Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21

| eFHE changes In the diplomatic
| 4 corps are likely to be 50 many
that the personnel Of the COM
III pany at the White House New
Year viii present more strange
| than familiar faces The deanship seems TO
| be reasonably sure of falling upon the Aus
| TRAN ambassador. who, however, Is as yet
| in no hurry to return to the scene of his
| new hGnors, but, with Madame Hengel-
/ muller, is having a good time with the
/ various outdoor we'll as other festiv-
tiles marking the Lenox season. The Brit
| ish ambassador also fingers in that neigh
| borhood and will not return till about the
| FIRST of the month. The French and Bra
/ lillian embassies will both observe period
| of mourning because of family bereave-
ments, and the Italian and Mexican en-
bassies are temporarily vacant until the
| appointment of new incumbents. The Rus
| sian amba ssador also recognizing the So
cial dearth existing at the capital at this
| time, is using the month to travel west
with his wife and daughter The German
ambassador. who likes Washington, wheth-
err it is dull or gay. Is home again at the
embassy on Highland terrace. with the
Baroness Won Sternburg. Mrs. and Miss
Langham have gone abroad for the winter.
The Japanese ambassador and Viscountess
Aoki, already comfortably established on
X street, went over to Baltimore during
the week on short visit.
The Haytian, the Costa Rican and the
Belgian ministers and families are all back,
| the legation of Belgium to be the scene of
| the wedding of Miss Clayton. sister of the
| Baroness Moncheur, and Mr.. Arthur Grant
| Duff November r. The Siamese minister
| sailed the past week for long vacation
| abroad, and the Chinese legation is in
! mourning for 100 days. The Netherlands
| minister and Madame Van Swindeven will
| be home in a few days from trip to the
| formers home. The minister of Norway
and Madame Hauge are also abroad The
| Bolivian minister and Madame Calderon
| are in their new house on 10th street The
| Persian minister is now off on vacation.
| Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, who. with her
| daughter, Miss Marion Fish. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Harry Lehr, and several others. sailed last
week on Eugene Higgins yacht. bound for
about Christmas time, and it Is possible
| even later. as the party may make a trip
up the Nile after visiting Alexandria.
Miss Alice Marquand. who was Ill with
appendicitis at Bar Harbor late In the
summer, sailed for Europe last week with
her sister. Miss Elizabeth Marquand. Miss
Marquand's marriage with Allen Fullerton
will take place soon in London.
Miss Aimee Bouic of this city and Miss
Eleanor Fairfax of Virginia will be brides
maids at the wedding in Kansas City We'd
nesjay next of Miss Lula Eugene Hall and
Mr.. G. l.. Conkey.
Mrs. Henry B. Spencer of this city was
the guest of honor last week at luncheon
given by Mrs Edwin Gheens in Louisville.
MIS-. Spencer and her little daughter Violet
have been visiting for several weeks her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs John Price.
Mrs. Samuel Thomson Williams. widow of
Samuel Thomson Williams of Washington
D. c., has taken an apartment at The Port
land for the winter
The Misses Shonts who have already
many acquaintance here, gained during
their school days passed in this city, will
be debutantes of the coming season, and
perhaps the only ones who have enjoyed
presentation at the British court and par
ticipated in the London gayeties last spring.