge, 26, daughter of the Marquis of Cambridge, to the Marquis of Worcester, 23, heir of the Duke of Beaufort. Lady Mary is the second of Princess Mary's bridesmaids to become engaged since the latter's wedding. The first was Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

Engaged. Miss Louisa Hoar, granddaughter of the late Senator Hoar of Massachusetts and step-daughter of Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the House, to Mr. Christopher La Farge, grandson of the great artist, John La Farge.

Engaged. Lady Evelyn Farquhar of Montreal, widow of Col. Farquhar, who commanded Princess Pat's regiment, to Mr. Dougal Malcolm, nephew of the Duke of Wellington.

Married. Martha Veit (Martha of the Oberammergau Passion Play) to a Hamburg merchant named Moeller. The fact that she married outside her own town was resented in Oberammergau.

Married. George Hearst, 18, eldest son of William Randolph Hearst. He eloped with Miss Blanche Louise Wilbur, 19, a Junior at the Uni- versity of California.

Sued for Divorce. Gloria Swanson, motion picture actress, by Herbert K. Somborn, on charge of desertion. Miss Swanson was divorced in 1918 by her previous husband, Wallace Beery, on the same grounds.

Died. Mrs. Juliet Pierpont Morgan, 76, at her home in New York City. She was the widow of the Rev. John B. Morgan, at one time rector of the American Episcopal Church in Paris, and a sister of the late John Pierpont Morgan.

Died. Dr. Garo Pasdermadjian, 48, Armenian diplomatic representative at Washington, of heart disease at Geneva, Switzerland. He had been envoy to the United States since April, 1920, when the U. S. Government recognized the Republic of Armenia. He went abroad to attend a conference on Russia.

Died. General Michel Joseph Maunoury, 76, former military Governor of Paris, at Orléans, France. Under Joffre, in command of the left wing of the French Army, he played an important part in repulsing the German drive on Paris in 1914.

Died. Sir James Dewar, British chemist, 80, at London. He was co- inventor of cordite, but was best known as inventor of the thermos bottle.