The Washington herald., 1908-06-12

The French Ambassador and Nine. JUS
serand entertained at dinner last even
ing. Their guests included the Secretary
of State, the Secretary OF War and Mrs.
Taft the Assistant Secretary Of State.
Mr.. Bacon. the Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury and Mrs. Winthrop, Gen.
Clarence Edwards, and Mr.. John Bar
rett
Prof. and Mrs. Lennox, the former the
successor in the Catholic University OF
Dr. Maurice Francis Egan, who is now
Minister to Denmark, sailed yesterday
from New York for Europe. They Will
return here in the fall.
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth closed their home in Eighteenth
street on Wednesday, and left yesterday
for Cincinnati, where they will spend a
few days in their home before going on
to Chicago for the convention. They will
be the guests in Chicago of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Medill Mccormick. who will en-
tertain an interesting house party during
| the convention week.
The Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Truman II. Newberry are en-
! tertaining Commander and Mrs Niblack.
of Annapolis. for a few days this week
! They entertained at dinner on Wednes-
day evening. when their guests were the
! Secretary of the Navy. the Assistant Sec.
/ retary OF the Treasury and Mrs. Beck
man Winthrop Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence
/ Townsend. Commander and Mrs. Niblack,
| Col and Mrs. Charles L McCawley. and
Miss Newberry.
The Secretary Of the Navy will leave
/ to-day on one of the government yachts
| FOR a trip TO Hampton Roads TO witness
! the torpedoing Of the monitor Florida.
| He will have with him as guests OF
/ honor the Secretary Of War and Mrs.
Taft They will be absent for several
days.
/ The Viscount d'Alte. Portuguese Min
( lister to this country. sailed yesterday
/ from New York for Liverpool for sum-
mer trip in Europe.
Baroness Takahira. wife Of the Japa-
! nese Ambassador. is now on her way 10
this country, and is expected 10 arrive
| here late In this month.
/ The Ambassador will not select his
summer abiding place until her arrival,
but they will be quite apt to take cot
Aage somewhere in the Blue Ridge Noun
tains, where the Ambassadors predeces-
! sor spent his summers. The baroness vii
return 10 Washington TO a large circle
of friends made during the Ambassador S
! regime as Minister, and before his title
was conferred. The baroness was the
/ first Oriental woman who wore the clothes
| Of the American woman. She is an ac-
comphshed hostess and a woman Of great
popularity IN Washington's diplomatic
circle.
Nine WI, wife OF the Chinese Minister
who is also on her way 20 the United
States, will arrive here ahead Of Baroness
/ Takahira. as she is expected in San
Francisco on June 70 on the steamer Mon
golia. In her party are her son. WI
Choachu. and his wife. and about a dozer
young students coming over 20 pursue
their studies in this country and some
10 be attaches of the legation. Nine. WI
like the Baroness Takahira. is returning
TO friends. The former legation. Eigh-
teenth and Q streets, was a center OF
gayety during her regime. and no one
was ever more fond of society than she
II was often said Of her that she was
more prompt 20 return calls made upor
her than any woman in society. She
never entirely mastered the language
but before she left, when she was making
a long round of farewell visits she haC
quite an interesting amount of converse
ton at her tongues end. and IL is be
lieved that she must have by this time
perfected herself in English Her son
WI, who was almost reared in this Coun
try. was educated here and it is wei
remembered that he carried of many
| honors of his class at the high schoo
in Atlantic City. where he was graduate,
after his father had returned 10 hi
home in China
Former United States Ambassador and
Mrs. Tower. who have just left Berlin
after the former took formal leave ot
the German Emperor, will travel in Eu
rope for four months and then return
to their home in this country.
Mrs lockwood T. Hoar, widow O.
! Representative t1OdT, ana daughter -ln-laV
of the late Senator Hoar. who spent he
winter In the old Hoar home, in Wash
ington, has closed # and gone to New
York. After a few days there, she will
proceed to her summer home. in New
England.
Announcement was made in Washing
ton yesterday of the marriage Of Mis-
Helen North Roberts and Mr. Charles
Henry Gordon, both Of this city. Tn,
ceremony was performed in Baltimore OF
Saturday, June 6, by Rev. D. p Allison
Mr.. Gordon is a son Of Mr.. Charles S
Gordon. of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. A. Stiebel sailed yes
terday for Bremen, via Plymouth anC
Cherbourg. on the Grosser Kurfuerst o.
the North German Lloyd.
Invitations have been sent out by th,
Sisters Of Providence for the commence
ment exercises Of the Immaculate Semi
nary on Wisconsin avenue on Tuesday
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