The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-10
= The Social Side of Washington :

Nathaniel Thayer. of Boston, and Ma
dame Loudon, wife OF the minister
from the Netherlands, and grand
daughter OF the late United States SEN
her diplomat husband, sailed on
Thursday for an early summer visit
In Europe.
The Swedish Minister and Madame
Lagercrantz who. In the decoration OF
their legation home. have a rare coll
lection of Scandinavian embroideries.
We're deeply Interested in the collec-
ton of American Indian bead work
Ainerind's early pottery efforts. espe-
cially remarked by the German am
bassador who looked at it from the
viewpoint of an Psychologist and pos
tai craftsmens art.
| With the younger set were Senior
don Pedro Ezequiel Rojas, first Ven
eZuelan minister to Washington since
| marily shortened by the autocrat. Cas-
tro, now figuring as "a man without
a country" Mr., Rojas Is one OF the
most clever diplomats belonging to tho
and is expected to speedily elevate the
| ofhcial and social Importance of his
legation. a close second for official
favor here is a. Rustem Bey, charge
d'affatres for the Turkish embassy.
who. since taking handsome resi-
dence In Connecticut Avenue, has prov
ed himself a worthy imitator of Ameri-
can hospitable customs, thereby max :
Ing for himself many friends out side.
as we'll as within, the world Of official
dom.
An onlooker of scarcely less artistic
perception and in International social
experience the peer Of her above men
toned. half-foreign American sisters,
was Mrs. Won Ntyer. formerly American
amhassadress TO the court of st. Pc
tersburE and to Rome, later Mrs. Post :
master-General in the Roosevelt Cabi :
net circle. now Mrs. Secretary of the
Navy and eX-ofTlcio leader OF that So
cial CLOSE corporation" popularity
known as the navy set. Others present
We're Mrs. HUNTINGTON Wilson, wife OF
tho Assistant Secretary of State, for
merly Miss WORKMAN, of st. Louis, a
woman Of distinguished mien and OF
diplomatic talent almost equal to that
Of her husband (who at thirty-hve
Europeans would call the foreign Of
tlceo: Mrs. Wickersham, wife OF the
Acknowledgement With her daughter
Mrs. ,Ackin, OF New York; Mrs Mac
Treasury, with her son. Eames Mac
Veash. and nephew. Rogers MacVeaGh
who spent Easter here as her guests
the Misses Deering, OF, Chicago, other
l. q Letter, who, received grateful at,
tentions In anticipation of tho pictur,
esque lawn fetes With which she marks
her spring departure from Washing,
u ton, Invitations to these parties wer,
issued within the week. and by then
society learns that April I6 and 81 are
the dates. If she follows her custom
OF former years, Mrs. Letter Will re,
ceive her guests seated upon rus
tic bench Just inside the cato OF tn.
garden. which is protected from thu
gaze OF passersby by a tall fence over
grown With vines and blossoms, Thu
garden in question and the dollhouse
leading therefrom are most attractiv,
and a silent tribute to the owner
thrift. despite her millions. for the.
furnish nearly all or the flowers needle,
for her entertainments The mansion
which they surround faces fashiona
bio Dupont Circle and Is tho on
from wl,ich beautiful Mary Letter wen
Il forth as the bride OF the future Vice
!, roy Of India. A few wears later Mrs
Letters youngest daughter. Daisy, wo
married there to the Earl of SUFFOLK