Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-10
Told Of the Notables.

While hosts Of Miss Helen Cannon's
friends were grievinG about her quick
trip to Warrington and her sudden de-
parture for the west, she was all the
while snugly tucked away in the
charming homo Of Miss Amaryllis Gil
lett, and recovering from . slight indis-
position. Miss Cannon went to the
homo Of Miss 0illett from the hotel.
whore she spent . day or two. and
rested and thought over the many fur
nished houses she had Inspected while
looking for . winter homo. When Miss
Cannon decides upon q house. which
viii BE- much smaller than that occu-
pied by her while her father was
Speaker Of the House. she will imme-
diately have shipped to Washington
many Of her dearest art treasures. to
make the place truly look honey. Since
living In Warrington Miss Cannon has
spent . year In India and China with
her brother-in-law and sister, MIR. and
Mrs. Le Seure, a. travelling companions.
She brought many exquisite objects OF
art from those countries. such as en-.
hroideries. carvings, paintings ana
much beautiful LACQUER work The col,
large, 10 said by Miss Cannons friends
to Be very fine These are the things
which will make the Cannon home at
tractive. Mrs. lie Seure has placed her
younger daughter IN boarding scno moo
Miss Cannon. She will have her elder
daughter, Miss Virginia Le Seure, with
her.
Mrs. Robert Lansing has the visiting
world guessing whether she will waive
the formalities practiced by many
former women In her oflcial position
and make first call upon the wives OF
foreign ministers as well as upon sne
~ ako ar
these courtesies to tho women OF great
or rank. The social code Of the State
Department requires her to make hrst
calls only upon ambassadors. wives.
home and wait for the ministers wives
to make the nrst visit. Mrs. Hay. Mrs
Root and others practiced this custom
Mrs. Bryan, however. called upon the
wives Of both ambassadors and min
listers. It Is probable that Mrs. Lans-
ing, who 30 thoroughly understands the
dificulties under which new women OF
the diplomatic corps labor, VIII call
upon them. With her 1t would not be
an arduous task. for she keeps . visit
and It would leave only the newer min
isterS wives to be visited. Whatver
Mrs. Lansing does as the wife OF the
Secretary Of State will establish per-
and good taste. as well as her knowl-
edge Of such matters are not to be
questioned. And then she has her
mother, Mrs. Foster. to advise and guide
her. should she faiter.
Washington il city Of historic
"reminiscences, and some one Is always
coming to remind US Of past admins
trations. There will leave Washingeon
leans Mrs. Walter R. stauffer. grand
daughter Of President Zachary Taylor.
and daughter Of his only son. Richard
Taylor. who won fame in the confed-
sesses many Of the charming attri-
butes Of her famous aunt, sweet Betty
Bliss" who made President Taylor's
administration famous for it's hospital
Mrs. stauffers daughter. Mrs. John A.
McIllhenny. wife Of the civil service
commissioner. was with her. and thew
white House to view the relics Of the
Taylor administration. which Mrs
stauffer had presented to the White
House collection. A candlestick.
sne of
Vista" are the objects and they are Of
unusual interest. They were formally
presented some time ago. but Mrs.
Stauffer had not seen them in place.
Meeting Nine. Shah, wife Of the Chi
nese minister, in a downtown depart
ment store the other morning, and
watching her select American made
goods for her children's clothes. makes
one feel, after all, that diplomats are
just folks. This feeling grows as you
ines," and then know that she will
take the dry goods home and cut nd
make the garments with her own I'M
gers. And yet, they say. Mr.. Shah is
a very rich Chinese gentleman Nine
Shah uses American patterns for cut
ting the clothes, and the children who
wear them are all in the public schools