The Washington herald., 1917-09-17
Members of Presidents Cabinet
Are at Atlantic City Convention

with his family at Blue Ridge Sum-
7 NIT. accompanied by Baron di VAL
! entino, and Mr.. Gino Butt. Of the
embassy staff. were returned to
Washington today, accompanied by
his secretaries.
The Minister of Bolivia. Mr.. Cal
deron. who Is in New York Tor
short stay, was Joined there yester-
day by Nine. Calderon and MISS
Elena Calderon, who left Wasning-
ton Sunday morning.
Miss Eleanor KelISgg Chase. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Hall
Chase, Of watertown. Conn. whose
engagement to Mr.. Charles p. Taft,
son of former President and Mrs.
William Howard Taft. was recently
announced. is spending the weekend
| in Washington at the Willard, to be
near Mr.. Taft, who Is at the artillery
camp at st. Asaph, Va.
Their wedding will probably TAX,
place In the late autumn.
Miss Janet Munday, daughter of
Mrs. Margaret Forsyth Munday, was
married saturday to Mr.. John Doug
lass Gordon. of New York. at her
mothers home. in I street. Only
members of the families were pres
ent.
Mrs. Gordon is the daughter of the
late DR.. Benjamin Munday, and the
granddaughter of the late Col. Lewis
Cass Forsyth. Mr.. Gordon Is the son
of Mr.. James Gay Gordon. Of Phila-
dclphia, Pa, who was a judge in that
city. Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon will make
their home in New York.
Capt. Frederick w. Matteson. Quar-
termaster Corps. u. S. R., and Mrs.
Matteson. previously Of Washington
and now of Newport News. w, Va.
have announced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Matte
son. to Lieut.. w. Billings Wilson. En-
gineer Corps. U. s. r. Lieut.. Wilson.
who is the son of Mrs. Kate Billings
Wilson. of Georgetown, is with the
503d Railway Service Battalion at
Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill. Miss Mat
teson was an active member of the
Red Cross Motor Corps in Washing
ton. The wedding will take place in
the early winter.
Announcement has been made by
of 3O3 West 105th street, New York, of
the engagement of her daughter, Miss
Ines NJ. de Barrios, to Mr.. Walter
Adam Lee, of Chicago. Miss de Bar
rios is from an old Spanish family.
Her father was Senior Don Jose de
Barrios. who was widely known in
this city and Havana. where his
brother, Senior Don Raoul de Barrios,
is engaged in business. Gen. Monte
verde, governor of Morocco. is her
uncle. Mr.. Lee is the son of the late
W. II. Lee and Mrs. Sarah A. Lee, of
Chicago. He has enlisted in the Ma
val Reserve. The wedding will take
place this autumn.
OF interest throughout Virginia Is
the announcement by DR.. Robert L.
Randolph. of Baltimore, of the engage
ment of his daughter. Phoebe Elliot.
to Baldwin Day Spillman. jr., son of
Gen. and Mrs. Spillman, of Warren
ton. Va. Miss Randolph is a grand
daughter of the Rt. Rev. Alfred Ma
gill Randolph, bishop of Southern Vir-
ginia- Mr.. Spillman. who is with the
United States Ambulance Corps, at
Allentown. Pa. expects to sail for
France within a few weeks. No date
has been announced for the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. William c. Bentley.
of Richmond, Va, have just an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Elizabeth Logan, to Lieut.
Charles r. Irving, of the Medical
Corps. First Virginia regiment. Owing
to the uncertainty of army orders at
this time, the arrangements for the
marriage have had to be hurried and
the ceremony will take place tomor-
row night. at 9 o'clock, in home of
the bride.