The times., 1898-06-26
THE SOCIAL CALENDAR
Soon Washingtonians Will Be
EVERYWHERE But at Home.
Summer Headquarters of British
Embassy to Be Transferred
to Pequot.

With the most important of the sea-
sons weddings over. with almost the last
vaieuictory delivered, and with many
hearts too anxious over the welfare of
loved ones off to the front to harbor
thought of pleasure, society finds itself
| forlorn. The. Summer exodus has COM
menced in earnest and things will be
pretty much at a standstill for the next
Two months. Early bookings at the Sum
mer hotels show great increase over
| last year and il is said that the season
al the Eastern resorts particularly will
! De saSer than Tor many years. The war
| mas partly stemmed. the great tide of
tourists that usually go across the water
| IN June or July, and the summering
| places-be they in the mountains at the
| lakes or on the seashore-wiH reap har-
vests of the wartime.
On Tuesday the headquarters of the
1 British embassy will be transferred for
| the Summer to Pequot, Conn. where the
| ambassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote. with
his family and diplomatic staff, will re-
main throughout the heated term. Pequot
| is picturesque, breezy spot not far from
New London and those familiar with
! the place and its health-giving adyan-
| tages consider that Sir Julian is 10 be
congratulated upon his selection of a
Summer home.
Socially. the Ambassador and his family
are among the most popular members
| OF the diplomatic corps The embassy on
connecticut avenue, with its vast rooms
and wide halls, is splendiGIy adapted to
| entertaining. Lady Pauncefote and her
handsome daughters are charming hos
tesses and at no home in the whole So
clal world of the NationaI Capital do they
| give more brilliant receptions and din
ners or more thoroughly enjoyable balls.
| The great bail room, with its polished
! moor, cool, dainty chintz covers on chairs
! and fduteliles, and with its MANY windows
looking out on the shaded grounds has
been the favorite gathering place of the
] household these early Summer DAYS 1t
| Is IN that ball room that Sir Julian is said
/ 10 nave learned TO ride the bicycle and
! where until year or so ago he kept up
/ his exercises in fencing-sometimes with
I a professional, but more frequently with
| some friend among the diplomats, all
OF whom are more or less expert swords
men.
Lady Pauncefote has not been at all
well for months past She spent por-
tlon of the early Spring at Atlantic City
ana came home much improved. She is
sun something of an invalid and MANY
of her social responsibilities have been
assumed by the eldest daughter. who. at
tunes, presides over the embassy with
the gracious hospitality for which her
mother is famed.
Mrs. Gleaves. wife of Lieut. GIeayes. U.
3 A, accompanied by her niece. Miss
May Nicholson. has gone 10 the Tennes-
see mountains for the Summer months
Mr.. Charles Early and Miss Early of
leUS Connecticut Avenue. will leave next
Saturday TO spend summer in the Vir-
ginia mountains
The Chinese minister and Madame Wu
are spending the early Summer very COM
| fortably at their white stone legation on
Q Street. They have not yet arranged
their vacation plans. which, necessarily,
are or secondary consideration. in the
present condition of affairs The minis
Ter expects to remain at his post through
out the season with the exception Of
short trips with Madame Wu and the little
son of the house later on.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard C Kerens and
family left yes lerday evening for New
York, where they will remain for a weel,
- - |NASAN SUMS " llAs-iT country place
in West Virginia. They were accom-
panied by Miss Marie McKenna. the sec
ond daughter Of Justice and Mrs McKen-
ma, who will be the guest of her future
sister-in-law. Miss Katharyne Kerens. at
her Summer home.
Mr.. Francis Cotton and Miss Cotton.
who have been travelling through the
West, will visit the Omaha Exposition be-
ore TafIT 1fFRey
join them shortly, when the family will
go to the North Shore. near Boston, for
the Summer. and go later to the White
Mountains of New Hampshire
Owing to illness in the family, Mrs. Jen-
ME Pomeroy White will not be lat home
Tuesday, June 2s.
Miss Isabelle McKenna is visiting Mrs.
Elkins, of Philadelphia, at Ashbourne, her
suburban home.
Miss Marguerite Cassini, the young
niece of Count Cassini, the newly-arriyed
Russian ambassador is but sixteen years
OF age. Though so young, she will proba-
bly, make her formal entrance into So
ciety next winter, and an event to which
she looks forward 10 with true girlish de-
light 1t is likely that the ambassador
will go for time to Bar Harbor, where
his pretty niece will have an opportunity
of meeting the contingent of delightful
Washingtonians who spend their Summer
on the coast of Maine.
The coterie of little girls of Columbia
Heights, composing the club of eight,
who recently held a lawn party and
raised quite fund with which to pur-
chase ice to send to tn. gallant soldiers
awaiting orders to go TO the front, at
Camp Alger We're highly pleased yes |
terday TO receive, through their president. |
little Katharine Schmidt, a personal let |
ter from Secretary of War, Gen. Alger.
receipt of their letter in
forming him of their action. He took the
time from his endless round of work to
express his qualification over this COM
mendable, patriotic action of the little
ones and wished them god-speed 1t is
needless TO add that the letter is highly
priced.
Miss Minnie Rothuge, of 306 Fourth
Street southeast, has returned from an
visit to relatives in New York.
A visitor to Wimodaughsis finds Mrs.
Anna S. Hamilton in charge as superin-
tendent, TO which position she was unani-
mously elected at the annual meeting. |
when resolutions of appreciation were
adopted.
Mrs. Hamilton has, however, rendered