The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
ALL FAMOUS BELLIES
MARRIAGE OF EVELYN, WAL SRI
BREAKS UP QUARTET.
Four Young Girls Were the Gayest OF
the Social Set of Washington
-Elopement Came as
Surprise.

with the elopment of Miss Evelyn
Walsh, daughter Of the Colorado mil
| lionaire and Edward b. Mclean, son
1 of John X. Mclean of Cincinnati and
| Washington, a quartet of the most ia
! nous bellies Washington has ever seen
/ will be dissolved
This quartet includes in addition 10
/ 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
Abrnzzl, and Miss Isabel May, whom
society has long ago taken for granted
to be the tiancee 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
Nome OF the girls ever really came
out because their beIleshlp started
long before the accustomed age for
young girls to join the social ranks
The new Mrs. Mclean is very
yOuuU huf Cha has had prnhah1rv O.,
wider social experience than any other
member OF the quartet. Backed by her
fathers millions, she has been able tnI
give any sort OF entertainment her
heaft desired, and no figure has been
100 steep FOR her TO pay when her
fancy yearned for anything from AL
new touring ear to fancy dress bali. |
Several years ago her love for speed /
ing very nearly cost her life, and did |
sacrifice that'of her only brother Vim /
son Na.sh. Fur many months after |
ward Evelyn was an invalid and il was
feared that she would be lame for lie |
Some months aitef she had fully re- /
covered, although she had been living |
quietly with her parents in the marble .
palace at Washington, prominent 50
ciety woman was driving slowly alona .
Massachusetts avenue when she saw |
one OF the liYeried 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 aad |
watched closely that she did mo- |
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 q
through life a cripple, was astound |
when the man released his hold en-
the young womah's arm at the stree
curb and she went gliding on mp the
StIeel On 4 paif Oh the latest m"oe'
paA-oear'hs skates
Winter before last the washes gave
ball, principally for the friends q!
their daughter, which went down IN
the social history or Washington as
quite the sayest event OF It's KIND ever
gossip following the bail promised Tor
a time to throw damper on the
masked balls here, and Fumor had il
that the Washes would not return to
washington the Following winter. hU
would remain abroad where hey had
gone early in the spring The Washes
aid come back. nevertheless, and the
big marble palace was again thrown
open to society but there were No
more fancy dress balls.