The Washington herald., 1917-09-23

ifornia to visit Mrs. Warren's father,
Mr. w. II. Bliss, at his home at Santa
Barbara. They will be in California
for a month.
Mr.. Aksel Wichfeld. alta ched to the
Danish legation, came over from
Prides Crossing. where he has spent
the greater part of the summer with
Mrs. Wichfeld and their family, at
''Swiftmoore.' and was here when his
uncle, Mr.. Constantin Brun, the Min
lister of Denmark, arrived from Bar
Harbor. where he kept the summer
legation. Mr.. Wichfeld's visit here
Is a short one and he will return to
Prides Crossing. probably for the
Meyer wedding on October /.
The arrival here OF Lieut.. Gurnee
Mum portends the arrival also OF
Mrs. Charles A. Mum. who will stay
in her Washington home 10 be near
her son. Lieut.. Mum belongs to
the aviation section. Signal Oflcers'
Reserve Corps, and has been or
dered here FOR duty.
Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory. who
has spent the summer with her moth
er, Mrs. Nalle. in Austin, Tex, will
return about the 1st OF October. Mrs.
Males home, in the very heart of
the city, Is a WONDERFUL place for
comfort, embracing, as it does, more
than block of ground. The great
roomy house has electric fans in
every room, forests of shade trees,
playing fountains. and everything to
add to human comfort. Miss Jane
Gregory, who is only specifically A
Washington girl. will remin in Tex
as for another month.
The races at Belmont Park. taking
place as they did in ideal autumn
weather, furnished no limited field
for the study of fashion, and one
looked with delight at the extremely
high crown turbin hat of Mrs. Az
gust Belmont, with its small white
brim Of chiffon and tulle. which was
described as being quite refresh
inC." Mrs Frederick Johnson wore
stunning hat, very high Of CrOTn,
with its eXpanse of sunset color ut
terly devoid of trimming. That Os-
trich plumes will again be worn was
proven in the headgesr of Mrs.
Charles del. Oelrichs, who. with her
new style dress of black taffeta, Wore
a black velvet turban, with a lofty
trimming of Belgian blue plumas
There. as everywhere, women knit
ted. knitted. knitted. for the soldiers,
while some of their very young sis
ters sold flowers for the Red Cross.
Added to the long list of interest
ing men who have gone into mill
tary training is Capt. Edward s.
Lansing, a nephew of the Secretary
of State, Mr.. Robert Lansing, who
has often visited them here, and who
is now with the Seventy-eighth divi-
sion at Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N.
]. Associated with Capt. Lansing in
the Seventy eighth are Private King
don Gould, Lieut.. Raymond Belmont,
son of Mr.. August Belmont, and Capt.
John wanamaker. jr., who recently
married Miss Pauline Disston.
Mr.. Joseph Simon, of the French
high commission, and Nine. simon
entertained at dinner Tuesday even
ing at the Shoreham in honor OF the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Crosby.
The guests to meet them included
Mr.. Andre TaTdieu, Mr.. de Billy, the
Naval Attache of the French Embassy
and Nine de Blanpre. the third sec
retary of the French Embassy, Count
de Sartiges; Mrs. Henry c. Corbin'
Miss Josephine Patten, Mrs. Morgan
Hill, Mr.. and Nine. Level, Mr.. and
Nine. de Jarny. Mrs. Eldredge, Miss
Julliette Cosby, Miss Hopkins, Mr..
Eugene Mayer and Mr.. Gilleg.
The Minister of Siam and Lady
Prabha Karavongse, and the legation
staff will return from their summer
headquarters at Harding Cottage, Bass
Rocks, Gloucester, Mass, this week.
The legation Is located far out Six
teenth street, almost beyond the realms
OF embassies and legations, but is a
charming new house, and the minister
and his wife, both exceedingly inter-
esting and accomplished, gather about
them there circle of scholarly folks
from official and even resident society.
Mrs. Emory Marvin Underwood, wife
of a former assistant attorney gen.
eral, will leave Washington the first
of October to take up her residence
at Norfolk. Mr.. Underwood resigned
from the Department of Justice some
time ago to become general counsel
for the Seaboard Air Line, and his
headquarters win be at Norfolk.
Mrs. Underwood will be particularly
missed from the younger set of off,
cial society, being a woman OF un-
usual accomplishment in many lines.
She is member of the Arts Club,
and is clever writer and critic.
Her parents. the Rev. DIR. and Mrs.
Newton, who will spend the winter
with her, are wonderfully interestinc