Birthday. Louis Dembitz Brandeis, liberal, dissenting Justice of the Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939; in Washington retirement; his 84th.

Birthday. The late Robert Louis Stevenson; his goth; observed by Annie H. Ide Cockran, widow of Tammany Orator Bourke Cockran. Stevenson formally deeded it to her when she was a little girl because she was "born out of all reason on Christmas day" and hence "denied the consolation and profit of a proper birthday." She celebrated in Manhattan in the manner stipulated by the legatee--"by the sporting of fine raiment, eating of rich meats and receipt of gifts, compliments and copies of verses according to the manner of our ancestors."

Engaged. Eileen S. S. Gillespie, 24, who six years ago without explanation broke her engagement to marry John Jacob Astor III; and John Jermain Slocum, 26, a literary agent, direct descendant of Miles Standish; in Manhattan.

Married. Ethel Merman, 31, trumpet-voiced star of Panama Hattie and half-a-dozen earlier Broadway musicomedy hits; and William B. Smith, 39, a Hollywood actor's agent; between shows; in Elkton, Md. Neither had been married before. Roared Musicomedienne Merman: "Kid, love is wonderful."

Divorced. Constance Bennett, blonde cinemanikin; from Henri ("Hank"), Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudraye, lately a member of the French fighting forces; in Reno.

Divorced. Homer Martin, onetime Baptist preacher, onetime hop-step-jump champion, onetime president of the United Auto Workers, now describing himself as a "manufacturer's agent"; from Norina M. Martin; after 18 years of marriage; in Detroit. Grounds: she had a violent temper.

Died. Claude W. Kress, 64, co-founder and longtime president of S. H. Kress & Co. (5, 10 and 25-c- stores); after a brief illness; in Manhattan.

Died. Dr. Frank W. Taussig, 80, for 53 years teacher of economics at Harvard, one of the founders of Harvard's Graduate School of Business Administration, first U. S. Tariff Commission chairman, author of textbooks from which many a college student tried to learn economics; at Cambridge, Mass.

Died. Martin Beck, 71, immigrant dean of vaudeville showmen, who built 65 theatres, brought Sarah Bernhardt to the U. S., ran the old Orpheum circuit for 27 years, retired in 1923 to build and manage his first legitimate theatre, Manhattan's Martin Beck; in Manhattan.

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