The Washington times., 1915-10-24

pales before the handiwork OF nature
Even In the city one finds occasionally
surprising bits Of color. In tearing down
the old residence at the corner Of Eight
eenth street and Massachusetts, avenue
TO make way for an apartment house.
the side wall of the house next door has
been uncovered. q wall that Is one
flaming mass OF Virginia creeper In
blood red, green and gold.
The "cliff dwellers'' In Washington
and Georgetown, and many members OF
the more modern social circles as well
are fkeenly interested In the engage.
ment Of Marjorie Ord. daughter Of DR.
| and Mrs. William Ord. OF salisbury
England. to Jack Carpenter. an ofricei
| OF the British army. which has beer
| recently announced. Her fiance hai
| been on active service In tho Darda.
nelles for some time.
MarJorie's mother was Claire Bill
| ings. daughter OF the late DR.. and Mrs
| John b. Billings. who we're residents
OF Georgetown in the days when tht
old town was the center OF the mos
4 fashionable world OF the Nations Capt.
tai. DR.. Billings. who was q scientist
number of years before his death
At that time he was director and heac
librarian OF tho New York Public Ii
brary. the Astor. Lenox, and Tiider
Foundations. Ono OF his daughters
Mrs. Wilson. now makes her home
in the handsome old Billings residence
So27 N street. whils another Is Mrs
Hartley. wife Of Edwin b. Hartley. wht
lives in the Decatur.
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Both the Trescott girls,-Bessie, who
Is now Mrs. Phil rorrey. and Stephanie
| Mrs. George Wade Martin-are to b'
In Washington this winter. as both theil
husband are at sea. Mrs. Trescott haI
taken an apartment In the Don Carloi
and will have Bessie Torrey and hel
two children. Elizabeth. aged five. ant
Phil. jr.. just half past two. with her
while Stephanie and her small son. wht
is called Charles worthington Martir
/ for her grandfather. will spend the win
! ter with her grandmother. Mrs. Worth
| inston. and the Misses Worthington a
their home In N street.
| Phil Torrey and Wade Martin ar,
both in the marine corps. Lieutenan
Torrey is on duty aboard the U. S.
New York. which is now OF Fort Mon
roe. and has several months Of crusinl
before him. The prospect Is that tn
ship will go north as far as Maine. bu
! will eventually reach Guantanamo
Lieutenant Martin is now in Haiti. bu
will 60 back to Guantanamo whei
things cool of In the little island re
public. and there stcphanic and tn
baby will Join him In the spring-o
| sooner II POSSIBLE.
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Edmund Fairfax. brother OF tn
only American-born member of th'
house OF lords and his attractive sis
ter. Ms. Lowndes Rhett. OF Baltimore
gave a regular old-time barn dance O
the other evening at the Fairfax place
near Upper Marlboro. II was arrange
TO celebrate the completion OF a splendi
new barn: a number OF Washingto
people were invited. as we'll as every
body in Prince George county who
anybody; and the dance WAS a functio
from which social history in the count
will be dated. The Fairfax house
quite modern. but It star.ds on tn
site OF the beautiful Fairfax mansion
which was burned some years ago.
|
| Another fair lady and q most popu
lar one In Washington. has taken u
businkT-with a big Il. Rather {
the surprise of her friends. Mrs. BE
Bradford has announced that she ha
taken over the management OF I'll
Brighton cafe. This is not howeve
Mrs. Bradford's first business yer
lure. for. after the sudden death {
her husband some two years ago le
her with greatly reduced means. 81
assisted Mrs. Hawkesworth and Mr.
Gronna with the series OF tea dane,
which they instituted at the Willar
=
, Before she went in mourning. Mr.
Bradford was noted as a charmin
hostess: she entertained frequentl
and one house party in particular 81
gave Will be long remembered. Whe
: her son. Lieut.. Carl Bradford. no
, Instructor of French at the Militai
Academy. was graduated from We
Point four or fve years ago. she WI
hostess for a house party at her plaI
In the country for some eight or t.
of his classmates and as many Wasl
inEton kills. They certainly did ha,
: royal good time. Maitland Ma
shall. now Mrs Jack" Knapp, was