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with the armies of those countries.
also with the Russian troops. for q
short time.
Mr.. Powell has written several
books concerning France and Bel
gium and the war. and Is how COM
pleting one to be entitled ITALY at
War" Doesn't that sound interest
ing? II you had heard Will Irwin
| tell of the things he saw while with
the Italian army and of the battles
| IL has to fight with nature thousands
OF feet up in the Alps, you would
know what a fascinating story could
be written about the Italian army.
VIII Irwin Planning to
Return to Europe.
BY the by, Will Irwin is planning
to return to Europe next week. Eu-
rope just now seems to have a fas-
cination for newspaper men and
writers. Judson welliver is in Lon
don. you know, and Phil Patchin. who
returned only a week ago. is already
planning to go back to England
shortly. He left his wife, Polly Ma
son that was, and babies over there.
To return to Mr.. Powell, he brought
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to him by the French government.
taken in France, the Balkans. and at
Saloniki He will show them this
evening at Memorial Continental
Hall. He presented them in New
York before 10000 people. They are
really quite remarkable, / am told.
He will talk about them this even
ing. He spent yesterday morning at
the War College. addressing the army
officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Powell have been ex-
| tensively entertained during their
stay here. They attended. among
other functions. a very interesting
luncheon at the French embassy a
few days ago.
Mrs. Harrison G. Foster
Visiting Her Sister.
Another interesting visitor is Mrs.
Harrison G. Foster, of st. Paul. Mimi,
who is visiting her sister. Mrs. F. J..
| IL Won Engleken- Like Mrs. Won En-
gleken. Mrs. Foster Is a real person,
interested in public works and worth
while things. They are both daugh-
iters--aIso Mrs. Richardson Gibson
of the late Col. Hart Gibson, one Of
the most brilliant men in Kentucky.
Mrs. Foster h vice president of the
national committee of women voters.
succeeding Jane Addams. She was
one OF the few women delegates to
the Democratic Convention in St.
Louis last spring. representing the
State OF Washington, where she re-
sided until recently.
She was also one of the committee
to inform Vice President Marshall Of
III l. fa
a conspicuous person and one well
worth knowing. Her husband is the
son of the late Senator Foster from
Tacoma. and is a retired capitalist.
! He is a Republican and his wife a
Democrat. They always go to the
polls together. but vote differently.
She was asked to run for Congress
while living in Washington. but re-
fused.
Met Two CharminE Visitors
Mt VOn EnEIeken Teh.
At the Won EngIeken tea one after
noon recently l met two charming
visitors in Washington. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Barrett. OF Birmingham. Ala.
They have left since for New York.
but will return in a day or two to re-
O.
Barrett is a newspaper man.
His wife is a sister of the late
Archibald Butt. and is extremely
handsome. Another fascinating
woman there that same afternoon was
Mrs. Jouett Shouse. She is so good
looking and so clever, She is a We'll
lesley graduate. Mrs. Shouse is the
sort who is interested in everything
and can get up before a crowd of
folks and make a splendid extempo-
raneous speech IL she has to.
Then the L. S. Grants. Jr., are in
town. visiting Prof and Mrs. Stim-
son Brown. They are coming back
in October to make their home here.
Hugh Gibson is here. too. He is the
secretary Of the American embassy
T n London the same Hugh Gibson
Sho- was reported engaged to Eliza
beth Asquith. the former premiers
daughter. Like Mr. Asquith, Mr.. Glib
son denies the allegation.
Came 10 This Country
TO spend ' acatiOn.
Mr.. Gibson came to this country
for a vacation. has been here about
three weeks. Immediately after
landing he went TO California, his
natlNe State. Dut OnS Tor short
visit. hurrying back here. He Is a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r.
Mitchell. He hasn't any plans for the
future, isEwaiting orders from the
State Department. OF course he ex-
poets to return TO London IL he can
get there. He does not seem at all
timid about crossing the ocean just
now.
There are quite a number OF con-
sulsr officers and their families in
town at the present moment. wait
ing for an opportunity to cross the
ocean. There is Col. Loren Listoe, for
one, consul general at Rotterdam:
also Douglas Jenkins. our consul at
Riga. Russia. and Fred Dearing. sec
retary OF the American embassy at
Petrograd.
Waiting Hcre 20 Get
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