The Washington times., 1921-08-28
'CLEVER BOSTON GIRL
TO WED WASHINGTON
MAN; WILL LIVE HERE
Miss Catherine Filene
To Become Mrs. Al
vim DOdd.
w ITHoUT any flourish of trum-

w ITHOUT any flourish Of trum-
w pets. the engagement of Alvin
r. Dodd, of Washington. and Miss
Catherine Filene, of Boston. was
announced last week. The mar
riage will, however. be an event
of considerable moment to us here
because 1t will bring to Washing
ton one of Boston's most interest.
ing young women. The daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lincoln F1lene-
Filene's is the Marshall Fields or
John Wanamaker's of Boston-Miss
Filene Ia a member Of the eCvisory
committee Of the Massachusetts, De-
partment of Labor. q trustee Of the
New England Vocational Guidance
Association. In on the executive
committee of the Wheaton College
endowment fund, and il the director
and founder Of the Intercollegiate
Vocational Guidance Association. a
national organization. A graduate
Of Wheaton College. she was one OF
the first women students at the
school Of education of Harvard Uni
versfty. She Is a member of the
Boston Women's City Club, acting
on the executive and activities COM
mittees. And she is the author of
Careers for Women" a volume
which deals thoughtfully and enter
tainingly with the problem OF what
to do with the ladies now they have
been allowed to taste economic in
dependence.
But don't let all this alarm you,
for Miss Filene is young and pretty
and as fond Of a good time as the
next one. Mr.. Dodd is at present
associated with the Chamber Of
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manager of the Domestic Distribu-
ton Department. and he makes his
home in Washington. although he
has interests In Boston and New
York. He returned from Europe
last week. after having served az
q delegate to the International
Chamber of Commerce meeting in
London and as a member of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce group which visited Germany
to confer with bankers and indus
trial leaders-the first group Of
its kind to enter Germany.
During The war Mr.. Dodd was
connected with the general staff
and had charge OF occupational
analysis of officers and enlisted
men. He also served az special
assistant to the Secretary OF War
on problems of morale in training
camps in the United States. He
was born In Hudson, N. Y, was
graduated from the Chicago High
School and the Armour Institute
of Technology and has a B. 8.
degree in engineering. He belongs
to the Cosmos Club in Washing
ton and TO the New York Athletic
Club and the Aldine Club, also a
New York organization.
The wedding is scheduled to take
place some time in November or
December and Mr.. Dodd is now
busy hunting an apartment here.
APRoPos OF marrying ana CIV
ing in marriage, Dame Rumor
is once more busying herself With
the name of Mrs. George w. Van
derbilt and prophesying that she
is to rewed. Some of the news
papers have even ventured to take
up the matter. one OF them men
tioning the names of a trio OF
suitors who are considered "in the
running" And who do you sup
pose leads off-General PershinS?
Some months ago the gossip
anent the possible betrothal OF the
General and Mrs. Vanderbilt came
to my ears, but at the time, al
though the General naturally didn't
go around denying the soft I'M
parchment. people who are closest
to him hooted at the idea. And
now, suppose. the rumor has
cropped up again because General
Pershing stayed at Biltmore with
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