The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
SOCIETY

lDO\IE II
John Boatwright and Miss Frances
Hsmpsen.
Last night thirty girls tron
Gunston HALL had a beautiful din
ner party there. I believe Tn.
Charlie Hagners are giving a din,
ner there some time this week, too,
but I've forgotten Just which
evening.
GRINNELL-ABBoTT WEDDING
VERY PAsHIONABLE AFFAIR
A very fashionable affair VIA.
another wedding yesterday. that
OF Elizabeth Grinnell, daughter of
Mrs. William Morton Grinnell. ana
Lieut.. comdr. Henry LAyermore
( Abbott. Their engagement was
announced last February in the
same season that the bride made
Quite a large party Of prouinen,
Warrington Nsociety folks went up
10 Philadelphia yesterday 90 Wit
ness the marriage OF Mrs. Georre
w. Boyd. formerly Miss NoyeE. of
this city, and widow OF the late pas
senEer traffic manager of the
Pennsyivania Railroad, 10 Tbeo-
dors l. Pomeroy. Of greenwich.
Conn. where the pewly welded pair
will reside.
1 am told that the romance began
at q dinner at the house Of Mr.. and
Mrs walter Wicks, Green Valley.
Nd. when Mrs. Boyd was a house
guest OF Mrs. George Ewing and
1 PnmARaU aen -
cousins. Mrs. T. Dudley Riggs. Of
Baltimore.
Mr.. Pomeroy is OF a welI-knoun
New England family. and is closely
connected with a number Of promi-
/ nent' New York people. He is pres
ident OF the Indian Refining Com
pany. OF New York.
Mrs. Boyd Identified herself with
Mrs. George W. ChiIds DrexeI IN
the Pennsylvauia women's Divi-
sion for National Preparedness.
which was organized before this
country entered the war. with a
view TO supporting the movement
for Preparedness and looking to
what most OF us regarded as the
Inevitable future. Later. in 1917.
she became Rfhliated with Mrs.
Drexel in the Southeastern Penn
syIvania Chapter OF the American
Red Cross. Of which organisation
the women's division furnished at
! the start the major part, Mrs. Drex-
el assuming the responsibility for
the canteen work as chairman. with
Mrs. Boyd as one OF the vice chair
men.
After the merger of the women's
Division for National Preparedness
into the Red Cross. the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Women's Division
for War Relief was formed under
the leadership OF Mrs. George Dali
las Dixon, Mrs. Boyd becoming one
Of the directors. She also was one
Of the leading women workers in
the Y. W. c. A. at Cape May with
Mrs Robert 4. Strswbridge. Truly
fine war record, for all three war
organizations were most effective
in their undertakings.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
STARTS QUEsTION-ASKING
The announcement Of the engage
ment OF James Cromwell and Del
! phine Dodge last week has set so
ciety to asking questions about the
history Of the Cromwell and Stotes-
bury families once more; questions
that were pretty well answered
when Louise Cromwell Brooks went
TO France to get her divorce. 1 can
recall the early days Of Mrs. Stotes-
bury's career back to the time when
her daughter, Louise Cromwell
CMrs. Stotesbury in those days WAS
the widow of oliver Cromwell, Of
New York and Washington, became
the bride Of Walter b. Brooks, jr-
OF Baltimore.
Young Brooks family had been
social leaders in the OrioIe City for
several generations, and what he
lacked from a financial standpoint
he more than made Up for in good
looks and an excellent family tree
The late Mr.. Cromwell. who was
q corporation lawyer, left only
modest estate.
The then Mrs. Cromwell and her
daughter and two sons, Oliver Ea-
ton and James H. Roberts Crom-
we'll Cthe latter named for his
grandfather, a citizen Of Chicago).
lived here in q modest brick and
brownstone house on New Hamp-
shire avenue. having migrated 90
the Capital from New York some
years previously.
Following her marriage, Louise
Cromwell Brooks became a leader
in the fashionable younger married
set in her husbands home town.
Baltimore. - Just about this time
there was a report current 10 the
effect that a well known and eX-
tremely wealthy Philadelphia bank
er was anxious for Mrs. Cromwell
TO become his bride.
CALLED HANDsoMEsT
WIDOW IN WARRINGTON.
Mrs. Cromwell was by far the
andsomest widow in Washington.
and while she did not in those 6ays,
,ossess sable and ermine cloaks
without number and she could boast
~ no mIllion-doIlar strand of pearls
she was noted for her exceedingly
smart attire and secretly all EsT
true friends hoped she woul1 accept
an nroposal OF the philadelphia
hanker, who turned out to be none
other than Edward T. StotesbuTy-a
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