Engaged. Lady Alexandra Naldera Curzon, 21, youngest daughter of the late Lord Curzon, onetime (1899-1905) Viceroy of India, and his first wife, Mary Leiter of Washington, D. C., to Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe, equerry of Edward of Wales. Major Metcalfe first met Wales when the latter was touring India in 1922. Edward, impressed with Metcalfe's knowledge of horses, insisted on his becoming a member of his personal staff.

Married. Charles Stedman ("Chuck") Garland, 26, member of the 1920 U. S. Davis Cup tennis team, to Miss Aurelia Stoner of Sewickley, Pa.; in Sewickley.

Sued for Divorce. Conde Nast, publisher and chief owner of Vogue, Vanity Fair, House and Garden, Royal, Children's Vogue, Vogue Pattern Book, by Clarisse Coudert Nast, daughter of Charles Coudert, member of the law firm of Coudert Bros., one of the oldest international law firms in the U. S.; in Paris. They have lived apart for some time.

Died. Donn Barber, 54, famed architect; in Manhattan, of tumor of the brain (see ART).

Died. Joao Chagas, 62, onetime (1911-3 mos.; 1915-8 days) Prime Minister of Portugal; in Lisbon.

Died. Louis A. Coolidge, 64, prominent Republican, onetime (1888-91) private Secretary to Henry Cabot Lodge, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (1908-09), President of the Coolidge Family Association (1920- 23), contributor of an article on the Republican party to the Encyclopedia Americana; in Milton, Mass., of sclerosis of the liver.

Died. Lucien Guitry, 65, famed French actor, father of Dramatist Sacha Guitry; in Paris. He often acted with Sarah Bernhardt. His fear of mal de mer prevented him from carrying out frequent plans for coming to the U. S.

Died. Thomas R. Marshall, 71, 28th U. S. Vice President; in Washington, D. C., of a heart attack (see POLITICAL NOTES).

Died. Ion Pardicaris, famed captive of bandit Raisuli; in Chislehurst, England (see POLITICAL NOTES).

Died. Miss Elizabeth Lisle, 104, prominent in British society during the Victorian era; in London. Presented at court in 1845, she was fond in later years of telling how Queen Victoria slid down stairs on a tray on the eve of ascending the throne.