The Washington times., 1915-10-24
JEAN ELIOT%
LETTER.

Oio ~ that6 ISL thot july
Tho bud. who. by the way. is not to
have the formality Of an official pre-
sentation. but who will enjoy her first
season in society after the manner Of
so many of Washineton's undated
debutantes." Is the dainty little Bar
oness Lily Won Winckler. She halls
from the Netherlands. has only been In
this country about six months. and Is
spending the winter with Mrs. j. o.
Hunt. at her home In Sheridan circle.
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Lily IL the daughter Of Baron ].
Barendrecht Won Winckler. consul gen.
sral Of the Netherlands In India. and 1t
was in India. where she spent two years
with her parents. that she met the
Hunts. who are In the American con-
sular service. When they were due to
return to this country. 1t was decided
that the climate was not agreeing very
we'll with Lily. and she accepted Mrs.
Hunts invitation to come to this coun-
try for year. Mr.. Hunt Is now consul
at Vancouver.
Baroness Won Winckler spent the sum-
mer with Mrs Hunt at Eaglesmere. Pa.
and in Atlantic City. but during the
spring she was in Washington and en-
joyed a pleasant little futter with the
younger set She Is pretty. piauant.
and. like most Continental girls OF birth
and breeding. speaks several languages
besides her own. Moreover. she Is
real little cosmopolitan. and knows
something Of most Of the far corners Of
the globe. Next week she is going to
New York for fortnight's visit.
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Pezet will select mid December date
for the presentation OF their niece.
Teresa Granada y Pezet-she is the min
ister's niece and follows the Spanish
fashion of wearing" her mothers
maiden name after that of her father
who enjoys the distinction OF being
the only diplomatic debutante. Teresa
Will be a near neighbor of Lily Won
Winckler. for the Peruvian legation 10
In r street close on Sheridan Circle.
Her aunt is planning not only an after
noon reception. but series of lunch
and dinner parties and no doubt a ball
later on.
Teresa Is the daughter of a Justice
of the supreme court of Peru. She Is
not dark. after the manner OF 50 many
South American girls. but is even more
striklngly blonde than her charming
aunt. Madame Pezet, who Is one of tho
prettiest women of the Diplomatic Corps
The Minister and Madame Pezet. who
sailed for Peru very early last spring,
came back to this country in August
and spent the remainder of the summer
on Cape Cod. returning 10 Washington
few weeks ago by motor.
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heard recently that Dolores Craw-
ford. daughter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs
Medorem Crawford. was to be intro
duced to society this season; but It
seems she has decided to wait another
year. She has a very charming voice,
which she has cultivated assiduously,
studying under several well-known Eu-
ropean masters. and has made up ner
mind that she would prefer to devote
another season to the study OF music
and French. She Is going to Now
Haven for tho winter. l understand.
General and Mrs. Crawford are a bit
undecided as to their course. but they
plan to sublet their residence in Nine
teenth street and go to Panama to
spend several months with their son,
Lieut. Medorem Crawford, tr.
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Aieshire arc to be among tho attendants
at Rebeksh Winners marriage to Scott
Thropp. in addition to Francise Will
lians and Eleanora Morgan; and hear
there are to be two out Of town girls
In tho party. The date Of the wedding
has not yet been announced.
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Tho President-so a little bird tells
me-always carries a Virginia lucky
stone. found In the heart OF the Blue
Ridge Mountains. where Powhatan, an
oestor Of tho future Mrs. Wilson. and
his tribe Of warriors used to wander
before the days Of civilization. The
stone was presented to Mr. Wilson, be-
fore he was President. by Reeves s.
Brown. wealthy farmer Of nartins-
ville, when the latter was an under
graduate at Randolph-Macon College.
and Mr.. Wilson lectured before the
students.
The President was once asked II he
thought the stone brought him luck. He
replied that he was not at all inclined
to be superstitious-but still he liked to
have It in his pocket. The lucky piece
Ia in itself quite unusual. 1t Is in the
form Of a perfect cross. and the legend
Of the mountain people Is these stones
several OF them are found In that
resion-are the crystalized tears of the
fairies. who wept when they heard the
story of the Crucifixion.
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President Wilson seems these days ia
have taken a new lease on life. He
looks ten years younger than he did
before the beginning of his affectonate {
comradeship with Mrs. Gait; he looks
brighter and better. and when he smiles
and he mostly does smile now-his
expression Is very winning and one
would scarcely know him for the care.
worn man who had the weight of the
Lusitania situation on his shoulders.
Mrs. Gait. however, seems not to bt
enjoying the sudden binding search
light of publicity that has been turned
upon all her doings. She has alway!
been a retiring sort of woman, whose
last desire was to be conspicuous. ant
don't wonder she finds some phases
of her position a little trying.
I heard a quaint little rhyme tn,
other day. which Mrs. Gait used tt
sing when she was a small girl-so tht
story goes. 1t was taught her by "Aun
Becky" Anderson. her old negro mann