The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-06

pleasantest Of cottages. aud como to
Washington In August
Beatrice has been devoting the sum-
mer to preperations for her marriage
to Captain Holcomb In the autumn.
Her trousseau. = hear. is well under
with . supply OF beautiful table and
house linen guaranteed to. last her
lifetime and the lifetime OF her chill
What about the wedding! Well. a.
yet her plans are rather shrouded IN
secrecy: for who can tell ell but ,I thu that It. 2
everything at the last moment?
But this much I can tell you-she
has made a tentative selection OF q date
In the first half Of November for the
csrS nas yd ana he expects ab 70 nave DIX
Her sister. Eudora Clover. will be In
the wedding party. maid Of honor. I
presume. There are to be six brides
maids. and. Of course; as many usheIs
tary." like the bridegroom. and their
CAV marine corps uniforms will 70 far
toward achieving the picturesque.
In difference to the quantity OF REQ
Say Idea Of introducing the rosy color
6cheme that figures In almost every
girls dream of her bridal ceremony.
and her present program Is to nave her
attendants gowned In yellow.
has selected for her bridesmaids are
biondes-so a little bird has WHISPERED
IN my ear-cso the yellow will have 10
be carefully handled. But won't they
make a splendid foil for the bride wit. with
her dark hair and her Dig Drown 'Se''
Sent Tiny Bit of
Peacock Alley" Floor.
Guess what Billy Murray has just
sent me, Susan? A tiny bit Of the old
mosaic floor Of Peacock Alley" which
was dug UP fortnight or so ago In the
general scheme Of rebuilding and reno
waiting the Waldorf-Astoria, In New
York. The entire floor was taken UP
and a new one Of very beautiful mosaic
laid In less than twenty-four hours,
Billy picked up his bits Of loot az
they were being trundled out in a wheel
barrow. shorn Of all identity the very
moment after being torn from their
home Of nineteen years In Peacock al
ley's mosaic pavement. Just think. Su'
land and the foot Of nearly every not
able or titled foreigner who ever came
to America has pressed that pavement
II actually makes me feel a bit OF q
celebrity to have the little bits Of stone
and know that they were sent me as Q
souvenir of the many times that YOU
and l, Billy and Bob Thomas foregath,
cred in Peacock alley.
President Wilson and his bride wer,
added a few months ago to the list
OF notables known to these silent, smooth
little stones. and long before they had
known the tread Of Grover Cleveland
and his bride.
The United States Steel Corporation
was forged above them: Ia Hung Chang
slipped over them: Prince Henrys milf
| tary boots tapped them. John w. Gates
shoes must have known every one OF
| the stones. "Marse Henry" Wattersor
dispensed wisdom and humor as III
greeted his friends in that popular rem
| devious.
Gilbert II. Gary passed to and fro from
| his apartments over these stones fol
| many years after he had taken tn,
craftsmanship of the first tremendouI
commercial organization of modern
| finance and often he stood on those mo
sales with Charles II. Schwab. Sir Gilber
| Parker, j. Pierpont Morgan. the elder
| and an endless list of men of fame o.
the whole world have trod upon them.
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\ Yes, Justice McReynolds has final,
decided to ''set up housekeeping" aftel
having lived at the Shoreham since n,
was appointed to the Supreme cour