The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-09


Phil Pat:hin has been recently made
London correspondent for the New York
Tribune and sailed Tuesday on the Lusi-
tania, to reach there, God wiling today or
tomorrow. Polly and the little girl, Betty,
we're to leave shortly to join him, but sup
pose the miserable war business will keep
them on this side. They are now at Lynn,
Mass, with Mrs. Mason, Polly's mother, and
Julia Mason, anxiously waiting news from
across the water. Poor Polly has had dis
agreeable sort of summer, first an attack
of scarlet fever, not very serious, but GER
tainly not agreeable, and now all this ex-
citement.
Marjorie Winsatt, Mrs Fox, is another
Washington girl now living in London. Her
husband is connected with the New York
Herald and they have been IN England for
some time, finding life there very agreeable,
from all accounts.
Look out for the Tennessee, Susan, the
rescue ship. Of course, you may miss her
all round, but, with things in this unsettled
state, you may meet her somewhere on the
other side. Captain Ardery will be aboard,
also Captain Ralston, Louise Chase's hus-
band, you know, both of the Engineer Corps.
Lieut. Frank Phipps, Coast Artillery Corps,
is also among those who have been detailed
to make the trip. He was here at the time
of Maitland Marshall's wedding to Jack
Knapp, when his wife, Mary Phipps, was
matron Of honor. You probably remember
Captain Ardey; he was Lieutenant then, as
he was stationed at Washington Barracks,
when you were here two years ago. He has
since been in New York.
At dinner party recently | heard the
most amusing story about member Of Con-
gress. He not only wears a wig, but he
wears three Think Of it! Well, this is how
it is:
You see him come out of his favorite
barber shop with close hair cut. That is
wig No 1. Then a week later you see him
and his hair is much grown. That is wig
No. D. Perhaps week later you see this
gentleman and his hair is quite long. That
is wig No. 8.
NOW VITAL uO you lilllih VI tndt'
The same person told me that certain
Congressman who is as bald as the pro-
verbal billiard ball, gets new wig ever so
often, each time having just little more
gray in it.
To accept the invitation of the Secretary
of War and Governor Goethals to be pas
senger on the first vessel going through the
canal on August IS, John Barrett, director
general of the Pan-American Union, sailed
yesterday for Panama from New York on
the steamer Tenadores
Mrs Turner and Anne Turner, of Des
Mcines, Iowa, who have been visiting in
Washington and in Maryland for about two
months, are leaving Wednesday. Everyone
hates to see them 60, for Mrs. Turner has
endeared herself to everyone, from the
tiniest baby to the oldest lady, and Anne
well, she is just Anne, and everyone likes
Anne. She came Thursday and she and
Ruth and went over to see the Pan-Ameri-
can building. Captain Mitchell, who took
US about, gave us each beautiful blue and
red quill from the wings Of the macaws
who live in the garden. We adorned our
hats with them and went merrily on our way.
Captain tells me that Mrs. Mitchell and
the boys are having the best sort of sum-
mer at Piney Point
Did you ever meet Mrs. Good, of Iowa?
She is the wife of Congressman James W.
Good, of Cedar Rapids, and think one of
the most charming, as well as prettiest,
women in the Congressional set. She is
little and has very blue eyes and light brown
hair and the most radiant complexion ever
saw 1t is only equaled by her smile. You
would like her immensely, and what a time
you would have teaching each other new
lace stitches. Yes, she is the sort of woman
who would be more able to teach you the
latest crochet pattern than the newest tango
step Her son Jimmy is little man, and
at the age of four exceptionally handsome
and bright.