New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
WASHINGTON GAY
IN OFF SEASON
Society, Despite Long Session.
Finds Virginia Paths
Enchanting.
IRON The Tribune Bureau


u.shirs4o,. June ga moving
,;.tvrs sbow AZ the White House, all
5sv automobile trips into Virginia ano
Vsrvlsn6. most Of them trailing the
,;~eT roade of the Potomac, and other
vents sppropriate TO long, hot. days
,,'Ste of Washington's accidental sea
~ not disaereeSble thing. For
rsct fullv half Of the women, Of the
oErial world are thankful for the acel-
SsntaI sesson--Rccidental because were
Congress not in session there WOULD De
no ssason-for il has given them All
opuortunity to know those OF their own
set much better than they eoulo 40 III
a whole term otherwise.
Many Of the Virginia trips are 20 lne
famous backgrounds within osy
1880 ~ washington. On Thursday
~ this week the Secretary OF the lnte-
rior and Mrs. Lane took little MIS-
Nancy Lane and Thomas Ewing, Oom,
v,issioner of Patents, over the rugged
loads of the Old Dominion state 70 inc
Antietsm battlefield. They started
oerlv Thursday morning and returned
in the cool Of the evening,
While the President and Mrs. wilson
;ry;t.d onIy members of the CABINET
and their wives and a few others 20
S.e the moving pictures at the Nhl!e
House on Friday, other events TOOK III
q more general company, ana one Oh
the most interesting meetings was
luncheon party at Dover houSS
which in New England might De e4tIeI
= roadhouse, but which in this part OF
the world is known as a private way
side inn. A company Of twenty, moss
~ them wives of Senators, first luncned
~ a long table under the trees ana
then had little tables brought out 10Y
ar afternoon Of cards.
There is as yet scarcely an evidence
of Mrs. Wilson quitting the generous
shelter Of the White House, and II may
he half a month before she leaves lot
Cornish. However, things are held IN
readiness, and if q very hot wave
comes she may depart on days notice'
The departure Of the French AInpas-
sador and Nine. Jusserand Tor France
this week reduces the number OF am
bsssadors 70 q single one-Flscouh'
Chinda, Of Japan.
Speaking of diplomats REMINDS one
that in compliment to the good taste OF
Imsrieans and the eXscting require
-r,.nts Of the diplomatic bureau here
more literary diplomats are sent 10
Wasbincton than to any otner capita.
If the world. George Godoy, son Oh
the Mexican Minister TO Cuba, and VINO
Sne soyon wears was Charge d'Afsires
+or Nsyieo in Washington, has donated
q little pamphlet Of verses, when ne
cslIs ISmilins and Sobbing Sonnets'
MANNERS Of the corps and others VINO
i,,,sr, vnune Godoy's family are reading
- ,ritb much appreciation. While II may
never hand the young MeXicans name
down 10 posterity nor compare with ms
lecture on Mexico, which he gave IN
Washington theatre not so very long
ago II places him in an agreeable llst
81 talented diplomats who wrlte-solhss
I them yeighty books which are reSG
nv statesmen and thinkers the worlu
over. ~ ~,
First and foremost, Of course, are
such authors as the dean OF tne ulpIO-
matte corps, NJ. Jussersnd. ms ms
hook was published in 1876, the year ne
800 ~ age. and is to this day valu-
sbIe treatise on the English drama
from the time of the Norman Conquest
IA the Shakespearian era. A treatise or
advanced theory on the origin OF the
rnsnuscriDt of "The Vision of Piers
Ploughman" brought forth commends-
tory criticism the whole world round.
A number of other writings on the
deepest affairs Of the period, with re-
,nsrkable understanding Of the inner
workings of the American government,
place M. Jean Adrien Antoine jules
Jusserand-whichl long list of names 10
never used-in the front rank OF liter
airy men.
Every one knows what a remarkable
compliment was paid TO literary Amer
lea when James Bryce was sent here as
Ambassador, and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice
is also a writer, and has been since
coming Of age.
The Marquis Cusani Confslonieri left
behind him when he sailed for Italy,
few weeks ago, an envisble literary
reputation in the three-act comedy, lie
Mari Amoureux de sa Femme" adapted
from the Italian Of Giuseppe Giocosa
and translated into French verse. The
initial production was given in New
York under the auspices of the French
Drama Society of that city and was a
great success. Later it was produced in
Washington.
Dr. Naon, recently promoted from
the rank Of Minister to that Of Am
bassador of Argentina, is a prolific
writer on educational subjects, and to
him is due the wonderful school sys-
TEN Of his own republic. Ali Kuli
Khan, for some year Charge dAfairs
o. Persia, and now in that country
making 8 collection for the Persian
section of the Panama Exposition next
year, is a poet of renown in his own
country and almost thinks poetry,
thorgh one Of the finest financial
agents under the guise of a diplomat
sent 70 this country in q long time.
He exeelS in diplomacy also. His wife,
Nine. Ali Kuli Khan, is also writer,
essayist and lecturer.
Alfonso Washington .Pezet, son Of
the Peruvian Minister, is q playwright
Of great promise and has already pro-
dueed more than one play with sue
cess. he is spending the summer at q
New England resort, where he BE at
work on new play.
Vieomtesse de Chambrun, wife of the
former French military sttaehe and a
charming American, left as her last
work done while a resident in Wash
ington, "Sonnets of Shakespeare, New
Light and Old Evidence" And then
there u the VicOmtesse Benoist d'Azy,
l. a.