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Show ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED Washington, March 13. Just as society so-ciety was despairing of an official announcement an-nouncement from the White house about tho reported engagement of (Miss Eleanor Wilson to William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, a statement was given out tonight by the president's secretary, Mr. Tumulty, Tumul-ty, to this effect: "Thc president and Mrs. Wilson announce an-nounce thc engagement of their youngest daughter, Eleanor Randolph, to William Gibbs McAdoo." Thoso few words made certain that the wedding bells will again chime in thc White house for the second time in the Wilson administration within tho space of six months, and that Miss Eleanor Wilson will be the fourteenth IWhlto house bride. Thc briefness of the announcement was much commented on, because Fj when the engagement of Miss Jessie I Wilson to Mr Sayre was announced It was with a wealth of detail and circumstance. cir-cumstance. It Is understood that the wedding day has not been fixed. Rumor Rum-or has it. however, that It will occur at a very early date, cither In Easter week or when tho Juno" roses blossom about the White house grounds. It was impossible to learn whether the wedding would be a family ono or partake of the public nature of the 8 Jessie Wilson wedding. At any rate, It is considered certain that Miss Margaret Mar-garet Wilson, whose own engagoment has been frequently rumored to Boyd Fisher of Princeton, will act as her sister's maid of honor, as she did for Mrs. Jessie Sayre. Special Interest attaches to the news from the fact that this is tho first time in the history of the White house that one of a president's cabinet has won the hand of a president's daughter. Various rumors were In circulation today as to the inception of the romance. ro-mance. One was that Secretary Mc-Adoo's Mc-Adoo's great prowess at dancing tvou I the hand of Miss Wilson and that he danced his way into her heart. Secretary Sec-retary McAdoo does the hesitation waltz and the tango better than any I society man in Washington and Miss Wilson and he were frequent and devoted de-voted partners. ' |