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The Washington times., 1917-06-17

the camp had q good time last night.
for that Is the number who were en-
tertained at dinner at the Church OF
the Epiphany parish house. The
church gave them q dandy spread"
and had twenty-five OF the prettiest
girls in the congregation to entertain
them. The Church OF the Covenant
did the same thing last Saturday.
The churches are almost all intensely
interested In the training camp, and
are trying to do their bit to make the
life OF the men q little jollier.
II was At retreat at Fort Myer the
other afternoon that | saw Alice Shsp-
ard with one OF the bags her mother 70
making and selling for the benefit Of
the Red Cross. The bag. which Ars.
Shepard has patented. Is unusual. and
has attracted . good deal Of attention
A large cross made Of red ribbon.
one end Is slipped over the arm. the
needles fit down into the opposite end
and the knitting lies In the horizontal
section
There, now. I really must bring my
letter to q close.
Yours, fondly.
JEAN ELIOT.
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from their eagerness to hear all about
my hurried trip East
You see, Mrs. Sherman. who Is
chairman OF the conservation commit
tee OF the National Federation OF
Women's Clubs. received q request
from Herbert Hoover to come to
Washington for q conference on q
certain day.
The letter was sent to her home In
Chicago and. had II found her there.
she would have had plenty Of time to
make the journey comfortably. In
stead she and her husband were In
Estes Park. Col, where they pass
their summers. so the letter was q
day or two late in reaching her and
, she had q day or two longer to
travel
Mrs. Sherman got here in time to
keep her appointment with Mr..
Hoover. And. she confided. the only
gaps in the wardrobe which she has
tily crammed into q suit case were OF
the sort that she could MI in at any
town which boasts q department
store. After her talk with Mr.. Hoover.
she went to Baltimore for q day or
two, but she has been in town on and
on during the last week on Federation
business. Mrs. Sherman Is prominent
among Chicago clubwomsn and has
many friends here.
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I end OF June. Captain Watkins having
been detailed to duty as instructor
Mrs. Watkins was formerly Ruth
Bliss. They have recently had an In
terestIng trip into Mexico. their nrst'
although they have been so long on
the border. and several of Mrs. wat
kins' friends had letters from her
dated from Matamoras and other IN
teresting Mexican towns.
have recently heard, by the way,
a bit OF news that will interest you
that the Harry Grays are coming to
Washington to live. Mrs Gray was
Washington girl, Margaret Murdaugh.
She is a daughter OF Mrs. ]. cambridge
Murdaugh and is a warm friend OF
Ruth Bliss Watkins.
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Ever since their marriage, four or
ive years ago. the Grays have been
living in Huntington. W. Va; but Mr..
Gray. who is with a big insurance
company. has recently been promoted
and put in charge of a wide territory
in the East He will have hesdquar-
tiers in Washington and Mrs. Gray and
her young son, Harry Fitzhugh Gray,
jr.. will come to town in the autumn to
make their permanent home. They are
at warrenton, Va, for the summer.
Mrs. Murdaugh has recently returned
to town after a short visit TO her
daughter.
The news that the Grays are coming
to Washington is ever so welcome, for
Mrs. Gray has hosts of friends here
and was always unusually popular.
She has a lovely voice and Is a tai
ented musician.
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Moncheurs Welcome visitors
With Belgian MIssIon-

The extraordinary interest which
Washington feels in the arrival OF
the Belgian mission, due to our SYM
pathy and respect for Belgium, is
augmented by the fact that the com
mission is headed by Baron Ludovic
Moncheur. some time Belgian minis
ter in the United states. Baron Mon
cheur was himself highly popular
here, and his wife is an American
woman who has spent much Of her
life in Washington.
Great regret is felt that Baroness
Moncheur is not with her husband.
She remained at lie Havre, where
the Belgian government is estab-
Iished. with her children. Baroness
Moncheur was formerly Charlotte
Clayton, daughter of the late Gen.
Powell Clayton. The Claytons are a
Pennsylvania family, but were long
residents OF Washington. The gen
eral migrated to Kansas before the
civil war and settled in Arkansas.
where he found himself at the end OF
the conflict.
1t was as governor OF the latter
State and later as Senator from Ar
kansas that he was best known. He
also represented Arkansas on the Re
publican national committee for forty
one years. the longest on record, and
was a delegate TO every Republican
convention from 1872 Gntil The time
Of his death, about three years ago,
Early in McKinIey's Administration
he was appointed minister to Mexico.
Later, the post having been raised To
an embassy. he served as the first
ambassador until his voluntary retire
ment in 1905.
II was during that period that his
daughter met and married Baron
Moncheur. who was then Belgian
minister to Mexico. They were mar
ried in 1902 in the private chapel OF
the Duchess OF Meir, in Mexico City.
by the Catholic church service. In
accordance with the custom Of the
country they also went through the
Mexican civil ceremony at the United
States embassy. All Mexican aristcc-
racy attended the wedding. The
baron's title is one OF the oldest IN
the realm and can be handed down
only by direct male descent.
Shortly after the wedding the Baron
and his bride came to Washington
and established the Belgian legation
at 1Tl2 H street, the old home Of the
ldA" NtHdlOI IlfnEg u Lewis.
The Baroness sisters are Mrs.
Arthur Grant Dun, of England. ard
Mrs. Samuel q. Jones. wife Of Colonel
Jones, U. s. A. Mrs. Grant Dun was
married at the Belgian legation in
Washington in 1906. but the ceremony
was very simple owing to the death
OF the bridegroom's father, the late
| Sir Mounts Stuart Grant DUFF. Mr..
Grant Dun at that time was the Brit
ish minister 10 Cuba. At the out
break OF the war he was serving as
British consul general at Dresden.
Baron Moncheur was minister to
COnstantinople when the world war
was inaugurated. Baroness Moncheur's
only brother, the late Major Powell
Clayton, L. s. A, who was killed on
the Mexican border recently by a fall
from his horse. married Mamie
Langhorne. one OF the famous Lang
horne beauties Of Virginia She lives
in Washington.
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OLD CHURCH SCENE
OF NAVAL WEDDING
Miss Margaret Larner and Ensign
WOIherspOOn Married.

The marriage OF Margaret Larner,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Larner, and Ensign Alexander SOM
ervi1le wothsrspoon, U. s, N, took
place yesterday afternoon The csre-
mony was at ( o'clock in the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
with the pastor. the Rev. DR.. Wall
lace Radcliffe. officiating. and after
ward there was q small reception At
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Larner, In
Nineteenth street.
The bride had but one attendant.
her sister, Miss Ruth Larner. but q
group OF ushers, in full uniform. like
the bridegroom and his best man.
added color to the picture. Ensign
Thomas @. Brown. u. s. N. q class
mate of Mr.. WothsrspOon at the
Naval Academy, was best man. and
the ushers were six other classmates.
Ensign ]. l.. MeRea, Ensign A. z.
Smith. Ensign H. 8. Clark, jr.. Ensign
8. r. Shumaker, Ensign W. A. Hicks.
and Ensign d. W. Armstrong. Mr..
Larner gave his daughter In marriage.
Old Church AbIoOm-
The old church, which IL seldom the
scene of a fashionable wedding, was
full sprays OF Dorothy Perkins roses.
The brides costume was OF white
satin and tulle, made with a court
train and trimmed in seed pearls. The
sleeves were OF tulle. She wore a
tulle veil with n wreath Of orange
blossoms, and carried white orchids
and lilies of the valley.
The maid Of honor wore q becoming
frock OF pale blue georgstte crepe,
with a corn-colored gfrdle to match
her hat OF corn-colored Neapolitan
straw, which was trimmed in blue.
Her bouquet was OF yellow Spanish
iris. Mrs. Larner, the brides mother.
had on a lovely white embroidered
georgette crepe gown, with q black
hat. and Miss Isabella Larner. home
from Smith College for the wedding.
looked her prettiest in q white lace
and georgette crepe frock, with q hat
OF pink and silver.
The reception was quite informal,
the guests including old friends of
both families. -Iaj. Gen. W. W.
Wothsrspoon. U. S. A, retired. and
Mrs. wotherspoon. who came down
from Albany for their sons wedding,
were in the company, as were the
brides grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Southland Parker. Mrs. Parker
wore a black net gown and . black
hat
Among the out-of-town guests were
Miss Dorothy seamans, OF Brooklyn:
Miss Margaret Beckley. of New York:
ar. and Mrs. Roscoe c. North. OF
selIn's Grove. Pa; Mrs. H. K. Willard.
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COX-PARKS WEDDING
HAS OUTDOOR SETTING
Beautiful Ceremony Takes PIacs n
Emery Place Garden.

The marriage OF Miss Hazel Van
zandt Cox, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. V. Cox. and Charles oehm Parks,
which took place yesterday at $50
o'clock. had q delightful outdoor set.
ting In the garden OF Emery Place,
the summer home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cox. An improvised altar was erect
cd under a great cherry tree, with q
prize dieu upon which the young
couple knelt, and the bridal party
approached through an arbor A-bIoom
with Dorothy Perkins roses.
Inc ceremony was performed By
Bishop Wilbur p. ThirkieId, resident
bishop OF New Orleans, and the bride
was given In marriage by her father.
She wore her mothers wedding gown
OF heavy cream-colored satin, fash
Toned over into the mode of the mo-
ment. The overskirt OF tulie was
banded with wide duchess lace. ana
duchess lace was also used on the
bodice The tulle sleeves were edged
with pearls. and pearl embroidery
ornamsnte~ both bodice and skirt.
The court train was hung from the
shoulders. Her veil OF tulls was
edged with lace, an heirloom In the
family. and was held in place BIZ
clusters OF orange blossoms. She car
ried Bride roses and stephanotis.
Matroa Of Homer.
ArA Emory Cox was matron Of
honor; Miss Rose BIodKstt, Of sun
cook, N. H. cousin of the bride, was
maid Of honor, and there were four
bridesmaids-MIss Gladys Pugh, Miss
Ruth Rice, Miss Artsmisia Newman,
and Miss Alwarda Casselman.
@. Sherman Richards. OF New York,
was best man. and the ushers were
Robert T. Crew, OF GAINESVILLE, Ohio:
Theodore G. Sullivan. jr., OF Mont
clair, N. J.; Charles Phelps, OF Laurel.
Nd, and the brides brothers, EmsrY
Coz and Theodore S. Cox.
The brides attendants were an
gowned alike In pink peau de sole
costumes, made with the skirts puff
ed about the ankles in harem fashion.
The bodies were OF the peau de sole
and Opalescent trimming. with short
sleeves OF tulle. They wore pink
georgette crepe hats. trimmed with
shaded pink roses, and carried pink
parasols, with sheafs Of killarney
roses tied to the handles.
The little flower girl, Miss Sarah
Laird. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hor-
ace Laird, OF Norfolk, Va, wore q
dainty frock OF white Quaker lace,
with a wreath OF Sweetheart roses
in her hair. She carried q basket Of
Sweetheart roses
A reception followed the ceremony,
at which Mr.. and Mrs Cox and Mr..
and Mrs. William s. Parks, the BRIDE
groom's parents, received with the
bridal party. Mrs Cox wore a gown
OF turquoise blue faille, with a hat
OF blue gorgette crepe
The out Of town guests at the we'd
ding Included Mr.. and Mrs. Emery
Cox, Of Newport News. Va: Mrs. Hor-
ace c. Laird, OF Norfolk. Mrs. Frank
E. Blo6gett and Mrs. Hall r. Emery,
of Suncook. N. H; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. oehm. and Miss Houston,
OF New York.
Mr.. Parks and his bride will make
their home in Washington Mrs.
Parks travelling gown was OF blue
taffeta, heavily beaded. and with this
costume she wore q coat Of green
Bolivia cloth and a black hat edged
with georEette crepe and trimmed
with a feather ornament.
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Washington Houses shelter
Many Foreign Missions.

II the supply OF missions only holds
out there will be scarcely a hand
some home in Washington but will
go ~own to history as 'the house
where the British-or the French. or
the Italian, or the Russian-mission
resided during its memorable visit to
Washington in 1917" The French,
the British, the Italian, and the Swe-
dish missions were all housed in pri-
vate residences, and now hospitable
Washingtonians have offered their
houses to the Government for the use
of both the Russian and the Belgian
missions.
The Russian mission has a number
of women in its personnel Conse-
quently, the program OF entertaining
will include, in addition to such Of
ficial and semi-official functions as
have been given for all the I.stin-
guisaed visitors from overseas, dem
onstrations by the various suffrage
organizations in honor of ...e femi-
nine members of the body.
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NTitcheIIs Spend Honeymoon
In the Far Orient.

Mrs. William T. RagEett tells me
that she receives the most glowing
letters from the George Frederick
MitchellH. her son-in-law and dauEh,
ter. who are spending a six months
honeymoon in the Orient. Mr.. Mitch,
ell Is tea examiner for the Govern,
ment and is on a mission which will
take him TO all the tea growing coun.
tries OF the Orient. They don't eX.
pect to be back until Christmas
They are now in Japan ana have Wis.
tied Kobe, Tokyo. NaEasaki. all man.
ner Of interesting places. everywhere
fsted in a more or less official fash
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Curtains Originally Made for
Mrs. Carriers Pageant.

At the Friar's frolic at Fort Myer a
week or so ago the curtains draped
across the improvised stage in the
drill hall attracted by attention, for
they are the exact counterpart OF the
great side draperies OF the stage put
up at Rauscher's for the Junior
Leagues Oriental ball last winter.
Rich and Oriental in their coIoring.
apparently made OF some heavy silk,
they are singularly beautiful and at
tracted no end OF favorable com
ment. At least a dozen people
asked me II / knew to whom these
gorgeous draperies belonged, and
raved over their artistic quality.
Then. several days ago l went TO
the Belasco to see Joan the Woman"
AM, 10 and behold, there were the
curtains again. Those draperies are
awfully like the ones that were used
to give atmosphere to the stage for
the recent production OF Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" a
woman next to me remarked-and
that set me wondering. Were they all
the same. or has there been a bargain
sale OF draperies?
Curiosity got the best OF me, and
began TO make Inquiries which Melted
me the information that they belong
to the theater, were loaned to the
Junior league and the powers that
be who arranged the performance at
Fort Myer. and that they were orig
inally made for Mrs. Leslie Carter for
an Oriental pageant play she starred
in some time ago.
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OF Pasadena, Cal: Mr.. and Mrs. EEra
d. Parker OF Mifflintown. Pa, and n
Reed Hayes. OF Lewistown, Pa
When Mr.. and Mrs. Wotherspoo1
left for their brief honeymoon thu
bride wore a chic travelling costume
OF blue taffeta and a black hat trim
med with q wreath OF held flowers.
The Washington times., 1917-06-17
Haiti Gains Much Fame
A n Summer Resort,

Add Haiti to the list Of summer
resorts The island had a gay enough
season" last winter. with quite a
colony OF navy folk in residence. but
it remained for Mrs. Richard :.
Hooker to elect TO spend the summer
in the tropics. You see, her hus
band. Capt. "Dick" Hooker. L. s. NJ
C.. is on duty nj Porte 8u Prince. and
Mrs. Hooker finds the idea OF sum
mer with her husband. heat and all,
much more appealing than the
thought OF a season Of navy widow
hood at the Eavest OF Northern re
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this summer. The Barrys never leave
town early, and may not leave at all
this year. but II they go anywhere
IL will be to jamestown. with Gen
eral Niche in Russia with Mr.. Roots
mission, Mrs. Niche feels that she
wants to stay near the center of
things and within reach OF first-hand
news. She rather expects to spend
July visiting. Margaret Niche will
also make a series Of visits on Long
Island during July.
Katherine Thesis. who is a familiar
figure in jamestown. will be an alb
sentee also this year. Both her
father. Capt. Emil p. Thesis, and her
brother, Lieut.. Paul Thesis, are in the
navy; SO the family is scarcely in the
mood for summer resorts, and will re-
main in town all summer.
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Jean ELOT|
) LETTER.
DEAR SUSAN:

DEAR SUSAN:
Saturday weddings, once regarded
as distinctly bad form, are now with
out doubt very much the thing.
For several years brides OF independ'
ent inclInations have been defying
Fashions rather arbitrary ruling in
view OF the very convenience OF Satur'
day as a wedding day, and, now that
the press OF war work has given rise
TO the vogue Of weekend honeymoons,
this stupid convention has been given
its Knockout blow.
Saturday is certainly the most pop
ular wedding day with girls who are
marrying into the service and the
last day OF each week sees scores Of
other fashionable weddings. For in
stance, Margaret Larner was married
yesterday to Ensign Alexander SomeT-
willie wotherspoon, U. S. NJ and an
event of the same afternoon was the
marriage OF Hazel Van zandt Cox and
Charles Oehm Parks.
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~ a PNA oeA "aAN NA
any sort OF an al fresco function in
these days of frequent, sudden and
distinctly violent rains; but the fates
seem to favor the brides. Eloise Orme
and Tom Robinson had an outdoor
wedding two or three weeks ago, with
the garden at Evermay a dry spot in
a very sea OF rain, and, for the l,rst
afternoon in many days, the sun shone
yesterday while Miss Cox and Mr..
Parks were plIghting their vows I'M
der q great cherry tree at Emery
place, the old home OF the brides
grandparents, the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Matthew Emery, at Brightwood.
which has always been her own home
during the summer months.
To be sure, the breeze was nipping
rather than baImy and furs were
worn rather for comfort than fashion,
but no prettier scene could be imag-
ined. 1t was a rose wedding, the
bridal party making their way
through an arbor covered with Dor
othy Perkins roses, to an improvised
altar smothered in the same lovely
blossoms, and the rose frocks Of the
bridesmaids carrying out the color
scheme.
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Winston Churchill Supposed To
Be Writing Capital Novel

Winston Churchill, who has been
at the Lafayette Hotel for some weeks
now, is popularity supposed to be at
work upon a new novel, mirroring
the social and political life of Wash
ington. Even in a town filled with
princes and potentates, as Washing
ton has been of late, Mr.. Churchill is
a full-sized lion, and he has been
wined and dined so much that, were
three-course dinners not in vogue, his
digestion might be permanently i'm
paired.
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Captain and Mrs. Watkins
Tour Through Mexico.

Capt. and Mrs. Lewis Hayes Wat.
kins. who have been at Brownsville.
Tex, for nearly a year, are due at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, before the
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Rear Admiral and Mrs. Theodore
Jewell, like the Towards, will pas
the summer in town. the first time
IN several seasons that they have not
had a cottage at jamestown. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. J. c. Watson and
Rear Admiral and Mrs. W. X. Van
Reypen have also given up the idea of
going TO the Rhode Island resort.
The Watsons will stay in town and
the Van Reypens have taken a cot
tHge at WesthamptOn, l.. !. They will
leave Washington on June 20.
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The wetmOres to Remain In
Capital for Summer,


Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Whitman Wet
more are too much interested in the
progress OF the new house they are
building to think OF leaving Wash
| ington for any extended period. They
have General and Mrs. Aleshire's
lovely house in s street, so they can
be perfectly comfortable during the
warm weather, and their present
plan Is to remain at home, varying
the monotony OF a summer in town
by occasional trips to Hot Springs.
Va, or other nearby resorts.
The Wetmores have selected Massa-
chusetts Avenue Park, one of the
loveliest spots in Washington, for
their new home, which should he
finished in October. The lot. with
its crown OF fine trees, fronts on
Woodland Drive and combines the
charm OF the country with all the
modern improvements" usual to the
city block. In fact, the new home
OF this very delightful couple, who
have become very definitely Of Wash
ington in the year or two they have
been in Washington. will be that
ideal thing, a country place in town.
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Mrs. Wetmore is trying to persuade
her sister, Mrs. NJ. r. Queen, Of New
York. to make Washington her per-
manent home. To that end, the Wet
mores had Mrs. Owen with them last
week and showed her many OF the
lovely homes about town. She went
back to New York without reaching
any decision, but Mrs. Wetmore
seems to think that by next winter
she will be calling Washington
home. One thing in the way Of the
change is the difficulty of finding at
tractive houses that have not been
snapped up by the newcomers who
are in town in connection with war
time activities OF one sort or an
other.
Mrs. Wetmore Is a writer Of note
and f. widely known as Elizabeth
Bisland. She and her husband are
globe trotters and have lived abroad
a great deal.
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Mrs. David Barry and Mrs. Robert
z. L. Niche, who are members. regu-
lar and in good standing, Of the
jamestown colony, are not sure
whether or not they will go North
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Exhibition Drill Draws
A Capacity Crowd.

A capacity crowd turned out to
see the exhibition drill. with the
Presidents wife among 'em. Indeed.
every afternoon at retreat" the
camp has the appearance OF the
Naval Academy or West Point during
June week. At any other time o. day.
however. hard work is the rule. The
men who are not OF on long hikes
sit about under their barracks-the
only shady place in camp-lntent
upon a lecture from an Instructor.
whose head usually touches the floor
above him. A few OF the boys may
be seen laborlng down the camp
street, bent under the weight Of
heavy mail bags.
The whole atmosphere OF the place
is serious yet cheerful. and there's no
growing or complaining. The men
have been shown all manner OF films
showing the naked realities OF trench
life and some OF the horrors they
will have to face when they 20 to
France. Their nerve has been tested
a bit. and they are standing up well
under the test. They are not going
into IL blindly, they know what they
are up against, but there II no hesita-
ton.
I'm told that most of the engineers
OF the regular army may go to France
almost any day. Mrs. wooten. who
left town a few days ago to join Colo
mel Wooten in Boston, is one OF the
many army women who declare that
by hook or by crook, she Is going
over when their husbands do. Mrs.
wooten expects to follow the colonel
almost Immediately.
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Journeys In n Hurry
When Nation CnIIa.

my friends must have pictured me
racing across the continent, borrow
ing clothes at ever stop" said Mrs.
John Dickinson Sherman. OF Chicago.
the other day, at least. so I imagine
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Rear Admiral Mason and
Family Are Staying in Town.

Rear Admiral and Mrs. n. E. Mason
and Dorothy Mason, who always go
to jamestown, expect TO remain in
town this summer. Admiral Mason
has been ordered back to active serv-
ice, which will keep him here and
his family will stay with him. II
the weather becomes too warm, Mrs.
Mason and Dorothy may go North, TO
jamestown, of course, for the month
Of August, but not for a longer period.
Admiral and Mrs. Fletcher have de-
cided to forego their usual visit 10
jamestown in favor Of a sojourn at
Lake Forest. Ill, near Chicago, and
the girls will accompany them. They
expect to leave town the second week
In July and will be gone about q
month.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. T. B. How
ard and their daughter, Mrs. James
Proctor Morton, are going to remain
in Washington. Mrs. Morton's sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Bushrod B. Howard.
wife OF Lieutenant Howard, u. S. ".
will represent the family at James
town this summer. She has a cot
tage there and will leave New York
on Friday TO take possession there
OF. Mrs. Kittinger, wife OF Com
mander Theodore A. KittingeT, also
has a cottage there this season.