Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Our French Visitors Will Be
Next Weeks Lions.
THEFEASTINGFORT THEM
SENATOR AND MRS. DEPEW EN-
TERRAIN THE CAMBoNS.
Summer Plans for Diplomatic and
Other Observation-Disclosures
Personal Notes.
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| The latter part of next week will bring
official hospitality to the front rank again
| in the courtesies to be extended to the
| French visitors to the Rochambeau statue
| celebration of Saturday next. A state dim
ner at the White House Thursday night,
another at the French embassy Friday and
| a reception there following the unwilling
ceremonies Saturday are the leading events
| of the program here. 1t will, however, so
! entirely cover the entire stay of the for
| eigners that there will be but little oppor-
tunity for the acceptance of the latter of
many entertainments in private homes.
Mrs. Letter will give a lawn party for the
| visitors. Count Paul de Lafayette and
| Count Charles de Chambrun, secretary of
the French embassy a Berlin, who are
cousins, are already in this country and
have been appointed members of the spe-
cial mission to the unwilling, which num-
bers, besides Count and Countess de Ro-
chambeau, seven or eight others Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Roose-
welt, with members of the cabinet and other
officials, will be guests at breakfast aboard
the GauloiS, at Annapolis next Friday
when Ambassador Cambon will present the
gifts from the French government to the
Presidents wife and daughter.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Terry gave a
river party Tuesday afternoon last aboard
the Mendoza. Tea was served on deck and
a part of the Marine Band played during
the trip. About fifty friends of the host
and hostess and Miss Terry We're enter
tanned.
The ambassadors and foreign ministers
WI De as widely separated as usual during
the summer vacation. The serious illness
OF Lord Pauncefote has, of course brought
all the plans of the family to a standstiIl
ana their departure for England, as antici-
Patea, Is now indefinitely postponed. Lord
fauncefote has been SO anxious to spend
his declining years in his native land that
his illness at this time seems particularly
SAD. The German ambassador expects to
60 abroad as is his usual custom. and the
french ambassador will return with Nine
Cambon to France in early June. The Rus
sian ambassador will defer his departure
for Europe till later in the season. but
countess Cassini sails next week. The
mexican ambassador and family are going
to Mexico next month the visit being the
nrst MI. AzpfroZ has made to his country
since his appointment here.
The Italian ambassador and Nine N.yor
des ranches will shortly be comfortably
eslaplished In their new embassy home and
may give a reception in the course of the
next lew weeks. Nine. Des Planches al
.hough having no knowledge of English be-
fore coming here a few months ago. has
PAID SUCH d1ligent attention to acquiring it
that she can now carry on a conversati on
with ease with those of her callers who
speak neither Italian or French. The Des
PlancheS will summer north probably at
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Austrian Minister and Nine. Hengelmul-
Ter will summer at Bar Harbor where
numbers OF other European diplomats will
also De Tor at least part of the season.
The de Margeries will be at Manchester-by by
the-sea-
The Letters will be at Bar Harbor this
summer, the Washes in Europe the Town
sends as yet undecided between Europe and
Bar Harbor. Mr.. Barney and Miss Natalie
are bound for France while Mrs. Barney
and Miss Alice Barney remain on this side
Miss Wadsworth is going abroad Mrs
Slater to Newport, Mrs. Root and family
to Europe and the Whitemores to Richiield
Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Foster will not
leave town for good until the middle Of
June and will go to their summer home in
northern New York.
Mrs Roosevelt has determined upon June
to move to her Oyster Bay home and
Will make the trip on the Dolphin with her
family and servants. The President hopes
to be able to accompany them, even If his
stay be short.
Prof Charles W. Needham has purchased
a summer estate in Honeyman Hill road in
Mlddletown, near Newport. The Queen
Anne villa has twelve acres of land sur
rounding it. The Needhams expect to
spend this summer at their new home.
Mrs. David Jayne Hill will spend the
coming week at her former home at
Rochester.
Senator and Mrs. Depew gave a dinner
last night for the French ambassador and
Nine. Cambon, and the other guests pres
ent to meet them were the German ard
Russian ambassadors, Justice and Mrs. Nc
henna, the Secretary of War and Miss
Root, the Countess Cassinf, the Danish
minister, Bishop and Mrs. Mackay-Smith
Representative and Mrs. Olmsted Mr. and
Mrs Alexander Legare, Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Theron. Mr.. Raikes, Mrs. Richard Town
send, Mrs. Slater, Mrs. Postlethwaite, Miss
Newlands and Mr. Miller Try
Mrs John P. Jackson and the Misses
Jackson have returned to their home on
Connecticut avenue. after passing the win
ter in Florida and Cuba.
Mrs. William Turnkey and niece. Miss
Hamper of Buffalo, n. V are visiting
Mrs Charlotte NJ. Moffet, Gil odd street
Mrs John III. Roche, will be at home the
remaining Mondays in May at their resi-
dence, 1916 31st street.
Mrs. Crackanthorpe wife of the third
secretary of the British embassy, sailed
from New York for Genoa and Naples to-
day.
Several weddings will take place next
week and society will be entertained before
it separates for the summer by the an
nouncements of other matrimonial irten-
lions, with the happy days set for next fall.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson of New York, sis
ter of the President. was presented at
court last night at buckingham palace.
Mrs John R. Carter, formerly Miss Nor
gan of this city was also presented in the