The Washington times., 1914-09-20
Jean ELIOT%
LETTER

~ EAREST SUSAN: The time is
getting short. honey until YOU
IL will he vending your way
SouthN ard, and how am
counting the days II seems outrageous
hat so many months should 60 by
without sight Of your blessed face,
nut-well. the wait is nearly over nov.
believe mother is almost as thrilled
over your coming as she is over the
possibility of Johns return. and vol
know how much that is. II seems now
hat he will not be able to get away
before Thanksgiving. but ! suppose the
time will go by before We know t.
Now for the news. Edith :Irarie
who has been visiting the Baroness
Grassenried. on Long Island. is back
for the winter. and has two attractive
Eirls visiting her. Miss Mofett and
for the weekend on house, party. hut
hear they both left a trail of broken
hearts. even after a few days stay.
II seems as though Washington might
ae turned over to Southern society this
October to an extent not seen since the
civil war. Elections are the cause.
There being but one party in the South
the fight is over with the primaries:
southern Senators and members of Con-
EEGsS can dhOIu W SllCh 10 Ine1E lOpS
and let the campaigns look after them
selves. 1t is far otherwise however,
with folk from the North and West.
Their fences are. many of them. sadly
IN need of mending. and the demand for
personal attention to their campaigns is
insistent Mrs. Britton and Mrs. Bor-
land are two prominent women whose
husbands are trying to get home and
who will go with them to help the cause |
along. Mrs. Thomas has already accom- |
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Mrs. Murdock and Marcia are in Kan |
sas helping the Hon. Victor Murdock in |
his race for the Senatorship. The Camp |
nells are going home just as soon as (
hey can get away.
Mrs. Cummins is now in Iowa. mayhap |
ioing little campaigning for the Sena-
or on the side. Throughout Iowa there
s a very strong idea that Senator Cum
ruins should some day be President of
ne United states. and l understand that
me thing back of il is the feeling in
trained in the minds of most of the
people of the State that Mrs Cummins
= the one woman best fitted to be mis-
tress of the White House.
Mrs. Hoke Smith and Mrs. Fletcher,
IN the other hand, belong TO the happy
clement whose worrying is all over.
Mrs. Smith plans trip home this fall.
out it is just for the pleasure of going
lome and Mrs. Fletcher says you
ouldn't drive her out of Washington.
me Is any lHlSIcSNeN lHc i
new Congressional Club building. which
ss nearing completion. Mrs. Fletcher
spent the summer in Ireland somewhere
on the Irish Sea- and gives a glowing
account Of her visit. |,
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The middies are back at Annapolis
7tter their summer cruise, and they
lave tales TO tell of more stirring trip
than any made by mldshipmen in re-
The giant Missouri and Illinois. with
the officers-to-be aboard. were in .
ne harbor at Gravesend England.
On the day when war was declared he- i
tween England and Germany. on Au- !
Eust q, and the men received a cable
rom President Wilson cautioning them
o remain neutral.
Leaving Gravesend. they met but few
Of the war ships reported to be spread
across the Atlantic. They did speak the
German cruiser Bremen. but received TO {
answer. and just before entering Amer y
lean waters the vessel sighted an Eng
lish ship, which was leading a captured
freighter TO the nearest British port.
suppose the usual crop of girls viii I
aov begin their usual Saturday pilgri- '
mage 10 the Naval Academy for the p
ear old town, it hardly needs the o
harm of brass buttons as a drawing c
ard. but. of course, the combination is r
irresistible. a
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Mrs. Charles W. Miltonberger and a
william F. Miltonberger are back in -
own after a lengthy visit in New York. ~
7'hey are al the Grafton for the present. 81
1t probably will open their y street -
souse later on. Did ] ever send No1 &c
Z iIIiam MiltonberCer's book. DE FeliCi- =,
a.e?" II tells Ill about the pursuit of q, a.
& appiness. which seems 2 large order ~
or q young man, but it is well wor- ~
'eading. a
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Ice
Dorothy bennett is home again after n,
whole three months al Chamber n
sland. Wis. the summer home of the OF
sd Dernetts. She has one more year fu
= school before .y-audatinE from Foi- "
IN Arms but expects this winter to hf
Ike up nlus!" cnurse al Pea body In ii,
.itute, with the idea OF graduating f,
ON there later. Sue is very talented al
oUng person and mighty pretty. tcn. !