The Washington times., 1922-09-03
SUMMER BRINGS
ROMANCES TO
DISTRICT GIRLS
Debutantes of Recent
Years Wed; Last
Seasons Buds
Engaged.


seems to have swept over
the land. and engulfed ever 90
many OF the girls whom Wash
ington claims for it's own. OF
in whom It has at least a part
interest. OF last years debu.1 7
tantes, Catherine Cheatham, daugh-
ter Of Capt. Joseph Cheatham.
U. 8. N; Elizabeth Latimer.
daughter Of Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Julian Latimer. also U. 8.
NJ; Annette Ashf~-d. daughter
Of Mrs. snowden Ashford, and
Sidney Webb. daughter Of Mrs.
John Sidney Webb. have an
nounced their engagements. Or
come to think Of it, Annette
Ashford says she hasn't an
nounced hers - yet. But she
doesn't deny that she's going 70.
None Of last years buds are
actually married-though there
was one who had a wedding in
stead OF a debut-Bryson Petit,
daughter Of Mrs. Stimson Brown.
There was Betty Grove, whose
marriage to Frederick Lee Hard
esty a couple of weeks ago. with
out the formality Of an announced
engagement. rather took her
friends breath away. But she
was a debutante Of the year be-
fore last. And there was Mildred
Bromwell. who married Capt.
Sidney Bailey the British naval
attache, and has gone to Brazil
with him, for the exposition.
But she came out a couple OF
years ago. And there was Eliza
beth Howe, whose marriage to
DIR. Prada OF the Peruvian en-
bassy took place about the same
time. But she never made a debut
In Washington, and as a matter OF
fact although her mother. Mrs.
Emerson Howe, had had a house
on N street-in the seventeen
hundred block, where almost
every house is occupied by
somebody ''as is somebody
they were not very active So
cially here, and not particularly
well-known.
Then there was Joyce Nebeker's
wedding last Saturday. She Is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank X. Nebeker, the former
one Of the special assistant at
torneys general under Mitchell
Palmer, in the last regime, and
she made her debut a couple
of years back, and has been
popular with the younger set
regardless Of the change Of ad-
rininistration. She married Walter
Gladstone Moyle. also of a fam
lily identified with the last ad-
ministration. His father, William
H. Moyie was one of the assist
ant secretaries Of the Treasury
--of whom there were one or
two extra ones in the stress Of
financing the war. The Moyles
make their home in Colorado.
but the newly weds are to live in
Washington. when they return
from a rather extensive wedding !,
trip. The bride had her sister
Miss Della Nebeker as her sole
attendant, and I'm rather won.
dering whether Miss Della is to
be counted among this years
buds.
The four debutantes of last sea-
son who are going to marry are
Elizabeth-commoh called Betty
-Latimer, who is to marry Lieut..
Robert Calvin Thaxton. and Cath
crime Cheatham. who is to marry
Lieut.. Roger Bagnall-both the
men being young officers Of the
Marine Corps. Catherine Cheat
ham--poor child-didn't have rs
gay q season as she was expected
to, for her mother died just after
she had been presented. In fact.
Mrs. Cheatham was taken sick just
before the debut, and some one elss
lin fact, several some one elses. a
sort Of syndicate Of navy moth
ers, chaperoned Katherine's debut,
which Mrs. Cheatham would not
hear Of having postponed.