The Washington herald., 1917-09-09

Almost all social life at the Capt.
tai during the past week revolved
about the presence here OF Viscount
Ishii, head Of the japanese mission
and members OF his suite, and each
day held something quite notable
given in their honor.
The dinner company entertained by
the, French Ambassador Tuesday
night in honor of the Viscount, like
those Of Wednesday. when Mr.. VIII
liam Phillips, assistant Secretary OF
State. entertained. and Thursday
night, when the Belgian Minister, Mr..
z de Cartier de Marchienne, took
his guests 10 me Montgomery Coun-
try Club TO dine, were brilliant spec
tacies, the memory OF which will
keep society men and women on their
metal in the coming season.
Even with the war cloud over US,
the coming winter in Washington
holds much that is interesting. Never
before have so many new races in
diplomatic and official circles awaited
to be introduced. To be sure the
wonderful receptions at the Pan
American Union. and in embassies
and private residences in honor of
visiting missions have done much
along this line, but after all not
many Of the new officials wives have
come to Washington. and several
women of the diplomatic corps, while
in America, have remained almost
incognito while their husbands went
through with the official part of their
program.
Nine. Boris Bakhmeteff. wife OF
the Russian Ambassador, Nine. Sui
zer, wife of the new Minister of
Switzerland. and the wives of at
tacheS Of the various embassies and
legations will add their need of in
terest, as well as the host of new
men in the diplomatic corps Then
the men and women who came in
with the new session of Congress on
March 4 have many of them yet to
be tried out in the social world. and
Washington society, which is moth
ing IL not official, waits with open
arms to welcome them.
It will be past the middle of Septem-
Der before the diplomats and officials
absent from the Capital for the sum
mer, reassemble. though a few will re-
turn earlier. Members of smart So
cisty at NswpoG and Bar Harbor will
remain away even longer. The Post
master General and Mrs. Burleson
and their daughters, the Misses BurIe-
son. who are now at Mount Republic.
Charles County. Md. will continue to
make short trips in and out of Wash
inSton until October l, when they will
return for the winter.
The Secretary Of Commerce and
Mrs. Redfeld will linger in New Eng
land until the end of September. and
both Mrs. Wilson. wife Of the Secre-
tary Of Labor and Mrs. Houston, wife
Of the Secretary Of Agriculture will
take their time in returning. Nine. De
Pena, wife Of the Minister of Uruguay,
who took a house at Blue Ridge Sum-
init. may not return from there with
her daughters until the middle Of Sep
tember. while other women of the
Diplomatic Corps now absent will be
almost as slow in returning
II was a brilliant company assem-
bled in the reviewing stand with MIR.
and Mrs. Wilson on Tuesday to see
the troops go by, and the foreign am
basssdors assembled there clapped
their hands and applauded uproarous-
ly as with dusty shoes and perspiring
brow the President entered the stand
after heading the procession that far
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand. the British Ambassador, Sir
Cecil Arthur Spring Rice. the Japan
ese Ambassador. Mr. Aimaro Sato,
who mas been so much in the public
eye since the Japanese mission ar
rived; ViscOunt Ishii. head of the
Japanese mission; the Ambassador Of
Italy. Count Macchi di CeIlere; the
Chilean Ambassador and Sonora de