The Washington times., 1913-07-20
Viscount Sutemi Chinda Gives
Informal Entertainments
During Summer.

w Corps, but just now the Jap
anese ambassador, Viscount
Sutemi Chinda, is the only diplomat of
his rank in the Capital. He has to
keep his company, a number Of other
diplomats who never close their lega-
tions here. and who meet at the Met
ropolitan Club the University Club, or
at one of the country clubs, daily, for
D discussion of interesting topics.
The viscount drives out every after
noon, and entertains his friends in
formally at the embassy, which looks
out over Franklin Park, a veritable for
est of ancient trees. The entire jap
enese embassy staff are remaining here
to keep the ambassador company.
Senior Don AIbara r. de Terreros,
charge d'affaires for Mexico, is another
diplomat of high rank who is kept
here by unsettled relations between his
country and this. and the Swiss minis
ter. DR.. Ritter; the Argentine minis
ter. DR.. Naon, and a number OF the
South and Central Americans are IN
town.
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Senior Don J. E. Lefevre. first secre-
tary Of the Panama legation, who has
been visiting his brother, Edwin Le-
fevre. in Vermont, will return to the
Canital tomorrow. His sister, Senorita
Ramona Lefevre, has sailed for Pan
anna to remain until the autumn.
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Mrs. Champ Clark. who recently re-
tNrned from a visit to Kentucky, ac-
cornpanied the Speaker to Wildwood N
J.. for a weekend visit with Congress
man and Mrs ]. Thompson Baker.
They will return to the Capital tomor-
row.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Westcott nave
left Washington and are spending the
weekend at Deer Park. They Will
keen their Washington home open tor
the rest Of July, and will go to YORK
Harbor in August.
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Mrs. John w. Timmons, Rear Ad-
niral Holiday, u S. N; Chauncey
Hackett. Colonel Richards. Mrs. Sher-
man McCallum, and Mr.. and Mrs. A.
T. Britton, were among those who en-
tertained small dinner parties at Chevy
Chase Club last night.
John E. Osborne, Assistant Secretary
of State, who recently returned from
Santo Domingo, will leave Washington
early this week to visit Mrs. Osborne
and their little daughter, Jean Curtis
Osborne, who are visiting Mrs. Os-
borne's family there. Later they will
make a trip to the Rocky Mountains.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Dennis are
leaving shortly for Atlantic City, where
they will remain for some time. On
August 20. they will sail from New
York on the Mauretania, and will be
away until October l. They will visit
Scotland, ireland and England, and will
spend some time in Paris before return
ing to this country. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Nelson RIker will spend August
at their home in Kentucky.
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On Monday evening an elaborately
arranged card party was given at Stony !
Man Camp, Skyland, by the proprietor.
G. Freeman Pollock, in the Casino. At
the conclusion of the games supper
was served at small tables, and num- !
Der of handsome prizes distributed. The |
winners of the latter were Mrs. E. H. |
Droop, Mrs. ]. W. Kite, and Mrs. II. |
Ray. all Of Washington; Miss Virginia |
Shumard. of Dallas, Tex, and Miss |
Sarah Harrison Powell, of Baltimore.
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Edwin V. Morgan, Ambassador to !
Brazil. will be given a great ball by !
the federal senate of Brazil on July 81. |
The guests will include all Of the dip !
Iomats stationed in Rio Janeiro, and the |
cream Of Brazilian society.
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Mrs. Walter Hines Page, wife of the |
American Ambassador to England, was |
received at Buckingham Palace by the |
King and Queen yesterday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, the |
former Assistant Secretary of the Navy !
under President Taft. are also in Lon
don. and are staying at Bucklands, .
where there is quite party of Ameri-
cans.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Elkins and their
aunt, Mrs. Arthur Lee, and her chill
dren. will arrive at the White Sulphur
annual visit.
On Tuesday. at Stony Man Camp,
SkyIand. occurred one of the most in-
teresting events of the season, a large
dinner given in honor of the resepec-
tive birthdays of DR.. Fell, president of
st. Johns College, at Annapolis. and
provost Of the University of Maryland,
and Mrs. Edwin H. Droop, of Wash
ington, which for several years have
been ceIebI ated together at Skyland
The guests, fifteen in number, were
seated at one table beautifully decor
ated for it's entire length with wild
fonrerS and mountain vines while I
forming the center piece was a big
birthday cake. H
Among those present were Mr. and
Mrs. II. w. Hunter, of Baltimore; Mrs
n. Ray and the Misses Ray, Miss
Elizabeth Graf, Miss Katherine Droop.
Paul Ireland, and Commander J. w.
Kite, L. S. N, and Mrs. Kite. all or
Washington.