The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-05

general was Miss Alice Appleton Of
Massachusetts At st. Petersburg,
while Mr. Meyer was the American
Ambassador to Russia, Mrs. Meyer was
noted for her social graces and. the
brilliancy of her. entertainments. She
was honored with the friendship Of the
czarina. &
Her husband. Brfgadier General
James Franklin Bell being chief -
staff of the United States army, Mrs
Bell naturally is. at the head of the
military social contingent at, Washing
ton She was Miss Sarah Buford of
Rock Island, Ill Her early married life
was spent in the wild west of twenty
years ago. when the distinguished chief
of staff was a minor cavalry officer. en-
gagged in keeping untamed Sioux from
exterminating the early settlers in Da-
kota. All the same, however, when the
time came Mrs. Bell easily slipped into
fashionable garb and duly appeared in
her place in society and lived up to the
American woman's reputation of being
the best dressed" in the world
One of the most. brilliant of WASH
ington weddings was that, in January,
1905, of Miss Helen Frances Warren
and Captain Jack Pershing of the
army Miss Warren, daughter of the
senior senator from Wyoming, was
noted for her beauty and social ac-s
complishments. She had presided with
consummate. grace. over her fathers
establishment at the national capital.
Jack Pershing is as exceptionally ia
yored as to good looks as his bride,
and the pair are one of the handsome.
est couples in army circles. President
Roosevelt is an enthusiastic admirer
of the gallant Persf1ing, now a briga-
der general, and showed his good viii
by attending the brave officers we'd
ding. Mrs. Roosevelt herself sat in the
front pew of the church during the
ceremony. Until recently the Per-
shings were in japan. where the cap
tain was military attache. They have
returned home, however, and the win
ter of 1e66-o7 sees Mrs. Pershing once
more gracing capital society
Prominent during the washington
season this year are handsome Mrs.
Theodore P. Shonts and her attractive
twin daughters, the Misses Theodore
and Marguerite. They returned from
Europe not long ago. NO" said Pafia-
ma Commissioner Shonts recently.
my daughter Theodore has good
American horse sense, and do not
think she will marry a foreigner with
a title" Mrs. Shonts was Miss Har-
riet Amelia Drake of Chicago.
Though she bears a foreign name
and title, Baroness Speck Won Stern
burg, wife of the German ambassador,
is an American girl. one of the beau
tiful Langham sisters of Louisville.
Baroness Won Sternburg is noted for
her exquisite gowning. One of her re-
cent much admired frocks was a pale
blue organdie worn over pink MORE.
The baroness has blue eyes and au-
burn hair.
Still another handsome matron who
has lived some years at the national
capital is Mrs. Reginald de Koven.
She was Miss Anna Farwell of Chi
cago, daughter of the late Senator
Charles B. Farwell. She belongs to. the,
literary and artistic set of washington.
if there is such a thing. She herself
is a writer of note. One of, her novels
is named by the Waters of Baby
lon," and she has fad for things
pertaining to the wicked old Bib
lical town. She has some very valu
able and curious Babylonian jew
elry. 1t is affirmed that the De Kovens
have not a high opinion of Washington
as literary and artistic center, and
perhaps they are right.
KATHERINE BLADES.