The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12

Another Dependable Bachelor Captive
TO Dan Cupid's BOIU and Spear

MISS JdIlGb n1AA1P0 W
Wed Leander McCor-
mick-Goodhart of Brit
ish Embassy Staff
Who next9 With all our
dependable bachelors joining
the ranks Of the benedicts,
this is becoming a burning
question with Washington
hostesses.
Viscount d'Alte, minister
Of Portugal; Rafael Oreo-
muno, handsome young
minister Of Costa RIGA; Rear
Admiral ANDY Long, and,
now, Leander Mccormick
Goodhart, commercial secre-
tary Of the British Embassy
TO Wed Miss Phillips
His bride to be is Miss
Janet Phillips, charming young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas w. Phillips. jr., and
the engagement was formally
announced yesterday by Mr..
and Mrs. Phillips.
Presumably Miss Phillips viii
be the second Of this seasons
debutantes to wed. The debut
Of Mrs. Price Whitaker's
daughter, Miss Katherine
Whitaker, was followed within
4 few weeks by her marriage
to Mr.. Elisha Dyer. Of New
York, but, although Dame
Rumor has been busy, no other
engagement in the debutante
ranks has yet been announced.
A Fixture Here
On duty at the British embassy
Tor : long period, Mr.. McCormiclx-
Goodhart has come to be regarded
Is j pleasant fixture in Washing
ton. He is the son Of the late
Frederick Mccormick oodhart ana
Mrs. Mccormick Goodhart, an
American woman. who makes her
home at Langley Park, Hyattsvilie,
Md. His grandfather was the laLe
Leander J. Mccormick. OF chi
cago. Keenly interested In the
arts. Mr.. Mccormick oodhart has
fo his credit q charming volume
Of verses. which has had q wide
circulation among his friends.
Miss Phillips Is pertty and &C
ronplished and has been recog-
nized belle since her debut. When
John Coolidge was in Washing
ton FOR Christmas she was occa-
sionaily his companion TN his
early morning horseback rides,
and he paid her marked attention
at some Of the Christmas parties.
Although the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillips is in Butler. Pa,
their daughter grew up here while
her father was representing q
PENNSYLVANIA district in Congress.
He did not try for reelection, as
he was a candidate for governor
0f Pennsylvania.
Important Engagements
Other engagements of interest
70 Washingtonians broke" yes
terday. Mai. Gen. and Mrs. John
II. Chamberlain announced the
betrothal Of their daughter, Miss
Carolyn Chamberlain, to Freder-
lex Bradley. son OF Mrs. Thomas
Bradley and the late Mr.. Bradley;
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse B. Riggs,
of Baltimore, made known the
engagement of their daughter.
Miss Charlotte Riggs, to e. Cort-
landt Parker.
The last has double interest
TO us here, since Mr.. Parker Is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chaun-
cey c.. Parker, New Workers by
birth but Washingtonians by
adoption. and since the Baltimore
Riggses are a branch of that
distinguished FAMILY which
founded the Riggs National Bank
In Washington. Miss Riggs is d
granddaughter Of the late Thomas
w. Symington, of Baltimore, and
Mr.. Parker. grandson of the
late Cortlandt Parker, Of New
York. It is his sister, Miss Eliza
zeth Parker, who !s to be mar
ried on Saturday to George Locke
Howe. OF Providence.
The Bradleys have been asso-
ciated with Washington since
washington was. The Chevy
Chase Club was originally the
Bradley homestead. and the name
IS inmortaIized in Bradley Hills
and Bradley Lane. General and
Mrs. Chamberlain, too. have been
as consistent residents OF the
Capital as is possible for any of
the Army contingent to be, and
Mrs. Chamberlain, who was Miss
Carolyn Marrow, Is a Washing
tonian born and bred and of
the old "cave dweller" aristocracy.
The Chinese Minister and Mime.
SIZE will be the honor guests at
dinner this evening of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Frelinghuysen Du-
mont, who win entertain a large
company at the Mayflower.
The Minister Of Switzerland and
Nine. Peter will entertain in.
formally at dinner this evening,
attending afterward the monthly
reception OF the Huguenot So.
ciety.
The Minister Of Canada and
Mrs. Massey have left Washing
ton for trip to California.
y
Representative and Mrs. Fred
3. PurneIl win entertain at dinner
on March q.