The Washington times., 1927-01-10

WEDDING PLANS
DISCUSSED AT
TEA TABLES
Miss Houghton's Engage
nent Announced; Miss
Kendalps Plans
By JEAN ELIOT

~ OA5EA4N ASSAO4
WiHE visit of the American Am.
bassador to Great Britain and
Mrs. Alanson B. Houghton to Wash.
mgton has been enlivened- by the
announcement Of the engagement
Of their daughter, Miss Matilda
Houghton, to Chandler Parsons An
uerson, jr.. which has especial in
terest here since, although Mr.. An.
0erson now registers 'of New
York." he is q Washington man
and the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chandler P. Anderson, of Washing
ton.
Miss Houghton came to town i'm.
mediately after Christmas to make
some visits. afterward joining her
parents at the Carlton Hotel, and
the announcement comes as a
climax to her stay. A graduate Of
the Foxcroft School near Middle.
burg, Miss Houghton has lived
abroad almost continuously since
her graduation. She had her first
formal taste Of society in Berlin
when her father was serving Ms
American ambassador to Germany.
and after his transfer to London
was presented at the Court Of st.
James. She also sampled the de-
butante festivities In Washington as
the guest Of her cousin, Miss Gratia
Houghton, now Mrs. Alan Rinehart
Mr.. Anderson is now in business
In New York, but until last June
he was secretary to Ambassador
Houghton. having. started out evil
IDENTIFY to follow In the diplomatic
footsteps of his father, long con-
nected with our diplomatic service,
and then having changed his mind
He is a nephew of Nine. Riano
whose husband was so long ambas-
Hador of Spain to the United States.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Jane KendalI's Plans
No sooner was the engagement Of
pretty Jane Kendall to George Grant
Mason, jr.. of New York, announced
than she slipped away to Florida for
. rest. She is now working her way
Northward and will arrive in Wash
ington on Saturday, but early next
week she expects to go to New York
to stay with her fiance's parents
until she sails with her mother, Mrs.
Lyman B. Kendall. for Europe. They
expect to be gone until April, spend
ing some time on the Riviera and
then going to Paris about the
pleasant business of selecting Miss
Kendalls trousseau.
The Georges Grant Masons are
considered today among the most
conservative members of the smart
Tuxedo Park Colony and have an
dnexceptional position in New York,
which Is a rather remarkable tribute
In view of the fact that they are
comparatively newcomers to Man.
haitian. There is a most romantic
story connected with their in
heritance of the fortune which they
administer with SO much dignity and
discretion.
Romantic Story
Let Cholly Knickerbocker tell
about 1t:
It will be remembered by those
who have been Gin" and "of''
Mayfair for more than % years
that James Henry Smith was
one of the supreme powers in
Wall Street in the days when the
A1SC ~ ACAPOlb MOI6dH was LI0
car Of the money markets. Very
little was, known about Mr..
Smiths antecedents or his finan.
cial operations, and due to his
reticence in discussing himself
and his gold manipulations he
was dubbed on both sides Of the
Atlantic silent" Smith.
Silent" Smith bobbed up on
Manhattan Isle from nowhere in
particular. made millions and
gained the topmost rung of the
social ladder when he married the
august lady who had divorced
William Rhinelander Stewart.
They purchased the william C.
Whitney house on Fifth Avenue
tnow occupied by Mr.. Whitneys
son, Harry Payne Whitney,, and
1t was silent" Smith who ar.
ranged the financial side of Anita
Stewart, Mrs. Stewart. Smiths
daughters marital alliance with
Prince Miguel de Braganza, the
now deceased pretender to the
throne of Portugal.
Silent" Smith died a few wears
after his marriage to Mrs. Stewart,
and when his last will and tesla.
ment was opened 1t was discovered.
70 the amazement of everyone.