Engaged. Margaret Kennedy, 28, author of The Constant Nymph, to one D. Davies, London barrister. Under the guidance of Thomas Hardy, she is working on a new novel.

Married. Vicente Blasco Ibanez, 58, famed Spanish novelist, to Dona Elena Ortuzar Bulnes, widow of a Chilean diplomat; at Mentone, France. His first wife died last January.

Sued for Separation. Philander Chase Knox, son of the late U. S. Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, by Josephine P. Knox; in Washington, D. C. She charged cruelty.

Died. George B. Churchill, 59, U. S. Congressman-elect from Massachusetts; in Amherst, Mass., of ulcers of the stomach. He graduated from Amherst College two years before Calvin Coolidge entered as a Freshman. He was a professor of English Literature at Amherst when elected, last November, to succeed Frederick H. Gillett, who was elected Senator. He had not as yet taken his seat in the House.

Died. George C. Riggs, second husband of the late Kate Douglas Wiggin (famed novelist); at Saranac Lake, N. Y.

Died. Mrs. Ella Stewart Briggs, 70, mother of Clare A. Briggs, famed cartoonist; at New Rochelle, N. Y. Three other sons are: musician, writer, advertising man.

Died. Rollin S. Woodruff, 71, one-time (1907-9) Governor of Connecticut;* in Guilford, Conn., of heart disease.

Died. Brigadier General George A. Dodd, U. S. A., 73, co-leader with General Pershing in the Mexican punitive expedition of 1916; in Orlando, Fla. Graduated from West Point in 1876, he served 40 years thereafter in the U. S. Army.

Died. Dwight W. Tryon, 76, famed landscape painter, 33 years head of the Art Department of Smith College; at South Dartmouth, Mass., of cirrhosis of the liver.

Died. Francis B. Livesey, 80, "champion unofficial newspaper contributor"; in Catonsville, Md. In 50 years he had written 20,000 letters to the press.

* Phineas C. Lounsbury, Governor of Connecticut 1887-89, died at Ridgefield, Conn., the week previous.