The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
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DUO and DuchesSe de
Tallyrand Much
Entertained

attend the N9tton4 CIVIC ESuera'
tion conference, held here last
week.
Mrs. Parker is fine looking
and quite q parsonage. She is
well known as q historian and
is member Of the National
Committee on Foreign Relations
and National Defense. Both she
and the judge have been mar.
ried before.
She II a descendant of Miles
Standish.
The marriage was a surprise to
all except the most intimate
friends Of the couple and was the
result % q romance that beEaA
less than q year ago, when the
bride became chairman Of the
women's committee Of the Sun
grave Institute, of which Judge
Parker IL chancellor. They had
not been acquainted before that
time, but since then their duties
have thrown them together q
great deal.
1t was understood that they be-
came engaged while on q trip to
Mount Vernon lest December IL
to take part in the planting Of
two trees at Wsshington's birth
place. The trees had been
brought from the washington
Manor House in snlgrave,. Eng
land, by Miss Camphell when she
returned from abroad early in the
fall. Chief Justice Taft and other
notahles also participated in the
tree-planting exercises.
Only six guests were at the
Wedding, including Ruth Camp
bell Bennett, the brides niece.
who was her attendant, and
Arthur MeCausland. who was
best man. Others present were
Mrs. C. d. LoWrie and Col.
Walter Scott, friend Of the bride,
and her sister and q nephew.
The Firestones also stopped off
on their way to Florida. Harvey
Firestpne ID the FirestOne auto
tire man and better known as
. friend Of the President. He
il the man who staged the camp.
ing party the President went on
shortly after his election, and
also the donor Of Harbel, the
Presidents horse, which took d
blue at the Horse Show last
spring.
THE McAd0os came here from
New York, where they were
very much in evidence at the
governors inauguration, they re-
ceived much attention from the
audience. Mrs. McAdoo looked
unusually well on that occasion
in a blue cloth gown with tiny
frilIs OF taffeta forming side
panels. Her hat was Of taupo
velvet with trimmings Of pur-
pie and red velvet. A scarf Of
taupe fox, long jet earrings.
grey hose and black suede pumps
finished her rnodish toilet. Mrs.
McAdoo 10 very much prettier
than her pictures, her lovely
coloring and animated expression
making her q woman Of strik.
ing appearance. And she also
looks radiantly happy,
TlHERE il q gathering of the
Vanderbilt "clan" in Washing.
ton Just now, too. The vanderbilts
seem to be growing more and
more fond Of the life here in the
shadow Of the White House. Now,
having successfully launched her
granddaughter, CathIeen Wander
bilt, on the social sea in New
York, the dowager Mrs. Wander
bilt had closed her mammoth
town house at Fifth avenue and
Fifty-seventh street and IL es-
tablished at WArdman Park Hotel
where her son and his family,
Gen. and Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bilt and their daughter, Grace.
were already staying. Then the
generals son and his wife, with
her sister, Minnie Littleton, are
established in the apartment at
1915 Sixteenth street, in which the
dowAger Mrs. Vanderbilt, the
most important of all the Mrs.
Vanderbilt's," spent most of last
winter.
Then, too, there is Countess
Laszlo SSechenyi domiciled here
now. She was Gladys Vanderbilt,
and her husband Is Hungary's
minister at Washington.
All Of the Vanderbilts entertain
a great deal and are entertained
muchly. The young Vanderbilts
gave q big and very successful
party, a dinner and dance, last
evening at Rauscher's. They Of
ten entertain, too, in their apart
ment. It was there they gave a
dinner and dance one Sunday