The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
- OR six weeks from now the merri-

~ OR six weeks from now the merri- !
Il ment in the mountains, the sea-
shore and the springs will be
piled with diligence and untirtng
energy by the leisure class. The busy
class, too, will lend hand in the efforts
for a time now and then, as a change in
their regular routine, If for nothing else.
and then the tide will suddenly turn, and
wherever the gay people are they will
betake themselves to another place, for
more gayeties and a different kind, and
the busy ones will HE them back to their
duties.
The mad rush for Europe has subsided,
and, In fact, will begin to reverse in
little more than a fortnight, for there
will be those returning from the other
side to participate in the Newport and
Bar Harbor festivities. The special United
States Ambassador to the coronation fes-
ttivities and his family, the John Hays
Hammonds, will be in their summer place
near Beverly in a few days, with newly
I won social laureIs to delight their friends
And, indeed, it does delight their friends
more than it does the John Hays Ham
monds. They have had so much Of it.
and they are so interested In the more
serious things in life than the froth of
existence.
Society in Washington is at its lowest
tide from now until the middle Of Octo-
Der, and the only bright spot is the pres
ence of the many Senators and Repre-
sentatives' families. The President has
given a pleasant break in the monotony
of things by having a small and inter
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at the White House bachelor hall, for
Seator Warren and his bride. The Presi-
dent and his family had a Philippine ac-
quaintance with the Senator's son-in-law
apd daughter, Gen. and Mrs. Pershing,
as the first mentioned was governor of
the Philippines when the general went
out there, then a captain, with his young
wife.
The midsummer is more than usually
interesting in the matter of changes in
the diplomatic corps. Two new Ambas-
sadors have arrived within a month, the
Brazilian and the Mexican, in the per-
sons of Senior Da Cana and senor
Crespo, respectively, and twice that
number Of Ministers have, including the
Colombian, Senor Ospina and his. Sam-
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Suarez; the Urugua ar. Pera, with
his wife and four daughters, Senoritas
Maria Manuela, AIbertina, Maria Car
lota, and Malvina; the Honduras. DR.. Al
berto Membreno, and the Nicaraguan, Sc
nor DR.. Salvador Castrillo, and his wife.
Within that space of time some few sec
retaries and attaches have also arrived
at their various posts here, including NJ
Maugras, third secretary of the French
Embassy, now at Manchester, and Victor
Delbeau, secretary Of the Haitian Le-
cation. DR.. Alberto Membreno attends
to the business Of the legation entirely
alone just now, as the minister on spe-
cial mission, Gen. Juan E. Paredes, and
the secretary of the legation, DR.. Gull
lermo Moncada, have both returned to
their own country. DR.. Membreno is es-
tablished at the Hotel Gordon, where the
office of the legation has been trans
ferred from Broad street, in New York,
where it has been for some time. Sonora
Castrillo has Joined her husband, the
Minister from Nicaragua, in the past few
weeks and they are established at Stone
leigh Court. The staff of the Uruguayan
Legation reads much like that of the
former Fegime of the Ecuadorean Min
lister, Senor Carbo with four daughters
and one son, the last named second
secretary of the legation, in the former
case, and three daughters and two sons
in the latter case, the two sons also be-
ing secretaries of the legation.
The prospect Of the return to the off, |
cial life in Washington Of Mrs Hoke