The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
DINNER ABOARD
YACHT GRETCHEN
Mrs. Roosevelt the Guest
Of Honor.
STERNBURG GOES TO LENOx
Has Many Engagements During the
Summer-General Topics
and Social Gossip.

Mrs. Roosevelt was the guest Of Cen
eral Crozier last evening, at a dinner
on his yacht Gretchen, now anchored
I'm the Potomac. Mrs. Roosevelt wore a
gown of sheer white lawn, and was ac-
companied by Mrs. Cowles, also in
white, and Mrs. Richardson.
The party left the White House in the
Presidents landau, and had with them
Captain Cowles, whom they accom-
panied to the railway station.
General Crozier had the yacht gayly
decorated, and the dinner party. though
small, was a delightful Innovation from
the usual evening affair.
The French ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand entertained a dinner party at
the embassy last evening, having as
guests the Russian ambassador and
Countess Cassini. the Postmaster Cen
eral and Mrs. Payne, Baron Moncheur.
the Belgian minister: the Assistant Sec
rotary Of the Treasury and Mrs. Arm
strong. DR.. Harvey Wiley. chief Of the
division of chemistry of the Agricul-
tural Department; NJ. Iagrave. the
French commissioner general Of the 81
LOUIS Exposition. the counselor OF The
de la Fosse. Captain Fournier. Viscount
de Chambrun, and Prince de Bearn. Of
the French embassy staff.
Baron Won Sternburg. the German
ambassador accompanied by his family.
left Washington today for Lenox. where
he will occupy the cottage OF Dr. Fran
els P. Kennlcutt for the summer.
The ambassador took formal leave Of
the Secretary Of State yesterday. and
while presenting Commodore Schroeder.
and three captains Of the German naval
vessels now at Newport News TO the
Presidan-, also babe him good-by.
Miss L.augham. whose name now ap-
pears in the official diplomatic list Of
the State Department, will be the guest
Of the ambassador and Baroness Won
Sternburg for the summer
The ambassador has many enga ge-
mcnts this summer, which will take him
90 different parts of the United Stotos
Hc makes the commencement address
at SS~anee, Tenn, on June 30. July the
ambassador will spend At Chickamauga
Park. He viii probably also visit Bile
bllt.
Baron Sternburg has decided not to
visit the St. Louis Exposition until
October.
Senior Don Luis G. I4abastida. ir. third
secretary Of the Mexican embassy. left
last week for Mexico. for an indefinite
stay.
Postmaster General and Mrs Payne
leave for Chicago Sunday, to attend the
republican national convention.
A half hour after Miss Roosevelt
hurt from the accident which befeH her
carriage a short block from the White
House, she was coolly sitting on the
lawn tennis court back of the offices.
watching the President play tennis
with Clifford Pinchot and Commissioner
Garfield. and laughed her merriest when
her father Internationally served q ball
Ln Mr.. PinchOts ear.
Ex-senator Thurston entertained a
dinner party last evening, when among
his guests were James Deitrick. Thomas
=. Ritter, NJ X Salisbury. and William
II Hees. OF PittsbuTg; Walter II. Bunce.
a mining expert from Colorado. and the
Senator's brOther-in-low, Carroll Pur-
man, OF this city.
Cen. and Mrs. Arson Mills have
closed their Washington house and gone
10 Bass Rocks on the Massachusetts
shore
William Barret Ridgely has returned
TO the city from a Western trip The
Misses Ridgely. who left Washington
with him. remained in Springfield for a
visit with their grandmother Ridgely.
Prof. and Mrs. Jose Sirvent are for
the summer at their country home,
Acacia Cottage" Capitol View Park.
Montgomery county Md.
An entertainment will be given at the
Wimodaughsis this evening by the elo-
cution class for their many friends This
viii be the last of a series of three re
citals, and viii close the work Of the
class for the summer.
Misses Abbie and Jennie Graves went
to New York yesterday, and sailed for
Europe this morning.
Mrs Kearny, widow of Gen. PIN
Kearny. with her daughter, Mrs. Powell.
and the Misses Powell, has closed her
i Street home, and gone TO Cape May
"hefe she has a cottage for the season
Among the Washington people at
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. w
Va, fok the sumner, are Mrs. Sanford
hellogg, Miss Kellogg. Mr.. and Mrs
X. H. GOldsbOrOugh. DR. and Mrs. S
y. Richie, and Mr.. and Mrs F. Z. b.
Sands, and family
Mrs. Elizabeth Gammell Slater has
closed her house in Eighteenth Street.
and is now at her cottage at Newport.
which she Is getting ready for Mrs
lleDeT X Bishop, to whom she has lcas-
ed II for he-summer. Mrs. Slater will
spend the summer In Europe
CUPID IS BUSY
IN Al EYAMDPTA