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July 13, 1903
The Evening World
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
In Babylon, L.I., beautiful 20-year-old Mary B. Searle, daughter of financier and yachtsman Charles Searle, elopes with young lawyer Leo Fishel, son of a wealthy merchant, despite her father's prohibition. The news surprises and distresses the family.
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BELLE OF BABYLON RUNS AWAY TO WED
Miss Mary B. Searle, Daughter of a Well-Known Yachtsman, Elopes with Leo Fishel, a Young Lawyer.
HER FATHER IS SURPRISED
He Had Ordered the Young Man to Cease Paying His Attentions to the Girl and Believed that His Orders Had Been Obeyed.
An elopement which has thrown the social set of Babylon, L. I., into a flutter of excitement is being eagerly discussed in that place. Miss Mary Barteaux Searle, familiarly known to all her Babylon friends as "Blossom," has eloped with Leo Fishel, a prominent young member of the Suffolk and Nassau County bars.
Miss Searle, who is an unusually beautiful and attractive young woman of twenty, is the daughter of Charles Searle, financier, yachtsman and clubman, whose New York office is at No. 64 Stone street. Leo Fishel is the son of Leopold H. Fishel, the wealthiest merchant of Babylon.
Charles Searle is excited, but the mother of the young woman had not learned of her daughter's romantic disappearance up to to-day.
"I never dreamed that my daughter would do such a foolish act as this," said Mr. Searle to an Evening World reporter, "and all day I have been almost afraid this man Fishel would come into my office and in my present state of mind I would hate to answer for the consequences.
"My wife has complained to me lately that Blossom has been moody and taciturn and that she could scarcely get along with her amicably and begged me to find something for the girl to do to occupy her mind.
"We went over to my cottage at Oak Island Saturday to spend Sunday and did not know anything about this affair till I came home to Babylon last evening.
"Then one of my daughters informed me that Blossom had been married and offered me a letter from the girl, but I was too agitated to read it. I only know that this will break her mother's heart as well as mine, for we have both lived for our children.
"Her mother is still at Oak Island and had not heard of the elopement to-day. I have been told that the couple are at Albany, but as Fishel has an office at Freeport I suppose they have gone there. I know nothing further about it, as I have not the heart to communicate with my daughter after this foolish and inconsiderate act."
Miss Mary B. Searle, Daughter of a Well-Known Yachtsman, Elopes with Leo Fishel, a Young Lawyer.
HER FATHER IS SURPRISED
He Had Ordered the Young Man to Cease Paying His Attentions to the Girl and Believed that His Orders Had Been Obeyed.
An elopement which has thrown the social set of Babylon, L. I., into a flutter of excitement is being eagerly discussed in that place. Miss Mary Barteaux Searle, familiarly known to all her Babylon friends as "Blossom," has eloped with Leo Fishel, a prominent young member of the Suffolk and Nassau County bars.
Miss Searle, who is an unusually beautiful and attractive young woman of twenty, is the daughter of Charles Searle, financier, yachtsman and clubman, whose New York office is at No. 64 Stone street. Leo Fishel is the son of Leopold H. Fishel, the wealthiest merchant of Babylon.
Charles Searle is excited, but the mother of the young woman had not learned of her daughter's romantic disappearance up to to-day.
"I never dreamed that my daughter would do such a foolish act as this," said Mr. Searle to an Evening World reporter, "and all day I have been almost afraid this man Fishel would come into my office and in my present state of mind I would hate to answer for the consequences.
"My wife has complained to me lately that Blossom has been moody and taciturn and that she could scarcely get along with her amicably and begged me to find something for the girl to do to occupy her mind.
"We went over to my cottage at Oak Island Saturday to spend Sunday and did not know anything about this affair till I came home to Babylon last evening.
"Then one of my daughters informed me that Blossom had been married and offered me a letter from the girl, but I was too agitated to read it. I only know that this will break her mother's heart as well as mine, for we have both lived for our children.
"Her mother is still at Oak Island and had not heard of the elopement to-day. I have been told that the couple are at Albany, but as Fishel has an office at Freeport I suppose they have gone there. I know nothing further about it, as I have not the heart to communicate with my daughter after this foolish and inconsiderate act."
What sub-type of article is it?
Romance
Family Drama
What themes does it cover?
Love
Family
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Elopement
Romance
Family Conflict
Social Scandal
Babylon Society
What entities or persons were involved?
Mary B. Searle
Leo Fishel
Charles Searle
Where did it happen?
Babylon, L.I.
Story Details
Key Persons
Mary B. Searle
Leo Fishel
Charles Searle
Location
Babylon, L.I.
Story Details
Miss Mary B. Searle elopes with Leo Fishel, defying her father Charles Searle's orders to cease attentions, causing family agitation; couple believed in Albany or Freeport.