The Washington times., 1912-06-30
Leaders Of Fashion Here
Take Prominent Parr in
Proceedings.

II there is one thing society loves
more than what the English call "a
dish Of tea," 1t is a political convention.
Party principles play no role in the
preference, and the relative standing Of
the various candidates means almost
nothing to the feminine contingent
which each four years makes events"
Of both national gatherings
The same lively hours have been
whiled away this last week in Balti-
more as marked the Republican national
convention in Chicago a fortnight since,
and prominent social leaders from many
States have broken the speed limit in
their efforts to reach Baltimore in time
to see and hear all that is now going
down as another chapter in Democratic
political history.
From Washington there was a gener-
Gus outpouring Of society, the majority
OF the fashionable world remaining in
washingtn far beyond its usual date
in order to attend the convention. In
the hotels one could meet a material
proportion of the diplomatic colony sta
toned in Washington and host OF
prominent people whose names fill the
social register Of the Capital.
While certain dispatches made note
Of the fact that many women visitors
to the convention did not take time to
put on their prettiest Of frocks, this re-
port was more than disproved by a
, glance at the boxes at the convention
and in the dining rooms and corridors
of the hotels.
Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, formerly
Miss Mathilde Townsend, of Washing
ton. has varied her accomplishments by
turning out to be a real politician, II
not in fact, certainly in understanding,
and was one of the most handsomely
gowned women attending every session.
Mrs. Taft, wife of the President, at
tended the afternoon and evening ses-
SONS Thursday as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman E. Mack, going over from
Washington for the day with Mrs.
Hugh Wallace, daughter of the late
Chief Justice Fuller, and wife of one OF
the delegates from the State of Wash
ington. Throughout the afternoon she
took an active interest in the proceed
jngs.
Many Make Daily
Trips From the Capital.
Though g goodly proportion of Wash
ington society is remaining in Baltimore
throughout the convention session the
crowded condition Of hotels and the
manifest lack of accommodate tons per-
suaded many to make daily trips be-
tween the two cities. Among those was
Mrs. Oscar Underwood, wife of the
Democratic minority leader, who chose
her own comfortable motor car In pref
erence to a stuffy railroad train.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth' divided att
tention with the convention pEope and
here every move IVA was chronicles with da
scribed to the minutest detail and she
was pointed out as. one of the real
features o fthe convention. Mrs. Long
sincere. for not only has she her dis;
tinguished fatehrs love of a fight
but she is keen student of politics and
followed the trend Of affairs in Balti-
Chicago.
The President and Mrs. Taft will
leave Washington July for tkeir sum
mer home in Beverly, and today Is their
gether for several months. While the
President will return within a few
days, the departure of Mis- Taft Will
bring to definite close the SOCIAL sea
until late In the fall. those VINO remain
in the Capital will have barred windows
and boarded doors to return their gaze.
With no other diversion comfort ma
sources OF interest which even now arc
tiltering through to Washington. Ona
of the most interesting of these is an
unofficial report that Constantin Brun,
now Danish minister at London, will
succeed Count Moltke as minister from
his government to Washington.
Mr.. Brun occupied the post here tor
thirteen years prior to the Appointment
of Count Moltke and society had begun
to regard him almost as much CT a fix-
ture as II now regards the Austro-
Hungarian Ambassador, Baron Hengel-
muller.
Mr.. Brun was one of the most popular
bachelor diplomats ever accredited to
Washington and his transfer to Eng
land came as a distinct disappointment
to society. Count Moltke has been a
conspicuous figure In diplomatic life
since his assignment to Washington IN
1908 and the fact that his wife is an
their social program.
If the report of Mr.. Bruins appoint
ment Is true, he will be the third dip
lomat to return to Washington after n
comparatively short absence from the
Capital, the others being George Bakh-
meter, the Russian annba ssador, and
Mr.. Havenith, minister OF Belgium,
both of whom left as secretaries OF
their Governments to return in the
chief position of authority.
Fashionable Circles Shocked
By Death of Baroness.
Fashionable circles were deeply
shocked during the week to learn of
the tragic death in London Of the Bar
oness de Reinach-Werth. formerly the
beautiful Diane Morgan-Hill. The mar