The Washington herald., 1912-04-21
TtTH Congress lingering until
A June. and the different coun-
try clubs all Increasing their
membership. there Is ever

membership. there Is every
indication that society at the Capital
viii remain in status qoo" for month
or six weeks to come. The days since
Easter have fully borne out the claim
that We have = spring season IN WASH
ington as well defined. II not SO widely
recognized. as that OF London. Paris.
or Berlin.
That the past week has oeen one or
unprecedented sorTov Is shown in the
eanceling Of many functions each night
hnce the tragic news OF the Inflated
Titanic was heard on Monday morning
Omclal society, diplomatic and resident
alike. declined to make merry with the
awful news IN the very atnosphere-the
news which came close home In Wash
ington with some OF its best known resi-
dents among the sufferers and the lost.
With the President and family re-
naming at the White House well into
June. there will naturally be q contin-
uance Of the young peoples parties on
land and water with Miss Taft as the
central figure Mrs. Taft's musicale Of
April u concluded s series OF entertain
ments never surpassed In White House
history.
Artists Of grand opa-a magni:ude ap-
peared or each occasion 10 furnish a
programme OF classic numbers. The diff
ferent programmes, like the three or
four hundred distinguished men and
women invited for each occasion. were
so well balanced as to make any COM
parison impossible, although Madame
Johanna Gadskis group Of German
songs will probably live longest in the
The German Embassy, 20 be located
at Newport, will be altogether bach
elOr establishment, al. the Countess Won
Bernstorff sails for home May I. TO be
Joined by the Ambassador at mid
summer. Nine. Haniel. wife of the
Counselor of Embassy. and Nine. Won
Herwarth have already returned to the
fatherland for the summer. The on
cial visit of the German feet TO New
port will be made in June, naturally
attended by considerable ceremony, al
though not. as has been repeatedly
misstated, accompanied by an imperial
prince in the person of the KaIser's
man will. il is true, take his first COM
mand the coming summer, but in Eu-
ropean, not American waters.
Commander Retzman, of the imperial
German navy, late attache of Embassy,
has received a merited recognition in be-
ing given command of the German ship,
Bremen, to report for duty at Newport |
in May. Commander Retzman's success
sor. Commander Boyd, who has al
ready arrived and promises to sustain |
the reputation Of his predecessor as one |
OF the most popular bachelors of the |
corps.
The British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce, who return to England next /
month on the first stage OF their jour
ney to Australia, are not expected back /
TO Washington another season. Although |
no successor has been named, IL is un- |
dersteod that Mr. Bryce is retiring from |
diplomacy to resume his place among !
the historians of the world with a work /
on Australia and New Zealand to mark |
his return to the world Of letters. This
change OF plan in the British Embassy /
will come as a surprise to society at /
large and deprive Mount Desert of one |
of its expected summer residents. as
the location Of the embassy under a
bachelor charge d'affaires is not likely
TO be Seal Harbor, chosen by Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryce.
Commander Powers Symington, u
N, captain of the MsFfiower, has been
designated as the successor of Can't
Edward Simpson, naval attache at the
Court Of st. James. The change will
not, however, take place until the COM
pletion Of Commander SymIngton's
present duty, on September /. Cant.
Simpson, who has been extremely pom
ular in London, will then be assigned
to duty as commanding officer on a
var ship.
Maj. George o. Squire. U. S. A.. the