The Washington times., 1914-08-23
JEAN ELd0T@
LETTER.

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29rtstion with the other, as it were. l
m going TO mail this at the Union
station just as l hop on a train that
VII take me to a spot in Maryland
here | have an idea il is cool snail
tay there for the week END and maybe
niger, so probably your next letter
viii be an agricultural bulletin dealing
With crops. etc, rather than the sort of
Sossip l think you really enjoy
The Turkish ambassador, Rustem Sey.
as leased the handsome house in Con-
necticut avenue formerly the Turkish
ombassy. but which has for the last
year been occupied by the Charles G..
IcChords. The house has a large ball
room and, as the ambassador is hos
ritably inclined, it probably will be the
Gene Of many festivities next season
me of the few embassies in fact where
my entertaining is likely to be done
The McChords are planning to take
an apartment at the Willard for the
winter. They are now at White Sui
phur Springs for an extended stay,
where Margaret McChord is one of the
most popular oAthe younger contingent.
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Everybody has been so much inter-
NSeCa III lItc NlSil VI lHe DUCHESS OF
Marlborough that there hasn't been
much attention paid to the several other
American women. married to English
men of position, who have been in this
country this summer Mrs John Ward
Jean Reid that was, is one She has
been staying with Mrs. Reid at Camp
Wild Air. in the Adirondacks. and at
the Reid country estate near White
Plains. --.
Another interesting visitor is Lady
Granard. who is spending the rest of
the season with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ogden Mills. at Newport. and who
is the only American woman who has
ever possessed the right to make use of
tbs royal liveries of England. as we'll
% q the royal carriages and motors.
This right comes to her as the wife of
the master of the horse.
There has been story persistently
used In the American papers to the ef-
feet that Lord Granard was likely to be
made yfceroy of Ireland. which would
Lady Curzon. Mary Letter. was vicereine
Of India They tell me. however, that
there Is absolutely no chance of that,
as Lord Granard Is a Catholic, and
Catholics are specifically barred by law
from the offices of lord high chancellor
OF England and viceroy Of Ireland.
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Mrs. Frank Suloot tells me she and
her young son have been stopping with
Mrs. Walter Reed at her attractive
cottage at Blue Ridge Summit. and that
Mr.. Smoot and John Childress motcred
up recently and brought them home.
Mrs Reed, by the way, is the widow of
Walter Reed. for whom the army gen.
eral hospital in Georgia avenue is
named. He lost his life combating
Yellow fever, but not before he had
made some tremendously valuable dis
coyerie6 in regard to the nature of the
disease, a real contribution to science.
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Mary Radford has been spending the
summer with her aunt, Mrs. Randolph
Coyle, at Barnstable. on Cape Cod
Young Randolph Coyle is in the Marine
CORPS and is now at Vera Cruz.
Nine de Meissner, whose husband
was Russian ambassador 10 the United
States for some years, is another aunt
Of Mary Radford She has spent mach
Of her life in Russia, but since her
husbands death has lived in Washing
ton-a very interesting person she is.
too. 1t is a real treat to hear her talk
Of her Russian experiences.
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I've Just seen the most interesting let
ter from Mrs. Jonathan Bourne. writ
ten to q friend Of nine and telling Of
her experiences in Paris during the pres
ent trouble. 1t seems that she and her
sister. Mrs. Peirce. of Providence. r. l..
we're settled there, stopping at the Hotel
St Petersburg. IN the Rue de Rivolf,
WheE the war broke out, Mrs. Peirce
being under the care Of n physician.
They talked things over and decided 20
stick il out there. rather than try to
get home and. when the hotel was
turned into hospital. recently, Mrs.
Bourne offered her services and Is now
in charge of one of the wards. Under
her she has a corps Of ten american
girls. all Of whom are detained in Faris
from one cause or another and who
rave volunteered to act As nurses Mrs
Bourne writes that the work is heavy,
but the most narrowing thing of all is
her daily trip to the mala hospital the
Hotel Lieu. fer instructions The
streets are Iull of people, women IN
black. with tears streaming down their
faces. nobs dcVourinE with anxious eyes
the bulletin boards and over all feel
irg Of tenstoess anil strain.
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II is safe to say that more than 800
women belonging TO the legislative set
Of the Capital have braved a warm
and unpleasant summer to be with their
men folks. They are spending their
time putting Up preserves. catsups. iel-
lies, and canned dsinties for the win
ter. Mrs. Burness. wife of the chair
man of the House Committee on Inn
migration, and a resident of Alabama
says she and numerous others are en-
gagged in this task.
she says she has lived here for nearly
eighteen years, and has found II won
derful She has met many great men
and women. and about FIVE years ago
she went abroad with her husband and
vas presented to the Kaiser and other
crowned heads of Europe. She says,
however. that one of her proudest mo-
ments was when she was bride and
Z very inexperienced housekeeper she
took first prize for apple Jelly at an
agricultural fair.
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Next to the war news what do YOU
suppose interested me the most in YOUR
Ietter--a letter of weeks ago, by the
way. which has just reached me? Why,
the account Of the public baths for dogs
in Munich. II you have ever attempted
u battle six feet of dog in as many feet
of tub, you'd realize what blessing
such thing would be to fat dwelling
dog owners, and all others without
proper facilities. OF course, I don't
pampered pOodles, but a real honest to-
dog Numbered, brushed and combed for
a reas Jnable sum, in short, just such a
place as you describe.
II would pay here. too, just as il
does there. But they do some things
better in Germany. l see that the
municipal authorities in New York are
irving q, mass an ordinance lY7akip1 il