Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

ter of debutanteS; Mrs. william Thaw,
Sd; Mrs. A. Ludlow Kramer, Mrs. Philip
lie Boutillier, Mrs. Francis A. Blossom.
Mrs. Clarkson Runyon, Mrs. William F.
Laid, Mrs. Ray p. Stevens and Mrs.
Russell Ely Burke.
Mrs. Thomas webster Edgar, II East
Ninety-seventh street, Is chairman OF
the ball.
Nuptial Engagements
Formally Made Public.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest 1selin have an
nounced the engagement Of their daugh-
ter, Miss Louise Iselin. to Count Leo
nardo Mercati, son Of Count Alexander
Mercati of Athens, Greece. and Paris,
The engagement is one of the most in
teresting of the year. and the wedding
will unite one Of the important families
of New York society with one Of the
oldest houses of Europe. Miss Iselin is
a granddaughter of Mr.. Adrian 1selin
and has taken an active part in society
since her debut several years ago. She
is a member Of the Junior League Club
of New York Mr.. Ernest 1Selin, jr.,
Harvard, 90 is q brother. The New
York home of the family is at LA East
Sixty-fifth street and their Summer res
idence is at New Rochelle.
Count Mercati, who Is a graduate OF
oxford, is the grandson Of the Princess
Kara OF Greece; HIS mother the ; JOE
was married to the Baron Emerich Won
Pflugi, originally was Miss Harriette
Wright of Cleveland. The Count Alex
ander, his father. formerly occupied the
position Of grand marshal to the royal
court Of Greece. The family Is well
known in Paris as well as Athens, and
many Americans have friends among
its members. The Count Leonardo Is
associated in business with Stone d
Webster and Blodget, Inc, In their
Paris office an dthe young couple prob
ably will make their home in France.
BY her marriage Miss Iselin will become
a sister-in-law of Michael Arlen, English
author, who married the Countess At
lanta Mercati, sister Of the Count Leo
nardo, in May, 1928. No date has been
set for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Cornelius
Heather of PIT Park Avenue have an
nounced the engagement OF their
Mr.. Henry Davies Roulston, son of
Mr. Thomas H. Roulston and the late
Mrs. Roulston of Brooklyn and Hunt
ington, Long Island.
Miss Heather attended the Gardner
School of this city and was graduated
from Mrs. Dow's School at Briarclih
Manor. She made her debut at
Sherry's in the Winter Of 1867. Miss
Heather who founded the musical pro-
fessorship at oxford University and Is
buried in Westminster Abbey: Mr..
School and attended Yale. He is as
ISOLATED in business with his father in
the firm Of Thomas Roulston, Inc, and
is vice president of the Gowanus Realty
Co. The wedding will take place early
In January.
Bride Elect Names Her Attendants
For Wedding, October 3.
Miss Bettina Miller, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Clinton Miller OF Is
East Sixty-ninth street, has chosen
attendants for her marriage, october 3
at the Ambassador, to William Bayard
Hawthorne, son of Mrs. Bayard Haw-
thorne Of So Gramercy Park and Mil
ford, Pa, and the late Mr.. Hawthorne.
Miss Miller will have her sister, Miss
Miriam Miller, whose. engagement to
announced, as her maid of honor.
Bridesmaids will be the Misses Camille
Miller, another sister; Maria Auchin-
Gloss, Elsie Wilmerding, Cathleen Fox.
Mary Macy and Julia Benjamin. all OF
Archibald c. Hawthorne will be the
best man for his brother. Ushers are
to be William Haig Mayer, jr.; Wisner
Miller, jr, cousin Of Miss Miller; John
R; Dane, A. Ludlow CLARK, Byrd CLARK;
Thomas Carson, Watson Wyckoff, all
of New York; Rufus K. Weekes Of
Elizabeth, N. j., and Vicomte Paul de
RoSiere of Paris.