The sun., 1919-06-08


Warehouses; ON Saturday. Both Ruth
Littell and Ethel MacMurray are
army" brides. daughters of distin-
guished soldiers, the one of Gen. and
Mrs. 1. w. Littell and the other of the
late Major-Gen. and Mrs. Junius Mac
Murray. girl who has been ,"bo'n n
raised In Washington.
Margaret Moorhouse, on the other
hand. was certainly not born in WASH
ington, but she was raised here She
is the daughter of the late Rev. Arthur
Barnard Moorhouse, at one time an
assistant at odd st. Johns" Her
parents died when she and her only
| sister, Dorothy, now Mrs. Barrett Pan
trick OF New York. were small children.
Their aunt, Miss Margaret Wentworth
of Washington. has brought the two
girls up. Both are graduates of Welles-
ley. and at the beginning of the war
Miss Wentworth got the Y. NJ. C. A. to
send her over.
During her visit home last winter
she announced Margaret's engagement
to Goodwin Price Graham of Cedar
Keys, Fla. Then, leaving the young
people her blessing, she went back to
her work, and Is now with the Army
OF Occupation at Coblenz. Mr.. Ora
ham. who is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Graham of Cedar Keys. was
before the war connected with the
Agricultural Department on food sur
vey work. He trained at Camp Shelby,
Miss, and went overseas in Septem-
Der last with the 151st Infantry. Later
he was transferred to and returned in
February with the 1O2d Engineers.
Last month he was released from the
service.
Now Margaret Moorhouse fir,is she
has to go up to New York to be mar
ried. Instead OF wedding in the ca
thedral here 1t will be in old Trinity
in New York. Her only near relative
in America is her sister, Mrs. Patrick
and Mrs. Patrick has a new little
baby which cannot we'll either be
brought to Washington or left behind
in New York. So the wedding is to be
transferred. The reception at the Col
lege Woman's Club, where the pro-
spective bride has been living while
engaged in work for Uncle Sam, IL to
DO held. II at all, after their return
from a honeymoon at White Sulphur
Springs.
Many Staying in Washington,
Social Washington Is scattering for
the summer rather later. and decidedly
more reluctantly, than of yore. Con-
gress is presenting so much promise OF
excitement and there is the possibility
OF so many notables from Europe, that
no one seems much inclined to make
definite summer plans.
The diplomatic set is already "alI
slot to pieces" and many Of those who
remain are sailing for the other side
soon, some as soon as their chiefs re-
turn. others without waiting to be re-
lieved. The Colvil!e BARCLAYS will
probably sail during the coming week.
, Their celebration Of the Kings birth
day with a dinner and dance at the
embassy last Tuesday was almost their
farewell function. Ronald Lindsay,
newly appointed counsellor, who will
take over Mr.. Barclays duties as
Charge. is here ready for duty.
Washington Is getting used to cele-
orating the birthdays OF all the royal
ties OF Europe. A week or so ago it
was the Rianos celebrating the birth
day Of King Alfonso. And the King Of
Italy obligingly had birthday on No
vember IL, SO that the italian EN-
bassy had a celebration of armistice
day already staged. For King Georges
birthday Tuesday night there were two
dinners, one which the Colville Bar
c!ays gave at the embassy, largely to
the embassy staff, and one which Gen.
McLachlan, military attache, gave at
Rauschers for a more general com
pany.
The other really big dinner of the
, week was the one which the acting
, Secretary of State and Mrs. Frank
. Lyon Polk gave on Friday in honor
, of the distinguished South Americans
, attending the congress here. 1t was
, given at the Pan-American building,
which is the loveliest possible place
q for any sort of a party. 1t was fol-
Owed by n brilliant reception and
I dance. The glass roof OF the patio
was rolled back, and the gardens were
= Illuminated as usual during the warm
q weather
D John Barrett was at the entrance
= welcoming the coming and speeding
Q the parting guests. Whoever may be
. giving party at the Pan-American, II
Y is always, in part at least, John Bar
. rett's party, since he is director of the
r Pan-American Union. And he is not
one to fail in his duties as host He
s is always on the job, with a glad hand
S for every one, and an inexhaustible
:. supply Of pretty speeches for the good
= looking women.
n or the immediate Cabinet circle the
e only one who has actually left town
: is Mrs. Houston. who early in the
; week took the children up to Woods
d Hole. The Secretary OF Agriculture
: will go up when he can for week ends
and will pass his vacation there.
Mrs. Phillips does much the same
thing. She took the children up to
Il Highover, their summer home on the
North Shore. a couple of weeks ago
y !, Mr.. Phillips is established at Ward
- man Park Inn and will join his family
:, when he can. while Mrs. Phillips vii
: come down here occasionally.
Mrs, Breckenridge Long mas beer
= visiting the Gist Blairs up in the
= neighborhood of Boston. and about a:
o soon as she gets back will pack VI
and go UP to York Harbor, where she
!, has taken a cottage for the summer
3 and where Mr.. Long will Join hei
8 when he can.
Mrs. Raymond Baker, who was IL