The Washington herald., 1918-04-28

Which means-oh Well. anything
lyou like.
The marriage of Janetta Alexander
and Capt. Arnold whitridge. Of the
Fifth u. 8. Artillery, which took
place In France early in the week.
was distinctly zone Of those wartime
romances" like that Of Ethel Harri-
man and Henry Potter Russell. Miss
Alexander, or, rather, Mrs. Whitridge
l--was q daughter Of the Charles B.
IAlexanders. Of New York. Theodore
Roosevelt, jr., married into that same
family. and It was at Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, jr.'s Paris home that the
wedding reception was held. 1t was
Bishop Brent, of the. Philippines. one
Of the stalwarts of the Episcopal
Church. who gave UP being Bishop of
the Philippines in order to engage in
war. work. that performed the cere-
mony. 3s.
The bride has been serving in the
Young Mems Christian Association
canteens In France several months
and Capt whitridge had been with
the colors there nearly a year at the
time Of the engagement. Before en-
tering the American army he had
i cC1NDo WIN uiouhNkiOu WIN inc DTlt-
ish army more than a year. He was
mentioned several times in dispatches
and received the Military Cross from
the British government. He was
graduated from Yale in 1913 and was
taking q POSTGRADUATE course at OK
ford when he entered the British
service. Mrs. Whitridge Is a sister Of
Mrs. Winthrop w. Aldrich and Miss
| Mary Crocker Alexander
She was frequent guest at the
White House during the Roosevelt ad-
ministration. being an intimate friend
OF the younger daughter Of Col. and
Mrs. Roosevelt. now Mrs Derb.
mmlosthr r?sfIhWardfithe 's.p rdlu u
The announcement of pretty Amy
| Benefits engagement to Lieut..
Langiais, Of the French mission of
course. did not particularly surprise
any one, and while no date has been
| announced. there Is a very general
impression that the wedding will be
! very soon" And the general ques-
| tion II "Who next?" There is q we'll
defined rumor that Cupid has aimed
high. and that even the redoubtable
Tardien himself has not escaped; and
there's the Britisher who has been
handsome Eleanor Morgan's shadow
for the last two or three months.
Small blame to him!
To be sure there's an ancient say
ing "Thrice a bridesmaid, never a
BRIDE" and Dr. James Dudley Nor
gan's ornamental daughter has been
bridesmaid a lot more than three
times. but perhaps she believes as
Genevieve Clark used to say. Seven
hEA h. -
Certainly II did in that case, for
lGenevieve has been married for three
or four years now. and as her mother
laughingly says. HAS the cares OF
| the world on her shoulders, to Judge
from her letters" The cares seem to
| be embodied in the person Of her
entirely flourishing young son.
Champ Clark Thomson. Washington
had hoped to see something OF the
| Speakers popular daughter just
about now. She was here for day
last week, and went up to New York
| for the weekend with her mother
and father 10 have a little final visit
| with her brother. as every one sup
posed. For 1t was known that Mai.
Bennett c. Clark was at Camp Mills
| expecting his sailing orders. What
most of her friends did not know
was that Capt James NJ. Thomson
was also at Camp Mills awaiting sail
| ing orders. so that there were two
of her soldiers for Genevieve and her
| mother to say goodbye to. They
came back 10 Washington with the
Speaker last Monday after having
made a trip out to Mills and toured
the big camp. but they didn't stay.
They turned around and went back
to New York almost Immediately. and
1t looked as IL Washington was to he
thwarted in its intention Of making
as much Of Mrs. James Thomson as
she would stand for
However. they're back now. Mrs.
Clark came down Thursday night to
help the Speaker decide that he didn't
want to be Senator. Mrs Clark docs
not claim to have influenced his de-
cision. but she is very sure that sne
didn't want him to be Senator She
says very frankly. that from her
point of view being any sort of a
Congressman Is more desirable than
any place on the Senate side of the
Capitol" No she doesn't go so far as
to say with the late Tom Reed, an-
other of the great Speakers Of the
House of Representatives.. that the
! 10 q p1dCe 6OOu congressman n
go when they die, but she is quite
sure that being in the House, even if
he wasn't Speaker. Is much moro in
line with her husbands qualifications
and ambitions. So she's very glad
he turned down the Senatorship.
Genevieve. who came down yestcr-
DAY. bringing her 1i-months'-ol6 son
with her. quite agrees with her
mother. 1t is said that she also sent
her father word that he was ever so
much more to her taste as Speaker
than he would be as Senator. So of
course he remained Speaker
Mrs. Clark is an amusing, whimsi-
cal sort OF person. Some one com
planned that they couldn't keep track
OF her. and she responded blithcIv
that they had nothing on her ut that.
for the last few months she had not
been able to keep track OF herself
She is delighted, however, at the
prospect OF having her daughter and
her grandson-duite the most remark
ably outstanding and understanding
young person of his age that she ma :
ever met-with her for some months.
probably until October. anyhow "
No. she doesn't think she and th.
Speaker will spoil the youngster. be-