The Washington herald., 1918-10-13

ing her party" and watching the
Frenchman with the friendly eyes all
| America has for that uniform.
! Lifting his cap, he extended them,
/ red and embarrassed, but game to -
| through with it since he had begun.
| You like the roses--take them. No.
| please do" when she would have re-
! fused. They are beautiful. but IL
/ know not what to do with them. l
have sing at big affair. and they
give them. Very kind-and they are
/ beautiful; but a man, what can he do
with flowers" And pushing them
! into her hands he strode of-hlush-
ing way around to the back of his
neck.
Perhaps he would know better what
! to do with them now. There is Maud
! Marie. now, you see DR.. and Mrs.
Stewart are not WashingtOnians.
They have made their home In the
neighborhood of Forestville, Md, and
their daughter visits occasionally in
Washington, and more frequently in
Baltimore. Perhaps most frequently
at some of the army cantonments.
One suspects that she has heard
Lieut.. Labat sing THE Marseillaise"
more than once. He has often con-
tributed to the programs arranged
for the pleasure of the boys in the
camps. There is no announcement as
to the date of the wedding-but the
times do not seem made for long en-
gagements, just now.
On Wednesday, about the same
time that l heard of Lieut.. Labats
engagement, ] heard that NJ. Jean
Briere, also OF the French mission,
had been getting married. He had
picked a French girl whom
the fortunes of war had brought to
Washington, as his bride-Miss Ida
Boucher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
, Wilfred Boucher. OF Montreal-and
together they had sought out the good
Father Mackin, with only two of her
| close friends as witnesses, since hei
parents could not well come so far
and were quietly married at st. Paul's
rectory.
Eventually NJ. Briere expects &c
take his bride to France. where they
will make their home probably al
Chateau Neuf. Meanwhile they arc
quite happy in Washington, at 1873
Calvert street
At almost the same time Miss Eliza
beth Eyre, of No. 10 West sixty-sev
enth street, and NJ. Pierre Andre
Combret de LanuX, a member OF th'
French High Commission, whose en-
gagement was announced recently
were married in New York in the
Church of the TRANSPORTATION. Tn
ceremony was performed by the Rev
DR.. George c. Houghton, the rector
and was attended by small group o.
guests
The bride, who is q daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Derby Eyre. was at
tended by her sister, Miss Louise i
Eyre. She wore a travelling dress o
blue cloth. Mr.. Paul E. Thevenez wa
the best man. The home of the coupi'
while the official duties of Mr.. d.
Lanux keep him in America will be d
5 West Seventy-fifth street.
Mr.. De Lanux is a well-known hs
ure in literature here and abroad, al
well as in public life in France. On'
Of his recent books which mas bce'
widely read here and in France /!
Young France and New America,
in which he discusses the ideals aEt
tendencies of the new generation c
men and women who are coming Il
the front in life and literature through
the war. both In America and France
His bride was born in Italy. He
parents. before her father came t
New York to practice his profession
the law. lived in Johnstown. Pc. &c
some time she has been a member o
the Committee on Public lrforma
ton.
1t is. hard to realize that a girl a
well known in Washington as Nir
ginia LeSeure. former Speaker Can
mons granddaughter. was married il
Danville yesterday and Washingto
scarcely noticing the event To
sure. Washington Is rather busy jus