The Washington herald., 1911-05-14

little dinned by the tennis tour
naments, which attracted society
en- masse to the Chevy Chase
Club during the past week. A beautiful
garden musicale at the White House and
entertainments for Miss Taft and for
Miss Louise Cromwell and her iance,
Mr.. Walter B. Brooke. rounded the week
with sufficient gayety to make life at
tractive in Washington. even though the
Thermometer jumped suddenly close to
the century mark
In all truth It must be said that this
jump did make a great difference in
many of the social affairs. for almost
with the first sultry breeze there was
an exodus of the leisure class and a
demand for unexpected accommodations
at hotels, in Pullmans, and on outgoing
steamers, and all who could departed.
This left many hosttsses scurrying for
substitutes last week at card parties and
dinners. Even people in deep mourning
we're induced to fill in in order to re-
lieve the embarrassment of a friend who
had a dinner on. The rules Of mourning
have grown SO elastic during this twen-
tieth century that both men and women
with heavy Grape on their hats and gar
ments are a familiar sight at entertain
ments of all kinds, where in years gone
by the very presence Of Grape was bar
rier to all gayeties.
Among the old-fashioped observers Of
the deepest mourning are Mrs. Knox
wife of the Secretary of State, and Mrs
Dickinson, wife OF the retiring Secretary
OF War Both have been afflicted very
early in the present administration with
deaths of those near to them, the latter
i son, the former near relative on the
eve OF the opening of each season since
she became again an official hostess.
The White House gayeties Of the past
fortnight had a lull for a few days. as
the President. Mrs. Taft and their
daughter are all way for the weekend.
Mrs. Taft and her daughter took an early
train yesterday. the former going through
To New York to stay with the family of
Henry Taft. the latter to stop for
Weekend visit to her teachers and
schoC!mates at Bryn Mawr. The Pres-
dent left few hours later for Newark
and viii join Mrs. Taft later in New
York. They will return early in the
week, when his sister, Mrs. Edwards, of
California. is expected TO make a short
visit at the White House before sailing
for Europe for the summer. She has
been visiting in Chicago. the guest OF
the wife of the mayor. Mrs. Carter Har-
risOn. On her departure from there she
came Eastward with a party motoring
from Buffalo to New York. thence to
Washington. She expects TO sail on
May %.
The removal Of the Austro-Hungarian
Embassy from its present familiar man
sion to one OF Mrs. Henderson, COM
modious and more modern mansions, in
UpTe- Sixteenth street. is a matter of
much interest. Mrs. Henderson's efforts
TO beautify Sixteenth street by building
thereon houses of both beauty and pre-
tense has been eminently successful. She |
has already tenants the French Am
bassador. the Danish Minister. and has
had former tenants in her different l
n W houses in this locality the Secretary |
OF the Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh. the |
former Secretary OF Commerce and |
Labor and Mrs. Strauss, the late Nor !
wegian Minister and Nine. GUIDE. and the
former Swedish Minister and Nine. de |
Baroness Hengelmuller and daughter .
will return in a few days from Hot .
Springs. and then preparations will he
made for removing the embassy to this
further uptown point, where the family !
will give more elaborate and more fire.
luent entertainments next year than they
have given for some years. The Am
)assadOr, now being dean of the diplo-
matte corps. will take a more active
part in the social affairs of that circle
han he and the baroness have taken
since he was made an Ambassador.