The Washington times., 1928-08-30
Miss GUendoIine FfOuIke Smith to Ned
Sought After Chicago Bachelor
Fiance, Albert B. Dewey,
Jr., is Brother Of Charles
S. Dewey, Sometime
Undersecretary Of the
Treasury

/. ~
Undersecretary Of tn
Treasury
The first news Of 1.-THE
Smith girls, " since they
sailed III the early summer
to be with their mother,
Nine. Marcel Levie, in Eu-
rope, is important news, for
1t concerns the engagement
of Miss Gwendoline Ffoulke
Smith and Albert B. Dewey,
jr., Of Chicago.
This has Just been an
nounced by Captain and
Nine. Levie, with the further
information that the we'd.
ding will take place shortly
il Paris. The engagement is
one Of exceptional interest
to Neutrality-suspicious., for Miss
Smith is as popular as she
IS pretty, and Nh. Dewey has
been an occasional visitor
here, the guest Of his
brother, Charles s. Dewey,
4 sometime Undersecretary Of
the Treasury.
Made Debut Here
with her sister, Miss Gladys
Chapman Smith, Gwendclire
Ffoulke Smith made hst debut IN
washington two or three win
tiers AGO under the wing Of her
grandmother, the late Mrs.
Charles M. Ffoulke. They had
tradition Of success and dis
finctfon 70 carry on, for Mrs.
FfouIke was one Of Washing
tons grand duchesses," and the
4 Ffoulke girls Gladys, Helen.
and Gwen d oline, had been
famous bellies > generation be-
fore.
Gladys Ffoulke, now Nine.
& Levie, was married first to Chap
man Smith - philadelphia,
wasn't he from whom she was
afterward divorced. Her second
husband, Captain Levie, who
served with distinction in the
French army, came to Wash
ington with one Of the French
war missions. Since their mar-
rage, he and Nine. Levie have
made their home at Le Gourbe,
Ajaccio, Corsica, but the Smith
girls have spent much time in
this country visiting relatives.
Helen Tfoiilke married Emanuel
Havenith, long Belgian Minister
to the UrAted States and now
lives III Belgium.
III Arizona
Festivities for Miss Gwendoline
Ffoulke Smith and her sister
were the last to be held in the
fine old Ffoulke mansion, 2011
Massachusetts Ave. in which
much social history had been
made. For the house Ii now for
sale and its famous collection Of
tapestries Is scattered.
Miss smith ana her sister spent
last winter with relatives on q
ranch in Arizona. having given
up the prospect Of q movie career.
an idea with which they had
dabbled after their debut here.
Both girls an pretty, cultivated,
charming and were bellies during
their successful first season.
Mr.. Dewey sailed several weeks
ago with Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Rogers, OF Chicago, for a motor
trip in France and the supposition
seems to be that the romance
developed abroadalthoush it may
be that he had previously met his
fiance in Washington. At all
events, the news of the engage
rnent comes as q surprise to his
friends in Chicago.
The son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
3. Dewey, OF Chicago, and q kins.
Mr.. Dewey has been one of the
most sought-after bachelors Of the
Windy City. He belongs to all the
best clubs, including the Racquet
Club, where he lives, the Casino,
the Saddle and Cycle, the Univers-
ity, the Chicago Club, and Ont.
wentzia. He was graduated from
Yale in 1915, and is described by
one friend as IAN architect-when
he works at It." Listed among
Chicago's eligible beaux, he has
always been included "in every
good dinner list" and he has usu-
ally spent his winters among his
friends at Palm Beach.
It is expected that Mr.. Dewey
will have as his best man at his
wedding HIS very good friend, VOL.
colt Blair, who is now with the
Pulitzer party at the Duke Of
AtholPs shooting lodge in Scot.
land.
Mrs. Dwight r. Davis, wife Of
the Secretary OF War, who has
been at Dark Harbor, Main, has
gone to New York ana is at the
Ambassador Hotel for a few days.
The Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. James J. Davis, who have
been at the Secretary's old home
in Cardiff, Wales, for several
weeks, sailed today for home
and will come to WASHINGTON
shortly after their arrival in
New York on Tuesday. They
are accompanied by their son,
James ]. Davis, jr., and their
two oldest daughters. Jean and
Jane.
The Minister Of Poland. Jan