The Washington times., 1927-04-04

Debutdntes Refuse to Be Doomed;
Still In NeIUs in Role oft Brides to- b q
Miss Frances Hopkins
Engagement Announced
IAN Autumn Bride
By JEAN ELIOT


THE debutante refuses to be
downed! At this time Of the
year. when the buds Of the waning
season are usually forgotten In a
rush of interest in springtifae sports
and Faster fashions. the girls of Inst
years group are managing to keep
themselves in the news In the role
Of brides-to-be.
Two more have just been added
70 list Of engas ements already Of
record proportions. with the news
that Miss Rebekah Blaine Lipsconib.
daughter of Mrs. Blaine Lipscornb,
Is to wed Lieut.. Thomas Dresser
White, u. S. A.. and that Miss
Frances Hopkins will be married in
son OF Mrs. Anna Boal Wickes, for.
merly of Chicago now of Mt. Yer.
non, Va.
Announced At Tea
The announcement Of the engage
Hnent of Miss. Hopkins and Mr..
Wickes was made at a tea Civ,
yesterday by her parents. Col. and
Mrs. Frank e. Hopkins.
Miss Lipscomb was among the
girls assisting Miss Hopkins at this
reception and others in the group
were Miss Adelaide Douglas, Miss
Maud Mason and Miss Barbara
Boss.
Mrs. Hopkins was aided by Mrs.
Robert II. Alien, Mrs. William j.
Snow, Mrs. j. w. Joyes. Mrs. M. e..
Zalinski. Mrs. A. G. Dalton, ais.
David H. Blair, Mrs. Blaine Lips.
comb, Mrs. John r. Leighty, Mrs.
Charles H. lie Fevre, Mrs. Harry r.
Perry, Mrs. Daniel W., Hand and
Mrs Harry H. Sheen.
Colonel Hopkins has been detailed
to duty at Fort Ethan Allen, VT,
and will leave with his family for
his new post early in July. Miss
Hopkins is one of the most popular
of the seasons debutantes. She is
graduate of Holton Arms. Mr..
Wickes has degrees from Lehigh
University, George Washington Uni
versity and Georgetown Law School.
Miss Lipscomb is to be married
in the spring rs. Her fiance,
9 West Point graduate, is on duty
at Boiling Field. He is the son of
( Bishop and Mrs. H. John Chanler
White, of Springfield Ill. Miss Lip
'scomb's family has been prominent
In Washington for generations, and
she is a great niece Of James G.
Blaine. Her father, Charles z.
Lipscomb, lives in New. York.
Miss Roebling First
Miss Allison Roebling, already
married to Baron Joseph van der
Elst. Of Belgium, was the first of |
the debutantes to announce her en-.
gagement. and the next was Mai. |
Gen. and Mrs. Amos Fries daugh
ter, Miss Elizabeth Fries, now Mrs. |
Frederic A. Henney. Baroness van
der Elst is the daughter of Mrs |
Arthur O'Brien.
In rapid succession there followed |
the news that Miss Jane Kendall, |
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman B. |
Kendall, was to wed George Grant |
Mason, of New York. and that Miss |
Jane Dunbar, daughter of Capt. and |
Mrs. Arthur w. Dunbar was en-
gagged to James C. Parker, .ir., son |
Of MIR. and Mrs. James C. Parker.
Of Washington. The last of the
group-so far-is Miss Georgina |
Joyes. daughter of Gen. and Mrs
John A. Joyes. who is to marry Cadet |
Mason f. Slower. Military Academy, |
U. S. A. / haven't heard anything
about Miss Joyes' wedding plans |
but it is expected that both Jane |
Kendall and Jane Dunbar will have |
autumn weddings.
Former Washingtonian Wed
Apropos OF weddings, the news
that Miss Mary Louise Niedring. |
haus, of st. Louis. was married on |
Saturday to Duer McLanahan Is of |
exceptional interest here. The cere. |
nony was performed in the chantry
of Grace Church, New York, by the
Rev. w. Russell Bowie. Charles p
Stone, of Washington, was best
man. Mr.. McLanahan is the son
of Mrs. George Xavier McLanahan
and passed his boyhood in Wash
ington.
The bride has frequently visited
Washington as the guest of Miss
Frances Mckee and was on the eve
of becoming a resident Washing
tonian as her father, Henry F.
Niedringhaus, was recently elected
to Congress.
Frank Stearns, who spent the
weekend with the President and
Mrs Coolidge, will leave this even
ing to join Mrs. Stearns in Boston.
John Coolidge has returned to
Amherst after spending the spring
vacation with his parents.
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TO CELEBRATE
GOLDEN WEDDING
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Presley
M. Rixey have issued invitations for
an "at-home" on Monday after
noon, April 25. at o'clock, at
their country home, ''Rixey," near
Roslyn, Va. in celebration of their
golden wedding anniversary.
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The governor Of North Carolina,
Angus W. Mclean. is a guest at
the Mayflower.