Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-13
MRS. MACKAY-SMITH
DENIES DAUGHTER WILL
WE'D CAPTAIN B0Y-ED
Former Philadelphia Calls
Washington Report "Pre-
posterous and Without
Foundation"
RUMOR STIRS CAPITAL
Attache Whose Recall U. S. Demand
ed Was Frequently Seen in
Company of Two Sisters

Rumors that have been afoat in wash
ington social circles to the effect that Miss
Virginia Mackay-Smith. daughter Of the
Right Rev. Alexander Mackay-Sm late
Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal Do-
cese of Pennsylvania and at one time
resident of Philadelphia. was engaged to
marry Captain Karl Boy-Ed. naval at
tache at the German Embassy, who has
been recalled by the Kaiser, have been
declared without foundation by the
mother of the Young woman, Mrs Nir-
ginia Mackay Smith.
Bishop Mackay- Smith was formerly rec
tor of the fashionable st. Johns Church,
in Washington. and the members of his
family are widely known socially. Miss
Mackay-Smith made her debut in the
capital in 1901 Ever since the announce
ment of the demand Of the United states
that Captain Boy-Ed and Captain Franz
Won Papen, the military attache, be re-
called by the German Government, WASH
ngton society has been gossiping about
the reported engagement. Miss Mackay-
Smith refused TO see a reporter at her
home, 1865 l6th street. n. w, sending
word that she was indisposed. and Cap
tain Boy-Ed could not be communicated
with last night at the German Club, New
York.
Mrs Mackay-Smith. who formerly lived
at the Bellevue Stratford, however, de-
MED the rumor. which she characterized
az "preposterous" and without foun-
dation" II was also pointed out In
Washington among those who discussed
the matter that the request for safe
passage for the two German attaches
made no mention of prospective bride
for Captain Won Papen.
Mrs. Mackay-Smith said she was at a
loss to understand how it was that her
daughters name was coupled with that
of Captain Boy-Ed.
The report from Washington was, in
part, ns follows
The tongues of the official set in
Washington society are waEging indus
triously over one development of the re-
call OF the German military and naval
attaches, Franz Won Papen and Captain
Boy-Ed.
"The gossip concerns the reported en-
gagement of Captain Boy-ed to Miss
Virginia Mackay-Smith. daughter of the
late Bishop Alexander Mackay-Smth,
former rector of St Johns Episcopal
Church, one OF the most exclusive con-
grcgations of the Capital.
Miss Mackay-Smith pleaded indispo-
sition when a reporter called today at
her home, 1866 10th street, n. W. She
sent down word that she would see no
one.
Her mother empnatlCallN dcnlcu tne
report OF the engagement Mrs. Mackay-
Smith said that the report was prepos-
ferrous and without foundation. and said
she could account in no way for the
rumor which had been the subject of
much talk in official circles.
Captain Boy-Ed while attached to the
German Embassy, was n habitual attend
ant at most OF the diplomatic social af-
fairs of the city and most frequently was
seen in the company of Miss Mackey-
Smith and her younger sister, Miss
Gladys. Tho MackCy-Smiths spent last
summer at Seal Harbor. Me, and there
Captain Boy-Ed was seen frequently
escOrting the elder daughter.
There are not Il few members of the
social set, including Captain Boy-Ed and
Miss MackeySmith, who regard their ru-
mored attachment as evidence of the
innocence OF the naval attache of the
charges upon which President Wilson de-
manded his recall. They contend that as
the fiance of an American girl Captain
Boy-Ed would have been particularly
scrupulous not to offend the Government
of the United States.
IF Captain Boy-Ed and Miss Mackey-
Smith are really engaged it is evident
that the wedding does not impend. The
safe conduct asked by the State Depart
ment of the Allies named only Captain
Boy-Ed and Captain Won Papen, thus
making no provision for a prospective
bride in the party"