The Washington times., 1924-02-05
JEAN ELIOT GOSSIP ON SOCIETY
Bohemian Supper
GiVeS Promise of
Interest
BY JEAN ELIOT.


nKRs. FREDERIC sHURT-
M -.AaFt COOLIDGE, who
AV4 has done so much to fur
ther the development Of chamber
music in this country by her
maintenance Of the annual Berk.
shire festivals. Is arranging a
Bohemian supper to be given at
the Willard on Saturday evening
at o'clock. at which the artists
taking part in the recitals to be
given under her auspices on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
afternoons. with others prominent
in the world Of music and society,
will be guests.
Mrs. Coolidge has presented to
the Library Of Congress the COM
posers' autograph scores which
have won the Berkshire prizes
In the international competitions
preceding the festivals; and In
connection with the gift il offer.
ing the three recitals in which
certain Of the compositions will
be played by the Festival Quartet
OF South Mountain, the Elshuco
Trio and the Lenox Quartet, as
sisted by such splendid artists as
Harold Bauer, Lionel Tertis, q.
Barrere and others.
Through the courtesy Of the
authorities of the Smithsonian In.
stitution, the concerts will be
given in the Freer Gallery of
Art-the time is 4:S0 o'clock. The
programs will be different, but
equally typical.
THE announcement Of the en-
Il gagement of Miss Joan Whit
ney, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney, Of New
York, to Charles Shipman Payson,
Of Portland, Ore, which was made
today by her parents, is Of un-
usual interest to society in Wash
ington. For Miss Whitney, who
has been an occasional visitor
here, is niece Of Mrs. James w.
Wadsworth, 5r., and, through her
father, a great-niece Of Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock.
Moreover, her connection with
Washington goes back to a past
generation, for she Is a grand.
daughter Of the late John Hay,
statesman, author and journalist,
who was American Ambassador to
the Court Of st. James, also hold
ing other important foreign diplo-
matte posts. Mr.. Hay was assist
ant private secretary to President
Lincoln, at one time Secretary Of
State, and he negotiated many i'm
portant treaties, including the Hay
Pauncefote treaty with England
and also that which established
the open-door policy with China.
Mr.. Hay was the author Of "Abra-
ham Lincoln; A History" ''Pike
County Ballads and at one time
an editorial writer on the Tribune.
Miss Whitney's mother was Miss
Helen Hay.
On her fathers side, her grand
father was the late William G.
Whitney, who was Secretary of
the Navy in President Cleveland's
Cabinet.
Mr.. Payson is the SON Of Her
bert Payson, member Of the
firm Of H. M. Payson & Co., in
vestment bankers of Portland,
which was founded seventy years
ago. He was at the Plattsburg
training camp in 1917. entering
Yale that autumn when he be-
came a member of the Yale Ma
val Reserve. He rowed on the
winning university crews of 1919
and 1921 and was graduated from
Yale with the class of '21. After
that he entered the Harvard Law
School where he is completing
the last year Of his course.
Mr.. Payson also comes from
families that have been noted in
the history of the United States.
His great-grandfather, the Rev.
Edward Payson, was a distin-
guished clergyman Of Portland,
whose sermons and memoirs, pub
lished in 1927, years after his
death, were widely read. Eliza
beth, a daughter Of the Rev. Ed.
ward Payson, became the wife of
the Rev. George Lewis Prem
tiss, who was formerly pastor Of
the Church of the Covenant in
this city and professor in
Union Theological Seminary. Mrs.
Prentiss was the author Of
stepping Heavenward," which is
found in many private libraries
in this city and also Of other
much read books.
Mr.. Payson's mother was
daughter Of the late Gen. John
Marshall Brown, who served in
the civil war and whose father
was one Of the pioneer business
men of Portland. Mrs. Payson's
maternal grandmother was Aida
Carroll, Of Washington, a de-
scendant Of Daniel Carroll, a
cousin Of CarroIlton. Md. What
was once the farm Of Daniel Car
roll now forms a part Of the
site Of the present city of Wash
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney and Miss
Whitney left last Sunday for the
South. Mr.. Payson, who has
been in New York frequently, has
many friends here. No plans
have been mentioned for the
wedding.
Miss Whitney was introduced
to society in New York two years
ago and has frequently taken
part in festivities here as the
guest OF her cousin, Miss EVELYN
Wadsworth. She will be maid
of honor at the marriage Of Miss
Wadsworth and Stuart w. SYM
ington, Srd, OF Baltimore, on
March /.
Argentine AmbassudOr