The sun., 1919-07-06


would expect to ind one Of the big
six"-the most brilliant group OF debu-
tantes of about tho most brilliant win
ter Washington has known in the last
dozen years-devoting her time and
energies to.
without belittling Catherine Rush
Porter's heroism in staying at her
canteen work under heavy fire, for
which the French Government award
ed her a decoration, II seems that II
was equally heroic for Dora Clover TO
put in long, dreary and physically ex-
hausting days at any such grewsome
| work as Identifying the dead and
searching for the missing.
Catherine Porter is the daughter of
Mrs. John Biddle Porter of Philade,-
phia now, but they used to live in
Washington and the girls all had
Washington debuts. She came home
last Monday on the Lorraine, after
particularly long and arduous service
abroad in the Red Cross canteen ser
vice.
Major George Shuler is back, all
trimmed up like Christmas tree, and
wearing three gold stripes, which is
as many as any man in Washington
wears. with the exception OF Gen. Nc
Andrews, who was Pershing's Chief Of
Staff and has just come home to be
head OF the War College. He wears
four and was the first man to come
back with that privilege. He creates
quite a sensation wherever he goes.
But e'.en IL they don't wear service
stripes and few Of them have decora-
| tons, It is thrilling to realize as by
twos and threes they come back how
many of the girls who were regarded
as mere social butterflies, debutantes OF
the last few years, have been giving
a good account of themselves overseas.
There was Eleanor Dulles, Mrs. Lam
sings niece, who came back two or
three weeks ago. She. too. would have
been a three striper, for she went over
with a Bryn Mawr unit when she
had just been graduated. Mrs. Lam
sing used to send her all the articles
made or contributed by the State De-
partment War Relief, and she person.
ally saw to their distribution.
She never made her debut-perhaps
she will next season. under the wing
Of Mrs. Lansing-any more than her
sister, Nataline, who, though 1t was
not given to her to get across, has
been and still is hard at work at Wal
ter Reed Hospital here taking the
regular and very exacting nurses
training, and practically never out OF
the hospital. Like Mrs. Holcombe, she
is one Of those who has stuck.
There is Helen Walcott daughter OF
DR.. Charles walcott, director OF the
Smithsonian Institution, who when
her only brother disappeared In his
first flight over the German lines set
herself the task of finding out what
7 had become of him, and finally sue
ceeded in locating his grave. She has
been back and forth more than once
and no one seems sure whether she's
definitely and finally back now or not
Besides there are two OF the Denys
girls, Dorothea and Gwendolyn,
daughters of the Rev. and Mrs. f
Ward Denys, who with their young
est daughter, Muriel, have just gone
lup to Bar Harbor for the summer
Margaret, the fourth OF the girls,
married rather suddenly and without
consulting her, family about a year
ago, and Gwendolyn and Dorothea
shortly thereafter went to France
under the banner of the A. r. c.
Also in the list are Frances Decide
who went over with the McCammons;
Leah Hitchcock. Louise Bush Brown
young Mrs Gardner Bell and Of course
Dorothy Williams McCombs. who is
Mrs. Joe Letters sister and who mar
ried Billy McCombs, Wilson's dashing
young campaign manager of 1912
Besides there is Mabel Grandin, who
is to be married here next Wednes-
day to Chaplain John CaFruthers,
L. s. n. 1t is TO be a quiet home we'd
ding, though 1t is the outgrowth Of a
romance which began before the war
The prospective bride is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. e. Bishop Grandin
OF 1915 New Hampshire avenue, and
1t is there that the wedding will take
place.
Chaplain Carruthers was formerly
assistant pastor of the Church OF the
Covenant and naturally DR.. Charles
Wood of that church will perform the
ceremony. Miss Grandin attended re.
Of Smith College, of which she is q
graduate, and is but recently back
from service abroad with the Smith
College unit. The wedding is to be
as quiet as possible because OF the
recent death of the brides uncle, Mrs
Grandin's brother.
Another Wednesday Wedding.
Miss Leona Curtis daughter Of Sen.
ator and Mrs. Charles X. Curt.
OF Kansas, has also selected mex
Wednesday for her marriage to Web,
, ster knight I'd OF Providence, r. I
But she is to have a regular" wed
, ding. with a reception following L
, is to be an evening affair in the Cur.
tbs home on Belmont road, DIR. Her
bert Scott Smith OF St. Margaret.
officiating. A number OF parties ar,
, being given for Miss Curtis, and they
are not merely in honor OF her ap
, preaching wedding. but in the natur,
: OF II. p. c. parties. for the young
, people are to live in Providence anC
, Senator Curtis's pretty daughter Il
/ to be missed in Washington. Hel
, father is one OF the veterans OF Con
gress, even though he did lose thre,
= or four years ago. He didn't stay out
, but was sent back again the next tim,
] there was a Senatorial vacancy in hi
State.
= Last Monday was rather a bus,
= day matrlmonially. finishing up a rec