Show TilE TiE OF SECRETARY W WASHINGTON F Feb b. b 5 The The most important important im im- im- im social e event t of ot t the e Washington season season excepting only onY th the out coming-out ball bal for Miss Mis Roosevelt Will Roosevelt wl will be the wedding wedding wed wed- we- we weding ding of Secretary John Hays Hay's daughter daughter Helen who on oct n Tuda Thursday next February is to be marl married d' d to 0 young Payne Whitney of New York Yok city Ity It I is a love match Young Whitney Whiney h has s been for more than two t o y years ars very attentive atten atten- live tive to Miss Mi Ha Hay flaY and It was no surprise to the gossips gossip when the engagement was announced early in In the winter Inter During thelast the last three thre or touT foUr months the expectant expectant expect expect- expectant ant bridegroom has been much in WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington staying a l gOd good deal del of ot th the time at atthe atthe atthe the Hay mansion on on Lafayette Lafayete sq square ae di directly dI- dI recty opposite the te Wh White te House Houe Miss Iss Helen Hay is Is' about 26 2 years of age small email smal of stature tat re a. a a decided brunette with wih a a. nose noe and sod much animation of manner she has been playfully playful playful- fJ ly described s i as somewhat E h f of r a hl hoyden J A Some very odd and nd original verses erses which she has written and published are re regarded regarded by most of at her friends ly ly Iy clever though as a is quite quie natural everybody 1 Is n not t agreed egee on the point Mr Whitney is a son SOI o of 01 William Wilam C. C Whitney who W was Mr Cleveland's first Secretary of the Navy Nav The fortunate young man is a nephew of at the multimillIonaire multi multi- millionaire a Oliver l Payne and W will l lat be the Jatter's latter's W heir r He has yf lived J for r rW a number of at years with his uncle who is a brother Mrs Whitney Whitney-a lady who of the first rs Whiney Whiney-a a dazzled the national capital al with wih the gor- gor of her entertainments not much more than tham thaI a dozen years yea ago Being a daughter t of the Secretary of ot State Helen Hay has been as a a matter of ot course one of the most conspicuous young women in Washington Wahington society for several years past Her nance ance Is also ance well wel known here and popular socially The wedding will wi be In the Church of the Covenant on Connecticut avenue There will wi be only two bridesmaids bridesmaIds bridesmaIds-Aice Mice bridesmaids Alice Hay the younger sister of the bride and Dorothy Whitney a young sister of t the bridegroom As a matter mater of course the the bride will l be given away by her father a rl After f the c ceremony e c t there will rl be ra an art elaborate elaborate orate wedding breakfast at the the Hay resIdence residence residence res res- res- res to which all al of the most fashionable fashIonable fashionable fashion fashIon- able people of Washington have been ben In In- In The diplomatic corps will wi attend IDa In ID Ina ina a body It I Is understood that young Mr r. r Whit Whit- nev and his brIde will wi go to Europe Europa for fora a little tour of six months or so After they come back they will wi live in in New NewYork New York where the bridegrooms bridegroom's uncle Mr Payne Is prep preparing for tor them a beautiful house houe This will wi be a wed wedding ling gift MI Miss s Alice Alce Hay who Is t to be one one of ot the tho bridesmaids is remar remarkably ably different from her sister in many ways She Is talland tall talland tal and much handsome Ine looking log markedly distingue and extremely extremely extremely ex ex- ex- ex affable In manner Though she Is very popular has been beep no report of sf It her V c engagement te as yet t |