The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-09
OF A PENNY MORE
House was done in September. Visitors to
the capital are. therefore. seeing 1t at It's

the capital are. therefore. seeing 1t at Its
best. The old-fashioned flowers blooming
Hospitality in the gardens. arranged by Mrs.
/ Roosevelt while she was drst lady OF the
| land, enhance the beauty OF the grounds and
! add peculiar charm to the historic sur
roundings. Especially attractive were they
4 on Saturday afternoon when the famous,
1 United States Marine Band gave Its regular
weekly concert on the grounds south OF the
| mansion NJ
According to the announced schedule Pres
ident Taft Will return to Washington With
| his family October 2o-a date much antici-
pated by the gay official world, which ex-
1 poets the improved health OF Mrs. Taft to
make possible her more active participation
/ in the functions of the season. There Is also
every reason to believe that she will. have
| the assistance Of her only daughter, who. II
/ she is not debutante. will be near-so-
ciety bud. which is quite as attractive.
Another near-debutante is Miss Virginia
LIE Suere. granddaughter Of the Speaker
of the House OF Representatives. who ar.
| ,ived in Washington this week accompanied
i by her aunt. Miss Helen Cannon. Though
| School. Miss LIE Suere will enjoy the week
I ends at her grandfather's home. and all the
fun OF being an honored guest at the Naval
Academy hops with one OF the most widely
known official hostesses at the eapital-her
aunt. Miss Cannon. as her chaperon:
! Miss Hildegarde Nagel. daughter Of the
I Secretary OF Commerce and Labor. deprived
las, season from the full enjoyment OF life
as Cabinet girl by reason OF the mourn-
ing OF her stepmother may be TRANSFERRED
TO the more conservative Supreme Court
circle before she is many weeks; older. The
report that such would be the case has been
very persistent recently, and added credence
was given by the return OF the entire Nagel
family within the week when the regular
accredited members OF tho high court circle
we're assembling for the season. Justice
McKenna. the first and only Romanist 70
occupy a seat on this august bench. arrived
with Mrs McKennd from Medheld. Mass,
where they were the guests OF their son-in
law and daughter, Mt. and Mrs. davenport
Brown.
Justice John NJ Harlan. doyen OF the cir
Gle by reason of his thirty-one-years ser7
vice. spent the summer. acG %ih e., 70 Has
Ian and their daughters, the Misses Laura
and Ruth Harlan he stopped in Albany en-
route to washington, for a peep at { the
Erastns Corning. AS Miss Edith childs
Mrs Corning spent her grlheod days in the
Harlan home here. She was presented 70
official society by her maternal grand
mother and was given in marriage under
her roof at one of the most attractive wed
dings OF a few years ago. It Is. therefore
with deep personal interest that Wasmnston
In diplomatic circles 1t Is generally con
coded that the King OF Sweden recalled ms
minister to the United States, N, a. Lages
OF the Stockholm government instead OF 10
a reprimand for his untactfu speech oet q,
the Swedish societies IN Now YORK ~ s..1'
spring And apropos to this, be u remark
ed that his coming here In the nrst p!ace
was In line with sweden's ambition TO Mhke
upper Scandinavia as profitable to It's sturay
sons as the latter have found this country.
Color was given to this object by every
Sspeech OF the retiring minister, who may
now be depended upon to put 70 good use
ais he saw and learned here, NJ. de Lager
crantz was a millionaire many times over,
and business man first last and al tne
time. though his life has been as adyentuT-
Gus as that OF ansup-to-date novel nero, ti.a
wife and two lovely daughters VIII be great.
Ely missed here, and It will be many a Gay
before society will see such delightful olt
of .transplanted Sweden" as was their nome
on Sixteenth Street Hin
Mr.. de Lagercrantz's colleague from NOT
way. Minister O.i,Gude, died In this coun-
try during the summer New faces Wilt
therefore, greet officlaldom at the lesatlon
OF Norway as we'll as that of Sweden when
the clans have all assembled for the gay
season,
b A new ambassador from Italy Is now on
the high seas coming to succeed Baron
Mayor DIES Planches, whose transfer from
Washingtongto Constantinople In the spring.
changed the official rank &c the remaining
eight ambassadors accredited to this gov
eminent. By II the ambassador of Austro-
Hungary was mad dean OF the corps, others
following In the order OF the date of their
ARRIVAL IN tho United States as the represent.