The Washington times., 1915-05-16

mond sunburst inherited from her
fathers mother. to whom II had come
as a wedding present. the gift OF her
brother-in-law, then president OF the
Pennsylvania railroad.
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Eleanor, you may remember. is n
Washington girl, a daughter Of the late
George c. Payne, long a member of the
the firm Of Taylor & Payne, attorneys.
Her grandfather was Col. Jamns @.
Payne. formerly auditor Of the United
States Supreme Court, vice president of
the Union Trust Company and president
of the District Bar Association. During
her fathers life they kept up quite an
| elaborate establishment in Massachu-
sets avenue. near Sheridan circle.
where they entertained extensively;
and then. just before she was graduated
from Washington Seminary, the family
went West on account of Mr.. Payne's
health. He died out there. and since
then Eleanor and her mother have trav-
eled about In a leisurely way, settling
for the time in Los Angeles.
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Jay" went to Nevada in 1907 and set
tied In the southern part of the State,
where he has been engaged in some
gold mining operations. He Is at pres
ent president and principal stockhoder
In two successful mining companies and
manager of third. Also he hos been
in politics for several years. and Is now
Democratic floor leader OF the Nevada
house of delegates. He expects to bring
his bride to Washington in the near
future. and. who knows but what he
may come to Congress one of these
days.
| Although he lived in Washington
most of his life. Jays" people all come
from the Eastern Shore of Maryland
where he has an endless number of
relatives, including the Goldsboroughs,
the Tllghmans, the Earles. and Gcores
OF Maryland aristocrats. His father,
w. H. Babcock. Is a prominent patent
attorney. q man with an unusual mind.
He has won some renown. too, / be-
lieve. as the author of several works on
deep. scientific subjects. Jay Is a
graduate of George Washington Uni
versty, and was prominent In athlct tics
there.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Babcock will spend sew
eral months in San Francisco. where
Jay has recently been given charge of
the Nevada exhibit. and when the fair
| is over they will set up housekeeping in
Los Angeles.
/ forgot to tell you that Gov. Emmet
| Boyle. of Nevada. was to have been best
man for jay. and started on his journey
to Los Angeles to act in that capacity,
! but while en- route he received sum
mons to the return to Carson City i'm
mediately to attend to extremely I'M
portant business So Jay was married
without the aid OF a best man.
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The Ridgely Hunts dinner on Tues
day evening will be given in honor of
two attractive brides, their niece Helen
| Hunt. who will be married TO Barnaby
Conrad on May %, and Madge Stokes,
the earliest of the June brides Virginia
Hunt you know, is to be one of her
bridesmaids.
| Nadge and King Stone are to be mar
ried at Epiphany Church and afterward
there will be a large reception at the
Stokes home; and, curiously enough. il
transpires that Kings father, Dr.
Richie Stone. and his mother. who was
Miss Whitney. were married in the
same church years ago, and had their
reception in the very same house. Then
| it belonged TO Mrs. Stones step-father
and mother, Major and Mrs. Winston.
Sara Belle Williams. who Is to be
maid of honor for Madge. is coming
over from Baltimore for the Hunts din
ner and also her fance, Gilbert Lucas
Their wedding will take place on June
% at st. Paul's Church. Baltimore. and
Madge. who will then be Mrs King
Stone, will be matron of honor for her
ehum.
! Doris Haywood Hume will be the
matron of honor at Madge's wedding
the bridesmaids will be Kitty Belt. OF
Warrenton: Julia Whiting, Adelaide
Heth, and Virginia Hunt, and John
| Hemphill will be Kings best man.
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The new tennis courts at the Dunn.
barton Club are already in use and have
given a FLIP to the interest in the sport
In fact dozens OF new members have
joined attracted by the fine tennis facili-
ties and among them are many of the
members of the old Bachelors Tennis
Club. which disbanded some time ago.
s.
Cen Eli D. Hoyle writes from Fort
| Oglethorpe. Ca. where he and Mrs
Hoyle are visiting their two daughters
| Imogene Shannon and Helen Herr, that
/ he and his wife are taking life easy and