Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Reputed Fiancee of Lieutenant Hobson [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Reputed Fiancee of Lieutenant Hobson

Miss Florida Whitin’g Graves, the reputed flan..cee ot Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson, is one of the beauties of Birmingham, Ala., and is also well known in Washington society. No positive announcement of the engagement has been made, and when the hero of the Merrimac is asked ■whether or not the report is true he smiles and says nothing. The engagement, h o wever, is said to be a settled fact by friends of Mr. Hobson. During the congressional season the young naval officer and Miss Graves were much together and they

made a prominent and pretty , figure In the parades of sash- j lonable folk. During her visit here the Alabama girl was a guest of Congressman and Mrs. Bankhead. She soon attracted widespread attention by her remarkable beauty. She is of me- I

dium height, somewhat slender, her eyes are dark, hes features of rare regularity, her hair is a bright chestnut and her complexion a clear olive. Miss Graves is a clever violinist and has many feminine graces and accomplishments.