Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-01-01 | Page 77 | Special Edition, Famous Quartette of Washington Girls

famous Quartette of Washington Girls Mariinge of Daisy Leiter Takes One of Four Inseparables, All Daughters Daugh-ters of Millionaires. WASHINGTON Dec 31 -The weddings of MIps Daisy. Leiter to the Earl of Suffolk Suf-folk will take one of a famous Washington Washing-ton quartetto away, each of them girls with millions The other threo are Miss Kathryn Elkiaa Miss Evelyn Walsh and Miss Mathilda Townsend. They live In tho handsomest homes known to Vy ;csh-Ington ;csh-Ington and within a ntono's throw of each Otnei Miss Towns- nd is the granddaughter granddaugh-ter of Col. Thomas Scott who made his millions In the Pennsylvania railroad She Is an only child, and will Inherit hor moth.-r's S.OOO.rjuO. Ml?s Walsh Is tiow IS ye.irs old and four years younger than Miss Townsend. Sho is tbo only daughter of Thomas B Walsh, tho mining multi-millionaire, whose fortune for-tune Is est imated at i30 "' , ei His famous fa-mous Massachusetts avenue establishment boasts of fifteen bathrooms, and In other respects Is equally magnificent . Miss Kathryn Elklns Is the daughter of Senator Stephen B EDklna of West Ylr-Blnls Ylr-Blnls and like tlio Mlssea Townseqd und Walsh, is an accomplished horsewoman, fond 01 outdoor sports Miss Daisy loiter has been tho constant chum of these girls, and. being several years older, was the leader of their set. To these young women Washington society so-ciety has looked for fashion's cut. It has been said French Ideas dominated their dress, especially In afternoon gowns. Tbev ne er became victims to the severe tailor-made tailor-made suits and tbo rather lonn broadcloth skirt which New York girls think Is necessary neces-sary for an afternoon. Light colors, tending tend-ing toward white, and rose colors always lightened the severity of their afternoon gowns and to one of these young women Is now ascribed the craze for Irish crochet In trimming, which has carried tho Washington Wash-ington stylo by storm this season.