The Washington times., 1915-07-04

leading the way. the party proceeded to
the side door and from the meeting
house. And the wedding was all over
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After a supper for the attendants and
family. Francis and his bride left for
trip, and they will be at home at
Sandy Spring after August !.
So many other Washinetonians were
there. among those I noticed being Mr..
and Mrs. Brainsrd II. Warner. jr.. Mrs.
Henry L. Davis. Miss Mary Lothrop.
and Miss Mabel Gray.
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Winthrop Cortelyou. son OF George
Bruce Cortelyou. onetime Secretary of
the Treasury. who Is a talented musi-
clan and a composer as WELL made his
first bid for public recognition on
Thursday, when his operetta. The
/ Dread Maid" written in cola boration
| with F. Otis Drayton. Of Belmont. edi
tor of the New England Conservatory
| Magazine Review, was given a hearing
at the Pop concert in Symphony Hall.
In Boston. The work was well received
and the critics agreed that 1t showed
great promise.
After short and stormy career at
Cornell University, where he spent most
of his time getting into hot water,
! win" took up the study of music, to
which he had always been devoted, as
a profession: and for the past year and
half he has been studying compost
! tion and kindred subjects at the New
| England Conservatory of Music. He
has made a notable record, too. which
goes to show what a difference 1t makes
when ones heart is in his work.
! The two Cortelyou boys-Bruce Is the
older one. you remember-grew up in
| Washington. while their father was
| Secretary to President Roosevelt and
later Secretary of the Treasury; and
two nicer boys there never were. Bruce
elected to go to Yale. and there he made
splendid record. He was an honor
man. made all the best societies and
was voted the man in his class to do the
most for the university. He is now
manager of gas company at Independ-
ance, Ohio. or was the last time heard
Of him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cortelyou are living in
New York. where he is the head of the
Consolidated Gas Co., and have a lovely
home at Huntington. L. l.. where they
now are. The little girl. who must be
a pretty big little girl by now, is q
chum of Lois Resides.
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Friends of Carrie Lee Chamberlain,
daughter Of Senator and Mrs. George
Chamberlain, of Oregon. were much In
| terested to hear last week that she was
to be married on Saturday evening 10
Charles Donald Wood. OF Berkeley, Cal.
Saturday being last evening, the mar
riage has taken place. but her letter
was short and hasty and promised de-
tails at some future writing. 80 l can
only tell you that II was to be a home
wedding and rather quiet.
Moreover. l think II must have been
rather suddenly arranged. for not very
long ago Carrie Leo wrote regretfully
that her family were not coming to
Washington until December. and she
could scarcely restrain her impatience
The young people are to live at the
Parkhurst. in Portland. and she is
begging her friends to write her, as she
is anxious to see her new name on heI
letters.
Senator and Mrs. Chamberlain will
come East some time during the winter
and with them the younger girl. Fanny
who must be growing up and Just abou
ready to make her debut. Meanwhile,
am anxiously awaiting the details o
Carrie Lees wedding and the story o
what caused her to change her mint
about coming to Washington with he
family and. when the news reaches m
I'll pass 1t along to you post haste.
Nellie Claire Howard Is going to New
York shortly to visit Mrs. James Roche
who, as Irene Barry, has been a FIRE
n Quent visitor at the Howards and witt