The Washington times., 1915-05-30
JEAN ELIOT%
LETTER.


it would be big event in any. town,
for half the people in the country are in
terested in the little girl and her we'd
ding plans. over 5000 invitations have
been sent out It Is said and the people,
who will come from all sides arc to be-
put UP at the old Planters House in St
Louis, while on the day Of the wedding
trains will. run every hour to Bowling
Green.
Ali Of Pike county will be there and,
what is more, the people, as county,
have sent the bride a wedding gift
think the first time 1t has been done In
the history of the country-a chest OF
flat silver; while from the town or
Bowling Green comes splendid service
of silver. The House, after selecting "a
string of pearls, which was on exhipl-
tion in Mr.. Mann's office, decided not to
run counter to the old superstition that
pearls are for tears and substituted IN
stead single fine thread of diamonds,
with a lovely ar-shaped diamond pend
dant. The Senate as a body will not send
a gift, but Genevieve has already re-
ceived handsome presents from the in
dividual members of the upper house,
with whom she is very popular.
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little lady by the Stark people, In whose
nurseries, the largest in the country.
originated the famous apple that after
ward made Oregon famous. Not having
been at "Honeyshuck" at the time when
pruning and garden planting was in or
der, the Speaker wrote to the Starks
and asked them to look the garden over
and see that it was in order for the
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homo they found everything in gala ar
ray and rose bushes everywhere.
1900 new beauties. carefully timed to
be a riot of bloom on the day Of the
wedding-and all this as a compliment
to the Speaker and his daughter. for
they would accept no compensation.
The hollyhocks will be abloom, also;
the hollyhocks that are the glory OF
Missouri and have so often been sug-
gested for the national flower. Straight
and tall and Haunting their brave colors,
they rim the garden round. and mayhap
this association will bring about their
formal selection as the national flower.
The Rev. Robert Sherman Boyd, rec
tor of the Lee Memorial Church in
Louisville, whose wife, formerly Belle
Herndon, is Mrs. Clark's niece, and
spent winter or two with her in
Washington. will perform the cere-
mony: the bevy of pretty bridesmaids
will wear frocks in wild flower colors;
and a great marquee will be erected on
the lawn. where the service will take
place is case of inclement weather, and
for the dancing that is to follow.
Although Mr.. Thomson halls from New
Orleans. he comes of a distinguished
Virginia family. his first ancestor hav-
ing been the Rev. James Thomson. from
the Scotch Highlands. who came over
with the second Virginia colony and was
the first Episcopal clergyman to settle
in this country. Mr.. Thomson Is the
eighth in descent from his clerical an
cestor and the rest of his forbears have
been lawyers. doctors and clergymen.
His mother ls also Of Scotch descent,
and was a Miss McIlhany, of the Lou
doun county McIlhanys.
'Honeyshuck" the place is called. the
old-time Missouri name for the honey
locust. and I'm wondering if they, too.
will be in bloom. At o'clock of an
afternoon the scents are sweetest, the
sights most beautiful, and a garden
Wedding. with its wealth of roses, its
hedge of hollyhocks, and over all the
dropping flower of the locust should be
picturesque and lovely scene.
Joe Letter Is telling a story on him
self that has its sober side, because It
pears upon the war. and yet Is rather
amusing. The Letter party on its trip
around the world, left Honolulu, It
seems. on the day that Austria de-
clared war on Serbia, and Mr.. Letter
wagered SO with Blaine Elkins who
was in tho party. that a geenral Euro
pean war would be the result There
followed twenty days upon the Pacific
sans news of any sort. He won, Of
course. and some time later when he
wanted to bet on something else, Mr..
Elkins said mo, when Il man will stir
ur world war to win $lO. I refuse to
bet with him.
The Letter kiddies have set up a
merry-go-round as their latest form of
amusement, a large and imposing toy,
that will hold four people and has a
music box or miniature calliope at
tached. Mrs. Letter says that she hear
the music as she lay abed one morning
early, and it set her wondering why
Glen Echo had opened so soon, only to
discover later that 1t was a little pri-
vate Glen Bcho of their own.
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What snobs some women be, and I
don't believe they realize that they are
funny / went up to the Congressional
Library the other day to lunch with a
dainty little lady friend OF mine who
is employed there. and we entered the
elevator with a lot of other women bound
for the lunchroom-nice. jolly girls.
laughing and Chattering. An imposing
dCwager person was already aboard,
and ! suppose she must have been jos
tied, for she suddenly marched out like
an army with banners, and. turning to
the elevator boy, remarked: II don't
care to ride in the elevator with the
help"
Judging from the number OF distin-
Guished officers who have taken to
farming upon their retirement, the cry
Pack to tic soil'' must be ringing loud
through the rdnks Of the army and the
navy.
Surg. Gen Presley Marion Rixey, U.