The Washington herald., 1920-03-28

lies. the bridal party and a few
intimate friends.
Mr.. Lane who Is now out in Cali
fornia will get back in time for
the wedding, and will be here for
about a fortnight. 1t was cheering
to hear Mrs. Lane say the other
day she thought that they would be
in Washington about as much as
they will be any one place. They
are going to establish a residence in
New. York, but with Nancy living
here and SO many of their friends
here. they will come to town very
frequently indeed.
LIvERMoRE-GRINNELL
INITIALS
TO BE HELD APRIL n.
The wedding date Of Miss Eliza
beth Grinnell and Lieut. Comdr.
Henry Livermore Abott will be April
"a. The home of the brides grand
parents. Gen. and Mrs. Ernst, will
be the setting for the wedding. as
IL was for the debut of the bride
just little more than a year ago,
and as it was the scene Of the we'd
ding of the BRIDES parents. the late
William Morton Grinnell and Miss
Elizabeth Ernst. Mrs. Grinnell has
! spent her winters with her par
cnts here since the death of Mr..
Grinnell. Miss Grinnell and Lieut.
Comdr. Abbott will be consideI ably
entertained before the auspicious
day. Miss Mary Abbott. sister Of
the bridegroom, will come for the
wedding and will be the maid Of
honor.
A diplomatic wedding which is sure
to break all previous records in its
elegance and beauty will be that
of Miss Manuela Lloveras and Lieut.
Luigi Bartolucci-Dundas. both of
whom are already prime favorites
in both diplomatic and Official So
ciety.
Then Minna Blair's wedding to
Richard C. Hollyday. jr.. is sched-
uled for April, not to mention a
number of out-of-town weddings of
great interest here: like that. for
instance. of Elizabeth Noyes Boyd.
of Philadelphia, and Paul de II n
Reed; Miss Pauline Denckla and Le-
Grand B. Cannon, in New York:
Rachael Littleton and Cornelius Van
derbilt. jr., and half a dozen others.
OF special interest, here. too. was
the. news received from. L2pdcn
day or two ago telling of0he en-
gagement of Lady Cynthia Curzcn.
second daughter of Earl Curzon, Of
Kedleston, and Lieut.. Oswald En-
nald Mosler. member of Parliament
for the Harrow division Of Middle
sex. '..,..s
Lady Cynthia Curzon's mother was
Mary Letter. daughter of L. T. Lei
ter, of Washington. who was mar
ried to Earl Curzon in 1895. and who
died in 1906. Lieut.. Mosley Is a son
of Sir. Oswald Mosley. He is "a
years of age and served in France
with the fyipg corps.
MANY DINNERS. PROBABLY
FOR NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR.
In addition to the balls and we'd
dings and the parties sure to be
given for the brides-to-be Nancy
Lane. for one, has been entertained
constantly from the very day her
engagement was announced several
months ago), there, will be dinners
given for the new British Ambassa-
dor. who is due to reach these shores
about April 10. and for the Sec
retary' of State, cambridge Colby.
whose nomination the Senate o.K.'d
early last week. - -
The new. Ambassador. Sir Auck-
land Geddes, lis a big man physically
six feet tall and broad shouidered.
He has the appearance of rugged
ness. with a strong, square. jaw and
big hands. His. hair Is thin, and he Is
partially bald. The only student
like things about him are his deep
set eyes behind large horn-rimmed
glasses. ="
Sir Auckland's friends say he is
not a bit aloof. He is married and
the father of five children. His
transition from an obscure univer-
sity professor of anatomy to a SOL
der and then to'-statesman was
quick
In religion. Sir Auckland Is toler-
ant Protestant. In dress, he is care
less and Indifferent. In business
affairs, he is direct and frank-so
I'm told. One of his warm admirers
In England is viscountess Nancy
Astor. She has given, him her full
support in political matters, ana is
reported to have urged his appoint
ment as Ambassador upon Premier
Lloyd George.
Sir Auckiand's wife is a retiring
-homemaker." .. who finds all her time
taken up looking after her family.
She does not care for society. She Is
an, Irish-American by birth.
Bainhrfdge Colby immediatalY got