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Show JOHN D. GIVES HIS CONSENT TO MARRIAGE CHICAGO. Feb 21. John D. Rockefeller Rock-efeller has given his approval of the' engagement of his granddaughter, j Mathllde McCormick. 1 8-year-old. daughter of Harold F. McCormick to Mux Oser, Swiss riding master Ap-I proval was given In a brief telegram, t was said, and it was reported alsoj thnt he had expressed a wish that Osor become an American citizen. On this latter point there was no Information Infor-mation forthcoming from Ihe McCormick McCor-mick family. New alleged relatives of Oser appeared ap-peared in Chicago yesterday in the persons of Mrs. August Pol; her. ,loi,l,l.r I ntHa I irtar-r- linr and ! rS I L'oerchner's nine-months-old baby.) I Doris Mrs. Pol say's that her hus-j band was a first COUSin of Max User. Emll Burgy. the first Chlcagoan to announce his relat ionship to Ciner. I called at tho McCormick home yestor-. day .but was informed 'hat Mr Mr-i i Cormlck and his daughter Mathllde, were not receiving on Monday, it ww said SPENDS DY IN BED. Miss Mathllde spent Sunday in bed. resting from the excitement attendant attend-ant to obtaining her family's consont I to wed Oser. From the old Cyrus Hall McCor-mtck McCor-mtck mansion where Miss McCormick i living with her father, who moved there following his recent divorce from Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick. further details of the International romance ro-mance were gle-med. First and foremost tho family fixed Mr. Oser's age at only 40 years, cun- tradlctipns of Emll Burgy. a Chicago Interior dt-corator, who claims to be a f.ousin of Mr I ser Burgy tojd news-papermen news-papermen thut Mr Oser was 57 years 'of age, although previous dispatcher.! 'from abroad had fiT d age al 48. GUESSES DEI LARED WRONG Both guesses were wrong, the Mc-i Cormlck family contended today Howard A Colby a friend of Mr Mc- Cormlck, who gave the facts to thol Associated Press; said: 'Mr. McCormick knows Mr. Oser personally He is only 4 0 years old. and full "f mustard and P"P This stuff .il.wtit his being an old man Isl all balderdash. He Is really a young man and Miss Mathllde Is a very' mature ma-ture young lady It Is not like mur-rying mur-rying the average 16-year-old girl. ESverybody is much pleased with the ongagemept-!' Miss McCormick who was born in 1 905, will be 17 years old on April 8 next The date of her return to Switzerland Switzer-land has not been decided. Mr. Colby said. Asked whether she would wait until she Is 18 to marry Oser. Mr. ColbJ said "That point has not been decided. Of course he can marry whenever ?he wants to." ' |