The Washington times., 1915-07-25
JEAN ELIoT@
LITTER

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oial season that win be quite unique--if
Il happens. -.
They say-I never have been able to
learn just who they" are. but anyho"
they do the saying, and they have
way Of guessing accurately-that Con-
gresa IL liable to bo back with US In q
very. very little while. It appears that ,
the brain compartment from which
comes this impression Is located next
door to that other one in which IDEAS
about the war In Europe are incubatcd.
20 guess that II Congress comes back |
the war will bring 1t. or something that
has to do with our interest in the war.
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You don't need to be told that II Con-
gress comes back in mld-August 1t will !
bring a big supply Of men and a COM |
parativelv limited number of women. .
There are tho statesmen, first OF all. |
who vii! largely leave their families at
home until after the hot weather passes
Its crisis and the public schools are /
ready to open; then come the Of cials. ,
secrete ries. and the rest Of the entour-
age of Congress. including a good many
unmarried men and a good many mar
risd ones who will be summer bachelors
for a long spell. It really looks quite
alluring.
Wash, ngton has been unusual.y de-
lightful all summer. with unexceps!cn-
able weather and plenty Of agreeable
things to do. Given the inspiration Of
a Congressional resumption and It's at
tendant influx Of men to spur It along,
and think the town is Just In the right
frame Of mind 70 have q great time
with Itself That is. provided. Of course.
that they are coming In order to step
the war.
II they are coming. as l have hoard
1ntinated In somo quarters. for some
other business In relation to the war,
such az getting this country into It. we
can struggle along very nicely without
them. You can't tell what lot Of men
like that may do when they get to-
gether and a-talking.
Then. 1t mayn't happen at all: but II
I were you Id keep my eyes open and
be ready for whatever may come. FOR
they" seem pretty confident that
something extraordinary Is going to
happen.
Pretty Leslie McWilliams and her
mother, Mrs. Charles McWillianls, are
on their way back to their home in Yo-
kahama, Japan, after two months
stay in Washington, which proved all
too short for their numerous friends
here. During their visit, Leslie, who
has never been East before, was put
through a course Of sightseeing, and
there were all sorts Of parties given in
their honor. One day last week Mrs.
Charles r. Humphreys gave an altrac-
tive bridge party for them at the Chevy
Chase Cub Mrs. McLemore. wife Of
Major McIIemore. Of the, Marine Corps.
was hostess at luncheon; Mr.. anil Mrs.
Carl Joerissen and Herbert TIcngstler
invited guests to dinner TO meet them
and among the others who entertained
in their honor were Mrs. Mrs. James
Lee Shelton, the Eli Eliot Palnners and
Hasell S. Dick. of the consular service,
who knew them in Japan.
Leslie is such an attractive person.
with the loveliest red hair and just a
little bit different from those Of us who
have been reared in the United States
Her father, Charles McWillianns, is
Oriental manager OF the Great North
ern Steamship Company. and she has
lived al! her life in tho Far East. save
for occasional visits to California and
the four years she spent in Seattle at
boarding school. She thinks our custom
Of playing tennis without the aid of
boys to retrieve the balls is a bit bar
barous and entirely too strenuous; In
deed she Is not inclined 10 be at all
strenuous. except when it comes to
swimming In the water she Is a veri-
table fish. Moreover she dances charm
ingly
Mrs McWilliams and Leslie were cN-
tensivelv entertained by the Japanese
commissioners to the Panama-Pacific
exposition during the weeks they spent
in San Francisco before coming East.
Leslie, indeed, is a particular favorite
with the japanese. who admire her red
hair extravagantly. She speaks the Ian
guage fiuently She Is also extremely
popular in Manila. where she spends a
few weeks every winter: and one year
came within vote or two of being
elected queen Of the carnival. an honor
which finally fell to a beautiful Spanish
girl resident in Manila.
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Now. Leslie and her mother are or
their way home and expect to sail from
Seattle. on the thirtieth. I had tall
with Mrs. McWilliams one day just be
fore she left and she spoke most in
terestingly Of the curious state of AFFAIR!
which exists in Japan-a nation at war
. vet which has not fired a shot since the
fall of Tsing-Tao. The foreign colony
feels the effects of the state of wa
more than any other class of society
for the English are gone and th'
French. as we'll as the Germans and th'
Austrians. and the small number o
Americans resident in Japan are left t
hold the fort alone.
However. in spite of the war. thi
should prove a gala year for visitors
according to Mrs. McWilliams, for it I
the year of the coronation. The prcsen
ruler. Yoshihto. who came to the thron
on the death of his father in 1912. Is t
be crowned Emperor on November l;
and this will be the occasion of all sort
Of festivities. celebrations. and rejoic
ings. The court has been out of mourn
Ing for six months now; but the core
nation needs must wait until the ric
used in the ceremonialS can be grow
and harvested. as there Is Il traditio
that it must not be planted during tn
period OF mourning.
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