The Washington herald., 1918-12-15

taken place. A few days ago mrs.
Collier said that she did not know
where the story came from. There mad
been no idea OF setting December IA
as the date. and as yet she had no
definite idea when the wedding would
take place. 1t is apparently still on
the knees of the gods. But one as
sumes that II Lieut.. Fellowes' orders
arrive< "all of a sudden, just hke
that: the wedding date would tum-
bio precipitately off the knees OF the
gods and do likewise.
Meantime catharine Harlowe's we'd
ding day u fast approaching-and as
she has picked perfectly good home
grown husband. Lieut. Commander
Theodore Stark Wilkinson. she has
been able to make her wedding plans
without fear OF orders" interfering
with them. Her marriage Is to take
place next Tuesday afternoon at 81.
Johns. with attendants galore, ana
every traditional trimming. Meanwhile
she is being pretty constantly enter
tained. even up to the cannons
mouth" so to speak, since Commander
and Mrs. Alan Goodrich Kirk, the
best man and matron of honor respec-
lively. are giving them breakfast
tprobably about o'clock, on Tues
day
There has been just one generally IN
teresting engagement announced with
In the last weeK. and that is the one
foretold In this column three or four
weeks ago, of Margaret Devereux and
Capt Richard Jeschke.' U. 5. M. {.
a,-af Co a daughter of
Maj. and Mrs, j. Ryan Devereux. and
the family home in Bradley Lane.
Chevy Chase. has been center for
the smart sport-loving set. Maj. De-
vereux has been in the service ever
since America entered the war. Be-
fore that he was DIR. Devereux.
He organized one of the first ambu-
lance units and went up to Allentown
and trained with them and went over
seas with them after a period of inn
patient and impotent waiting and re-
Wiling of delays. The Chevy Chase
home was rented to succession OF
dollar-a-year men, and the family
came In town and occupied various
apartments and felt they had not
where to lay their heads. Now Maj.
Devereux is on the way home-if in
deed he has not already arrived, and
his wife and family are settling back
In their own home, appreciating 1t as
never before. Capt. Jeschke Is an
old friend-a man Margaret has
known always-to the infinite salts
faction of her mother. Margaret was
a debutante last year. when the going
for debutantes was not particularly
good. She enlisted in the Marine
Corps, as-what do they cali the lady
members of the Marine Corps, any
how? Whatever II Is. Margaret De-
vereuX is one for four years-unless
Uncle Sam chooses to release her.
Mrs. Devereur is resuming today
her Sunday ''at homes"-really at
home-and IT Is safe to say that
friends will swarm at the Devereux
house In Chevy Chase this afternoon.
As for the buds. they are blossom
ing out from day to day-and they're
having a ''puffickly dam gorgeous
time" They are as attractive a lot
of girls as Washington has ever
known. and all the sweeter, and gay
er for having been kept in year
because of war conditions. There are
two or three added TO the social bou-
CIet every week. sometimes two or
three day, and there isn't a day or
a night that there are not half dozen
parties in honor of one or two or
three of them, with all the rest in
vited.
Yesterday the spotlight was turned
on Mildred Bromwen. daughter of
the late Col. and Mrs. Charles Brom-
well. and granddaughter OF Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott. who served as
president general of the D. A. r.
through two brilliant terms and has
heen head of the organizations vast
war work for the last eighteen
months. CAnd in passing be it men
toned that the d. A. r. has raised
sl0,Oo0.0o0 for war work-as an or
ganization. outside of what its MEM
bers may have contributed privately
or through other organizations-whic
considering that it's active member
ship is only about 10000 women is a
pretty good record.)
Mrs. Scott a few years ago pur-
chased the house at 1915 Q street.
where she and her widowed daughter
and her two children have made their
Washington home. and where yes
terday Miss Bromwell made her bow
to society-one of the most attractive
buds of the year. at one of the most
successful debuts. Miss Mildred was
a picture in a dream of a gown of
flesh colored tulle over silver As a
matter of fact she's a picture in most
anything she wears. but there are
degrees! She is certainly one of the
loveliest of the. seasons buds. and
yesterday afternoon, though she had
fifteen of them there, to help, she had
She received with her mother. who
looked unusually well in black vel
vet, and her stately grande dame
grandmother.
One missed-one could not help it.
dainty little Mrs. Vrooman, Mrs.
Scott's other daughter who is in
France doing canteen work, and will
scarcely be back before March. As
aunt of the heroine of the day she
would of course have been in evidence
had she been in America. As it was
Miss Bromwell had supporting her
her cousin. Miss Elizabeth Stevenson.
who made her debut last winters
granddaughter of the late Adlai Ste
venson, one time Vice President of
these United States, during whose
term MS hieSts, Mrs. bTOnnWell ana
Mrs. Vrooman hade their debuts. and
were reigning bellies in Washington:
and of this years debutantes, Miss
Anna Hamlin. Miss Olyve Graef, Miss
Alice Requa, Miss Marjorie Wright,
Miss Courtney Let's. Miss Elizabeth
Grinnell. Miss Frances Hopkins, Miss
Antoinette Graves, Miss Giulia Zaldi-
var, Miss Eleanor Johnston, Miss Leila
Gordon. Miss Margaret Calhoun
Symonds, Miss Carter, Mulliken and
Miss Margaret Harding, such a beyy
of pretty young girls as have rarely