The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-18
ALL FAMOUS BELLIES
MARRIAGE OF EVELYN WALSH
BREAKS UP QUARTET,
Four Young Girls Were the Gayest Of
the Social Set Of Washington
-Elopement Came 40 q
Surprise.

-Elopement Came ~ q
Surprise.
With the elopment of Miss Evelyn
Walsh, daughter Of the Colorado mil.
lionaire, and Edward B. Mclean, son
OF John r. Mclean of Cincinnati and
Washington, quartet of the most ia.
nous bellies Washington has ever seen
will be dissolved.
This quartet includes in addition to
Miss Walsh, Miss Mathilde Town.
send. whose engagement to the Duke
d'Albe of Spain is anticipated; Miss
Katherine Elkins, who, in spite of the
non-committal attitude of her parents,
Is expected to wed the duke of the
Abruzzi, and Miss Isabel May, whom
society has long ago taken for granted
to be the fiancee of Count Won HAITI.
feldt. counsellor and first secretary of
the Germany embassy.
This quartet of girls has made
Washington hum in the past two
seasons. Nothing has been too gay
for the stamp of their approval, and
they have set pace that the more
conservative younger element has not
dared to follow. Everybody knows
them by sight, and their names have
been synonymous for good times
since each made her informal debut.
None of the girls ever really came
out" because their belleship started
long before the accustomed age for
young girls to join the social ranks.
The new Mrs. Mclean is very
young, but she has had probably a
Wider social experience than any other
member of the quartet. Backed by her
fathers millions, she has been able to
give any sort of entertainment her
heart desired, and no figure has been
TOO steep for her to pay when her
fancy yearned for anything, from a
new touring car to fancy dress ball.
Several years ago her love for speed.
ing very nearly cost her life, and did
sacrifice that of her only brother, Vim
son Walsh. For many months after
ward Evelyn was an invalid and it was
| feared that she would be lame for life.
Some months after she had fully re-
covered, although she had been living
quietly with her parents in the marble
palace at Washington, a prominent so.
ciety woman was driving slowly along
Massachusetts avenue when she saw
one of the liveried servants of the
Walsh home assisting young woman
down the front steps. Every step was
taken with the utmost care. The man
supported the young woman and
watched closely that she did not
stumble or fall.
The woman in the carriage, whose
sympathies had been aroused for the
young daughter of the millionaire
who. she thought. would have to go
through life a cripple, was astounded
when the man released his hold on
the young woman's arm at the street
curb and she went gliding off up the
street on pair of the latest model
ball-bearing skates.
| Winter before last the Washes gave
ball, principally for the friends of
their daughter, which went down in
the social history of Washington as
quite the gayest event of its kind ever
given at the capital. The tremendous
gossip following the ball promised for
a time to throw a damper on the
masked balls here, and rumor had it
that the Washes would not return to
Washington the following winter, but
would remain abroad, where they had
gone early in the spring. The Washes
did come back, nevertheless, and the
big marble palace was again thrown
open to society, but there were no
more fancy dress balls.
Mrs. Mclean is of distinct type
of beauty, her complexion being very
white and her hair coal black. She
wears large plumed hats of an ex-
IRENE fashion and is particularly
partial to white. She is something of
the japanese type.
Edward Mclean, who started in to
practice law last year, was not in the
little parties given by the Washes
as often as some of the other eligible
men of Washington, and consequently
society was not prepared for the an.
nouncement Of his engagement to Miss
Walsh. Young Mclean was the de-
voted attendant of the former Miss
Alice Roosevelt until her marriage to
Representative Nicholas Longworth.
He had never, SO far as the social
sleuths could ascertain, paid really
marked attention to any other of the
younger girls. His acquaintance with
his wife dates back several years.
Their marriage means the union of
many millions Of dollars. as each is
an only child.
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