The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-23
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douS and awe-inspiring state carriage
of the Japanese ambassador stood fol
hours before the o in the K street
mansion and the Chinese minister al.
so in state attire and accompanied by
a numerous suite of gorgeously appar.
eled attendants called on Thursday
morning and left flowers enough tc
deck the ship from Seattle to Yoke.
hama. The western diplomats came
quito as numerously but not as con.
spicuously as the %orientals and official
Washington was we'll represented.
Much interest attaches to the Knox
pilgrimage and it is safe to say tina,
the eyes of the diplomatic world will,
not be taken off the party from the
moment they set sail in the armored
cruiser Maryland, probably on Tues.
day. until the premier of the cabinet
again takes his sea at the p%residentia,
council table. 1t is the first time that
a cabinet minister of any rank, Still,
less the first mar of all, has been dis.
patched on such a mission. The pres.
lident as secretary of war paid visits
of courtesy to all rulers In eastern
countries. including the Russian, bu,
these visits were IS incidents to the
journey to and from the official in.
spection Of the Philippines.
Washington summer homes this
season are getting to resemble the
famous Thames mansions and are cen.
trail points of gaiety. Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Letter gave up a brilliant pro.
gram which included visits to the Ear
and Countess Of Suffolk and Genera,
and Mrs. Colin Campbell, with
glimpses of the royal gaieties in Lon.
don and Ascot. in order to t tc
their splendid home near Great Falls
the upper Potomac. There are two
y in the family and Mrs. Letter fel,
unable to separate herself from them
for so long. The Letter home is prin.
cipally built for summer use, though
there is a possibility now that the en-.
tire veranda will be fitted with glass
and used for a banquet hall this win.
ter. A nurse occupies the entire third
Hoor' wit ha roof garden attached
where the cots of the little ones are
placed under the stars during the
warm weather Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Letter nave been entertaining con.
tinuously this summer. General Ed.
wards is a frequent guest as well as
many OF the young army set detained
here during the summer. Mrs. Letter
is the daughter Of Colonel Williams
OF the army land his wife, who was
Miss Marie Chouteau Of St. Louis. has
a private fortune. Miss Dorothy VIII
liams is with her sister for the sum.
mer and like her renowned an allur-
Ing British season for the milder
pleasures of the capital.
Another summer nome which is
very prominent is that Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Howard. Chillum man.
sion. at Green Hill. Maryland. The
present owner. who is the grandson
of Washington's war banker, George
". Riggs. who, with his partner, viii.
lam w. Corcoran. made a tremendous
fortune during the war between the
states has changed the old name ia
Green Hill mansion. dropping the an.
cestral patronumi of Chillum manor
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard entertained a
distinguished company there on Tues
day last complimentary to Sir Henry
John Davis, the eminent London sur
geon. here to attend the International
Congress Of Otology ext week in Bos.
ton.
Washington is amused IL not entire
ly edited, owe the controversy which
is raging between Miss Flora Wilson
and Mrs. Martin Littleton owe the
sale Of Monticello. Jefferson's home.
Miss Wilson is no mediocre antangon-
list. and she Yields a clever pen . She
wrote voluminously some ten years
ago before she decided to give her
time to the study Of music. Mrs. Lit
Teton wants to sell Monticello to the
government right I'VE Mr.. Levy's ve-
to. and Miss Wilson. who Is a friend
Of both Representative Levy and his
sister. Mrs. Carl Mayhoff. has become
his champion. MI. Levy himself looks
rather embarrassed to have two such
lovely women at daggers' poins for his
sake.
AS Mr.. Levy does not wish to sell
his property, his colleagues in the