The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-09-05
ALL FAMOUS BELLIES
MARRIAGE or EVELYN WALSH
BREAKS UP QUARTET. 81 "
-Four Young Girls Were the oayest Of
the Social Set Of Washington Z
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With the eiopment Of Miss EVELYN
Walsh. daughter OF the. Colorado nib
l'iionaire. and EdYard d. Mclean. son,
+ Of John r.. Mclean OF Cincinnati and
Washington, a quartet OF the most "a
nous bellies Washington has ever seen
VIII be dissolved = l'el
z This quartet Includes In addition 10
Miss Walsh. Miss Mathilde Town
send. whose engagement 10 the Duke
d'Albe Of Spain Is anticipated ;sfMiss
Katherine Elkins, who. In spite OF the
non-committal attitude OF her parents.
Is expected 20 we'd the duke OF the
Abruzzi. and Miss Isabel. May. whom
society has long ago taken for granted
70 be the fiancee OF Count Won Hatz-
feldt. counsellor and first, secretary OF
the Germany embassy. tf'
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 andiino figure has been
tso steep for to pay when her
fancy yearned forIsanything. from n
new touring, car tola fancy dress ball.
1 Several years ago her love for speed
Ing very nearly cost her life. and dad
sacrifice that OF her only brother. vint
son Walsh. For many months aften
ward Evelyn was an Invalid and Il was
feared that She would be lame for life,
Some months after she had fully re-
covered, although she had been living
quietly withyher parents In the marble
palace at Washington. a prominent SO
ciety womanlwas driving slowly along
Massachusetts, avenue when she saw
one OF the gllyeried servants OF the
Walsh home. assisting a young woman
down the front. steps, Every step was,
taken with the utmost care, The man,
Supported ire young woman and
watched closely that she did not
stumble or faiI' ii~
i The womanlin carriage. whose
ssympathies had beeni aroused for tho
young daughter OF irthe millionaire.
who, 'ashe Thought. would have 20 go
through life o, Sripplaewas astoundedi
When the m9n,; released his hold on
the, young woman's arm at the street.
curb and she Went gliding of up the.
street. on a BRit Of the latest model,
halLbearlng STILES nT'
w.winter h.fcf11ast the Washes gave
bail. principally fc4rthe friends OF
'thefr neutrality-suspicious. event down III
the SOCIAL HISTORY ofnWashihgton as
quite the gayesEeyentiof its kand ever
given al the o9phal iTbe tremendous
gossip'followipg ihe ball promised for
time TO throw a damper on the,
masked balls here. and rumor had It
that the walsRes would not return to
Washington the following winter. but
would remain abroad, where they had
gone early in theisprinu The Washes
did come backp nevertheless. and the'
big marble palace was again thrown
open TO society,", but ,theh were no
more fancy dress balla,. y 4