The Washington times., 1920-09-05
IMPORTANT WEDDINGS
TO TAKE PLACE SOON.


Two weddings in which Washing.
tonians are greatly interested ara
scheduled to take place in Connecti-
| cut. One, the marriage of Maurice
Boyer. late Of the French high com
mission and very popular during his
residence here, to Miss Katharine
Hill. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Per-
cival Smith Hill, is set for September
Is, and will be solemnized at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hill. The other
will take place a week sooner in New
London, when Miss Una G. Donahee.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Henry Donahoe. of New London and
Baltic, Conn. will become the bride Of
Louis de Saussure Carroll. of Wash
ington.
This wedding will mark the culmi-
nation OF a romance which began in
Washington when Miss Donahoe was
a student at Trinity College. from
which she was graduated last June.
Mr.. Carroll Is a graduate of the Catho-
lie University. He Is descended from
an old colonial family of the South.
His ancestors were the Becks de
Saussure and the Huegenins. OF
Charleston, S. c. Mr. Carroll was ac-
lively engaged on big Government
contracts during the war and Is now
junior member Of an important Wash
ington business Arm. He is a member
of the University Club. Miss Dona-
hoe comes of a prominent New Eng
land family.
The ceremony will take place in
ST. Joseph's Catholic Church. New
London, with a reception to follow at
the Oswegatchie Country Club. There
will be a big wedding party. with
Harry r. Carroll. of Washington.
brother of the bridegroom, as best
man: Cecil Dowd, also of Washing
ton. as one of the ushers. and Miss
Margaret Callahan, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. d. J. Callahan, OF Washing
ceremony will be performed by the
Rev. Joseph Sullivan, Of the Catholic
University, who was classmate of
the bridegroom. A large number of
priests from Washington and Balti-
more had intended to go to Con-
necticut for the wedding but were
prevented by the annual clerical re-
treat, which will be held that week.
There will. however, be a group of
clergy from New England parishes
assisting.
Among the important events on the
horizon is the meeting of the Fiji
teenth International Congress Against
Alcoholism, which will open here on
September 81. Yes. important" even
to those OF us who don't claim to be
prohibitionists because OF the prom
inence and picturesqueness of the
men and women who are coming from
the four corners of the world to tale
part in the deliberations. Moreover.
the congress bears slight relation to
the prohibition movement as we
know It in this country. In fact, it's
not r. political organization at all, but
a scientific body which meets for the
study of alcoholism as a disease and
the discussion of methods of combat
ting it.
Curiously enough this will be the
first time the Congress has met in
a country where prohibition is in
force. IL Is likewise the first time
1t has been held out of Europe. The
last conference took place at Milan
in 1913 and would have met in the
United states In 1918 had not the
war disrupted the. civilized world.
Although the visitors time will be
pretty thoroughly occupied with the
business before the Congress- there
iii be an important social ASPECT to
the conference. There will be bril-
liant official reception on the opening
night and a pageant on the steps OF
the Capitol. During the course of
the convention--and IL will last near
ly a weck-there will be numerous
dinners, teas and luncheons and en-
tertaining nt the various legations
and embassies for visiting COM
patriots will be in order.
BRILLIANT WOMEN
AMONG DELEGATES.
One could write volume on the
people who are coming over for the
congress--and several important
chapters on the womenfoik. Notably
there's DR.. s. Daszynska, OF Warsaw.
Poland, whose personality reminds
one irresistibly Of those suporwomen
Of the italian Renaissance in her do