The Washington times., 1905-10-03
STERNbURGS BACK
IN A SHORT WHILE
German Ambassador Orders
Embassy Prepared.
MRS. TAFT Is ON HER WAY
Wife CT Secretary of War Due to Ar
rive in Washington Monday.
Mrs. Root Away.

Mrs. Root Away.
| The German Ambassador and Baron
ess Won Sternburg will sail for this
country Tuesday. October 10, and have
notified the people at the embassy to
be in waiting for them Immediately
upon their arrival. The members of the
ambassadors staff, who are now I'm
Lenox, enjoying the seasons last enter
| tainments, VIII arrive in Washington in
| time to meet them.
/ Mrs Root, wife of the Secretary of
State, who accompanied her husband to
| Washington Saturday, and stopped at
| the New Willard, left the city again last
evening for New York She will not re-
/ turn TO the Capital until about the mid
die of the month, at which time she will
/ be accompanied by Miss Root and other
| members of the family, and will then
take up her residence with the Secre-
/ tary OF State in the house of Represen-
tative Bourke Cochran, in sixteenth
street, which they have leased.
Mrs. Taft. wife of the Secretary Of
War. sailed from England on the
Kroonland for this country Saturday.
and VIII arrive in Washington October 3.
The lord mayor of London gave a
luncheon today in honor OF General
| Chaffee. Immediately after the lunch
con, General Chaffee and General
| Crozier went to Wrest Park to be the
! guests for two days Of AmSassaio- and
Mrs Whitelaw Reid.
Prof. and Mrs. George =. Needham
have closed their cottage ct Newport,
| N.-c hap will 81,
band here. DR.. AMI Mrs Henry Rhett
and Mr.. and Mrs William = Wuod-
| ward have closed their cottages at
jamestown The exodus from Newport
has fairly set in. and only q few promi-
Lint society people will remain laIe
A party OF society people who witness
ed the performance at the National last
| evening was made up of Mr.. and Mrs
George Howard, Miss Clagget., Mrs
| Howard's sister, who is much like her,
| and Major Charles McCawley.
Senor Manuel Olverez, formerly minis
ter to this country from Peru. and one
Of the most popular diplomats ever sent
here, IS preparing to leave Callao for his
new post as minister to Chile.
Mr. Hansen. first secretary to the Rus
| sian embassy. has paid his respects to
| Washington in the near future for his
new post of duty as charge d'affaires of
the Russian embassy in Mexico. Mr..
Hansen is a fine musician and cultured
| man, who VIII be greatly missed by So
ciety. He maintained bachelor resi-
| tanned small. but interesting dinner par
| ties, and engaged the talents of the Dip
| lonats In musicales.
1
on duty with the Tacoma, is in Wash
| formerly in the Bureau of Navigation
here, and since his appointment to sea
duty has been almost around the world
The newly appointed Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy, Truman II. New
berry. is in the city, but will not take
up his official duties until November !.
Capt. and Mrs. William Sheffield
Cowles are guests of the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House.
| Senator and Mrs. Thomas c. Platt
who have been resting at the New Viii
lard since their return from the West
left Washington Sunday night in their
private car for New York. Mrs. Plat
and her daughter. Miss Snow. will sail
few weeks. Upon their return the mar
riage OF Miss Snow and Col. Francis J.
| Carmody, whose engagement was an
nounced Saturday; Will take place: prob,
await the return or his family IN New
York.
| DR.. George Latimer and daughter Mar
garet. OF 1712 r street northwest. have
returned after a visit Of four weeks tc
Atlantic City.
Young Theodore Roosevelt is in earn
est in his football aspirations. He has
Joined the Harvard freshman squad
donned the padded clothes, and is doing
the various stunts beginners of the
game must go through. Whether he has
1.-The physical qualifications necessary fol
a place on the team remains to be seen
1 That he has the spirit already has beer
demonstrated
Consuela Duchess Of Marlborough
graced the opening OF the Belmont race
track yesterday. That was enough tC
make Of IT a society event. but in addi
ton, pretty much everybody else who
is anybody, and who was within going
distance of the track, was present
watching the sport and the handsome
costumes OF the ladies with the keenes
interest.
The duchess sat in a box with Mrs
Lawrence Townsend. wife of the min
/ ister to Belgium, and Miss Townsend
AS this was the first really public ap
pearance of the duchess, friends went t
the box, and soon made it the mos
popular one in the tier.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Swan, who were
recently married in New York. left
Washington this morning for Buffalo
n V thefr futllre home Mr. Swar
has long been prominently identified
with the business interests OF the Capt
tai and Mrs. Swan is an attractive wo-
man who became quite popular here dur
ing her short residence.
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