The Minneapolis journal., 1906-11-18

'ectiorl. THE
of public existence to the quietude Of
their English home bearing with them
the heartiest good wishes Of those with
whom they have associated is q tribute,
of no mean worth.
The wedding of Miss Kathleen Clay
ton, daughter Of General and Mrs. Pow
el! Clayton, and Arthur Grant Duff,
which took place at the Belgian lega-
ton Monday afternoon at o'clock,
was marked by extreme simplicity. But
few guests witnessed the service, and
these were relatives and, close friends
Of the bride and bridegroom.
Miss Clayton, who, like her sister,
the Baroness Monchenr, is fine-looking
girl Of commanding presence, wore an
effective gown Of white crepe elabor-
ately trimmed in applique. Miss Grace
thompson of St: Louis, a, schoolgirl
maid, and /, Mr.. Duff had as best.
man, Ronald G. Lindsay Of the British
embassy staff. ~ ,s,2-F.
General Clayton gave his daughter
in marriage, and the service was read
by Rev Ernest C.. Smith; rector Of St.
Thomas Episcopal church., VI ...s,.@.s.s
In the family group who Witnessed
the ceremony were General and Mrs.
Clayton, the bride 8 parents; the Bel
gian minister and the Baroness Mon
cheur; the minister s two young daugh-
Mrs. Jones, q sister of the bride, and
Mrs. Clayton r., a. sister-in-law.
Shortly after the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant Duff left for a trip to Vir-
ginia. Later they will sail for England
for visit prior to- Mr.. Duff g
presenting his credentials at Havana as
minister from Great Britain.
Mrs. Fairbanks is still at her Indiana
home and will not return to open the
Morrill, house, until late in November,
assume his duties as presiding officer of
the senate Lieutenant Timmons and
his wife, who was Miss Fairbanks, are
at present paying their parents visit,
and will not spend the winter in Wash
1ngton, having given up their house on
LIE Roy place, as the lieutenant. has
been ordered to duty on the Pacific
coast. Mrs. Fairbanks is one Of the
few women who, as the wife of vice
president, maintains an encourage dis
tlnctly her, own and does not seem a
whit affected by, the official dictums
emanating from the White House.
presidential mansion finds herself in the
unenviable background, not thru
choice, but because she is outshone by
the pomp and circumstance which now
adays surrounds the White House CO.
terle. During Mr.. Fairbanks term in
the senate, however, his wife took an
Important part in all social affairs at
the capital, and made host of friends
thru her graclousness and savoir faire.
It was but natural, therefore, that when
Mrs: Fairbanks returned to Washington
as the wife Of the vicepresident, she
should surround herself with that same
gdeilghtful circle of which she was the
bright, particular star, and 90 on her
way untrammelled by the new rules of
: official etiquet laid down at the begin
ming Of the Roosevelt regime.
The announcement of the marriage
of Mrs. Alice Judson of this city. for
merly Mrs. Cyrus Field Judson of
New York, to Cambridge Livingston,
also Of New York, on Friday, at the
home OF the bride IS sister, Mrs. Albert
Key, came as great surprise to Wash
1ngton. where Mrs. Judson returned
TO m make her residence a year ago.
in Washington, is the eldest tdpe Of the
four daughters of the late John Condit
Smith, all Of whom made their debut
IN Washington under the chaperonage
Of their stepmother and the latter7s
sister, Mrs. Field, wife Of the late JUS
tice Field, Of the supreme court.
Mrs. Livingston Is sisters are Mrs.
Leonard Wood, now with her husband
in the Philippines; Mrs. Albert Kew.
wife OF the naval attache at the White
House, and Mrs. Richard Hooker of
this city, the latter, as Polly Condit-
Smith, having an exciting escape from
death during the Boxer insurrection in
China, where she was the guest Of the
then secretary Of the American lega-
tion and Mrs. Herbert Squires.
Mrs: John Hay has returned from
her summer home on Lake Sunapee, and
has reopened> the Hay mansion on
Lafayette square. It has been the Gus
tom Of the family for years to have a
reunion on Thanksgiving day, much
after the. old New ENGLAND habit. and
this year will be no exception to the
rule. Mrs. Payne Whitney is expected
to arrive in town early next week. but.
OF course, owing to the deep mourning
OF the family, they will take no part
IN the festivities Of the winter season.