The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-14
CABINET HOMES
FORM CLUSTER
High Official Families Get
Near Together.
COLLEGE MEN AT THEATER
Senator Fairbanks Retains His Eight
zenith Sweet House-Plans of
the Mayor des Planches.

Cabinet families viii be conveniently
grouped for ofheial visitors this winter.
Secretary Morton having just closed a
lease of the commodious home Of the
late Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. per-
! maps as well known as any Sena torial
I house in Washington
Secretary Taft and Secretary Hitch
cock are I'm the block on x street near
the corner Of Sixteenth Street. just
above Secretary Morton's new home.
and Secretary Wilson is just a few
blocks around the corner in Vermont
Avenue
Secretary Of State and Mrs. HAY are
IN the immediate vicinity, being at the
corner Of Sixteenth and II Streets. Post
master General and Mrs. Payne stiH re-
tain their apartments In the Arlington
Annex, where they have every possible
Convenience Of luxurious home without
Z the care, and. so far as known, the
| Secretary of Commerce and Labor ane
Mrs. Metcalf will retain a residence at
the Arlington. simply exchanging their
apartments occupied for some years for
more commodious ones
! Secretary OF the Treasury and Mrs.
Shaw have a charming, home-lilse house
[ in Massachusetts Avenue, quite conven-
| lent to the other members. and the little
/ bird, which attends to the private affairs
/ Of Cabinet members as well rs others.
says that Attorney General Moody will
| exchange his residence, now conven-
iently located on X Street, for a larger
one. still more conveniently located and
1 better adapted to entertaining.
D.
are rather notable this week in that all
Of the one-time college men now IN
high official life are attending.
Admiral Dewey. Gen. and Mrs. Fred
Grant. and Secretary Morton occupied
one box while across the way were
/ General and Mrs. Chaffee. Judge Advo-
cate Davis, General Bell. and Colonel
Biddle in another box A number Of
other prominent people were enthusi-
astic spectators.
Senator Fairbanks has closed another
years lease on the residence ne occu-
| pied at the corner Of Massa Chusetts
Avenue and Eighteenth Street
The Italian ambassador and Baroness
! Mayor des Planohes will not accompany
the members OF the Geographical Con-
gress to Philadelphia and New York
/ but Will join them in Chicago and St
Louis
Last evening his excelIency entertained
his stan at dinner with his other
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. de UObel and the
Misses de Lobel, of Paris who are
housed at the embassy.
On the 26th the ambassador and
Baroness Mayor des Planches viii be
hosts at a dinner in honor Of the mem
bers OF the Italian parliamentary dele
cation to the Peace Congress.
cov,r T,,y, N-g-,r,- VI
rotary Of the Nicaraguan legation has
been made charge d'affaires Of the !ega-
ton during the absence in Europe Of
the minister, Senior Don Luis r. Corea.
Mrs. Stephen 3. Elkins and Miss
Katherine Elkins, who returned from a
midsummer visit 10 Europe last week
will spend the fan at their beautiful es-
tate at Elkins, Hallihurst, which the
Senator named for his wife, who was
Halle l.. Davis.
The Russian embassy is likely to re-
main closed until the first Of October,
when the ambassador and his staff will
return to the Capital. Countess Cas-
SIM will desert Bar Harbor with most
.Of the other fashionable contingent and
viii make some house visits to friends
in the Berkshires and at other resort
where there l. a meet for fall enter
tainments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh have
completed their visit with Mrs. James
Kernochan. at Newport. and are now
not their intention to open their house
here before some time IN October.
DIR Joseph Leidy entertained a lunch
con party at his Narragansett Pier cot
taCe today. IN compliment TO Justice
White, Of the Supreme Court