Monday, Jul. 12, 1926

Engaged. John Macrae Jr., eldest son of the president of E. P. Dutton & Co. (big, perhaps biggest U. S. book publisher); to Anne Hinton of Manhattan.

Engaged. Pola Negri and Rudolph Valentino, cinema darlings, according to Mme. Eleanora Chalupec, mother of Miss Negri.

Eloped. Ruby Nellie Cole, 17, blind, with William Glaser, 18, also blind. They were married in Battle Creek, Mich. Russell Springer,

19, who can see with one eye, aided them, financed their trip.

Married. Maurice G. ("Red") Robinson, eloquent Wabash College orator on "The Eleventh Commandment" (TIME, May 17); to Harriet Harding.

Married. Margaret Thayer, daughter of the Headmaster of St. Marks School (Southboro, Mass.), to John Richard Suydam Jr., an instructor in the school chapel.

Married. Cyril E. Kissane, city editor of the Wall Street Journal, to Claire Dreyfoos. Last summer Mr. Kissane lost his wallet, received a dainty card, called at indicated address, recovered his treasure, met his bride to be.

Married. Henry Cabot Lodge, grandson of the late famed Senator, to Miss Emily Sears. The ceremony was performed by Bishop William Lawrence of Boston. John Davis Lodge, brother of the bridegroom, was best man.

Married. Ethel and Mary Howe, descendants of General Howe, British commander during the American Revolution; to Lieutenants R. C. Smith and James Van Home, graduates of this year's class at West Point.

Divorced. Col. Roger Piccio, Mussolini's Minister of Aviation, by Loranda Batchelder of Chicago. Another member of the Mussolini cabinet had just married a U. S. songstress (TIME, July 5).

Died. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Dawson (of Chicago) and four Europeans, in airplane crash at Rossaupt, Czechoslovakia. Mr. Dawson was a lieutenant in the aviation during the War.

Died. Douglas Boyd, 67, ferryboat engineer who had crossed the Hudson river 400,000 times in 38 years of service; at Beacon, N. Y., of blood poisoning.

Died. Philio Emile Coue, 71, famed as the French druggist whose autosuggestion ministrations wrought "miracles" among the sickly, crippled, enervated, in France, England, U. S.

In 1923 and 1924, in Manhattan Coue held clinics, murmured, "Ca passe, ca passe!" and gathered up the dollars and discarded crutches, heard stutterers talk fluently, noted Coueism turn fad, society women form Coue clubs. Later they sponsored Mah Jong, talked of East Wind, not "Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better."

Died. Sir Adolph Tuck, 72, originator of Christmas cards and picture postcards; at London.