The Washington times., 1917-02-25

sui General MaNell Blake and MIS-
Blake will sail. en- route to Tangier.
and Vice Consul Harris NJ. Cooking
ham. who will go to Barcelona, also
Mrs. Ely Z. Palmer and baby, who
are anxious to return to Mr.. Palmer,
who is consul at Madrid. The Fred
eric VIII, which sailed away with
the German embassy stan. also had
aboard Felix willoughby Smith, con-
sui at Tiflis. Russia, and his vice
consul, Hooker Doolittle.
1 was curious to know II the sal
aries OF these officials were doCked
while they were waiting here, but
found that they were not. There Is
a provision that entities such officials
to their salary during the time that
il consumed while in transit. time
that is actually and necessarily occu-
pied. Waiting here for transporta-
tiOn to their posts Is certainly tran
sit period, necessarily consumed.
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May Malone Is Getting
Gradually Famous.
Do you know, Susan. 1t does seem
to me that the buster people are the
more they manage to find time for.
For instance: Well. I'm thinking at
this particular time OF May Malone.
Yes, OF Eastern High. Now you know
that anyone who is teaching there
hasn't much time for anything else.
And May has been teaching art and
German there for the last six or
seven years. And yet she has a por-.
trait hung in the spring exhibit at
the Corcoran-and a good one. too
and she has had several others in
recent exhibits.
She was always cIever-don't you
remember when she was taking prizes
among the Corcoran students. and
eventually won a scholarship that
gave her a year or so OF study at
Munich? But II isn't only the being
clever-I find that cleverness is quite
common these days-but cleverness
coupled with her capacity for hard
work is what gets somewhere. and
I'm expecting one OF these days to
wake up and find May Malone famous
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Capital Continually Acquires
Agreeable Residents.
Washington is continually acquir-
ing agreeable residents. The latest
acquisitions are the Leatherbees-Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Leatherbee, OF Woods
Hole, Mass. They are installed in the
Slocum house in New Hampshire ave-
nue.. Mrs. Leatherbee is a sister of
Richard Crane, the secretary TO Rob
ert Lansing, and the daughter of
Charles r. Crane, of Massachusetts.
Then there is Mrs. Barker Gummere.
Of Princeton, who has leased a house
in Nineteenth street for the remainder
OF the winter. Mrs. Gummere has
bought the house at 1919 Massachu-
setts avenue, which Is to be torn
down. Mrs. Gummere plans to build
not a large, but a handsome house Of
the Italian renaissance style of srcni-
lecture.
Mrs. Gummere will occupy the new
residence in winter, dividing the re-
mainder of each year between her
country place at Princeton ard heI
winter home in Charleston, S. c.: that
'is, when not at White sulphur. where
she makes a long visit every little
while. Before the war, she went to
Europe quite frequently
Mrs. Gummere was Margaret Breaux.
OF New Orleans. Her first husband
was Andrew Simends, of Charleston, a
very wealthy man. Their home IN
Charleston was beautiful and the rem
devious for the smart set OF the
South Invitations to their parties
were always coveted.
A few years after Mr.. Simonds'
death his widow married Barker Gum
mere, OF Trenton. They lived for
few years in Trenton, later buying
a beautiful place in Princeton. Mr..
Gummere died about three years ago.
visited Here Early
In the Winter.
Mrs. Gummere visited in Washing
ton early in the winter and was the
guest of Judge and Mrs. Charles
Howry, who entertained extensively
in her honor. number of parties
of various sorts were given by other
members of society for Mrs. Gum
mere during that visit.
Mrs. Gummere has entertained
of times during her short |
residence here in a small way and
now has cards out for a dinner and |
reception at Rauscher's on March to !
meet Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Nixon. who !
are coming to Washington for the /
Several dinners are being planned |
for the Nixons. Mrs. Gummere, ac-
by the George Maryes, Wis
tied the Nixons in New York during |
the week just closed.
Mrs. Gummere's mother, Mrs.
Breaux, the widow OF Judge Breaux, |
Of New Orleans, Is living with Mrs.
Gummere.
Mrs. Patten Sorry to Leave
Now.
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