The Washington herald., 1911-08-06

| those who received at the opening re
ception of the Country Club, Otter Creek
Mount Desert. Me-. last Monday.
| Col. Baron de Bode. military attacht
of the Russian Embassy. with his sister
Baroness Elizabeth de Bcde. sailed from
! New York yesterday for Russia. where
| they will spend about two me nths. Baror
| de Bode will return in October and vii
| be Joined later by the baroness.
| Rear Admiral Harrie Webster, U. 8
| N. retired, and Mrs. Webster. Of Rich
mond. Va, are spending some time with
| friends in Atlantic City.
The Surgeon General Of the Navy and
! Mrs. Stokes and Master John Stokes are
at, Orange. Va
Naval Constructor William G. Du
! Bose, L. s. N. will leave Washington
tomorrow for a months leave Of abb
sence.
Mrs. Willard Holbrook, wife of Maj
Holbrook and daughter of the late Gen
David Stanley, has gone to Atlantic City
where she will remain during August.
Mrs. Tweedale, wife OF Col John Twee-
dale, U. s. A. retired. is in Atlantic City,
where she will be Joined later in the sea-
son by Col. Tweedale, who Is detained
in Washington on account Of his duties
as clerk of the Senate Military Com
mittee at the Capitol Mrs. Tweedale
is enjoying much improved health since
her arrival at the seashore.
Mrs. Emma c. Nelson, widow OF Medical
who has been the guest Of her son,
Passed Assistant Surgeon John l.. Nell
son, US. N, in this hity. has returned to
her home in Hartford. Conn.
Mrs. Switzerland and the Misses South
erland, wife and daughters Of Rear
Admiral Switzerland, L. S. N, have re-
turned to Coronado, Cal. after a pleas
ant fishing trip as the guests Of Mr.. J. D.
Spreckels on board his yacht. the Venetia.
Rear Admiral silas Casey, U S. N,
retired. has gone to the Warm Sulphur
Springs, Va. for the remainder Of the
season.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Harry Shaw,
L. S. N, Mrs. Shaw, and their two little
daughters have been the guests OF Com
modore and Mrs. Denig at their home in
Sandusky. Ohio. DR.. Shaw returned to
his duties at the Washington Navy Yard
yesterday and Mrs Shaw will remain
with her parents until September, when
she will return to Washington.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Chief Of Staff
Of the army. and Mrs. Wood. accompa-
MED by their son, have returned to Fort
Myer from their trip TO Panama Their
daughter is still with their grandmother
on the North Shore.
Capt. William F. Halsey. L: S. N, re-
tired. and Mrs. Halsey have closed their
apartment in the Marlborough and gone
to Atlantic City for the remainder OF
August
Chaplain William w. Brander, L. S. A.
of Fort Myer, Va, entertained a most
congenial house party recently at his
home there. Miss Elizabeth Taliferro, his
niece. was the hostess and the guests
included Miss Martha Wall, Miss Carrie
Taliaferro and Miss Anna Valentine, of this
city; Mr.. Richard Marshall, of Norfolk
and Mr.. Ferrall Knight and Mr.. John
knight, of Fort Meyer.
being congratulated on the birth of a
son, born August g. Mrs. Robert Fitch
Shepard, who has been with her daugh-
ter for the past month, will leave in a
few days to join her husband and daugh-
ter, Miss Alice Shepard, at their cot
tage at East Gloucester. Mass.
Mr.. Russell I. White, son of Mr.. r.
n Lee
a visit to Representative McHenry's
family in Pennsylvania for the remain
der of the summer.
Lieut.. Col w. D. McCaw and Maj
Charles R. Reynolds. OF the Army Medi-
cal Corps, on duty in this city. left here
on Wednesday for Pine Plains. N. Y,
where they will attend the camp of the
New York National Guard The officers
made the trip from Washington to FL
mira, N. Y. in Maj. Reynolds motor
car.
Mrs. Edward H. H. Old. accompanied
by her young son, is visiting Capt. R. o.
Bitler, L. S. N, and Mrs Bitler, at the
Boston Navy Yard.
Lieut.. Charles Russell Train, U. s. N,
and Mrs. Train are spending some time
with the latter's mother, Mrs. George
Whitfield Brown, at her summer place
at Magnolia, Mass.
Prince Nicholas Koudacheff, counselor
of the Russian Embassy, and Constantin
Nabokoff, Of the embassy staff, have
gone to Newport.
Senator and Mrs. Gilbert NJ Hitchcock
and Miss Ruth Hitchcock have gone to
Jefferson, N H., for the remainder Of
the summer.
Lieut. Col. George F. Downey, Pay
Department, has left Washington to join
Mrs. Downey at Atlantic City, whence
they will go to Lake Placid for the re-
mainder of the summer.
Mr.. James Van Roden. of Rutherford,
N. J., is the guest Of. relatives in this
city, and will attend the Army and Navy
School here during the COM
ing season.
Lieut.. Col Thomas H. Rees, Corps OF
Engineers, and Mrs. Rees have arrived
in San Francisco from Washington, and |
are guests at the Fairmont. Col. Rees !
Is chief engineer of the Western divi- |
sion, and is also In charge Of river and |
furtification work on the coast and. in |
the Hawaiian Islands. Col Rees will |
relieve Col. Biddle, who will come to