Evening star., 1947-05-11
Enclu,i0ely Yours,
------- Betty Beale :
lack Mcikle, Meza Wood Married;
Skipping a Party Here Is Risky
Betty Reak

Youngest person there was
Drucie Snyder who came with Mar
vim Braverman. The daughter OF
the Secretary of the Treasury grad
yates May 28 from q. w. and. with
sheepskin tucked away, will 60
abroad June IS on the America.
She's going with Barlow Lamm-
bert. q lifelong friend from st.
Louis, and the two gals will cover
the best theaters Of Europe. 1t looks
like Drucie has her eye on a stage
career when she gets back.
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Retiring United States Ambassa-
dor to the Philippines Paul McNutt.
is going to open his own law ofi1ce
in washington. In fact, he Is al
ready established both here and IN
New York but the family will spend
most of the time in Washington
and they are back in their old
apartment at the Shoreham. This
is causing the McNutts no pain
at all, as they love our fair city
and can now settle down here for
good. Daughter Louise is already
back at her old job in the State
Department. :
The latest flash from New York
is that Peggy Wagner will be mar
ried in July. The niece OF Mrs.
George Pettengill who made her
debut In London, New York and
Washington and found the latter SO
interesting she stayed on for years
making her home with Mrs. FL
bridge Jordan, will marry an Eng
lishman named Leslie Porter. His
business will keep them in Manhat-
tan for the first three years OF
martial bliss.
The James Hale Steinmans are
down from Lancaster this week end.
While Jim went to the Gridiron din
ner last evening, Louise entertained
a few friends at the F Street Club.
Next week end they're due back for
the big luncheon Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Richard Cults are giving at
their home, Dondoric Farm at The
Plains, Va. -.
The Guy Martins have bought the
house across the street. from Tre-
garon, home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Davies. On the corner OF kllngle
and Woodley roads, it is now the
abode of the Silvestrellis of the
Italian Embassy who will remain
there for few more weeks. The,
former Edith Gould of New York
and her husband will move in
about the middle of the summer.
Guy, who is just out of the State
Department and now engaged in
his own private law practise, will
have a special room for his toy
trains. He has a fair collection
now and is going in for some post
war expansion. he says. He and his
talented brunette wife will be back
from New York in week.
The William Won Raths are in
Washington en- route from Carmel,
Calf, to their home in Locust VAL
ley, Long Island. The parents of the
famed pulchritudinous twins, Marie
and Cecilia, are here to get a
glimpse of the latter, her small-fry
daughter, and husband Don Mac
Donald. The MacDonalds at last
found a house on Thirty-second
street after hiding out in Cabin
John for year midst Peter Hunt
decorations from stem to stern and
floor to roof.
Mrs. Won Rath is staying with
her old friend, Mrs. Warren Delano
Robbins, who says her house re-
minds her of a windmill-theres
so much activity around and about.
The ideal hostess gives her guests
a warm welcome, a key to the house
and full freedom of one of the Capt.
tails charming homes. She has just
been entertaining Mrs. Cora Kava-
nagh from the Argentine.
British bachelor, Col. Stewart
Roddie, breezed into town this week
end in the midst of lecture tour
on war-bound mistakes in Europe.
The author of Peace PATROL best
seller in 1885, is apt to turn up any
where, but hismost interesting work
is always huSh-hush. He was the
reason for the small party Betsy
and Johnny Caswell gave for him
Friday afternoon Also on hand, a
weekend surprise from Gotham, was
George Kent, ex-husband of the
former Alicia du Pont Glendening.