The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-13
EASTER BRIDES ARE FEWER IN WASHINGTON
THAN IN MANY YEARS. 'ONACCOUNT OF WAR;
Numerous Weddings in Lent, Mostly Military Affairs,
+ Cut Down Calendar CONSIDERABLE Nuptias of Miss
Russell and John Dryden Kuser Will Be Pre-
4 coded by Many Important Affairs

| a Lieutenant in the ordnance branch
OF the service.
Then-and this Is brand new and
generally interesting--Louis Fahne-
stock Of Washington is this day an
nouncing the engagement of his
daughter Bessie Marie to Frederick g.
Dickson I'd OF New York and Philadel-
phia. The Fahnestock family is almost
equally well known in New York and
Washington and Newport, though they
came from Harrisburg, Pa Mr.. Dick
son for the last year or so has been
In Washington. war working as head
of export bureau Of the War Trade
| Board.
Then of course there's Burton Har-
rison's engagement--at least he says
it's an engagement and she says It's
an engagement-to Miss Elizabeth
Vrentmore, whose father is dean Of
the University of Manila, where Gov.
Harrison met the young woman about
, a year ago. He Is in this country now
on leave and she is in this country
now, apparently at Berkeley. Cal, with
her mother, who does not agree with
her daughter and Gov. Harrison. She
| regards the latter as IAN eminent
man. with a record of two marriages
and one divorce, who has daughters
| as old as little Elizabeth, who Is
not yet eighteen"
All Of which Is beyond peradventure
But Gov. Harrison told his friends
about the engagement when he came
here some weeks ago to visit his
mother, and Mrs. Francis Burton Har-
riann Gr 10 A>1lDhtoSl
the prospect OF sweet young daugh-
ter-in-law. and hopes to have a long
visit from her before long and get ac-
quainted.
Gov. Francis Burton Harrison has
been down here again within the last
ten days. helping to entertain the
Filipino Mission. His mother gave a
tea in honor of the mission last Sun
day afternoon in her I street home,
and the visitors had a chance to see
how a grande dame Of the old regime
in Washington entertains when she
does entertain at all.
The mission went on its way last
Wednesday. to travel around the
country and return to Washington
later. 1t came, you know, to ask the
Independence of the Philippines. But
unfortunately it came at a time when
neither President nor Congress was at
home. and even when Secretary Baker
was just about to start for Paris.
DIR. Wiley Breaks Into Verse.
And by the way. there's clever little
verse going the rounds on the Paris
situation which DR.. Harvey Wiley. the
famous chemist, Is said to be respon-
sible for. 1t runs like this:
AS read the news from Gay Paree,
The difference would seem TO be
Twixt Clemer-ceau and clemen-cy!
Dinners and benefits are about the
only diversion scheduled along about
now, and most OF the dinners are by
way Of paying social debts, held up
because no dates were available in the
seasons rush. In the main hostesses
who keep alive the social gayeties are
having a resting spell, with the clos
ing weeks of Lent and the absence Of
Congress as their excuses.
But the clans of the D. A. e. are
gathering, land though they are not
now the force that in old days moved
heaven and earth" to the fun of watch
ing their squabbles. still they always
do dress up the Willard and other
hotels, and will really keep things go
ing all next week, even II It is Holy
Week. Next year they will have to
elect president-general Mrs. Guern-
sey, the first president-general to be
elected under the amended constitu-
ton for three year term without re-
election, will begin at this congress the
third and last year Of her incumbency.
Perhaps there will be some little
politics played. and presumably by the
end of the congress several hats will
be In the ring for next years election.
The Daughters have really been seri-
ously and patrioticelly busy about their
chosen activities in the last two years.