The Washington herald., 1909-03-26
WASHINGTON CHAT.
By THE SPECTATOR.

sor a divorce Is no surprise 20 her Wash
ington friends. for nothing but unhappi-
ness was 10 be expected from her mar
riage 70 Tommy Graydon, the Harvard
football luminary. which was merely an
episode IN the lives OF two frivolous
young people already bIsse in search OF
new sensation Beryl GraydOn is the
daughter OF J. Parker Whitney. a rough
diamond. the nucleus OF whose fortune
was made IN mining with his own hands.
To-day he is one Of the rich men Of the
Pacific slope. and. besides maintaining
home IN California. has a wonderful
camp in the Rangeley Lakes. which Is
more like an elegant summer hotel than
camp. Il is situated IN beautiful
wooded section with many acres OF game
preserves. including well stocked trout
streams. The house IL plain, but large
and comfortable and there are a score
OF servants. including guides. Here Mr.
Whitney surrounds himself with congenial
people. and here began Beryi Whitney's
romance with Tommy Graydon. who
was her brothers intimate friend al Har-
ward. and a frequent guest at the camp.
objection offered 10 the marriage. but Just
because they had nothing else 10 do,
and TO escape from ennui they elOped.
A few weeks before this elopement
Beryl Whitney had been sent as a sort
OF prisoner from Miss Ely's school In
New York to her country homo tn Con-
necticut. where she sometimes isolated
her girls 70 punish them for certain in
discretOns. There were several OF these
fair prisoners locked up with Beryl. and
one day the teacher In charge received
note from Beryl's brother. ar Harvard.
asking II he might visit his sister.
Permission was granted. the brother
came-'he came. he saw. he conquered
for the teacher was 50 touched By the
tender solicitude that the brother showed
for his erring sister. so impressed BY the
firm yet kindly way IN which re lectured
her for her frivOlOusuess, that she took
him 70 her heart AZ once and granted
him special privileges. which he made
the most OF. showing HIS devotion for
little sister by taking her out for long
sleigh rides. for long walks through the
snow. and never missing an opportunity
FOR a tete-s-tete with her and, as the
blind duenna put Il, being as devoted
as a lover. But her eyes were opened ore
night when. on making her rounds. she
discovered a ladder outside Beryls win
dow and on investigation found the fond
brother about 10 enter the room OF his
supposed sister. who was dressed and
ready FOR a sleigh ride which was 10 end
IN a marriage. as X turned out. The de-
voted brother was, OF course, Tom Cray
don who was promptly dismissed from
the premises and the elOpement plan
nipped in the bud, or postponed. rather.
for il took place the following summer.
when Beryl was staying al the Hotel
T0uraine IN Boston with her father Mr..
Whitney caught the runaway pair after
the ceremony, which took place IN Nal
den. on a train IN the Back Bay station
on their way West. and he implored his
/ daughter 10 return 10 him. but 20 no pur-
pose. Her happiness. however. was only
matter OF months. They had not been
married year before there was talk Of q
divorce.
It Is pleasant 10 see Miss Lucy Freling-
huyssn. who IS visiting her sister. Mrs.
Charles McCawley. in Washington again.
She does not come 20 the Capital. where
she held sway when her father was
Secretary OF State in President Arthur's
I Cabinet. very Often-nOt often enough 10
/ suit her friends. who remember her with
great affection. The Frelinghuysens at
that time lived IN the house afterward
/ occupied by Secretary Whitney when he
was Secretary Of the Navy. and then by
John Wanamaker when he was Har-
rison's Postmaster General, and on her
! shoulders fell the duties Of hostess, which
she carried with becoming dignity
1 graciousness. and SAVIOR faire. Lucy Ere
linghuysen was more Ike her father than
her mother. and possessed a mans intel
! lect, with a woman's charm BY no
means beautiful woman in the ordinary
/! acceptance Of the word. she had what
was better than beauty distinctiOn-and
she stands out a leading figure in one OF
the most brilliant social periods in the
history Of Washington.
The baronetcy which Sir Andrew Hen
derson Leith Fraser. who is now here
holds. was created for him in 1902 as q
reward for distinguished services in India.
where he passed thirty-seven years in the
civil service. his last Office being that Of
lieutenant governor OF Bengal Sir An
drew was the eldest son Of the Rev. A
: G. Fraser and a grandson Of the Rev. J.
Shaw He was educated at the academy
and university OF Edinburgh and became
/ connected with the Indian civil service
/ in ISL His mission to this country is 10
attend the Canadian national missionary
] congress which meets IN Toronto next
week, and ne is scheduled TO address that
I body on his experience with the MOham-
medans and Hindoos OF India. topic
with which his long residence In India
makes him singularly familiar. Lady
/ Fraser. Sir Andrews second wife, and
the daughter Of Col Lugard Of the In
/ dian stan corps, who is with her hus-
band. takes the keenest interest in all
/ things American, and feels great regret
/ THAI their stay on this SIDE Of the water
/ Is limited 70 a month. and that she must
so soon leave this part OF the country
! fer Canada. where her husband Is ex-
/ pected on the S1st