Evening star., 1914-11-01
Gossip Of Society.

the past few days, with actually snap
py weather, brought out the first furs
OF the season. They pushed aside the
great quantity of skating scarfs" that
have been seen on the streets. and
which have been so popular because
they are q novelty. and their colors
are bright and attractive
Miss Isabel May. in fact, even wore a
fur coat during the week-a sealskin
cutaway. reaching to the Knees. win n
a stole of the same thrown over her
shoulder With a black satin sailor
hat. trimmed with three rosettes of fur.
there was the same dash to her cos
tune as has always been noted in for
mer years
.Apropos of hats, Mrs. Charles Hag-
ner is wearing a very pretty black
velvet hat trimmed with fur and one
red rose. Walking down Connecticut
avenue the other day, she also wore a
fur stole, which was of black FOX. Her
suit was of blue serge.
Miss Patten was also bundled up in
furs during the week. II the latter
had been a shade lighter and her saucy
little Pomeranian a shade darker, turS
and dog would have been perfect
match
So far as the war is concerned all the
pessimists are claiming that the social
season Will be d dull one because of the
lack of social intercourse among the
chiefs of the diplomatic corps. Then.
too, IL is generally understood that
there will be no festivities at the
seems to be pretty we'll understood
now. at least in the gossip going
around. that while the season will not
be gay outwardly. it will be much more
interesting this year than for long
time.
Some people are quoting a remark OF
the German ambassador, made when he
was informed that the season would
not be as brilliant as usual:
For my part" he said. so much the
better. With fewer big duty func-
tions. one Will have leisure to cultivate
ones own friendships"
The German ambassadors view Is
that of number of others. There are
many persons whom one meets and
would like to more of. but the rou-
tine of official affairs does not give the
time
Although the chance1lery of the Brit
ish embassy is one of the busiest places
in Washington, and Sir Cecil Arthur
Spring-Rice a busy man. the ambas
sador finds time to take his children
out to Rock Creek Park. where they
lie In the hedges and watch the birds,
studying their habits and their notes.
The amba ssadors children take to out
door life. or stick to it, rather. as ducks
do to water. For instance. they have a
small garden. strip of land right un-
der the drawing room windows of the
British embassy at Connecticut avenue
and n street, where the morning sun
viii in the springtime call to life the
bulbs they We're busily planting the
other day. These children are not only
typically English children in their love
OF flowers and gardens. but they are
dressed as English children are dress-
ed-quite simply. The little boy wore
linen suit Of old blue. and the little
the only trimming being shocking
Nine. Bakhmetef. wife of the Rus
sian ambassador. is a very interested
worker in the affairs of the Red Cross
and on this side of the globe is work
ing as hard. possibly, as on the other
side is Countess Won Bernstorf, wife
of the German ambassador, who is a
Red Cross nurse at Munich
Every afternoon one may see the
splendid big car OF the Russian en-
bassy. with the Cossack footman that
has become one of the fixtures of
Washington, standing in front of the
Red Cross building on H street, oppo-
site the Metropolitan Club. On these
excursions Nine. BakhmeteQ dresses
very simply, almost in a businesslike
way.
Nine. Bakhmeteff's rkece. Mrs. Ed
ward B. Mclean. is looking very we'll
this autumn. her friends have noted.
Mrs. Mclean and Nine. Havenith, wife
of the Belgian minister. are constantly
seen together, driving out 10Th street
in the afternoon and through Military
TOdU TO inc Sn0Vy tnaS6 ClQD. When
Nine. Havenith is not with Mrs. Nc
Lean one usually sees Mrs. Preston
Gibson with her.
The Gibsons, the McLeans, with the
Vfcomte and Vicomtesse de Sibour
were at the theater the other night.
Mrs. Gibson wearing a yery smart
gown of midnight blue velvet. She
wore a bandeau of diamonds that was
arranged perpendicularly. instead of
the old circling way, in order to follow
the line of the new coiffure
Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry has been a
frequent visitor to the theater lately,
wearing smart evening wrap of tur-
quoise blue satin brocaded with large
figure done in threads Of gold. With
this coat she invariably wears clus-
ter Of mauve orchids, which harmonizes
with the peculiar shade of the wrap
Mrs. Gerry and Mrs. Murray Cobb
seem to be as intimate friends as Mrs.
Mclean and Nine. Havenith or Mrs.
Mclean and Mrs. Gibson. In fact, the
McLeans, the Gibsons the Hayeniths
and the de Sibours form an interesting
octet of friends So much SO that they
remind their other friends of the close
acQuaintanceship that existed between
Nine. Havenith when she was Miss
Ffoulke, Mrs. Archibald Davis when
she was Miss Daisy Cotton and Mrs.
Victor Cushman when she was Miss
Louise Foraker.
The Belgian legation, which was for
merly the Ffoulke residence, Nine Have
niths gfrlhood home. has, as many per-
sons know. the finest collection Of tap
estries in the city. AS many people do
not know, however, it also has a fine col
lection, these days. of hobby horses roller
skates. balls and other childish treasures.
which catch the eye before the tapes
tries do. in the dim lights in the hail.
way entrance which the Belgian minis
tePs Persian servants maintain there for
the piebald racehorse of young Master
Iiavenith is certainly a rather startling
hing to meet in the entresol. This