Engaged. Helen Train, daughter of Author Arthur Cheney Train (Mr. Tutt stories) of Manhattan & Bar Harbor; to Charles Dewey Hilles Jr., Manhattan lawyer, son of the potent New York State Republican.
Married. Thomas Hitchcock Jr., most famed of U.S. poloists; and Mrs. Margaret Mellon Laughlin, daughter of Banker William Larimer Mellon, of Pittsburgh; in Manhattan.
Married. Anton Seidel, farmer's son, and Theresa Schwarz, village belle; in Sotine, Jugoslavia. There were 2,750 invited and uninvited guests who consumed, during nine days and nights of celebration, six cows, 16 calves, 600 chickens, 300 turkeys, 20,000 quarts of beer, 10,000 quarts of wine, 200 quarts of plum whiskey, then they fell into haystacks, slept two days and two nights.
Married. Winifred Rockefeller, daughter of Percy Avery Rockefeller of Greenwich, Conn., grandniece of John Davison Rockefeller; to Brooks Emeny, Yale instructor of government & international relations; in Manhattan.
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.
Married. Ralph Parizek and Amelia Hipsky; Paul Hipsky and Barbara Parizek; Charles Parizek and Irene Hipsky; all of Willington, Conn., where the Parizeks own a pearl button mill.
Divorced. Ruth Elder, famed aviatrix; by Lyle Womack, of Balboa, C.Z., who charged cruelty. Example: when Aviatrix Elder returned from her trans-Atlantic flight she refused to kiss him, said "Don't be a damned fool." Husband Womack is now with the Byrd expedition. Said she, in Hollywood: "I still love him."
Appointed. Frank Gillmore, actor, father of Actress Margalo Gillmore; to be President of the Actors' Equity Association, succeeding John Emerson, playwright, husband of Anita (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) Loos.
Elected. Paul Shoup, executive vice president of the Southern Pacific Railway, of Los Altos, Calif.; to be president, succeeding William Sproule of San Francisco on his retirement Dec. 31.
Elected. Right Rev. Dr. William Temple, 47, Bishop of Manchester, descendant of Lady Godiva of Coventry and remotely related by marriage with the family of King George; to be Archbishop of York, succeeding Most Rev. Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, newly-enthroned Archbishop of Canterbury.
Elected. Charles Adams Platt, famed Manhattan architect; to be President of the American Academy at Rome, succeeding the late William Rutherford Mead, last survivor of the original McKim, Mead & White.
Elected. Sir William Llewelyn, English artist; to be President of the Royal Academy, narrowly defeating famed Portraitist Sir William Orpen.
Elected. Frederic Ely Williamson, executive vice president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R., of St. Paul, Minn.; to be president, succeeding Hale Holden of Chicago, Ill., newly-appointed executive chairman of the Southern Pacific Co.