The Washington times., 1915-09-20
Items of Interest and lmpor-
tance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk. =


quin Mendez. has given up the residence
In Twentieth street. where the legation
has been established for some years.
and will take possession Of 1904 X street
Friday. The house, which Is next door
but one to the handsome Huntington
Wilson residence. now coupled by Capt.
and Mrs. Theodore A. Baldwin. jr.. Is
the property of Gen. and Mrs James H.
Watmough. and was formerly leased to
Capt. Templin Potts. U. 8. N.
The Counselor Of the State Depart
1nent and Mrs. Frank L. Polk have
leased the residence 2ez2 Sixteenth street
for forth. the vS winter and expect to tsks pos;
not come to Washington until then.
The house. which is next door to the
Spanish embassy. was formerly the
me mterv sr Cot sttasse to tf Cas-
this spring by Sumner Welles and Mrs
,Welles: who was Miss Esther Slater
before her MARRIAGE;
Mrs. Edward Brown. who has been a
guest at the White House. left WASH
ington today to return to the lake re-
sort in the West. where she has been
spending the summer. She was called
suddenly to New York by the illness Of
Colonel Brown. and on his recovery
came to Washington with him. The
colonel will remain with President Will
son some time longer.
Pedro Stanley Heeren, second secre-
tary Of the Spanish embassy. Is criti-
cauy Ill at the Newport Hospital. and
his physician. Or. Charles D. Eaton.
Johns Hopkins University staff. in con-
sultation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reside. who
croft place, to % George s R. nPSsa Putnam m com- @
missioner Of lighthouses and member
OF the United States geographic board
have purchased Mrs. s. G. Cornwelrs 8
expect to take Possession on Saturday
Mrs. Cornwell will move into an
apartment in the Avondale.
Franklin d. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy. reached Washing
ton today after q fortnight with Mrs
Roosevelt at their summer home at
Eastport. Me. During the last few
hunting trip in the Maine woods.
Mrs. A: G.. Hepburn. wife Of Com
n1ander Hepburn. and her two sons
summer with Mrs. Hepburn's mother,
Mrs. Roman. at her country place near
Cumberland. Md. They made the trip
last winter was on duty in the Bureau
OF Steam Engineering, Is now at sea
attached to the U. 8. 8. South Caro-
Mrs. Roman, who makes her home
with her daughter in winter. will re-
main in the country for some time.
The Minister Of Cuba and Madame
T.,
until the end Of the month. They went
over to meet the wife Of the President
Of Cuba on her arrival in. this country.
where she came to place her sons in
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Wilson have
returned to their apartment In the
brother and sister In law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Talbot. at Englewood. N. J.
Commander and Mrs: Charles 7 Hus.
England. have arrived at Newport.
where they will remain for several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. otto Torney Simon
have returned to Washington from San
Francisco. and are now at their home.
1720 street.
Mr.: and Mrs. Simon Wolf have re;
absence Il in ' the White mountains. i 'N'
Mrs. Frederick E. chap,n is in Wash
ington for a few days. after passing the
summer In the White Mountains. but
will go to Atlantic City with Mr.. Chaplin
shortly for an autumnal visit.
Capt. Mark Bristol. chief Of the d.
vision Of aeronautics Of the navy.
reached town yesterday, after a visit
to Mrs. Bristol's mother. Mrs. Ritten-
house Moore. at Tallulah Falls. Ga.
The Brazilian Ambassador to Vienna.
Raoul Regis de Olivira, and Madame
de Oliveira. who have been visiting Mr..
side. are now in New York. where they
will remain until they sail for Vienna,
late in october.
Mrs. John H. Russell. wife Of Major
Russell of the Marine Corps, reached
the summer at Windsor. VT. and visited
her sister. Mrs. Cottman. in Baltimore.
on her way home.
The chief counsel of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Joseph w. Folk,
and Mrs. Folk have returned to their
home In Leroy place. after a visit to
Atlantic City
The marriage of Miss Gertrude Eich-
HNA "ooAhtCt VI SAt hnb 1uIS. tA' -.
Eichhorn, to Martin J. McNamara. will
take place on Wednesday morning at
8 o'clock in st. Aloysius Church, the
Rev. Father Eugene Mcdonnell. s. j.,
officiating. Miss Mary Moran will be
maid of honor; william Leahy will
serve as best man. and the ushers will
be Raymond Eichhorn, the bride s
brother. Frank Gaegler, Ernest John
son and Leo Rover. Mr.. Mcnamara
and his bride will live at the Mont
gomery apartments.
A downpour OF rain did its best ia
spoil the picnic given yesterday al
Newport by Mr.. and Mrs Richard
Thornton Wilson and Preston Gibson
at Newport; but instead of allowing
the inelement weather to Interfere
Mrs. Wilson turned hostess and the
guests gathered with their luncheon
baskets at her villa in Narragansette
avenue. Later. when the sun came
out. the party went for an automobile
ride inl0 the country
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Pierpont Perry. hNr and Mrs
Harry Oelrichs. Mesdames Joseph
Hartman. Lorillard Spencer. Jr.
Gordon Douglass. Arthur Scott Burden
Clarence w. Dolan and John Sanfor
the Misses Roberta willard. Muris
Winthrop and Mimi Scott. ant
Walter T. Maynard. Robert Mckee