The Washington times., 1914-08-30

Now. Susan, l am going to tell you
little bit of real news. Betty Baires
and Hugh H. Saum are engaged and
are to he married in october. Mr.. and
Mrs. James z. Batnes are making
formal announcement of 1t today.
! remember so we'll the season Betty
years ago?-well, anyway, that makes
no difference. but the fact that she was
one of the most charming of the group
does. 1t did to Mr.. Saum, anyway.
The Baines are at their country place
near Riverdale. but will return to their
town house early in October.
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Susan. I had such nice little visit up
in Maryland last week for about three
DAYS. Three such interesting girls live
in the neighborhood. They are trlplets
and named Lucille. Lucinda, and Louise.
and I'll wager you new vanity poN
that you could not tell one from the
other. ! could not. One Is little taller.
but even now I'm not sure whlch
Lou il is. Everyone calls them l-oN'
and thev say that even their beauX get
them all mixed. The girls are bright
and pretty and fun Of fun, and never
hesitate to make their suitors spend un-
comfortable hours trying to decide
whether he really has the right girl
driving or not
\ rather interesting little story was
told me anent them. They were born
about seventeen years ago on farm
that was none too prosperous. The
father and mother already had seven
little tots when they came, and It seem
ed nothing grew we'll but kddie5.
The night they made their appearance
A frightfUl thunderstorm greeted thNm.
The storm about ruined the house and
destroyed the crops. The father was
worried The news Of the three babies
and the injured crops spread over the
COUNTRYSIDE and everyone began send
ing them gifts.
Then folks from far and near began
to call on them and they often brought
cameras and made pictures Of the
babies Father had a brilliant IDEA. He
took bahes 10 town and had very
cunning photograph made of them, and
then he and mother took babies to the
various country fairs in the vicinity
and sold the pictures.
They were the most popular attrac-
tion and nearly every farmer In tho
county has a picture of the three LOus
when they were little ones. and their
sons vie with one another now for the
possession Of the picture to say nothing
of a more recent one. Anyway, suffice
II 20 say that Fathers idea not only
added to his popularity ia the country.
but his intake from the pictures was
larger than his wheat money ever was
before or since.
OF course the little girls feel better
about it when they remember that
story. Otherwise the! would have felt
much as Little sister felt IN the Laddie
story we read together with so much
enjoyment at the beach last summer.
Wonder if Colonel Roosevelt knows
about the LOus?
had the most interesting letter the
other day from Marie Louise Howser
and she tells me that she and her
mother and sister, Elizabeth. who. by
the way. is to he debutante next sea
son. are having the greatest sort Of
time. They were in Colorado Springs
when Louise wrote. They went to
Manitou Springs and also made the
Cripple Creek trip and have visited
Goldficld and Alton which is The hiEh-
est incorporated town in the world.
They have seen various gold mines. IN
Guiding the Last Dollar mine. Then
they took in Crystal Park" which is
an automobile ride above the clouds and
is nearly 5000 feet above Mother Earth,
or sea level. At times the clouds below
were so dense that the view was OBJ
scured. Then the Garden Of ihe Gods,
CHEYENNE Canyon and Pixies Teak are
among other things to be done before
going to Denver From Denver they
will visit in Chicago for a few days and
then Marie Louise and Elizabeth will