The Washington times., 1923-09-10
General COe WedS
Mrs. DOnneLLan
Today
BY JEAN ELIOT.

" HE little blind god would
seem to be creating fearful
- havoc in the army ranks.
First General March, now General
Coe! And one begins to wonder if
General Pershing will be the next
to go!
Maj. Gen. Frank w. Coe, chief
of Coast Artillery-to give him
his full title-and Mrs. Martha
Pratt Donnellan, were married
here today, by the Rev. DIR. u. G.
Pierce. only Lieut.. William Coe,
and the two children of Mrs.
Donnellan being present at the
ceremony. General and Mrs. Coe
left on a brief motor trip, and
will return shortly to say goodby
to Lieutenant Coe, who is leaving
for the Philippines, and to estab-
lish Mrs. Goes children in their
: schools. Mrs. Coe is the daugh-
ter of the late Brig. Gen. Sedg-
wick Pratt, a sister of Major John
S. Pratt, of the Coast Artillery,
and a first cousin of Major Con-
ger Pratt Of the Air Service,
now stationed in Washington.
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: home at the st. Nicholas apart
ments after November first.
TUE announcement of the en-
gagement of Miss Evelyn
Wadsworth and w. Stuart
Symington, jr.,> which was made
today by her parents, Senator
and Mrs. James w. Wadsworth,
jr., created widespread interest.
Miss Wadsworth is not only one
of the prettiest and most win
some girls in Washington society,
but her ancestry is exceedingly
interesting on both sides.
She is the granddaughter of
James w. Wadsworth, ST., who
long represented a New York
district in Congress, and Mrs.
Wadsworth, and of the late John
Hay, who was Lincoln's secre-
tary and afterward served as
Secretary of State. Through her
father she is great grand
daughter of William H. Travers,
of New York, whose reputation
as a wit rivaled his fame as
lawyer. The Wadsworths, it will
be remembered, have been iden-
titled with the Genesee Valley
since Colonial days and the an
nouncement of the engagement
came from Hampton, the Wads-
worth estate at Genesee. N. Y,
where the family propose to re-
main until late autumn.
Miss Wadsworth's mother was
Miss Alice Hay, an intimate of
Miss Alice Roosevelt, now Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, while Colo
mel Roosevelt was in the White
House. Mrs. Wadsworth has
taken an active interest in poll
tics, having been in 1917 presi-
dent of the Anti-Suffrage Asso-
citation. She has been. twice presi-
dent of the American Woman's
Legion.
Miss wadsworth is a niece of
Clarence l.. Hay, of New York,
who married Miss Alice Appleton,
and also of Mrs. Payne Whitney,
and has often been the guest of
the latter and Miss Joan Whit
ney in New York. Jerry Wads-
worth is her brother. She is a
cousin of Mrs. Joseph A. Blake
and more remotely of Mrs. Ken
meth O'Brien, and was one of the
latter's attendants when as Miss
Katherine Mackay she married
Mr.. O'Brien a year ago, and also
of Miss Ellin Mackay.
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MISS WADSWORTH made her
Ava formal debut last winter at
dance at. Grasslands, but had a
preliminary taste of society the
winter before. She has travelled
extensively and is clever and cul-
tivated as well as pretty and popu-
lar She is a member of the Ju-
nior League in Washington.
Mr.. Symington is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Stauart Syinington,
jr., of Baltimore, and, if memory
serves, a nephew Of Capt. Powers
Symington, u. S N. His family
has been identified with Maryland