The Washington herald., 1911-07-17

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which has been established at Buena
Vista, Pa. for the remainder Of this
month and next. They had the members
Of the staff dining with them at the
embassy last evening as q farewell.
| Charley Taft, the youngest child Of
the President, came into the limelight
last week in the races sailed by a num-
ber of young boys Of East Gloucester.
Beverly, and nearby resorts. The sons
Of the Special United States Ambassa-
dor and Mrs John Hays Hammond were
also in the race, and while the boat in
which Charley Taft was sailing won the
race, he did not operate It.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, younger daugh-
ter of former President Theodore Roose-
| welt, arrived last week at Frontenac,
| Thousand Islands, for a visit with the
family of Mr.. w. Fellowes Morgan at
| their summer place there. She made the
trip with her mother on the yacht Of
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson, which has
been cruising with It's congenial party in
New England waters after visits on Long
Island Sound.
| Former Vice President Fairbanks made
| visit to Atlantic City last week and
| returned to his home in Indianapolis
to join Mrs. Fairbanks for the journey
to Beverly, where they will spend a time
with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Fairbanks, who have
a cottage there for the season.
Mrs BENJAMIN HELEN and her daugh-
| ter, Miss Louise HELEN. are the guests
of Miss Celestine Eustis at her cottage
at Bar Harbor. They are taking little
part in the festivities at Bar Harbor,
owing to the mourning of Miss Eustis
for her brother, the father OF Nine.
Loudon. wife OF the Netherlands Minis
| ter. who died In Paris this spring.
| DR.. David Jayne Hill. retiring United
| States Ambassador to Germany, has
Joined Mrs. Hill and their children In the
cottage they have taken for the summer
at Prangins, in Switzerland, picturesque
village on the lake near Geneva. Their
nearest neighbor in this attractive spot
| is Prince Louis Napoleon, who owns
| splendid estate there. The Hills are well
known in that vicinity. due to their
| former residence at Berne. when DR..
| Hill was United States Minister, before
he was promoted to his present post.
The United States Ambassador to Tur-
key, Mr.. w. W. Rockhill, Is also a
visitor at Prangins, where he arrived
recently on a visit to his mother, who
makes her homo in Geneva He is on
his way from Russia where he was Am
bassador, to Constantinople, where he will
assume his new duties at the end OF this
Renfh. L
The American Minister to Switzerland
and Mrs. Henry s. Boutell and Miss
Boutell are spending their time this sum.
men between Lakes Lucerne and Geneva
One OF the pleasant experiences of the
Boutells at Lucerne was the meeting with
Sir Liang Chen-Tung, former Minister
from China to this country. who is now
Chinese Minister to Berlin, and who was
with the Chinese Ministers to Vienna,
Prince Tsai-Chen, uncle Of the Chinese
Emperor, who was special envoy to the
coronation.
Former United States Ambassador to
France and Mrs. Henry White spent a
short time in Berlin last week on their
Won Scher-Thoss, in Silesia. They will
spend the remainder of this month and
next with her. They will return to their
new home, recently completed in WASH
ington, in the early autumn. The house
stands on an eminence overlooking the
CITY, close TO Boundary Castle, the i'm
posing home of former Senator and Mrs.
J. B. Henderson.
Mrs. Thomas J. oBrien. wife of the
United States Ambassador to Japan, has
gone recently to Schierke, in the Harz
Mountains, where she was Joined by her
daughter, Mrs. Chiffon, wife Of the sec
ond secretary of the British Embassy in
Berlin. Mrs. O'Brien will accompany
her daughter to her English home later
on.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont have taken
an estate in Hungary for the next few
weeks for stag hunting. They have re-
Gently left the Ritz Hotel in Paris for
this country place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft. brother
and sister-.n-law of the President, who
are spending the summer abroad, are
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land.
The Colombian Minister and Nine. Os-
pima, who recently took up their resi-
dence in Washington, have gone to the
summer legation on Long Island. accom-
panied by their children.
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Lurton, who have
been the guests for some weeks Of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Van Deventer, in Knoxville, Tenn,
are now the guests of Mr.. James b.
Richardson at his place. Lochland. They
will return to Knoxville and join Mr..
and Mrs. Van Deventer for another visit,
after which they will all sail for Europe
on July % for trip abroad. They win
all return late In September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Darwin Penne-
baker, of Georgetown, left Washington
Yesterday for Orkney Springs. Va, to
join Mrs Pennebaker's mother, Mrs.
Mackay, who has had cottage there
for some weeks. Miss Lucinda Carpen-
.er Pennebaker and her sister, Miss
Anna Elliott Pennebaker, have been
with their grandmother for several
weeks. Mrs. Mackay and Miss Lucinda
Pennebaker win mako visit to Ken
lucky later. in this month.
Former Senator and Mrs. Chauncey
Depew, who have been in Paris for some
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