Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
Approves Of Young Chewn-
ing's Desire to Support
Wife on Salary.
VEAL THiEST SENATOR
WILL WITHHOLD DOWRY
Visit to Capitol Hill Office Con.
vinces Parent Bridegroom
"Nice Young Man"

After a week of first-page discussion
on Nationwide scale the marital af-
fairs Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Jeffries
Chewing, jr., today were relegated to
the category Of private family affairs"
by Senator James Couzens, multimil-
lionaire father of the former Margaret
Couzens, clipping 1o-year-old bride of a
bank clerk, son of Fredericksburg, Va.
doctor.
Mrs. Chewing, on brief trip to
Washington, yesterday presented her
husband for the first time to her wealthy
father. received the parental blessing
and then went back to Fredericksburg
to visit the Chewing family again.
The Senator has adopted a policy of
letting the young people make their own
plans. He heartily approves Of the plan
OF his young Son-in-law to support his
wife on the salary he makes as manager
or the new accounts department of the
West End Branch Of the Washington
Loan & Trust Co.
Senator Plans Wedding Presents.
There will be no dowry, as such. the
Senator has decided. However, there
will be wedding presents BETTING the
daughter of the richest member of Con-
gress from the Couzens family. The
Senator has not given the wedding pres
emit idea a great deal Of thought, but
the presents go along with the we'd
ding and Senator CouzenS Is in a posi-
ton to do things in handsome way.
This Is the way, the Senator says, he
has done with his son Frank, who is in
Washington on a brief visit from De-
troit, his home, and with his daughter
Madeleine, who married william Runner
Yaw Of Detroit. Both the son and SON
tn-law have been allowed to make good
on their own.
The Senator, from his first brief talk
with his new Son-in-law yesterday.
seemed pleased with the union. "FIe
seems to be a very nice young man" he
said, after the clipping couple had greeted
him at his ONCE in the Senate once
The Senator plans to have a '1ong,
long talk" with young Mr. Chewing
one-room- kitchen and bath apartnnent
at the Rutland Courts. 1725 Seventeenth
street. just what this talk" will be
ABOUT the Senator prefers to regard as
personal.
Strict Rules at Apartment. =.
The little apartment chosen bv the
Chewntrigs before their elopen1ent is
one OF SO in the Rutland Courts. Il is
on the fifth floor of the building. Strict
regulations. govern the actions Of peopIe
Who live. in the apartment house. Chill
dren under IL, dogs, cats and unneces-
sary noises are forbidden. The Chewn-
ings win have to tune their radio down
70 an ordinary speaking voice when and
II they have q radio, and the curfew
rings ct IL O'Clock nightly on noises
likely to disturb neighboring apartment
Chewing. who is 26, expects to get
back TO work ut the bank next week.
otncials Of the bank declared TODAY
They will not go immediately to their
apartment, many details of furnishing
and decorating facing the young couple.
They have a suite at the Mayfiower
Hotel which they will continue 10 oc-
cupy until their apartment is ready
for the housekeeping Mrs. Chewning
plans. Mrs. Chewing has stated that
she will do without a maid when she
goes to the little apartment.