The Washington herald., 1907-06-16

have had it all their own way the
psst week. for in spite Of frown-
~ ing skies. marrying and giving in
marriage" have known no diminuton,
and the baggageman. always the busiest
person in town this time Of year, with
the exception of-the clergyman, is again
TO the fore.
It's the middle Of June, and whether
the weather remains cold and bleak or
not. cottages have been leased and rooms
engaged AT the summer hotels, and the
summer exodusIfrom Washington is upon
Us.
Seldom before has the weather man
known such a spring. his records showing
no such figures as the past three months
have registered. and consequently many
who usually fit with the end of May or
the beginning Of June are still here, and
some will remain 20 see If the warmth
that visited the city yesterday is really
sure thing. or too good TO be true.
Many however. viii 90 on TO other
climes. whether or no. and those who
have booked themselves for Canadian re-
sorts are certainly to be congratulated,
for reports come from there Of tempera-
tures. of 50 degrees. in that land Of sup
posed eternal SHOWS.
Among those who viii summer in, Can
ada. by the way, is Miss Elizabeth Shaw
Oliver the daughter Of the Assistant
Secretary Of War The divers usually
sumner in the North. but this year Mrs.
Oliver and the younger daughtet. Miss
Marion Oliver. are on the ocean liner
that steamed out Of New York Harbar
yesterday. bound for the other side.
They will 60 70 Paris. Of course. that
heaven TO which it is said.aU good Amer
Jeans 60 when they die. and many be-
fore. and then they will go on 10 W1es-
baden. where Mrs. Oliver will take the
cure. she having been a sufferer from
rheumatism for some months. Miss Ma
ri0n Oliver viii leave the continent In
August % spend that month and the
following one al the Surrey home Of the
former British Ambassador and Lady
DuraaI. where she win be the guest OF
her intimate friend while there, Miss
josephine Dur3nd.
But % go back u Miss oliver, the elder
daugh.-- While her sister excels as a
horscwoman and popular society IA
vortta. The elder daughter Of the family
is u0 less gifted in O. more serious vein,
and from her pen this month there is a
clever story in Scribners Magazine. In
it Miss Oliver shows she has imbibed the
local color of the Canadian region where
she and her family have spent many sum
mers.
Joseph Desbiens. Widower," is full Of
the atmosphere Of the quaint French-Ca-
madam village, and the talented young
author has caught the lingo Of the French
patois and the phraseoICgy Of the broken
English of the Canadian peasant in
most happy style. The story is truly for
eign I'm tone. and I'm matter abounding
with that commingling Of hum0r and
path1s which marks the pen Of the pro
fessional rather than the amateur.
As an author. Miss Oliver has made a
marked sucress In this pretty tale OF
French-Canadian peasant life, and If she
continues there is no reason why other
equally as pretty, sketchy tales should not
gladden. the short-story reader.
The past week has marked quite an
exodus Of the members Of the diplomatic
corps
The Lares and Penates Of the British
crown have all been transferred 10 Inter
vale. and the archives set up in that New
England resort where Prof Bryce, the
Ambassador, and his staff OF secretaries
and attaches will this summer carry on
the work Of the embassy
The Ambassador is now travelling In the
Middle West. and at the completion Of
his trip he will return East, going di-
rectly 10 Intervale, y. II.
Mrs. Bryce has in his absence been
visiting Mrs G0dkin. at Ridgefeld, Conn,
which she LEFT yesterday and proceeded
10 Intervale, where the young men OF
the embassy have Just established them
selves. all but the third counselor Of the
embassy and Lady Isabella Howard, who
are detained here by the indisp0sition Of
their two pretty young children, an in
disposition slight, but still enough 70 keep
their parents from desiring 10 travel with
the youngsters just yet. If all goes well
they. too will leave tomorrow.
NIr and Mrs. Grant Watson, Of the
embassy. have stopped en- route at the
Hi Cottage, AT Bristol. r. l.. where Mrs.
Watson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Low. Of Brooklyn, spend their summer
They viii spend about a month there dur
ing which time Mr.. Watson will travel
back and forth between Intervale and
Bristol.
Yesterday saw. too. the leaving of the