The Washington times., 1914-06-07
! JEAN .ELIOT@
9 LETTER


of the fine in the party the host had to for
felt his machine, and they tramped into
town very, very early the next morning.
One afternoon recently | was with
party of folks driving out along the Fred
erick pike, and a gust of wind took the baby's
white pique cap along with it, depositing it in
the middle of the road several hundred feet
away. Before we had time to 60 back for it
the White House car wnisked along at
speed which eventually got them arrested
before they got to Washington, and do be-
lieve they picked up the cap, for when we
went back it was gone. If the President could
have seen Bobby, he would rather have had
him than the cap, know.
And this all reminds me to tell you that | I.
saw Agnes and Guy Marean Wednesday
evening with party leaving the Potomac
boathouse for camp supper up on the Vir-
ginia shore. | rather imagine it was in cele
bration of Agnes fathers birthday, for both
her mother and father and her brother ana
sisters were along. Mr. and Mrs. Marean
and their three little tots got back to Wash
ington from Mexico oyer a month ago.
ran across Edith Oracle the other day
just as she had returned from Annapolis. She
had come back for one of the several wed
dings of the week. She is going up for the
Princeton-Yale game, motoring with some
folks from Philadelphia. Then, early in
July, she expects TO 60 on yachting "trip
with some folks to Newport and Bar Harbor.
During the summer she will visit Agra Ben
nett, now Mrs. Johnson Mckinley, and in
September she will visit Mrs. Henry D.
Flood at their Virginia place. Sounds like
mighty pleasant sort Of summer to me.
You know, Susan, do believe you are
engaged and won't own it. Please 'fess up.
] won't whisper word. Of course, know
you never can tell about these things. Why,
look at Marjorie Edison. She was visiting up
in Hartford, Conn.,, and some one gave a
dinner for her. The host rather informally
invited Hugh Armstrong, who was an old
friend of hers, and he said he didn't think
he could come. He was not particularly in
terested in little debutantes. Well, he came,
and the wedding took place on Wednesday
in ST Thomas.
You ought to see Minnie Stone Foraker's
engagement ring. 1t is beauty, and if Ar
thur Foraker designed it, he is an artist. 1t
is of platinum, set with three square-shaped
diamonds rather sideways. 1t is unusual
but so good-looking.
Susan, I've had more good laughs over
funny little thing that happened to one of
Marjorie Edson's bridesmaids at one OF the
dinner parties that preceded the wedding.
One of the very good-looking out-of-town
ushers paid courtly attention to this very
handsome brunette maid, and she just was
having the best sort of Irritation. He spoke
most often Of "Laddie" and said he wished
Laddie would have come down, and finally
the maid asked who Laddie might be. He
remarked, in a tone that expressed surprise
that she did not already know: why, my
wife, of course" Well, it does beat all,
doesn't it?
You remember Reginald Kennard, that
attractve-looking Boston man who sojourn-
ed here for several months during the win
ter? Well, heard a rather sad piece of
news about him today No, he isn't married;
not even engaged 1t isn't love that is d
rectly responsible for his trouble, although
Cupid might have had some part in the mat
ter. Reggie was motoring to Boston from
New York the other day, and while nearing
the center of the worlds learning was run
into by big touring car carrying ton of
saturated Yale students. The Kennard car
was demolished and Reggie suffered painful
bruises and contusions. His beauty is not
permanently marred, however, so cheer up.
You can say what you please, Susan,
about who is the most talked-of person in
social circles but | believe that Mrs. Vernon
Castle, of dance fame, comes in for her very
large share. Really, when the news got
about that Mrs. Castle had been operated
upon recently for appendicitis every one
was genuinely concerned.
And speaking of dancing I never have