The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
Social Life in
Washington Is
Awakening Again
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herself acting as his chauffeur, when
the King and Queen OF the Belgians
visited Boston. 1t probably wasn't ac-
cording TO Hoyle In the business Of en-
Pertaining royalties. nor was the inn
promptu party. that Nancy Lane ar
ranged for him at st. Marks, but I bet
the youngster looks back on them as
bright spots in his American tour.
Margaret Harding belonged with that
group OF girls, and still does. She was
regarded as the beauty of her year. and
since It was a year OF smart amateur
theatricals. for the benefit OF this or
that war or post war. relief took q
leading part in many of those affairs.
An Unexpected Wedding.
There was no great surprise. but
very great interest when the Harding
PelI engagement was announced last
spring And II must be admitted there
was some smiling skepticism over the
further announcement that there would
be no wedding until next spring after
young Pell had graduated from Har-
ward And when the wedding was
moved forward there was general dis
position to say, Didn't tell you SOP"
On the whole II was natural that
little Alice Harding should have
picked a group of Washington girls as
her attendants. After her sister was
maid of honor, she had Miss Ailsa Mel
Ion, daughter of the Secretary Of the
Treasury and / suppose in way Mr..
Hardings chief" The MELONS have
a place at Prides Crossing this sum-
mer-at least they have had It since
about the beginning OF August, and
Secretary Mellon has been getting off
for rather long week ends with his son
and daughter up there. Miss Mellon had
dance for the wedding party Tues
day night and from all accounts 1t was
a lovely party.
Then there was Evelyn Wadsworth.
daughter of Senator and Mrs. James
w. Wadsworth. Jr. She was one of
last seasons debutantes-though she had
no formal debut party. but simply took
her place by her mothers side. and
began appearing at her mothers din
ners, &c. They went abroad in Janu-
ary-took the Mediterranean trip. Eve
lyn and Mrs. Wadsworth-and came
back in time for the spring season and
the Horse Show and all the usual and
unusual Washington spring doings. They
have been up at Groveland, their home
in central New York. for two months.
but about a week ago they went to
Pride's Crossing-for Miss Evelyn was
to be one of Alice Harding's brides
maids, and there would be all sorts
of preliminary good times for the we'd
ding party.
Miss Nina Dearth of Montreuil,
France. and Miss Olive johnson. OF
Stockbridge, are bridesmaids whorl
Washington doesn't know. But tn,
sizth--Miss Beatrice Pitney. 1t knows
pretty well-or has known as a child
and expects to see good deal of dur
ing the winter. For she is to be one OF
the coming seasons leading debutantes.
She's a daughter-the only daughter, i
believe-of Justice Mahlon Pitney of the
u. S. Supreme Court. And Beatrice. who
spent last winter abroad getting her
finishing touches. and didn't get homo
until mid June. Is even prettier than her
mothers friends expected her to be
Her parents are awfully proud of her
and no wonder! And she's going to
have the best sort of time Washington
can give her. The Pitneys have recent