New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31
WASHINGTON SOCIETY
Activities of Season in Capltal
Are Many.
From The Tribune Bureau
Nn Shinnfnn March

Washington, MarcH oV
Washington society finds itself corrected
by handsome. pink-faced young dipio-
mat. who has just arrived-Count Mon
tagnni, attache of the Italian Embassy
who declares that his name should not De
written Mobile Carlo Del Montagnini. as
it appears in the diplomatic list. the ofii-
cial publication of the State Department,
but should be written Del Crnti Monag-
mini. Every one is anxious to accommodate
the young nObleman. but the little lis'
with its little mistake nestes In the per-
fumed desk of every woman Of society,
and the error will be hard to overcome.
The Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels will leave Washington on Tues
day. and will take with them on board
tho MaynoWer all the Cabinet members
and their wives who can accept the invi-
tation to witness target practice down IN
Tangier Sound, in lower Chesapeake BAY.
The Secretary of the Navy gave
luncheon to-day In honor of these French
officials cooperating in radio-longitude
determination: Ingenieur Driencourt'
Commandant Ferrie. Corp du Genee'
chief OF the Eifel Tower service; Captaihe
Levesque Lieutenant Cognon and Profess
sor Henri Abraham.
The following were present: COM
mander Benoist day. naval attache Oh
France. Captain de Chambrun, artillery
corps. military attache Of France; Rear
Admiral Hutch |. Cone, L. S y; George
\. I'M. United states Naval Observatory
Captain william II. c. Billiard. l. ,. NJ
superintendent Naval Radio Service
Lieutenant Commander Leigh {. Palinei'
L. : y: Lieutenant Colonel j. H. NC
Mahon. L. 5. a. United States Geo
graphic Board Brigadier General George
T. Scrivan. chief signal officer; Commah-
der George f. Cooper, L. ;. ~ hydro
grapher. c. IT, Tittman. superintendent
Coast and Geodetlc Survey; George w.
Li,tlehales. photographic engineer; DR..
l. \ Bauer Department Of terrestrial
MAGNETISM. Carnegie Institute; Il. Il. Mar
shall. chief geographer, Geological sur
vey: Professor Willis l.. Moore. cher or
the Weather Bureau; Professor CLEVELAND
Able. editor Weather Bureau; DR.. Sam
uel W. Stratton, director, Bureau OF
Standards: Senator H. G. Dodge. Senator
Lee s Overman. Representative Joseph
T Johnson Representative Lemuel 4.
Padgett chairman House Naval Commit
tee. Captain Joseph L. Jayne. L. D
Y. SUPERINTENDENT Naval Observatory
Charles W Stewart. superintendent OF
Library and Naval War Record. Admiral
Blue. Admiral Twlning. chief Constructor
Matt. Admiral Fisk and Lieutenant Com
rnander GherardL
The new Secretary of the new Depart
ment ~ Labor IS house hunting, and II Is
apparent that Mrs Wilson will not leave
her husband and her capable elder daugh-
ter 10 attend 10 their social duties alone.
Miss Wilson Is at their home In Penn
sylvania.
Tho Misses Wilson are being entertainer
every day and almost every hour. fester-
day Mrs. Franklin X. Lane gave lunch
con I'm their honor. and to-day they were
the guests of Senator and Mrs. Hoke
Smith. who entertained quite n Southern
party for the three daughters of the
President and Mrs Wilson The Meyer
Davis Orchestra gave "A programme dur
ing the luncheon. and a much livelier one
later I'm the afternoon. when the young
folks enjoyed trying out all of the new
dance steps