The Washington times., 1930-06-20
VIEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE NATIONAL ca
Eligible Bloc
OF Senate
Is Loser
Capital Hears Of Marriage Of
Senator Baird and Mrs.
Smith Yesterday

9llIll H6SA0s0N
The bachelor and widower
bloc in the Senate, q group
Of eligibles so dubbed be-
cause Of their staunch sup
port Of the laws in q state
called single blessedness, /"
loses one of its members in
Senator David Baird, jr., Of
New Jersey.
The Senator slipped away
last night very quietly and
married Mrs. Francis II.
Smith, Of Camden, N. j., to
whom he became engaged
last February.
Engaged Since February
News of the engagement
reached Washington In a round
about fashion from Miami
Beach, Fla, when Senator
Baird went there to visit his
fiancee. Mrs. Smith said at
the time that there would be
no formal announcement of the
engagement. but that all her
friends knew about it. She is
the widow of Senator Baird's
former business associate.
The Senator issued a state
ment in New York yesterday to
the effect that he and Mrs.
Smith would be married in two
or three days, and that they
had planned to sail for Europe.
In fact, he has secured pass
ports, but they are not to be
used until July i.
Whereabouts Unknown
kilograms to close friends
announce the marriage, but
they reveal nothing else as to
the whereabouts Of the pair.
Senator Baird is expected to
be in Trenton Tuesday for the
State convention of the Repub-
Gcar1 party.
The group of marriageable
men in the Senate is so large
that it Is a mystery how they
all manage to escape the nets
Of designing maids and matronS.
Eligible Senators
To pick but a few, Senator
Arthur Capper, Senator Thomas
J.. Walsh and Senator David I.
Walsh are seen more than
twice in the company of the
same women, which Is enough
to set Dame Rumor's tongue
a.Wagging. But Senator Freder-
lex Hale, of Maine, d distinctly
eligible person, is so hardboiled
a bachelor that nobody hints
at the possibility of his marry
ing.
Other eligibles are Senator
Bronson Cutting, Senator Mil
lard Tydings. and Senator Ken
nStn MchelIaf.
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Here for Ceremonies
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hull
Ewing. of Chicago who have
just completed a trip around
the world, are guests at the
Mayflower while in Washington
to attend the luncheon given to-
day for Admiral Richard e.
Byrd and also for the presenta-
tion o fthe medal this evening.
Mr.. Ewing is former president
of the Geographic Society of
Chicago and three years ago pre-
Sented the Helen Culver medal
to Admiral Byrd. He is second
cousin of Charles J. Hull, whose
old home, now known as Hull
House, founded by Jane Adams,
recently celebrated it's fortieth
anniversary. The house was do.
noted 30 Miss Adams by Miss
Helen Culver, Mr.. Ewing's aunt,
who was well known through the
West for her philanthropic en-
deavors. The Hull Biological
Laboratories at the University
of Chicago were one Of her no
nations.
MIR. and Mrs. Ewing's daugh-
ters, Katherine and Helen
Ewing. who also accompanied
their parents on the world tour,
are attending the Harvard.Yale
races today and expect to join
their parents at the Mayflowef
the middle Of next week before
returning to Chicago.
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Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Hill, of
Nashville, Tenn, are passing
some time at the Carlton, &C.
companied by Mrs. John H.
Raine, of Atlanta. Ga.
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