Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30

| OMtCOMlNIS are lHc AAi'
| portant things for tea tables and
| any other point where folks meet
to discuss each other and the1r
friends. The return of the White
House family is scheduled for tomorrow
| and the immediate resumption of school
duty is likely for Miss Ethel Roosevelt and
| Master Archibald, the older boys being at
college as usual. Mrs. Roosevelt has had
| a quiet restful summer among her old
friends and for the matter of that so has
| the President. who had outside guests pre-
cisely when he wanted them with all the
| world to choose from in their selection.
| The Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
were in Colorado lately, first of ali as the
| guests of Mr. and Mrs Thomas f. Walsh,
who have had a regular succession of
| Washington notables since they opened up
| their hospitable vacation residence some
distance from Denver.
The return of Secretary Root and family
after their triumphal South American tour
means, a change of residence almost an an
| nual affair. however, with them since COM
ing here to live The present move to the
| Morton residence. 1900 Rhode Island ave-
nue., is one to be commended from the
Washington standpoint, as it probably
| means wider hospitality than more re-
stricted quarters permitted heretofore.
There will be almost as much interest in
the chances of seeing the wonderful gifts
made to Mrs. and Miss Root in South
America as was evinced a year ago in
Mrs. Longworths Philippine collection and
| If reports are true, the ownership Is quite
as enviabe.
Miss Shaw. who. with her sister. Miss
Emma Shaw, is at the Arlington, has nat
-urally great amusement in reading the
widely circulated report that she has de-
serted society and her country to remain
abroad to continue her studies at the Sor
bonnie with view of preparing herself for
the chair of literature at her Iowa alma
mater. Miss Shaw is in Washington. how
ever, although the contemplat ted but tenn
porary retirement of the Secretary Of the
Treasury from public life is, according to
last announcements on the subject, only
matter of few months off.
Secretary Taft who shares with the Sec
rotary of State the honors of officially rep
resenting this country in foreign parts, wild
find his family established in their * street
home when he gets back from Cuba. Mrs.
Taft and the children have been in Canada
all summer and will be back in a few days.
Mrs. Cortelyou and her younger children
are back again at their home here, as are
Secretary and Mrs. Metcalf, who were in
California till lately.
Mrs. Bonaparte is at her place in Mary
land, where the Secretary of the Navy will
spend the weeks end till official season
opens here.
Mrs. Hitchcock and her daughter Mrs
Sims, and Miss Hitchcock are still north.
Nearly all the Supreme Court families
have returned and opened UP their winter
homes.
The British ambassador and Lady Durand
are also announced as intending to remain
at Lenox throughout October The place
seems to suit them exactly, their predilec-
ton for the enjoyment of outdoor life being
given there every facility
The naval attache of the British embassy
and Mrs. F. E. Ryan returned Friday, and
will shortly take possession of their new
residence, 202S Columbia road.
The japanese ambassador and the
Viscountess Aoki are back, and within the
next ten days will be living on X street.
Mrs. D. ]. Roberts. who has been sojourn-
ing in the mountains of Pennsylvania has
to her suburban home, Dosage
Lodge" Langdon.
With the probable retirement of the Ital-
Austrian ambassador will succeed to the
deanship of the diplomatic circle, although
the hOnOrS are by no means new to him,
since he enjoyed the eclat last winter He