The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-03

feeling the strain, arc nevertheless
planning their usual winter program.
While no n can tell what a day
may bring forth. with the cable busy
from every capital to its representa-
tive embassy, and our wv state de-
partment on the alert. there is MATURE
ally Il disposition to avoid internation-
al complications, eve about Il dinner
dinners go on.
The German Ambassador and
Countess Won Bernstein inaugurated
their dinner-giving season on Wcdncs-
weekly from thirty to forty guests.
At their first dinner the British am
baSsador was the CUES Of honor.
The French Minister and Nine. us
.serand are also extending and accept
ing invitations for the coming winter.
In the Russian embassy. where
Mme Bakmetieff is Observing q period
+ mourning for her only sister. the
late Mrs. John r. Mclean. there Is
naturally little social activity. Nine.
Bakmetief is. however. busy in we'll
doing. inasmuch as she is intensely
interested in the collection and dis
%tribution of funds for The Red Cross
FOR relief of the wounded and suffer-
ing in the Balkan war. This chate-
laine of n of the most important
embassies is not only an American.
hut a Washingtonian, With a personal
popularity unsurpassed by II hostess
Of the capital. During the past week
Nine. Bakmetieff appeared in an inn
portant but unheralded ceremony by
presenting Il silver loving cup to the
recently constructed Vessel. the Beale.
named for her late father, General
Edward Beale of this city. The cup.
bowl. has Its inscription: I'm mem
DRY Of Edward Fitzhugh Beale-from
his daughter, Mary Bakmetieff," SUR
mounted by h crown of Russia, set
in amethysts. The officers Of the
Beale. which is commanded by Lieu-
tenant +. c. Parker. We're entertained
at dinner at the Russian embassy, fol-
lowing the presentation.
The embassies of Austro.Hungary
Italy are still closed to society by
reason of the absence of their respec-
tive chiefs. while at the Spanish Legal
tion the Minister and Nine. Riano are
observing court mourning. and at the
Belgian legation Nine. Havenith has
been placed in mourning by the death
of her only brother, Chas. NJ. Foulke,
Jr.
Washington is becoming supersti-
tious on the subject of dances. for this
one season at least. In addition to
the ~dishanding Of the bachelors com
mittee and complete elimination of
their three balls. two private dances
have been stricken from the calendar.
tbs. who proposed opening the season
With a dance in Cochran house, were
obliged to cancel their invitations by
the death OF Mrs. Eustis' greataunt,
Mrs. Richard H. Coolidge, one of
W%ashington's most prominent resi-
dents of the old regime.
Now comes the Withdrawal Of the
SrH.{t0 ffoSr ne AZ. rt- ,--
whose debutante daughter, Miss
Gladys Mum. was to have been pre-
sented in Washington next month.
Mrs. Mum is seriously i'll at Hotel
Belmont, New York, where she was
stricken enroute from her summer
home at Manchester, Mass. Mrs.
Mum was born a Miss Gurnee of Chi
cago: and at the time of her marriage
to the late Mr.. Mum was a young
and very wealthy widow. Her first
husband WAS the son OF the head of
the firm of .Arrnour-& Co., from which
the large for. nc enjoyed by the pres
Ient generation of Munns vas mainly
derived. The late Mr.. Mum came
to Washington fifteen or twenty years
ago. when he and his wife establish I'll
their present home on Scott circle.
Mrs. Munn's eldest son, Charles A.
Mum. Jr., a few years ago married
Miss Mary Paul of Philadelphia. Her
eldest daughter is Mrs. Reginald
Boardman of Boston.
The absence of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Wadsworth. who propose SPEND
ing the winter abroad, will take from
the social calendar a weekly dance and
reception. Mrs. Wadsworth making it
an annual practice to issue at r. me
cards for Thursday evcnlr
out the season. Although termed 'r-
formal. these evenings were Well ap-
pointed balls. attended by compare
lively small companies. usually we'll
known to each other.