Evening star., 1915-06-06
Picked Up Here and There.

Had a Runaway Carol NIiller's run
Wedding. Haxward Catch in
iFaa St Louis Thursday was variant
sbit of news. The announcement Of their
engagement would hardly have been g
.surprise as rumor has been very busy
with their names for more than year
but an e1opement
why did they do il" asks one.
-Just think of what a wonderful we'd
ding she misses = remarks another.
Think Of all the presents she did not
get" laments some one else.
What possible objection could there
have been?' asks still another. t1sn't
. ii funny what a furry an unconventional
act causes persons who do not know
you?)
Well to begin with the last of the
questions first, the answers go something
like this
The only objection to the match was
that the bride was the only and much
adored daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Gilman Miller. who, like most parents.
disliked to give their big. little girl up
Just when they had got her back after
she had been away at school for about
four years, two OF which We're spent in
Europe.
She is the granddaughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John J. O'Fallon. whose other grand
children are all boys. despite all the pet
tings and pampering that We're Showered
upon her for this 4. reason, there is
not more unspoiled nor more gracious
girl in society. So when she determined
to do something unconventional 1t
naturally became a three-day wonder
AS for the wedding. it surely would
have heen a grand affair. because the
O'Fallon clan is large and wealthy, and
always does things that way. It is
rumored that this is one of the reasons
he brIa ed we'd UIIietly
As for the presents. she will probably
get them anyway.
She made her debut in st. Louis winter
before last but quite late in the sea son.
and her first winter was interrupted
by the death Of Mr. Milier's grandmother.
SO that last winter really was her first
full season. which she began by being
one of the special maids to the queen at
the Yelled Prophet ball.
Mr.. Catch is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elias S. Catch. He is a cousin of Ken
nett Farrar Burnes. and his mother. who
was Miss Katherine Burnes. was one of
the heirs to the Burnes estate, The di-
vision of which attracted nationwide in
terest.
He is an Amherst College man and
member of the younger set. His sister,
Miss Katherine Catch, will marry Lock-
wood Hill In the autumn.
Mr.. Catch and his bride have gone
west to spend their honeymoon, and will
make their home in st. Louis.
X
The announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Katherine Peddle and
Robert Abeles, Cd.
is Beauty which was made at a
Dill luncheon last week in
al" A~' St. Louis, is one of the
most interesting of the large number
of betrothals recently made known.
T. is in, cyir RI
usually have a very good time-a
wonderful time"-after her first sea-
son: that it is a case of the king is
dead: long live the king
When she ceases to be a debutante
she either takes up social service work.
some kind of civic business or goes to
college to study some "oiogy." But
that was not the case with Miss Ped
die. Even the announcing and breaking
of another engagement, now forgotten,
made no difference in her popularity.
and she has been as much in demand
by the young matrons as by the
younger set of bellies and beaux.
She often Is spoken of as beauty,
and was one of the prettiest girls of
her debutante year.
The luncheon was given by Mrs. Ped
die, who. by the way. is Miss Kath-
crimes stepmother. and two more de-
voted women are rarely seen.
The guests at the luncheon were
Misses Oneida O'Hara, Martha Pittman,
Gertrude Mcleod, Ina Morris. Mrs
Howard V. stephens and Mrs. William
marriage will be in October
Miss Peddle is the daughter of
Charles X. Peddle, formerly of Indian
apolis.
The busiest person in these days is
the weather prophet, and. incidentally,
he is one of the
FOLKS Are most unpopular.
r for he is so un-
all the logic of statistics the weather
of last week should have been ideal
II was. on the contrary. just that kind
of weather that II was impossible to
cope with. The most enthusiastic fresh
air levers could find little enjoyment
in such weather Consequently such
charming entertainments as the Greek
play al Piping Rock, not to mention
the race meetings. were not what they
planned % be. and the twice postponed
performance of the play certainly did
dull the edge of novelty
Although the first week in June in
past seasons has been regarded as
marking the final stay of the fashion
able world In town, there are remark
ABLY rev laHlHeS VINO nave OeHnlLely
closed their houses. Many Of the town
houses will be kept open for weeks to
come, their dwellers being pied-a -terre,
as it were. during the entire summer
This is sure to be the case should
the weather prove in any way favor
able However. when siroccolike heat
descends upon New York, then society
fees elsewhere; that is. the female por-
tion of il. But the average man has
boldly announced his dislike of com
mutfng and consequently finds II best
TO live in the city for midweek, and as
fashionable many women talking
of keeping the town houses open and
spending midweek with their hus-
bands
This has been the plan generally
adopted during the merry month of
MAY, When June heat does begin even
the charm Of variety. the week end In
the country and the m,dweek in town,
may lose its flavor. When this condi-
lion arrives 'he real summer gayety
both in the nearby and the far away
country homes, will begin
The entrance of italy into the Euro
pean conflict directly affects those in
ner circles Of
Family to Be Chicago so
Found at the Front. -,
Giulio Boiognesi the Italian CONSUL is
q popular member. Nothing but his
consular ,duttes-which have now be-
ro,ra mora th,- hoS.ro