The Washington times., 1926-04-09
GOOD FORTUNE
BEARS OUT
PROPHECY
Mr.. and Mrs. William D.
Blair Home From
Trip Abroad
BY JEAN ELIOT

young Mr.. and Mrs. William Drap
er Blair, just home from then
honeymoon abroad.
II was several months before hel
marriage to Mr.. Blair, son OF MIR
and Mrs. Montgomery Blair. thai
Miss Mary EuIa Mason consulted
q fortune teller. Ten years OF radi
ant good fortune were prophesied
by the seeress, whose predictions
seem in a fair way to be fulfilled
First came the marriage-and
everybody speaks so highly Of Mr.
and Mrs. Montgomery Blair's sor
as member of a distinguished and
wealthy family, a young man Q:
brains. ambition and charm, tnaI
any girl might be considered lucky
to have won his devotion. Then
they set forth on a honeymoon
abroad and Mrs. Blair proved her
luck again by breaking the bank
at Monte Carlo or, at any rate, com
ing away with very substantial
winnings. And to cap the climax
the young couple were called home
two months earlier than they had
Intended by a remarkably attractive
business offer. Details have not
been settled yet. so nothing can be
said about 1t just now, but the Cd
portunity is described as something
exceptional FOR a young man.
Arrived This Morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair reached Wash
ington this morning. but are leav.
ing town again tomorrow evening
for a business trip to Charlotte.
". C. After that they viii go to
Stockbridge, Mass, where Mr.. and
Mrs. Montgomery Blair are spend
ing the spring season, and after
that, in turn, will make definite
plans for the future. While In
town they are dividing their time
between the Blair house In Six
teenth Street and the home of Mrs.
Blair,s grandmother. Mrs. Frank
p. Mitchell, with whom she was
living at the time of her marriage.
Although their honeymoon was
cut short, the young couple had q
wonderful trip. visiting Italy and
Egypt and lingering at the various
Mediterranean resorts. Mrs. Blair
Il the daughter of Mrs. Charles #.
Mason and the late Brigadier Cen
eral Mason, u. S. A., and q niece
OF Mrs. Hare Lippincott. Miss Vir-
ginia Mason is her sister.
Third Wedding i'm Family
II will be remembered that Mr..
Blair was the third of his immediate
family to wed within a few months.
the double wedding of his sisters.
Miss Ellen Blair to Benjamin
Lowndes jackson, OF Washington,
and Miss Virginia Blair to Robert
Ciymer Brooke, of Birdsboro. Pa,
having been one Of the most Inn.
portant events of the winter.
He is q descendant of Francis p.
Blair. who was in Andrew Jackson'S
famous Kitchen cabinet" and OF
that Montgomery Blair who was a
member of Lincoln's Cabinet. His
mother, who was Miss Edith Draper.
IL q daughter Of the late William #.
Draper, sometime American Ambas-
sador to Italy, and a half sister of
Princess Margaret Boncompagni.
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Lady Isabella Howard, wife OF
the British ambassador, has sent
out cards for an at-home on Mon.
day afternoon at the embassy from
4 to o'clock.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
New returned to Washington yes.
terday from Indiana, where they
went to attend the marriage of
their godchild, Miss Natalie Lom-
bard Brush, to A. Bennett, Gates.
TWO DANCES PLANNED
FOR YOUNGER SET
The younger members Of Wash
ington society will be divided to.
night between the dance given by
Mrs. K v. ii. Wylie and that gwen
by Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Flint, Of
New York and Washington.
Mrs. Wylie win be hostess In her
residence on Thomas Circle for a
comparatively small number Of
guests. Miss Laura Towne Is enter
tanning informally preceding the
dance in her apartment at 1909
Eighteenth st. Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Benning Spencer are entertaining at
dinner for their daughter, Miss
Violet Spencer, who will take her
guests later to the WyIie dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Flint are entertain
ing at the Montgomery Country
Club for theU daughter, Miss Mar
garet Flint, and her fiance, Thames
Emerson Proctor I'd. of Boston. who
viii be married here tomorrow aftera
noon. "A good many guests have
come from New York for the wed
ding and will attend the dance.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman
will entertain at dinner this even
ing in the garden of the MayfIower
for a company of IL.
Mrs. Richard S. Aldrich has gone
TO New York for a short stay and
is at the Ambassador Hotel.