The Washington times., 1925-05-29
TAKEWARNINGl
BEWARE OF
f. WIDOWS
Popular Bachelors Are
Married Off From
1718 II Street
By JEAN ELIOT.

By JEAN ELIOT.
THE buzz of comment has fol-
lowed hard upon the announce
naent of Colonel James A. Logan's
marriage with charming Mrs. LIE
Grand Griswold, of New York, has
called attention to something that
Is interesting If not important-the
number of bachelors affiliated with
the little club Of State Department
officials and other Government
luminaries at 171S II street who
have married widows. And specu-
Iation is given point by the rumor
that the popular Assistant Secre-
tary of State, Leland Harrison,
now In residence there, is enamor-
ed of a charming widow and is
most assiduous in his courtship.
A number of years ago several
dashing bachelors on duty in wash
ington set up housekeeping at 111S
II street. Their menage was so
comfortable, and they entertained
20 many visitors, temporarily In
town, that 1t was decided to carry
on as sort Of club where un.
attached men Of the little Cabinet
group might make their home DUR
Ing their period OF service at tpe
various departments. And the list
Of men who have lived at 1718 81
street since the club was organized
ia a roster Of brilliant names.
Basil Miles, sometime Of our For
eign Service and at present Amer-
can Commissioner with the Inter
national Chamber 1of Commerce In
Paris, was the last Of the "1718
men" before Colonel Logan to wed
q widow. His marriage to Mrs.
Peabody Sevell, Of Indianapolis, q
longtime resident of Paris, was sol
emnized in the French capital sew
eral months ago. Frederick Sterl-
ing. now Counselor of the American
Embassy In London. who was mar
ried some years ago to the widow
OF William f.. McCombs, was at
one time q resident at 1718 III
street and so was Eliot Wadsworth,
who has just resigned as Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury. Before
her first marriage, Mrs. Sterling
was Miss Dorothy Williams, daugh-
ter Of Mrs. John r. Williams, and
she Is sister OF Mrs. Joseph Letter.
Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth was for
merly Mrs. Guy Scuu and there is
q bit Of romance connected with
her second wooinR for Mr.. Wads-
worth was a close friend OF the
later Mr.. Scull, scientist and ex-
plorer, and it was while working
together over the latter's memoirs
that friendship npened into some
thing warmer. Mr.. and Mrs. Wads-
worth are sailing tomorrow for
Another distinguished member Of
this little. club who, was married
from 171S H street is Major Cen
eraI Clarence Wilson, whose wife
was Mrs. August p. Gardner, widow
OF Congressman Gardner, and
daughter OF the late Senator Lodge.
Maids Win Out Over Matrons
In . Few Matrimonial Engagements.
Maids have won out over matrons
In some instances, however. among
the brilliant bachelors OF the club.
When Henry p. Fletcher, now our
Ambassador to Italy, and a former
resident at 17l8, was married sew
eraI years ago he chose for his
wife Miss Beatrice Bend, and Hugh
Gibson, now our Minister to Switzer-
land, was married to q charming
Belgian girl whom he had met
during his period Of wartime
service in Brussels.
Then there were Alan Winslow.
who married pretty Rosamond
Castle and WHO. If remember
correctly, put up at the club for
n time while he was stationed
here, and Stanley Hawks. now at the
American legation in Poland. whose
wife was Miss Margaret Baldwin.
The Winslows are now in Berne.
At the present moment Colonel
Sherwood A. Cheney, new aide to
President Coolidge, is the only per
Tnanent resident Of the club, besides
Leland Harrison. He is a widower,
his wife, who died in China, having
been Miss Louise Delano, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick A.
Delano.
Late In June or early in July Mr..
Harrison proposes to transfer mis-
lares and penates to the Willard
Straight place out on the Rockville
road, where group Of bachelors
permanent or temporary-have spent
the summers pleasantly together
for the last several years.
This year Charles Dewey, Assist
ant Secretary Of the Treasury, will
be one Of the group during the alb
sence Of his wife and daughter, but
I haven't heard who the others are
tc be. Presumably Colonel Cheney
will go to Swamscott with the
President