The Washington times., 1915-10-31
JEAN ELIOT|
LETTER.

Service man dogging their heels, VIII
must be particularly trying. HoweS
that Is one Of the penalties Of Grea
ness-and I don't suppose II is par
| ticularly pleasant occupation for the
l members of the Secret Service force.
However, II has It's amusing side. which
appeal I very strongly to me when ]
met MI Wilson and Mrs. Gait walking
In Rock Creek Park one Sunday after
ooon-with the guard behind them. torn
between his fear OF allowing the Presi-
1 L It out OF his sight. and his desire to
at discreet distance
Dcially everything is hanging fire
here. waiting upon the announcement
!, OF the d. Of THE wedding. and the
White p plans for the winter. The
tadies ( nv Cabinet will not even con-
slider tn, sogram for the season until
afte T. important matters are
sett d.
M. L., Ing. moreover, Ia still suf-
fering fr' n the sprained shoulder which
resulted from a too strenuous game Of
golf. and which has prevented her taxi
Ing much interest In entertaining or
being entertained: and Mrs. Lane is re-
fusing all invitations for the evening or
for Sunday, as the Secretary ts devot-
Ing all his time to the preparation OF his
report. and she will go nowhere without
him.
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The Postma ster General and Mrs. Bur-
Lesson inaugurated last evening a series
of Informal dinners. which viii be
h feature of the weeks before the sea-
SON. really begins. dinnors with Mexi-
can viands as the pieces de resistance
nrd Mexican colors for decorations: and
fhe Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels dinner for the Bryans viii be
the most important event of this week.
The Daniels went to Annapolis yester-
'lav for tho football game. accompanied
bv Miss Betsie Haywood. of Raleigh.
N. c.. who Is their guest. They iunchcd
with Captain and Mrs. Eberle. who also
gave a dinner for them before the hop
at the Naval Academy last evening.
Don't believe anything you hear and
only half you see." has always been
good policy and still is. In telling you
Of the arrival OF the Persian minister.
Gen. Mehdi Khan. I told you that he
did not like Washington. something
that has repeatedly come to my ears:
but recently have talked with an asso-
ciate of his who assures me that on the
contrary the minister Is extremely par
tial to Washington. His exceliency
might have had any post In Europe he
desired and his act In returning here
is the best testimonial to his attitude
toward America and Americans. More
over. after travelling through all the
cities Of Europe and Asia. he states
that he can name few to rival Washing
ton. After a six months sojourn abroad
he braved the dangers Of an ocean
crossing during war time to return to
his post
Gar dar khaneh kas hest yek harf
bes ast." That is Persian and expresses
some pretty sentiment that will leave
you to dig out for yourself.
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Barbara Kauffmann's engagement to
Lewis Newton Murray. Of Dunkirk. N.
Y. has been announced and prepara-
tions are under way for q spring we'd
ding. Barbara is the very charming
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph
kauffmann and 1t Is highly probable
that she will have a country wedding.
with the lovely Kaufman place. Airlie,
on the Military road. as the scene Bar
bara is unusually popular in society.
although she has always cared more for
serious things than for a purely frivol-
Gus existence. She Is keen for philan-
thropic work and is a talented artist,
who has done some charming things in
water colors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor and
their particular chums. Mr.. and Mrs.
! frederick Eichelberger, motored to the
Hagerstown fair not long ago. an ap-
parently uneventful trip which eventu-
ally resulted In the purchase of three
horses. They saw on exhibition at the
fair several fine animals which took
their fancy; so the following week they
all motored to Millwood, In the Shenan-
doah valley. where the Grosvenors
bought high-bred green hunter and a
small polo pony named Watermark and
the Eichelbergers purchased Buckskin,
an Indian pony. reddish brown In color.
marked with white. The children of
both families are wild with delight.
On the return trip they encountered
the Secretary Of the Interior, who Is a
close friend Of Mr.. Grosvenor: Mrs.
Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Caspar
Miller and several others. who were
also motoring. and they Joined forces
for several very pleasant hours.
Mrs. Grosvenor is an excellent horse
woman and plans to take UP riding
with reRulerity again. while Mr.. Gros-
venor is to buy another horse SO hs
can accompany his wife. They expect
to remain at their country place. near
Rockville. until about Christmas time.