The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-20

the Belgian ambassador. She was
Marie Dows a Boston girl, Of no
fortune but many ambitions. When
Elihu Frost, New England multi
millionaire, took his bride to New York
twenty years ago, unheralded and un-
known, the petite beauty set out to win
her way into the exclusive smart-set
circles. As Mrs. Frost she became
known as "the best-dressed woman In
New York" She met Hamilton Wilkes
Cary, kin of Colonel John Jacob Astor,
racing enthusiast, yachtsman and pop
ular in New York society. Mrs. Frost
went to Reno and secured a divorce.
Mrs. Frost, the Divorce. and Mr.. Cary,
widower, were wed. Two years later
he died. When his affairs were
Strengthened out she went to France
and engaged in war work. 1t was
while. there that she met the charm
ing Belgian baron. Their wedding oc-
Cured last July in Paris. Herbert
Hoover and the American ambassador,
Hugh c. Wallace, were among the
guests. King Albert Of Belgium, in
honor Of the marriage, revived the
ancient title of Baron de Cartier, which
had fallen into allegiance at the time
of the French revolution.
1t is just three years since the Mexi-
can Government sent Ignacio Bonillas,
then secretary OF communications In
the government at Mexico City, to
Washington. General Carranza may
have made many mistakes since his
ascendancy to the executive leadership
of turbulent state, but there are few
to admit that he made,a mistake when
he designated the astute Senior BOnil-
las as the envoy Of his government to
his big neighbor republic. Senior Bonii-
las has absorbed American atmosphere
all his life He was graduated from
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. When 1t came time to marry
he took as his wife an American girl,
the sister of former Governor Stafford,
of Arizona. The Bonillas have two
daughters, who have been very popu-
lar in the Washington smart set. Senior
Bonillas is candidate for the presi-
dency of Mexico and is now absent
from; Washington pulling political
wires in Mexico. His enemies declare
he is not a Mexican citizens alleging
that he was born on this side of the
border and has been naturalized.
To look upon the fair Sonora Alicia
Ward Diano y Gayangos, wife of the
SPANISH ambassador, is to vow that
this is some fair Castilian Beauty
Every one, says the sonora, is amazed
when she acknowledges the United
States her birthplace and fatherland.
From the day of her arrival in Wash
ington she has proved one of the most
popular and efficient chatelaines of
the entire diplomatic corps. She is an
accomplished linguist, speaking fluent
lv half dozen different languages.
She is athletic, going in for swimming,
long-distance walking, motoring and
travelling. She was Miss Alice Ward
of New York. She spent most of her
girlhood days in Washington and was
the chum Of. Mrs. Nicholas Longworths
when, as. Miss Alice Roosevelt, she led
washington society.
From a wedding ceremony in the
New York home of Ebert H. Gary, the
steel king, came Sonora de CANA,
fresh to the diplomatic family in the
same season that Washington society
welcomed Nine Ekengren. The sonora
was the widow Of George A.. Hearn,
dry goods merchant prince. She is
Texas girl. Her husband died in 1910.