The Washington herald., 1917-07-30

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Baker Will Give Dinner.
Baron Moncheur Enter
tanned by Misses Patten.
Ths PrssIdent and Mrs.. Wilson omit
ted their accustomed weekend trip
down the Potomac on the Mayfiower.
Saturday. and instead, spent Sunday
quietly at the White House. Late yes
tsrday afternoon theY went for q long
motor TIP In the vicinity Of the
Capital.
The Minister Of Bulgaria. Mr.. Ste
phan Panarsteh. accompanied by
Madame Panaretoff. will leave WASH
ington wednesday for wliliamstown.
MAss.. where they win spend the
month Of August They will go to
Manchester, Mass. for the month Of
September. and Will then return to
Washington.
Senator J. c. W. Beckham. Of Ken
tucky. and Mrs. Beckham, aecom-
panied BY their daughter. Miss Lou
ise Beekhann. left Washington satur-
day TO spend some days at Virginia
Beach. Mr.. W. 3. Knifkern. Of Lou
isviiie, tire brother-in-law Of Senator
Beekhann, who has been their guest
for some days, accompanied them.
The Secretary Of war will enter
tain 1t dinner tomorrow night. when
his guests will include a number Of
men connected with the aVistion
branch Of the War Department.
Tns Secretary and Mrs. Baker will
90 "a Nantucket on Friday to visit
Mr. Justice John II. Clarke. at his
sumner home. The Secretary will re-
turn to the Capital on Monday. but
Mrs. Baker and the children will re-
main with Justice Clarke for . week
The Japanese Ambassador, Mr.. Sa-
to. is visiting Mr.. Takamlne at his
home In Sullivan County. New York.
The Minister Of Panama and Sonora
De Peras will leave the Capital this
week for Atlantic City. where they
will spend the month Of August.
The First Secretary Of the Swiss
Legation and Madame Hubscher have
az a guest at their home at Chevy
Chase, Mrs W. X. schoepf. of Gin
cincinnati. the mother OF Madame
Hubsoher. who arrived SatuTd0.
Ths Secretary and Madame Hub
scher have taken an apartment at
7l00 Sixteenth street for the winter
season, and will take possession early
IN November.
The Postmaster General and Mrs
BurlesOn and Miss Lucy Burlsson
motOred to Mount Republic, Charles
County. Md. yesterday. the country
place they have taken for the sum
nser. Miss BuTlesOn was the week
end guest OF Mfr. and Mrs. Brooke Lee.
accompanying them to the Station
Blair wedding Saturday.
Baron LUdovic MOncheur. head OF
the Belgian mission, was entertained
at dinner last night BY the Misses
Pattsn, in Massachusetts, avenue. a
large company was asked to meet
him. the party including the Minister
Of Belgium
Yesterday the baron notored to
Edgennoore for luncheon with Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Billings Ruddock. and to-
night Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover
will entertain in his honoG. saturday
Baron Aoncheur was the guest at
luncheon Of Representative and Mrs.
Nicholas LOngwOrth.
Edgewster. the estate of M. Joseph
Letter, at Beverly Farms Mass, has
been opened for the season. Mrs. Dor
othy Williams McCombs. Mrs. Letters
sister. being the first to arrive there.
Lieut.. John Ballantine Pitney, U. s.
4, and Mrs. Pitney. the brother-in-
Law and sister of Mrs Letter, whose
marriage took place there last season.
have Joined Mrs. MCCombs and later
this week Col. snd Mrs. John r. VIII
lianns, the parents Of Mrs. Letter, will
20 there.
The Secretary Of the Treasury will
return to Washington today, after
spending the weekend at Buena
Vista Springs. Pa. Mrs. McAdoo ac-
Companied him there and will remain
for a few days before rejoining him
here.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Frederic r.
Harris entertained q dinner company
on the Powhatan roof garden Satur-
day evening in compliment to Miss
Dorothy Shuey and Mr.. Christopher
Smith. secretary Of the Legation OF
Norway, whose marriage will take
place August IS
Announcement Of the enzagement Of
Miss Julia Appleton Meyer. TO Mr..
Guiseppi Brambilla. Counselor Of the
Italian Embassy. Is almost IKE the
fullhlment of a prophecy-the proph-
ecy OF every person in Washington
and Boston society. Almost imme-
diately upon Miss Meyer entering So
eiety here with the advent cs her
father. Mr.. George Won TIngerke
Meyer. in President Rooseyelt's CabI-
net, she was placed in mourning by
the death Of her fance. a nobleu1an
o. Italy. All during her residence here
she was a constant guest at the ItaI-
ian Embassy. and II seems perfectly
natural that speaking Italian as
huently as she does English, and
knowing the literature and traditions
Of that country from long residence,
part OF 1t during the time Mr. Meyer
vas Ambassador at Rome. that she
should wed an Italian and thus more
closely ally herself with that country.
The marriage OF Miss Meyer and Mr..
Brambilla will take place in October,
perhaps in Washington. but more
likely at the beautiful Meyer estate
at Hamilton, and after that. unless
Mr.. Brambilla should be promoted
and transferred-a thing not likely IN
war times-the Capital will claim an
other American woman in its Diplo-
matte Corps. Miss Meyer spent some
weeks in Washington earlier in the
summer. and only recently returned to
her home at Hamilton
Mr.. Brambilla. who is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer at Hamilton for
some days, has a creditable diplo-