The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-20

els B. Sayre, good wishes and congrat-
day.
The young girl in blue velvet was
Mrs. William F. McCombs, formerly
Dorothy Williams Of Washington.
Now that she is the bride of the bril-
liant young lawyer who managed the
campaign that placed President Will
son in the White House, the whole
country wants to read about her. With.
the democratic victory, Mr.. McCombs
became national figure. Now, he
has successfully played the leading
role in a romance that is romantic
enough to suit the most exacting.
Dorothy Williams made her debut in
Washington in 1909. She was a run
ming mate Of Ethel Roosevelt and Hell
en- Taft, and for four years was one
of the capitoPs acknowledged bellies
She sang and danced herself into the
hearts of every eligible bachelor in
washington's Official set, and was ru-
mored engaged to each of them at
some time or another.
Mr.. McCombs came on to Washing
ton for President Wilson's Inaugural
Gus big dinners given then he met Miss
Williams. After that, nobody else
could meet him. Old friends who had
1ourneyed to Washington to witness
the Inauguration ceremonies left town
without congratulating Mr.. McCombs
on the part he played in the Presi-
dents election. With the same direct
ness and enthusiasm that had contrib
uted to his success as chairman of the
National Democratic Committee, he
was now playing court to Miss Will
liams.
Suddenly Mr.. McCombs left this
country for Europe. And rumor,
which was just about to announce him
engaged to Miss Williams, forgot all
about the matter.
Then, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter,
brother-1n-law and sister of the bride,
chartered the Howard Gould yacht for
a trip around the world. Miss Dorothy
Williams and her young sister were
to join them in Paris and be their
guests for the remainder of the cruise,
1t didn't happen that way at ALL
In Paris Miss Williams and Mr. Nc
Combs met once more. The siege be-
gun by him in Washington was renew
ed. Suddenly a cablegram dropped
like bomb into Washington's exclu-
siVe circles The message stated-not
that Miss Williams and Mr.. McCombs
were engaged, but that they were to
be married the next day. And they
were-in London.
There was no trousseau, and there
We're no bridesmaids, with the excep-
ton of the brides younger sister, who
slipped into her prettiest Trock and
stood as maid of honor at the ceremo-
ny. The young people went to the
nearest and most convenient church
for the ceremony. but the Letters were
there, and Colonel and Mrs. Williams
the brides parents, and a number Of
distinguished guests. Among these
were the Curzons (Mr Letters sis
ter married Lord Curzon), the Coun-
tess Of Suffolk. the Countess of Cra-
ven, the American Ambassador, Wal
ter Page and Mrs. Page. and the at
taches of the London Embassy.
Then everybody guessed that Mr..
MeCombs would accept the Ambassa-
dorship to France, which it was under
stood the President still held open for
him In that case, his bride, a school
girl and a debutante of a few years
back, would have become the official
hostess of the American Nation in the
French Republic, a position which
those who know her declare she would
have filed with signal honor. When
Mr. McCornbs announced that he had
declined to accept the foreign post,
there was a general disappointment
among his friends, and the public. It
has seemed such a fitting chapter with
which to close story Of romance!