The Washington herald., 1920-10-03

/ ran into Ira Patchen in the
Shoreham. too. He came down from
New York on business. Did you
know he was slightly wounded in
the recent Wall Street explosion?
The Robert Patchens are in New
York, too. you know. Once when
Grace Carter Beach. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan II. Beach, was
visiting them she met a John L.
Barbour, a wealthy banker of Pasa-
dena, Cal, formerly of New York
Well, l hear she is about to an
nounce her engagement to him and
the wedding is to take place De-
cember Is.
ALL THREE BEACH GIRLS
UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE.
There are sthree of those Beach
girls. and all are unusually attrac-
tive. They have a beautiful big
home near Rockville, where they
entertain frequently. Mr.. Beach
was formerly Assistant Attorney
General. Mrs. Beach was a Miss
Carter. of Leesburg, and it was her
lovely old historic home there,
"Oa tlands," that the William Cor
coran Eustises bought a few years
ago. When l first heard of the
engagement l thought Grace had
met Mr.. Barbour when visiting the
William r. Wheelers in California
this summer, but when I stopped to
think l decided it was Elizabeth
who went out there.
The Beach girls are close friends
OF Marie Sims, daughter of Rep
resentatiye and Mrs. Thetus w.
Sims. She went abroad for the
summer and is now the guest of
the United States Minister to swift
zerland and Mrs. Hampson Gary.
She is due back here some time
this month and l am told upon
her return will announce her en-
gagement to some man from Ten
nessee, where she halls from. She
had her ring before she went
abroad, 1 hear. She is a beautiful
girl and has taken n very active
part in society ever since she made
her debut several seasons ago.
There are four or five of those girls.
One of her sisters is Mrs. Louis
Brownlow, wife of the former Dis
trict Commissioner. Her Younger
sister. Enid, is also very beautiful
Talklng OF engagements, reminds
me I'm wondering when we will
hear the date of the wedding of
Miss Agnes Dixon Graft, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H. Droop.
and Capt. Julian F.. Barnes. u.
I'm particularly interested in the
news for two reasons; because I'VE
known Julian Barnes for a long
time, ana he is a very fine young
man and because Miss Graff is a
sister of Mrs. Thilman Hendricls
wlfs OF Washington's new Commis
sloner. Those Graft girls are oil
very good looking: stunning de-
scrlbes them better. Their mother
TOO, is stunning. Julian Barnes is
a. Washington boy; attended tn.
western High School, I think. and
llVed in one of those pretty homes
wfh the big lawns and lovely gar
aens on Wisconsin avenue lust
above Georgetown.
NOTED BRITIsHER
AT GEDDEs LUNCHEON.
10 return to my subject. wbsr
governor Pugsley lunched with tba
AMBASSADOR, there was an adniraI
In the party who turned ont to h.
none other than Admiral Sir viii
lam Lowther Grant, who ran down
10 Washington for about twenty
TOUR hours, from New York wbere
ne attended the tercentenary ceIa-
Dration as a British delegate He
ana the whole delegation, which
Is headed by Lord Rathcreedan
came to Washington THURSDAY
evening and We're the center of at.
Zen en'i9n ior several days. 1t was
tor Loro and Lady Rathcreedan
amu the members of the English,
utch ana Canadian delegations
"no are taxing part on the tercen-
eehary OF the landing of the Pill
sh ratners and the first legis-
e assembly at jamestown, as
representatives of the Sulsravs In
stitution and the Anglo-tmerioa,
society, that Sir Auckland and Iadv
Geaaes entertained. There was a
dinner for the heads of the deIaea-
tlons' 1t was to have been followed
ey reception for the remainine
ihemoers and a few other notables
IN town, out at the last minute the
reception was omitted. Yesterday
.hey went to Mount Vernon on the
Mavnower and today they are leav-
ing Tor Norfolk to take part in {
celebration that will last four Gavs
petober 4, s, and Z, including trims
10 jamestown. yorktown and will
iamsburg.
On the sth they 60 to Hamnton.
wheTe they will be the guests at
luncheon of Mrs. Frank w. Darling,
ana go on to Richmond Friday
night. arriving there in time for a
reception at the Westmoreland Club
sULGRAVE INSTITUTION GIVES
MEMORIAL TO PRESIDENT.
II. 9. Paris, secretary of the Sui
grave Institution called upon Mr..
wilson at the White House and pre-
sented him with a handsomely
beuhd volume of photographs, suit
ably inscribed, which show the
progress of restoration work at the
old Sulgraye Manor, Northampton
shire. England, the birthplace of
Lawrence Washington, father of
Gen. Washington, before he came to
America.
The inscription on the frant of ,b.