St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-19
ALL FAMOUS BELLIES
MARRIAGE OF EVELYN WALSH
BREAKS UP QUARTET.
Four Young Girls Were the Gayest of
the Social Set of Washington
-EIopement Came as a
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
dAlbe 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.
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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 tc
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, 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
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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 &C
| through life 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
a 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
time to throw damper on the
masked balls here, and rumor had il
that the Washes would not return tc
Washington the following winter, but
would remain abroad, where they had
gone early in the spring. The Washes
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big marble palace was again thrown
open to society, but there were nc
more fancy dress balls.
Mrs. Mclean is of a 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 tc
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 t.
Representative Nicholas Longworth
He had never, so far as the socia
sleuths could ascertain, paid really
marked attention to any other of the
younger girls. His acquaintance witt
Shis wife dates back several years
Rheir marriage means the union O
many millions Of dollars, as each il
an pnly child.