The Washington times., 1916-12-11
MISS DRAPER TO
WE'D Mr.. TAFT
Capital Society Interested In
Engagement Announced
In Nsw York. 49,

The announcement OF the engage
ment OF Miss Helen Fl. Draper, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Draper,
Of Boston. to waibridge Smith Taft.
sdh OF Mr.. and 1ry. Henry Taft
Waters, of, New York. which was
made yesterday. 10 OF unusual interest
to Washington. -
Miss Draper 10 q cousin OF Princess
Margaret'Bonc formerly Miss
Margaret Draper, OF Washington, and
came to Washington recently TO be
bridesmaid at the marriage of Miss
Beatrice Glover and Major Thomas
Holcomb. tr., u. 8. N. G. - b..
pr Ms Ts w.m p mo%.ya q FL. rorT r..
ran for Congress In. the sixteenth
He IL now q member of the law firm
Of Parks, McKinstry a Taft. but on
January ! win Join his father: arm.
Miss Draper and Mr.. Taft met at
Bar Harbor. where the two families
have summer places.
Ts join Her brother.
Miss Mary Pheian will come TO
Washington from her homo In Cali
fornia to Join her brother. Senator
James ID. Pheihn early in January.
She will be accompanied by her niece.
Miss GLADYS sullivan. who will make
an indefinite stay With them. y
Major wiiiiafh J. Glasgow. L. =. A..
Will arrive at Fort Myer today from
with his family.
Capt. and Mrs. John n. Hodges win
be hosts at dinner Friday night. TAX.
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hop which the officers stationed at the
Washington Barracks will give that
evening at the Officers Club. The
guests OF honor viii be Mrs. Hodges
parents. Mr.: and Mrs. Thomas Aztec
will spend several days with Captain
York.
Mrs. Hodges sister. Mis-, Elizabeth
6sss%Ssr VII eG from e Mr.. spsnse
School. In New York, 10 pass the
Christmas holidays with Captain and
Mrs. Hodges.
To Return Fres Mckee.
Capt. Charles y. Haight. U. =. A..
who has been In Mexico for several
months, win return TO Washington
at the end OF the week on leave and
Join Mrs Haisht a. Fort Myer,
Mrs; sehriener, wife OF Lieut., Ed
Fort Myer Christmas night 10 Join
her husband In Columbus, n. NJ, for
a fortnight's stay. -
Judge and Mrs, William Morrow. Of
have come 90 washington
for the Christmas holidays and arcr
staying at the New willard, Judge
and Mrs. MORROW are parents OF Mrs.
Roosevelt wife OF Major Henry l..
Roosevelt u = NJ c.
Capt and Mrs. Mark Bristol are
Mr.. and Mrs. n. Campbell
Graef at their residence In X street.
Miss Olive Graef, who attends Miss
come TO Wellington December % to
pass the holidays with her parents.
GoinEto New York.
The Minister from Switzerland, Paul
Ritter. will 30 20 New York tonight
TO join Nine. Ritter. who has been
there for several days. +
Nine, Ritter was the guest OF honor
at "a dinner which the Swiss Consul
ana Mrs. Louis Il. Junod gave last
night at the Vanderbilt Hotel. Among
the guests were the consul general
Liebert. and Judge and Mrs., George
Graham.
Go to White suIphsr Springs.
DIR. and Mrs. James Mitchell have
gone to White Sulphur Springs. DIR.
is a delegate TO the annual
of the Southern Surgical
and genealogical Society, which
opens there today.
Gen. and Mrs. John A. Johnston
spent. several days in Washington last
week. en- route 20 Florida, where they
will make an extended stay. General
and Mrs. Johnston have been residing
In New York for the past year.
To Entertain At Dinner.
Mrs. John III. Bodley, OF wheeling,
W. Va, and Chester Heights, Pa, and
her son, Col. William Bodiey, will en-
terrain at dinner this evening at the
willard Hotel, where they are MAX
Ing an extended stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elihu Root, who are
at Laurel-in- the-Pines, have been
Joined by their grandchildren, the
children of Major and Mrs. u. s.
Grant. Sd, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant,
mother OF Major Grant, is staying at
tho aana hafeI "