The Washington herald., 1913-06-27
At the White House

| Miss Jessie Wilson left Washington
yesterday for Philadelphia. She will
make q series of visits to friends before
joining her parents. the President and
Mrs. Wilson. at Cornish, N. H.
! Miss Wilson Is still visiting friends
| in Madison. Wis, and Miss Eleanor
Wilson will be the only daughter to
accompany the President and Mrs. Wilson
to Cornish tomorrow. Miss Helen Wood
/ row Bones, who left the White House
on Wednesday to visit friends in the
North, will join the Presidential party
at Clinton en- route to Cornish temorrow.
| Mrs. Jaffray, the housekeeper at the
White House, and number of the do
mestics left Washington on Tuesday. and
when the President and Mrs. Wilson ar
rive at Cornish on Saturday. everything
will be in readiness for them.
..Singie Oak" in woodley Road, was
the scene of a delightful reception yes
terday when the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Daniels entertained in honor
of the North Carolina Society of WASH
! ington. Invited to meet them were the
/ North Carolina delegation in Congress
and other North Carolinians in Wash
| ington.
owing to the shower of the early after
noon, the grounds about the mansion
were found too damp, and the reception
|
broad verandas. Mrs. Daniels, mother
OF the Secretary. and Mrs. Bagiey. mother
of the hostess, presided at the bounti-
fully supplied tea table, and the many
distinguished guests were received with
the true Southern hospitality which
marks all Mrs. Daniels entertainments.
Mrs. Daniels was assisted in receiving
by the wives of the Senators and Repre-
sentatives from North Carolina, members
afN nd he
Misses Bagley, sisters of the hostess
The Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark
have taken an apartment at Congress
Hall for the season, and will establish
themselves there the first Of the month.
They have occupied large apartment in
the Avenue of the Presidents since Mr..
Clark was made Speaker.
Mr.. Thomas Nelson Page. recently ap-
pointed American Ambassador to Italy.
left Washington yesterday for New York
and will join Mrs. Page at their summer
home in York Harbor, Ne, within a
short time.
Mrs Thomas P. Gore will remain in
Washington until August when she ex-
poets to so TO Ocean City with her chill
dren. Senator Gore will join his family
for the week-ends, and when Congress
adJourns they will return TO Oklahoma.
Mrs. Henry F. Blount will return to
THE Cakes" her home in Georgetown,
on Sunday, after a visit TO Kalamazoo
Mich. She and Col. Blount will remain
at their Georgetown home until later in
the season before deciding their plans for
the summer.
Mrs. J. Fairfield Carpenter. Of Wash
ington. d. c., with Mrs. T. c. Rogers,
Mr.. J. F. Carpenter. and Mr.. F. II. Car
penter, was in Lennox, Mass, Wednes-
day and will proceed later TO Cazenova,
n. Y, for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs Preston Gibson are now
at Manchester. Mass. where they will
spend the summer.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Mills, U. s. A, and
Mrs. Mills expect to go to Panama early
in August for a six months stay. ]
Mrs. Edmund X. Webster and her
daughter, Miss Frances Webster. will
spend the summer in Kennebeckport, Me.
Mrs. Davidson will also accompany them
to remain until September.
Captain and Mrs. william Baird, who
have spent the winter at the Brighton.
have gone to Newport, r. l., for part of
the summer, after which they will visit
their son and daughter at Fort Totten.