The Washington bee., 1909-05-22

Miss Geneva B. MaXheld, who
has been dangerously i'll at her home,
is up and out again. She will spend
several weeks in the country with
+ her mother.
! Attorney T. s. Jones, who has
been sick at his home, is out again.
The many friends of Miss Rosa
| Thornton, of Pierce Place, will be
/ pleased to learn that she is making
an excellent recovery from a serious
abdominal operation performed on
Thursday, May 9th, at the Provi-
dence Hospital, end and D streets,
southeast, by DR., Charles I. West.
The teachers of Washington are
studious, thrifty people. By econ
omy many of them have bought their
own homes, in which are all the aids
to culture and refinement. There
are few of their homes without we'll
selected libraries. Like all large
cities, they have their reading cirIces,
culture clubs, and many of them are
pursuing courses in the languages.
Professor ]. T. Layton's Choral
Society had a very successful re-
cital on last FRIDAY evening at the
Lincoln Memorial Church.
The American minister to Haiti,
and Mrs. Furniss, who are now
spending their vacation in America,
were the guests of DIR. and Mrs.
Charles |. West, ga NJ street, north
west, last week. They arrived in
Washington from Port all Prince,
Haiti, Monday morning, and left
town Friday afternoon for the min
ister'S home, Indianapolis, Indiana.
During their visit to Washington,
they were the recipients of numerous
attentions. Monday night DR.. and
Mrs West gave an impromptu pro-
gressive whist party in their honor
Those present were DR.. and Mrs.
Francis, DR.. and Mrs. Curtis, DR..
and Mrs. Dowling, DR.. and Mrs.
Lotion. Mr., and Dir. Gray, Mrs. 3,
K. BRUCE, Mrs. Holly, Mrs. Keelan,
and Miss Perry.
Tuesday Mrs. Curtis took Mrs.
FurnisS through the sanctums of the
/ public buildings; Wednesday after
noon DR.. and Mrs. Francis gave
them an automobile ride; at night
they attended circus party; Thurs
day afternoon the Matrons' Whist
Club entertained Mrs. FurniSs at
the home of Mrs. Pickett; and the
same night Mrs. Holly entertained
at whist; the remaining hours were
filled in receiving hosts of friends
who called to pay their respects. DIR.
Furniss gave a talk on Haiti to the
Armstrong Manual Training School
and also to the NJ Street High
| School.
Mrs. Furniss made a host OF
J friends during her short stay by her
charming personality; she is a brill
liant cOnversationaliSt, speaking
fuently English, French, German
and Portuguese She visited many of
our public schools and on Wednes-
day gave a lesson in German to the
pupils of the Armstrong school She
is charmed with Washington society
On their way returning to Haiti
they will again visitWashington for q
few days. Minister Furniss' conduct
of the affairs of his office has been
so successful, particularly during the
recent disturbances in Haiti, that he
has received the highest commenda-
ton from the administration.
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