The Washington herald., 1918-08-25

he loaded his revolvers, counting the
cartridges carefully, determined that
when he had used all but one on any
Of the enemy that might block his
path. that one should he for himself.
Mt was to be death rather than sur
render. But a squad Of his own men
came to the rescue and conveyed him
safely to the nearest camp hospital.
where his arm was amputated, and he
was sent back to q base hospital for
treatment.
He escaped" from the hospital
in spite Of his nurses and Doctors
and made his way back to the front,
and into the thick of things once more,
and continued his mad career. That
is merely a sample of the sort of
thing that won the string OF medals
he wore across his breast They and
the empty sleeve were merely con-
tributory to his generally picturesque
and dashing appearance. He was al
ways Q notable figure in every gath
ering, and was generally welcome. He
Is going to be q whole lot missed.
though II Is easy to understand that
he must have found Washington a
bit tame.
The Vice President and Mrs Mar
shall have not yet returned, but they
are expected within a few days. They
have had q good long vacation with
no troubled dreams of sagging fences
to disturb them. Since the beginning
Of July they have been up at Petos-
key, Mich, making their headquarters
at the Cushman on Little Traverse
Bay, and just recently they returned
there after q delightful motor trip
that took them through Northern In
diana, Illinois, Ohio and Southern
Michigan. No exact date has been
set for their return. but with the
Senate resuming daily sessions next
week they are sure to be back. II
not for the first day or two, certainly
by the end Of the week before the
Upper House really settles down to
work
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs
Daniels had an unexpected wedding
in their house on Thursday. That
sounds as II II should have been one
Of their boys. who are mostly rather
young for matrimony, or perhaps one
Of the Bagley girls. But II wasn't.
Only q week or two ago I was COM
menting on it's being apparently the
right thing to have your wedding in
someone else's house, apropos of Miss
Alice Wilson's being at the White
House, Rebecca Golfers and Halle
Davis's at Mrs Elkins'. etc. Since
then noticed last week that Mrs.
Stokesbury lent her Philadelphia
house for the wedding Of q Western
pair-the bridegroom being q ehum Of
her young son, Ensign Jamie Crom-
well; and this time MraL Daniels Of
fered hers for the marriage of Miss
Annie Ihrie Pou, daughter Of Rep
and Mrs Edward W. Pou,
of NORTH Carolina, and Thomas An
thony Walden. Of North Dakota.
With Mss Pou Il was q case of
an embarras de richesse. Having no
home Of her own In washington-the
Pou's 1--we at q hotel during the ses-
sion. and call no place but Smith
field. N. c.. "home"-she had ar
ranged to have her rather all-of-a-
sudden wedding at the Cantriil's on
Kenyon street. Representative and
Mrs. J. Campbell Cantrin, of Ken
lucky, being of her family's intimates
in the Congressional set Then Mrs,
Daniels. who had been away for a
week in Atlantic City with Mrs.
Dewey. came home and heard what
was afoot
She promptly upset all those arrange
ments. She 10 the most hospitabie
soul anyhow. And besides she had
known Annie Pou all her life. and
her parents for somewhat longer. and
weren't they both from North Caro-
lima! She would be positively Of
Tended II they had the wedding any,
where but In her Wyoming avenue
house.
So the Cantrilis agreed to divide
honors with the Danielses. They would
give the bridal dinner which was to |
precede the osremony.
and then the whole party would ad-
teurn to the Daniels house for the
ceremony. n was Q bit IRREGULAR. but
was really great fun. And OF course |
Il wouldn't have bean possible had 1t |
been . big wedding with hundreds of 1
cards out But while Il was a s.resu- |
lar wedding. with two nnatrons Of |
honor. two maids Of honor and a
bridesmaid-it was Just q little family ]
affair. with only . small company OF !.
verbally invited. |
So It was quite possible to make a |
SHIFT within twenty-four hours of the |
ceremony. Mr.. Walden. while he is a |
Western man and graduate of the
Of Michigan. with a subse-
quent law degree from Harvard, and |.
a banker. is in Washington