The Washington herald., 1909-01-04
Preston Gibson viii Marry
Miss Grace Jarvis.
ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED
IL One Of WashingtOn'S
abandonment DebutanteS Of Last
season, and a Granddaughter of the
Late senator Mcmillan. of Michigan.
Her Fiance Is Literary Writer.

atOr James Mcmillan, Of Michigan, an
nounced last evening the engagement Of
her granddaughter, Grace Mcmillan Jar
Wis. 10 Mr. Preston Gibson, son Of the
late Senator Randall Lee Gibson, OF
Louisiana
Mr. Gibson is one Of the younger lit
erary and dramatic writers who have
come 10 Washington in recent years.
Miss Jarvis is "A debutante of last sea-
son. is stH under twenty. and one OF
the handsomest girls in Washington So
ciety. She was educated in Berlin. and
spent the greater part If her young girl
hood abroad. Her summers she has
usually spent with her grandmother in
/ the summer home Of the late Senator at
/ Manchester-b y-the-sea- Miss Jarvis Is an
accomplished linguist, a skiliful rider, a
great tennis player. an expert swimmer.
and on the North Shore divides hOnOTs
with Miss Eleanora Sears.
/ Miss Jarvis VIII inherit a considerable
| fortune from her late grandfather's es-
I tate. and Mr. Gibson Is reputed 10 be
+ worth fortune. He is one OF the heirs to
/ the old DeImonic0 property in New York,
( the property Of the Cafe Martin, and
I large tract Of land in the Bronx. The
I first two pieces Of property will come
! into his possession in March. when hs
reaches his thirtieth year.
Miss Jarvis is niece Of Lady Hsrring-
ton. wife Of Sir John Harrington. for
merly British Minister 10 Abyssinia. and
+ they returned with her from Europe only
a few weeks ago Miss Jarvis spent the
past summer. as usual. al Manchester
and went 10 Europe late In August Sir
John and Lady Harrington returned here
With her 10 spend the winter
( The Mcmillan place. Eagle Head. Man
chester. Is one OF the handsOmest places
on the North shore one approaches the
house by a winding driveway through
wealth OF woods. the road is lined ali
along with exquisite flower beds OF bios
4 SONS 81 myriad colOrs- The mansion,
/ equipped as city mansion might be-
/ stands IN a conspicuous spot overhang-
ing the sea.
Miss Jarvis has 2 special fondneSS for
1 horses and dogs. especially The latter
3 She was severely injured summer before
last, while riding her favorite mount at
/ Manchester IN an unavoidable accident
and for many weeks was seriously 81
I but has not ridden 10 any extent since
her injury. While she was educated
mainly in Berlin. size also attended
schol al DobbS Ferry. she has a tall.
/ slender figure. with large brown ewes
and a wealth ~ chestnut hair. which
waves softly. She is a great friend Of
( Miss Katherine ElkinS. daughter Of the
Senator from West Virginia and also
Of Mrs Joseph Letter. nee Williams
She cares more for the tennis court tIan
she does for the drawing-rOom. and while
she Is a social success. she will never be
come q derotee OF society.
Mr.. Gibson comes of a distinguished
family. in fact. one Of the oldest IN Tire
South His fathers grandfather was
born in Scotland. and came % Virginia
in the early part az the eighteenth cen
turv and settled iu MiddleseX County.
He married Elizabeth Wiicoks- Randall
Gibson WIS descended from him. and
after the Revolutionary var settled in
Mississippi. whore Randall Gibson mar
ried Harriet Mckinley, daughter of Capt
John Mckinley. from whom the late
President Mckinley was descended Jef-
ferson College. the oldest and best en-
dOwed in Mississippi. was given the
parcel Of land commonly called Endicott
Springs By Randall Gibson
The grandfather OF Preston, Tobias Glib
son. son Of Randall Gibson, was partly
educated at Lexington Ky. and there
met and married Louisiana Breckinridge
Hart His wife was descended from an
iofficer Of the Revolutionary war. Col
Thomas Hart who lived at Hanover. Va
Tho latters father. Nathaniel Hart. mar
RED Susan Preston. daughter Of Col Will
lam Preston the father OF Mrs. William
IF. Draper. wife OF the former United
states Ambassador 10 Italy Their Old
Homestead. near Versailles KY. known
AS Spring HIl. vas q typical Southern
\ mansion. with great deer parks and ex-
tenSive libraries. ard was the center q
refinement and hospitality. where the
Harris. Claws. Rentous, Shelbys. Brock
inridEas. aud Marshalls met around the
great fireside in the warm fellowship Of
kindred
The marriage OF Miss Jarvis and Mr..
iGibson viii unite a number Of prominent
families I'm Kentucky. Michigan. and
Washington. Miss Jarvis uncle, Mr..
Phillip Mcmillan. married the daughter
OF the late Nicholas Anderson. who was
also the father OF Mr.. Lsrz Anderson. Of
this city and Boston. Mrs. Philip Me
MILAN is also related 10 the LOngworths.
Of Cincinnati.
Miss Jarvis is one Of the most popular
girls ever presented in Washington so
cietv. Mr. Gibson is nephew Of Mrs
White. wife Of Mr.. Justice E. d. White.
He was educated al the Hopkins Gram
mar School. where he was captain Of
both the football and the baseball teams
He entered Yale in 1897. and made quite
a record for himself He was on the
varsity football team in the famous o.
game At Cambridge against Harvard n
1Sga
SIR. Gibson wrote "The Vacuum" and
some other plays which have had sue
cessful productions and attracted atten-
ton. He has been q prominent figure in
! society for many years. and is a member
OF the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase
I clubs here and of other leading clubs in
Chicago and New York. He has a large
. farm in Virginia. where he spends much
time and enteTtsins deliberately.
Always ready TO sacrifice the follies o.
the day for chaTity's sake. Washington
: society Is making extensive preparation.
for benefit performance to enlarge the
fund now being universally gathered To-
the Italian earthquake sufferers.
The afternoon Of Friday. January =
= has been chosen as the time. the hes
suited theater in town will be the seen,
OF the event, and the most versatile mem
bers Of local society will provide tn,
caste. WashingtO1's noted beauties an,
beaUx. who contributed 20 the success ot
Mrs. Barncy's The Dream Of Queer
Elizabeth, Phelps Browns we Are II
Society and the EvsnS-Lusk- L.eacl
musical comedy. The Prince OF Par
chesi. have offered their services. and i
is expected that the occasion will be no
table and brilliant The affair will be un
der the management OF Miss Msude Con
verse and the patronage Of distinguished
personsgcs Of Washington.