The Washington herald., 1918-02-03
Marbury and Miss Nessick have an
apartment at the Balfour.

Marbury and Miss Nessick have an
apartment at the Balfour.
Louise Bayne's engagement to Lieut..
John Francis Proctor. of the Royal
Flying Corps Of the British army.
formerly of Calgary. Canada was an
nounced last week also. Lieut. Proc
tor is one OF the three officers who
have been convalescing at the lovely
Virginia home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Carter. He, with two other heros.
after having been seriously wounded.
have been getting strong and well
there under the care Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter, for several months now.
They came down from Canada some
time in November. Lieut.. Proctor has
regained his health. but lost his heart.
1t would seem A number of the fair
members of the Ambulance Corps
which Mrs Borden Hartman organ
lied, have been helping look after
these three Canadians, and It is sus-
pected that was the beginning OF the
ACQUAINTANCE Of Miss Bayne and Lieut.
Proctor. The Baynes are an old
Washington family. and are identi-
fed with the resident set in society.
Their home in Connecticut avenue,
nHCIc hNGu hhahs sSoASB AcS
been turned into a business house,
as have most Of the fine old resi-
dences in that section Of Connecticut
avenue. Before they moved to that
house, they occupied for a long time,
a lovely old home in Second street
southeast. opposite the Congressional
Library.
We may lose the Joseph W. Folks,
and they will truly be a real loss for
Washington society. Mr.. Folk has sent
in his resignation as chief counsel OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
to take effect before February Is. He
plans to return to St Louis to become
general counsel Of the Chamber OF
Commerce there. Mr.. Folk has been
with the commission for four years
Before that he was governor OF Mis-
souri, and for a short time was Solici-
tor General Of the State Department
There was an interesting little party
the first OF the week at Mrs. John
d. Henderson's castle on the hill
She entertained a number of little
girls and boys for her daughter. Be
atrice Henderson. Miss Beatrice be-
longs to a fashionable dancing class,
which Mrs. Henderson arranged, the
pupils being all children OF her
friends. They receive instruction
under Miss Hawke. At this party
these pupils gave an exhibition OF
their dancing. A special feature OF
the afternoon were several solo dances
by Miss Enid Sims. who is Miss
Hawkes. star pupil and an exquisite
dancer. There were also several
French recitations by some OF the
young folks and Of course lots of
good things to eat.
The officers at Quantico say they
are going to give another dance very
soon. as their first one was such a
complete success. The men thought
II a successful party because the
twenty-five girls who went down
were all very attractive. The girls
had q beautiful time because there
were men galore. There were two
men to each girl at the supper and
many, many more at the dance which
followed. When the party was fret
planned the girls decided to go down
by motor, but at the last moment
they thought IL wiser to use the
train. They rode there in a negro
coach and returned In a baggage car,
and felt thankful to get any means
of transportation, at that. They got
there about o'clock and left at
about half after 10 o'clock. While
there was daylight, they all inspect
ed the camp, visited the trenches,
the barracks. everything; then went
to the officers' club which they all
pronounced to be charming. There
were huge logs burning in the large
fireplaces and small stoves hidden
In inches in the walls
Supper was served at small tables
seating four each. The table decora-
ttons were the green ends OF celery
arranged in most original fashion.