The Washington times., 1914-09-06

any. she will be called upon to play in
the White House program for the COM
ing winter.
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l see that the American Minister to
Sweden and Mrs. Nelson have arrived
safely in Stockholm, and are settled
at the legation there. He'll be received
with enthusiasm, l know. for there are
so many Swedes in the United States
that those left in the old country have
a strong feeling of affection and kim
ship toward Americans, and express
that feeling very generously. The
American legation at Stockholm Is in
an apartment house-as a matter OF
fact, most of the legations are-Stock-
holm being a city of apartment dwelIers.
in the Strandwagen. the most interest
ing street in the Swedish capital. 1t
stretches along the water 'front.' a tre-
mendOusly wide street. with a row of
fne trees down the center, handsome
apartments and shops on one side and
on the other the harbor. a thing of
beauty and magic charm. island dotted,
! blue as the sky. and crowded with ship
ping of quaint and interesting CHAR
acter The cOntinentals have A way
that to Americans smackS of the i'm
pONble of transacting no end of lucra-
tive and and important maritime busi-
ness in their shipping districts without
dctracting one whit from the beauty
and shining cleanneSs of the scene or
|, spelling its charm as residence sec
ton.
Life in these Swedish apartments is q
curious mixture of luxury and discom-
fort The rooms in some of them are
magnificent. of a size entirely unknown
In our flats, and finished charminglv.
but tho elevators are Of the person
ally conducted type and attendants are
an Unknown Quantity. ] recall several
cGtiOuF examples that came to my no.
uCe during our stay there several
summers ago. We dined one evening
NJ one Of the legations The rooms
were delightful. huge. and beautifully
arranged. the dinner excellent. and
served by innumerable ffunkevs. In
deed, we were hardy allowed to breathe
for ourselves. but the minute we left
the apartment door attentions ceased
We had to run the elevator down our
selves and stand on the street corner
10 whistle for our own cab.
Another time an attractive New York
oacheIor, who had rented a wonderful
aD&Ttment for the time devoted to the
olympic games. gave charming dance
in compliment to some of the American
Slf!S IN town. We arrived late having
dined elsewhere first. The fat was on
the top floor, and from there we could
hear sounds of revelry and see figures
fitting by the windows and leaning over
the balconies. Below all was dark. the
doors locked tight and a mad ringing
Of the c0nCi"rge's bell brought no ans
Ner. finally, almost in despair, we
were leaving to try to telephone our
host when from the depths of the low
eT regions appeared the slouchy figure
~ an old cron". somewhat sketchily
altred. and scoldinE frantically. She
dld at last consent to let US in, and.
well. the party was worth struggling
for
Elizabeth Minnetree. now Mrs Harry
Lowman. and her husband are back in
Washington to stay. after spending
nearly two years in Atlanta, Ga. They
are visiting Mrs. Minnetree for the
present. and meanwhile are busy apart
ment hunting. but hope to be settled by
October !.
was in Union Station the other tvcn-
ing 10 meet some friends, and ran into
Mallory Church. just returning from
Prouts Neck. Ne. She looked as smart
as could be. and had on the dearest
.tttle hat, all of feathers. but not in
the last like tn" ubiquitous feather
'y4u" "" have seen :" run into the
ground here. This was black and white,
with some sort of a StiCk-up ornamental
feather. il was set on at an entirely new
angle and the whole effect was dis
traCIingly attractive.
She told me that Mrs. Church and
Maxwell were marouncd in Italy, but
had hopes Of sailing for home before
long.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Susie Nroorc DOnOhoe and George b.
Robe. at Fairfax, on Tuesday. Septem-
ber u. She is Il sister Of that attrac-
tive Mary DOnohOe who married Shield
McCarGIish several years ago, the
daughter Of Stephen Ros2el Donohoe,
editor of the Fairfax Herald. and a
niece of Judge Walton Moore, of Moore.
Barbour, Keith K McCandlish. one OF
the prominent law firms In Virginia
outside of Richmond. The girls have
spent much timc with their uncle: in
deed. they haV" been almost like daugh-
tcrs to him. The wedding is to take
place at Zion Episcopal Church. in Fair
fax and will be followed by n reccp-
uOn.
Washington relatives and friends of
Margaret Cox Benet are anxious about
her. for she is still in Paris. and the
rumors about bombs being dropped on
the city are certainly disturbing. Her
husband. Laurence Benet, is a member
of the Hotchiss company. gun manu-
facturers, and has made quite I name
for himself b. his part i'm invcnting the
Benet-Merrier automatic gun which is,
J understand. being used very general
ly. He naturally does not want to leave
Paris unless forced TO do so-it Is no