The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-04
JEAN EIOTs NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
William Bell Watkins, Married to
Capital Girl, N. F. H. Of Famous Hunt
Romances of "Mackay-
Smith Girls" Recalled !;
Nine. Boy-Ed a Visitor
By JEAN ELIOT


MYTH the appointment of William
w Bell Watkins as M. F. H. for
the famous Rose Tree Hunt. Phila-
delphia-and possibly Washington
viii begin to see more Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Watkins. They have farm at
Berryville, Va. where Mr., Watkins
breeds fine horses. and since their
marriage they have spent the
greater part OF their time in the
country, only coming up to town for
q few weeks each winter. Now, how
ever, they are pretty sure to be in
Philadelphia through the entire hunt.
ing season. and 1t may be that, lured
away from the country, they'll drift
over to Washington for occasional
visits to Mrs. Watkins mother, Mrs.
Alexander Mackay-Smith.
Strange how quickly the picture
changes in this Capital of ours! Only
a few years ago and no smart party
was complete without 1.-The Mackay-
Smith girls" daughters of the late
Ri. Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smith,
bishop coadjutor of Philadelphia. He
had previously been rector of fash
ionable st. Johns Church in Wash
ington for many years, so the
Mackay-Smith girls had grown up
here, and it was natural that Mrs.
Mackay-Smith should bring them
back here after their fathers death.
International Romance
It was Miss Gladys Mackay-
Smith, who married William Bell
Watkins. scion of an old Philadel-
phia family, gentleman farmer and
hard riding fox hunter. Her sis
ter, Miss Virginia Mackay-Smith.
was the heroine of an inteTna-
tional romance which survived 1.-THE
stress of war between her country
and her fiance's. When Count
Won Bernstorff, then German Am.
bassador to the United Ctates, was
sent packing, dashing Captain
Karl Boyd, who had been naval
attache of the German Embassy,
went with him-under the cloud Of
having passed the limits of diplo-
matte decency in his zeal for fur
thering his country's cause in
neutral country. Rumors Of his
engagement to Miss Virginia Mac
kay-Smith had been recurrent from
time to time, but there had never
been any official verification. And
Captain Boy-Ed sailed for Germany
leaving Miss Mackay-Smith behind.
Married Abroad
1t wasn't until the war was over
that Miss Mackay-Smith, accom-.
panied by her mother, went to Ger
many to be married to her sailor
diplomat. The marriage has seemed
to be exceptionally successful and
Captain and Nine. Boy.Ed make
their home in Homburg. Nine.
Boy-Ed comes home nearly every
year to visit her mother at her
summer at Sea Harbor. but so far
Captain Boyd has not returned.
There was much talk of his coming
year or two ago but there was a
passport would be viseed-and he
decided to stay at home
Mrs. Mackay-Smith maintains a
home in Washington and usually
spends the winter here. There is
another daughter. Mrs. Charles L.
Marlatt, who was Miss Helen
Macaky-Smith. Her husband is a
scientist who has an important post
in the Bureau of Entomology. They
make their home in the Capital and,
1t will be remembered, presented a
pretty daughter. Miss Florence Mar
latt, to societ last winter.
Il X
Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter Keezer, who
are spending their honeymoon in
Denver, are the guests Of his parents
there, and will return to Washington
In about three weeks.
Mrs. KeeZer was Miss Anne Mel.
lett, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lowell Mellett, before her marriage
on Wednesday, June %.
Mr.. Keezer, who was in newspaper
work in Denver before he came to
Washington, is now associated with
the Scripps- Howard Service, of which
Mr.. Mellett is head.