THE BATTALION.
. 15
We clip the two following personals
from the Galveston. Tribune. Messrs.
Vidor and Stowe are both ex-cadets of
the College:
Capt. Walter S. Vidor, of the Washing
ton Guards, resigned his position of
commandant last Tuesday night. The
vacancy will be filled at a meeting to be
held on the first Tuesday in February.
A sweet baby girl has arrived to bless
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John N.
Stowe, jr. Friend John is very much
elated over arrival and feels proud that
; he is entitled to the cognomen of “papa.”
On Friday night during the past
month several of the First Class called
at tho hospitable home of Miss May
Webb. They found assembled there
several young ladies which added much
to the pleasures of the afternoon. After
spending several delightful hours in
conversation and partaking of delicasies,
such as this young lady can prepare, the
gentlemen escorted these young ladies to
their respective homes. Miss May’, with
her pleasant, smile and winning ways
has endeared herself to her many Col
lege friends.
Ex-cadet Will Allen, of Marlin, recent
ly visited Bryan. A Bryan girl was the
attraction.
MISCEl,! J A.3STY.
JdeP Third Venture.
For the third time in her life, the erst
while, airy, fairy Lillian Russell, before
whose shrine have worshipped the
"“Johnnies” of Gotham for the last de
cade, stood at the altar recently and
promised to “love, honor and obey” her
-future “lord and master,” John Chatter-
ton, whose atom de theatre is Signor
Perigini. At 10 o’clock on the 21st of
January Miss Russell, in company with
her mother, Mrs. Cynthia Leonard, her
.sister, Mrs. Alfred T. Chultx, Mrs. Owen
Westwood, Miss Hallie Leonard, and her
press agent, “Teddie” Piper, were car
ried across the ferry to the residence of
Civil Justice Mollerly in Hoboken.
Awaiting them were Groom-elect Edwin
Hoff of the Bostonians and Thomas
Daly.
Tne marriage was consumated within
five minutes. Tne entire party returned
to the bride’s home on Seventy-seventh
street where a sumptuous wedding break
fast was served. A dinner was tendered
by Signor Perigini and bride, at which
were present the bride’s mother and sis
ters, Mme. Lillian Nordica, Col. and
Mrs. Savage, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Daly, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hoff, Fred
Schwab and “Teddie” Piper. The bride
received many valuable gifts, among
them being two necklaces of diamonds,
a tiara of diamonds and saphires, a dia
mond sunburst, two sets of sterling sil
ver knives and forks, a chest of old sil
ver, morocco leather traveling bag with
sterling silver fittings and two score of
jeweled rings and bracelets.
A Georgia editor says that some men
want money’, some office, some fame,
some popularity, a few of them want
religion, but the most of them want the
earth.
Electricity can now look inside a man’s
intestines. Pretty soon it will be illu
minating his brain and tell the world
what he is thinking about. But that
won’t overwork a small battery, as so few
think about anything.—Statesman.