Milestones: Oct. 18, 1926

Engaged. James A. (Bud) Stillman Jr., 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stillman; to Miss Lena Wilson, 18, daughter of a Scotch-Canadian backwoodsman. The bridegroom is the son of Banker James A. Stillman, whose marital complications have long figured in the headlines of the daily news. He met his fiancèe seven years ago at the Stillman camp in Canada, when she was doing odd jobs around the Stillman house; was attracted by her personality, innocence, beauty, cooking. In Canada said Mother Fifi Stillman warmly, while Miss Wilson sat silent, composed: “I am delighted with Bud’s choice. . . . Mr. Stillman is as pleased as I am. . . . We bought her an emerald and diamond ring, after shopping two days. It is a beautiful jewel but not more beautiful than the jewels that Lena possesses—and by that I refer to her wonderful character. . . . She is a nice little girl . . . my little wood-daughter . . . my little daughter of the bush. . . .”

Engaged. Lord Sholto George Douglas, third son of the late famed fistic arbiter, John Sholto Douglas, eighth marquess of Queensberry; to Mrs. Mendelssohn Pickles, mother of famed Australian airplane test pilot Sydney Pickles.

Married. Mary McAlister Hall, granddaughter of Alton Brooks Parker, Democratic presidential nominee in 1904; to one Theodor Oxholm; at West Park, N. Y.

Married. Geraldine Livingston Thompson of Red Bank, N. J., to Howell Van Gerbig of New Canaan, Conn., onetime (1924) Princeton hockey captain (“another Hobey Baker”) and far-punting footballer; in Manhattan.

Married. S. Jackson Coleman, barrister, to Muzza Schonau, musician; in London. The ceremony was performed in Esperanto. Rev. A. J. Ashley, Yorkshire church Vicar, officiated in strange-sounding syllables. The bridegroom is known as “edzigonto,” the bride as “edzigontino,” the best man, “edzigkunolo,” the bridesmaid, “edzigkunolino.” “Cu vi deziras havi ci tiun virinon kielvian langle-gan edzin on,” Rev. Ashley ceased the solemn fluent intonations, gazed inquiringly at the edzigontino. Said she, forsaking virgin existence: “Mi tion volas.” Later, the party adjourned to a restaurant where the edzigontino played violin selections, the sole happening of the day not in Esperanto.

Died. Ralph Emerson Stout, 60, managing editor and large stockholder of the Kansas City Star, at Kansas City, Mo., of heart disease.

Died. Mrs. Annie Brown Adams, 87, last surviving daughter of John Brown; at Shively, Calif. She was the only member of the family to see her father’s hanging in 1859.

*In 1859 John Brown, white man from “Bleeding Kansas,” felt that he was destined to free Negro slaves. He must have a citadel. So, with only 18 men, he captured the U. S. arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Va., and was in turn captured by Robert E. Lee. John Brown was hanged. Fifteen hundred soldiers stood by to prevent disorder. Abolitionists called him a martyr; Southerners, a murderous fanatic. The gap in the Union widened.