The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17
The Social Side
of w ashington.
Especial to The Times.pispatch. ]

dren Will march to the city school
rooms and 5000 more viii hope to
gain admission later When Congress
enacted the compulsory education law
for the District of Columbia it was
cognizant of a serious lack OF facili.
lies to comply with the demands Of
such .. law, but expected to meet
the eSigencies of the case by a steady.
though small annual increase in the
number of school buildings and cor
responding increase in the number OF
peachers. Great expectations which
failed TO materialize. despite the CO.
operation OF municipal with Federal
power, without which, be IL incidental
~ observed. nothing Important in the
capital city can he accomplished. for
Washington. d G., belongs to the ma
ton. not merely to people whom fat
sent to dwell within its wooded Dor
ders. SO ii is that parents of school
age have learned by experience that
first come first served" is in force
to-day, and whereas formerly some
were wont to linger by the seashore or
at mountain resorts until the approach
of bright blue October day" warned
them of Jack Frost's approach. they
now form the major part of the in
flowing tide OF early autumn. Other
wise, many an offoiars family might
ee deprived of the exceptional advan-
school system. The Younger Roosevelt
children. Charley Taft and dozens of
children in the diplomatic corps have
gone to school here. and Miss Helen
her native city of Cincinnati.
Among the interesting early Sep
TENDER visitors is Mrs. Medill McCor
mick. pleasantly remembered as Miss
Ruth Hanna a debutan,e during the
Mckinley administration and the
regime of her tatner. the late SEN
recently identihed with the business of
the Working Girls Home. of which
plan she Is the originator. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mccormick will go from here to
er al Seal Harbor. Me, for a little
vacation before resuming their settle
ment work in the Windy City.
Another visitor moro or less strong
" identified with Washington society
in former years. now known as Mrs
Alice CorleyThaw. was formerly the
Countess of Yarmouth. who made her
debut IN the same house on Lafayette
Square In which Mrs. Mccormick made
her first bow to oficialdom Mrs.
Copley- Thaw's mission was 10 close
Transactions for the purchase of the
and inangurate the work or removal
ing IT for her occupancy next month.
simultaneous with the reopenng OF
ms stately Old fashioned mansion is
the closing of its modern prototype.
the home of Captain Larz Anderson.
recently. appointed American Minister
to Belgium.
4 plea SAINT break in the monotony of
official life during the absence of the
White House family is the arrival this
week OF another distinguished foreign
naval officer Rear-Admiral Ching Phi
kwang, who is in command OF the
frst Chinese n-of-war to land in
American waters Although next in
rank TO the all powerful naval author
ity in his country, Admiral Ching is
not this nations guest. and will not,
therefore, be as extensively entertain
ed as was his contemporary from
Japan. Admiral Togo. However, a full
program has ,heen arranged for every
one OF the days he will spend at the
capital Commander Cooper, L. s ~.
viii be his naval aide, while Assistant
secretary Beekman Winthrop will rep
resent the Navy Department and AS
sistant Secretary Huntington Wilson
the State Department.
Tang, is still in Japan, the charge
d'attaires of China. Mr Yung Kowai
and his American wife will act as
hosts for his country.
An important feature OF Admiral
Ching Phi Kwais STAY in the United
States will be his pilgrimage TO meet
me president at Beverly. Mass. Baron
Gchida, the retiring ambassador OF
mer White House within the next few
days, but for the purpose of saying
5 FAR as he is sailing soon with
where he will become Minister OF
Foreign Affairs in the new Cabinet
or the Emperor He was vice-minister
or the same Office in 1900. and has
since represented his country in Pekin,
Vienna and Washington He is there
Tore considered by his colleagues as
brllnantlN equipped for his new duties
Moreover. each Of them feels that his
ADVENT there means another friend FOR
their country at the Japanese court
me amoa ssador is gone Long live
the amoassador' But who will the lat.
diplomatic circle. for the rumored an.
poiHtment of General uriu TO the nos,
Is stun uncqrarmed TO be sure: a pos
sleie eTpianaion IS that the complete
IN the accession of Marquis Saionii
ana mis- party 10 control has resulted
IN SO much confusion that IL has NOT
been possible for the Japanese CO..
eminent TO give due consideratio5 ~
the changes 10 be made in the diplo-
matte representation of the country
fehdihg the appointment and arrival
of the new ambassa dor. Niasanao Iani
hara. first secretary OF the emb ,as.;,-
and one of the most popular bacbeiors
IN the corps, will be charge d'affajres
ri Japan. -
Washington faces another loss this
season. II Dame Rumor is right in saw.
ing that the modest young man who
was honorary ettachc OF the British
embassy last winter is not TO ba re-
1urneo to TINS post. William G. c. Glad.
stone is his name, and his a,randfaiher
was the Grand old Man OF England
HIS mission TO this country, Ivas II ~
they are" and he accompiished il as
Vel as he could during limited stav
mere. and in the face OF an absolute
refusal to be lioni2cd Al los 80
neputante is unconsolah!o over tbe
prospect Of his not returning for. she
hoped for an opportunity TO make
amends for having ignored him be
cause he was not much fun: SO serious
and earnest, don't Won know" anc de-
voting herself Instead 10 gay youth
son.
The recent revolution in Haiti is re-
sponsihle for there being another
Haitian minister in Washington in
the person of Solon Menos, "a widower
whose frst vie was the sister Of
Madame J. n Leger. whose husband
was formerly Haitian minister hers
Hannibal Price. who comes as score
tsry TO the legation. is the son of an
other former minister here. and ba ch !.
eior, a fact that cuts no ice-I,ardon
the slang--!n society because Of hts