Evening star., 1916-10-29

The country homes near Washington,
ever increasing in number. while not.
as a rule. the center of smart activities
that they are in other communities.
help to leaven the social life of~the city
At this season. Who knows but in an
other decade our debutantes may be
tumn introductions with country homes
as background. as the buds in smart
circles at Philadelphia and elsewhere
are doing now. The reversion to some
thing of the simplicity of earlier
day. to those who know the social side
of life at Washington in the autumn.
makes up much of the charm of that
brief period. The bachelor, soon to be-
come a benedict, who confesses pa
thetically that he has inspected thirty
two houses and Yer does not know
where he will live after the happy day.
D. another and not altogether un-
familiar story Of Washington autumn.
The wedding Wednesday of Miss
Draper and Prince Andrea Boncom-
pssni brought A number of guests from
q distance. opened a few houses sooner
than they would otherwise have been
opened. brought back to town tempo
rsrily few men and women who will
not be coming for the winter till later.
giving. with the final hospitalities for
the bridal party an aspect Of gayety TO
tie social surface that does not usually
accompany an out-of-season wedding.
The bride. with her usual tact, was
mindful Of every one. and among those
Who will long remember the wedding
day of Miss Margaret Draper and
Prince Andrea Bencompagni the
three little acoiytes who served at the
ndptial mass. Not only did the new
princess gracioasiy include them among
, those whom she bestowed farewell
sifts. but the brides mother saw to il
that they were fea sted on all the good
les provided for the wedding break
fast. TO say nothing of arriving and de-
parting in the Draper limousine in the
lee Of iiysried attendants and of getting
the whole dsv of from school.
Only once in four years does WASH
ington look for so many changes in its
official personnel as that to which II
will have to aecustom itself this sea son
In the army circle. Beginning in the
spring with new Secretary of War
ard a new assistant secretary. one cir
cumstaDce or another has since brought
many additional cha nges in high places
In that branch Of the service, to whom
Washington. for the time being. is pied
{. terre. The death of Brig. Gen. Albert
- >IiIis. the retirement of Brig. Gen.
. lanes b. Aleshire and of Brig. Gen.
Montgomery NJ Msconb. president OF
the War College. preceded shortly by
that OF Brig. Gen. Dan c. Kingman.
chief Of engineers. remove group Of
distinguished men. who with their
families have taken in recent years a
more or less prominent part in the Of
hcial and social life of the capita |.
These. with other changes brought
about by the call to the border. will
largely make over this season one of
Washington'sc most interesting circles.
The new Japanese bassador. Mr..
Aimaro Sato. will leave Washington
today for New York. en- route TO Long
Branch, where he will be presented to-
morrow to the President at Shadow
Lawn The ambassador will be accom-
panied from Washington by the en-
> baesy stan. The arrangements for his
presentation have been completed by
tne State Department. Mr.. Sato Is the
hfst Ambassador during this .sdmi n is
tration to be presented to the President
outside of Washington. as President
Wilson's absences from the capital