Julius Rosenwald, world-famous Jewish philanthropist of Chicago, and chairman of the board of Sears-Roebuck & Company, was married here today to Mrs. Adele Goodkind of St. Paul, the widow of Benjamin Goodkind. The first Mrs. Rosenwald died in Chicago last May. Mr. Rosenwald is 67.
The ceremony, extreme in its simplicity, was performed at 10 A. M. by Judge Horace Stern, chairman of the executive committee of the American Jewish Committee, at “The Meadows,” home of Mr. Rosenwald’s eldest son, Lessing J. Rosenwald, and his bride, who is the mother of Mrs. Lessing Rosenwald, came to Philadelphia from New York last night. They plan to sail from New York tonight for Egypt.
Children of the couple by their first marriages, who were the only attendants at the wedding, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Rosenwald when they left Philadelphia in a private railroad car today for New York.
The witnesses to the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Stern of New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stern of Chicago, Dr. and Mrs. David Levy of New York, William Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Lessing
Rosenwald of Abington (Philadelphia), Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goodkind of New York and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Felsenthal of Chicago.
After the ceremony, the millionaire philanthropist and his bride sat at the head of a T-shaped table in the dining room, while their children sat on either side. There were no special decorations in the house.
Members of the Rosenwald family made it known that the marriage had been held off until after the completion of Mr. Rosenwald’s conferences with former President Coolidge and ex-Governor of New York Smith, regarding the disposition of Conrad Hubert’s $6,000,000 estate.
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