Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1904 — Wedded With Pope’s Ring. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Wedded With Pope’s Ring.

In official dignity and cburchly splendor the recent wedding of Miss Margaret F. Maloney to L. Carberry Ritchie at Spring Lake, N. J., eclipsed any ceremony of the kind heretofore witnessed in America. The ring used on the occasion had been blessed by Pope Pius X. and was brought from Rome by Cardinal Satol--11, who performed the wedding ceremony, assisted by Bishop McFaul of Trenton. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia delivered an address. In addl-

tion to those eminent churchmen there were half a dozen other distinguished members of the clergy present. Mrs. Ritchie is a daughter of Martin Maloney of Philadelphia, financier and atreet railway magnate. He attained fame and the basis for bis immense fortune by inventing the “fishtail burner" for electric lights. The presence of so many dignitaries at the wedding was a mark of the gratitude of the church for the philanthropy of the father of the bride, who obtained the title of marquis from Pope Leo XIII. for his generosity. During the last twenty years he has given over a million dollars to forward the charity work of the church. Mr. Ritchie Is a young Washington lawyer. Th* Proper Costume. One summer when William Carey was at Narragansett Pier he was Invited to a dance where the guests were requested to appear as characters from the Bible, says the New York Times. The coming party was being discussed at the casino when a young man who was an object of general ridicule because of his habit of padding his legs when in golf costume said to Mr. Carey: _ "What would you advise me to go aar "Oh,” answered Mr. Carey, “I think *the fatted cal t would be about right for your

MRS. L. CARBERBY RITCHIE.