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The Washington times., 1917-02-11
City Has Interest In
Return of Belgian BarOn.

But all this is rather a depression.
What 1 started out to remark on was
Washington's rather personal inter-
est in the return of Baron de Cartier
de Marchienne. who is to succeed Mr..
Havenith as Belgian minister His
wife, who died several years ago in
Arizona, was also an American girl,
niece, I'm told, OF the late Gen, Will
liam F. Draper. The baron was here
for several yearsIas counselor of the
Belgian legation. and was succeeded
in that capacity by Mr.. Havenith. He
is a descendant of NapoIean's physi-
clan, and is regarded as one of the
most brilliant men in European di-
plomacy. During his service in the
Orient-he is now minister to China
he has carried through several
clever financial cOups for his country.
The Haveniths' plans are still un-
certain. or, / should say, society Is
still uncertain as TO their plans, but
there is a persistent rumor that Mr.
Havenith is to leave the diplomatic
service. This is borne out by their
purchase last spring of a country
place, Montpelier. near Laurel, where
they now make their home.
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Although A. +. j. Won Engleken is
about to send in his resignation as
Director of the Mint. to take the posi-
tion of president of the Farm Loan
Bank in Columbia, S. c., we are not
to lose the family Immediately. Mr..
Won EngIeken may leave in a few
weeks but Mrs. Won EngIeken will
remain until May. She won't go until
she can lease the house in o street,
which they took this fall. am sorry
they are leaving for they were a
most desirable addition to Washing
ton society. They give delightful
parties and seem TO gather around
them so many interesting people,
people who are really doing things.
Mrs. Won Engleken was formerly
Louisiana Gibson. and is a sister of
Mrs. Richardson Gibson, whose hvs-
band is their first cousin. These
girls-there were several more sis
ters-and Richardson and Preston
Gibson grew up together and, were
| almost like brothers and sisters.
They are also cousins of Col. George
Duncan, OF this city. Their brother,
Duncan Gibson, OF Lexington. KY.
will arrive tomorrow TO visit Mr.. and
Mrs. won Engleken and a few days
later, their nephew, Hart Gibson Fos-
ter, OF st. Paul, will come to town for
visit. He is the son OF another
sister and the grandson of the late
Senator Foster, of Tacoma, Wash.
Mrs. Won EaEIeken to BE
At Home Tomorrow.
Mrs. yon Engleken will be at home
tomorrow afternoon for the first time
this season, and will receive again
IGhe following Monday. Assisting her
tomorrow will be Mrs. Robert w.
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Marine Corps Chief
Has His Hands Full.
Immediately Dubbed Ii
High School Romance.

When we heard of the announce
ment of the enlargement OF Luella
Field to Charles Bernard Hamill,
which was formally made the other
day by Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Field,
everybody naturally said another
high school romance" Luella Field
and Charles Hamill were sweethesrts
from childhood and were graduated
from the Eastern High School at the
same time. Then Charles went of to
Rensselaer, Polytech, from which he
was graduated. He is now in busi-
ness in Bridgeport, Conn.,, and after
the. wedding, on May Is, he and his
bride will set up housekeeping there.
John W. Field, who was captain of
the Yale football team of 1911, and
who was such q hero at Eastern
High School, Is q brother OF Luella
Field. Ruth Field, a sister, married
Lieut. Edwin Guthrie, U. S. N, who
is now stationed at Salt Lake City,
in charge OF the navy recruiting sta
ton. Eva Field, the other member
o oTthe family. married Clyde H. Hamb-
lin and they live in Washington.
Every one of these young people are
graduates Of the Eastern High
School.
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PresIdent Didn't DisappOiRt
Out-of-TOwn Guests.

1t was announced last night that
the President would cancel all social
engagements until things quieted
down a bit, but he hasn't done that.
He went to the dinner given by the
Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels, Monday night, possibly be-
cause all the guests were from out OF
town, and it seemed a pity to dis
appoint people who had come from
a distance for the honor of dining
with the President and Mrs. Wilson
Just what is to become of the re-
manning Cabinet dinners is still un'
certain. but if the situation becomes
Ino more serious they will probably
go on as planned.
It was a great disappointment to
the throngs who attended that the
President and Mrs. Wilson were dis
suaded from going on from the Dan
iels' dinner party to the Southern
Relief ball, as they had planned
Doubtless again a combination OF
business and that discretion which
is the better part of valor.
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Pleasant Bits of News Here.
Two EnEaEements Announced.

Two pleasant bits of news 1 have
for you now.N Mr.. and Mrs. Beale X.
Howard are announcing the engage
ment of their elder daughter, Edythe,
to Francis Bartlett Manning, of Man
chester. n. H, and the engagement Of
Ellie Murds Ugh Eejeune to Lieut..
James Blai- Glennon, L. $. N, also is
announced. No dates have yet been
selected, ,,but l shouldn't be surprised
II both ~eddings took place IN the
springW early summer.
Miss Howard is one of the most &C
complished horsewOmen in Washing
ton, follows the hounds at every op-
portunity, and is always prominent IN
the activities Of the Washington Kid
ing and Hunt Club. Her fiance, who
rs connected with the Baltimore Man
nings, is at Harvard, taking q post
graduate course, / believe
Ellie Lejeune is the daughter OF
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John A. Lejeene,
Of the Marine Corps, and was
debutante last season, while Lieu
tenant Glennon is the son of the Com
mandant of the Washington Navy
Yard and Mrs. James II. Glennon.
He is on duty aboard the U. S. s.
Arizona, with New York as his home
part-for the present. Fannie Cham
berIain, daughter OF Senator Cham
berlain, of Oregon, is spending this
week with Miss Lejeune.
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GiIIs Are "wIId-
About Baby Daughter.

Mrs. Herbert Gill and Mona Gill
were at the party and told me that
Helen Gill Lyon, rather Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Edward Lyon, have a small
daughter, born January 20. Though
they have been married over seven
years, this Is their first child, and of
course they are just wild about il.
The baby was born in Worcester.
Mass, where Mr.. Lyon is professor
at Clark University.
baby, q cunning little thing, with a
mass OF black hair. or course, you
remember what lovely black hair
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Gossip Says Mrs. Lewis. Is
Slated as ID. A. n. Candidate.

Susan, lend ear to a piece OF in
terestinS gossip; it is gossip still, al
though it comes to me pretty straight
that Mrs ]. Hamilton Lewis has
been selected as the administration
candidate" for president general Of
the ID. A. R., and that she has con-
sented to have her name used in this
capacity.
They" say she has Mrs. StnTy's en-
thysiastic backing and beyond a
shadow of doubt she'll have many
friends to rally to her support. A
Georgia woman and a member OF the
Rebekah Knox Chapter. D. AZ r., Of
Savannah, she is to be counted upon
to deliver" a good many Southern
votes. And, through her own person.
ality and that of the genial Senator
she is strong in Illinois and a certain
section of the Middle West. The two
candidates already announced are
Mrs. George Squires, of Minnesota
who. by the way, Is a close friend or
kinswoman of Mrs. Thomas T. Gah-
and Mrs. George w. Guernsey, OF
Kansas.
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BernHtOriTa Entertained
Nv Their Many Friends.

The erstwhile German Ambassador
and Countess Won Bernstorfr are re-
ceiving gratifying proof OF their per-
sonal popularity during these trying
DAYS. Instead of receiving surrep-
titious parting calls, almost like calls
of coincidence, from their confreres of
the Diplomatic Corps and their friends
in Washington. they are being enter
tanned as constantly as their prepara-
tions for departure will allow. Not
large and brilliant functions, of
course. but intimate little dinners and
luncheons given by such notables as
but perhaps under the circum-
stances l had best name you no
names.
There has also been considerable in
terest manifested in the announce
ment of the engagement OF Countess
Pourtales. Louise Alexandra Won
Bernstorff, and Prince LOwenstein, as
the little countess was a well-known
and popular figure here in the Taft
Administration.
Somehow the passing of the German
embassy has its own -partfcular-sig-
nificance to the society chronicler, for
perhaps no embassy has played so i'm
portant a role in Washington's social
history during the last quarter CEN
tnry. Germany has always gone in
for entertaining on an elaborate scale
and has been represented by a series
of ambassadors-and ambassadresses
lowered with the social gift in
large measure. Moreover, the em-
bassy sprang into a prominence it has
never quite lost through the friend
ship and intimacy which existed be-
tween Colonel Roosevelt, when he was
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president. and Baron Speck Won Stern.
berg, then German ambassador.
DIR. Ritter Is Thrust
Into Sudden Prominence.
The Swiss minister, DIR. Paul Ritter,
was thrust into sudden prominence by
his selection to handle the affairs OF
Germany. And, curiously enough. al.
though he has been in Washington
for eight years or so, has managed
the diplomatic business of his coun-
try with discrimination and tact and
maintained pleasant social relations
with his colleagues OF the corps and
with several successive. Administers
tions, the average man knows very
little about what manner OF man he
is, about his past career and present
interests.
He is doctor OF laws, of course. and
not OF medicine, LII. D., of Leipzig
University, a knowledge of law in
general and international law in par.
tlculsr being a necessary quaIifica
ton of entrance into the diplomatic
service of Switzerland. Born at Basle,
he studied at the University of Paris.
at Basle, Gottingen and jena before
taking his degree at Leipzig. He is
widely cultivated and speaks several
languages, including Japanese, hu-
emily.
1t was in Japan, by the way. that
DR.. Ritter obtained most of his dipIo-
matte experience. He went out as
consul, later was consul general when
all Switzerland'S relations with the
howery kingdom were in the hands of
her consular officers, and after a
while was made minister, a service
or seventeen years in all, during
which time he developed a deep af-
fectfon for and extraordinary com
prehension OF the Japanese people.
OF their politics. art, and literature.
he has valuable Japanese library,
I'm told, and the Japanese room at
the Swiss legation is full of rare,
beautiful and authentic - oriental
things. The collection of ivory cary
ings Is particularly fine.
The Washington times., 1917-02-11
Campbell Turner Made First
Lieutenant I'm British Army.

News has reached Washington from
somewhere in France" OF Campbell
Turner's promotion TO the rank OF
first lieutenant In the British army.
He enlisted shortly.after the outbreak
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of the war. The son of Mrs. Harriet
s. Turner, he n widely connected In
washington. BY the way, some of
Mr.. Turner'S friends recently sent him
package of books, only to have
them returned by the censor. There
was one in the lot which dealt re-
motely with the war-and so.
This weekend society put its fears
for the future behind IL and went
forth to enjoy itself, two delightful
musicales and Congressman and Mrs.
Floods reception for the Lansings
being on the program. There was a
brilliant company at the william
Phillips musicale last evening, as
well as at Mrs. McCormick's must
Gale Friday, where Muratore saag-at
a perfectly enormous price, 81. 700 or
thereabouts, IL Dame humor may be
believed.
Floods Party Was. Delightful.
Enjoyed By Everyone.
And the Floods party was delight.
ful. Given the Pan-American build
ing in gala array, and not crowded
as il is for the semi-public func-
tions usually given there, and a
goodly company OF notables and the
success OF the function is assured.
Moreover, everybody had the best of
good times. ] don't know when I've
seen so many stunning gowns. Nine.
de Cespedes, the Cuban minister's
wife, who always wears striking
clothes, had on a wonderful robins
egg blue brocade frock, with a pat
tern of gold leaves laid on in stripes.
There was q court train, with much
cloth OF gold about 1t. and II also
noticed her wrap, q gorgeous affair
of blue velvet thickly embroidered in
crystal beads and made with the new
hanging sleeves.
Took . Particular Fancy to
Secretary LanslnE's Sister.
Mrs. John SksIton williams, in q
green gown stfn with silver brocade,
donned a deep purple wrap with
white fur about the throat as she
was leaving and looked lovelier than
ever; and I took a particular fancy
to Miss Katherine Lansing, the Sec
| retary's sister, whose white gov N,
white hair and rosy face were in
decidedly picquant contrast. It's curl
Gus, isn't it, that Secretary and Mrs.
Lansing and Miss Lansing, too, should
have white hair, with very young
faces to belle any suggestion of
age?
Now, nay dear. must be on TO my
walk-but / mustn't forget to tell
you that I saw Edith Oracle at the
reception and that she bade me good
by as she expected to leave next
evening, Saturday, for Palm Beach.
Dunba1> Adams. OF New York, was
with her that evening. No, abso-
lutely refuse to hazard any prophe-
sizes. Fondly yours,
JEAN ELIOT.
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Latent Patriotism shown In
FIauntinE star and Stripes.

This German crisis, which came
at the last so "all of a sudden" as
to leave everybody gasping, brought
ouN considerable latent patriotism
in the form of Haunting American
flags from windows to which they
had been strangers. Here and there
all through the city they are hutter'
ing in the breeze.
And just a week earlier one OF
the first to put out her colors was
commenting and inquiring on the
very dressy flags over the door of
the Austrian embassy" 1t developed
that they were flying in honor of the
kaiser's birthday, as were the Ger
man and the Turkish. And Washing
ton. loyalty neutral. smiled sympa'
thetically and forgot any little differ
ences it, might have with the gentle.
man whb was having a birthday. And
now, no one dares guess when any
one of those flags will float again.
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Nine. Ritter Handsomest
Among Women of Corps,

Nine. Ritter? Well. to my mind
Nine. Ritter is the handsomest wom-
an connected with the Diplomatic
Corps in Washington, with the pos
sible exception OF Nine. Naon. And
she is as sweet and gracious as she
is handsome. Like her husband, she
is an accomplished linguist, and she
Is also cultivated musician. having
studied at the Paris Conservatory OF
Music. Nine. Ritter is the daughter
of distinguished Swiss physician,
who went to Japan fora short visit to
his sorfin-law and daughter, and be-
came so enamored of the country that
Unsettled there and built up a prac-
tice. There are two Ritter children,
small boy and a son who is at
! school in Switzerland.
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Its curious, isn't it, how many of
Belgium's ministers to the United
States have been married to Ameri-
can girls, for the matter of that, to
Washington girls? Nine. Havenith.
as you doubtless remember, was
Helen FfouIke; and the wives of Mr..
Havenith's two immediate predeces-
sors, Baron Ludovic Moncheur and
Count Conrad de Buisseret, were both
Washingtonians Baroness Moncheur
was Charlotte Clayton, daughter of
the late General Powell ClaytoIs and
Countess de Buisseret was the lovely
Caroline Story.
Countess de Buisserets tragic death
in Belgium before her husband. then
and now-Belgian minister at Pet
rograd. could reach her, and the
hardships her boys underwent before
they could get to their father, was
one of the saddest stories of the
early days of the war, and brought
its horrors home to Washington,
where the countess was greatly be-
loved.
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A Chronicle o.
cCociet% e

Helen has. She is so pretty anyway!
The baby is to be named after her.
Mano has just returned from a visit
OF two months with the. Lyons and
says that she had a dandy time. The
Gills are living nesg Bethesda; now,
you know. They bought a beautiful
home there, rather recently. The
Lyons are from Baltimore.
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SprinEtime Wedding
Now Being Arranged.
Already plans are taking shape for
the springtime weddings. Mary lr-
win and Lieut.. tom" Larkin. why, by
the way, is only recently back in
Washington after spending several
months somewhere in Mexico" ex-
pect to be married soon after Easter.
They have not selected a definite date
yet, but there is to be big military
wedding, with a nuptiat mass, at st.
Matthew's-Tm sure it's to be st. Mat
thew's Church-and a reception at the
Washington Club to follow.
Mary has not announced the list of
her attendants, but I'll wager her sis
ter, Annie Irwin, will be matron of
honor; and doubtless the ushers,S who
are to wear full dress uniform, will
be some of Lieutenant >Larkin's
brother officers at Washington Bar
racks.
The marriage of Dorcas Smith and
Lieut.. Commander John p. Jackson,
Nine. >Ekengren's brother, is also set
for April and is to take place in Wash
ington-deo voIens. or course, with
Commander jackson on duty on the
West Coast and matters as uncertain
as they are now, they are making
no definite plans.
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Then, later, the same serious gath
ering became a gay social function
when at 1 o'clock luncheon was serv-
ed. That, too, was as Successful as
the first part OF the party, and every
body had a beautiful time.
l learned that Mrs. Dupont-Joyce
is a Belgian by birth, but has lived
in England the greater part OF her
life and was on the stage for some
wears in England, having played
With Mrs. Patrick Campbell. She lost
her husband early in the war.
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Jean Wilson To Appear
In New York Forum.

Jean Wilson is leaving Washington
shortly for New York. to give a num-
ber of her original and delightful
readings and will appear before the
Jersey City Woman's Club, which
boasts a membership of 200, on Feb
ruary 16 Yes, the same clever Jean
Wilson, who had a great success at
the Dolly Madison breakfast last year
and whom you heard at the University
Club. Her program on the 18th will
include a number of monoldgues writ
ten especially for her.
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O'Briens Additions
To -Ex-Diplomatic Corps.

The arrival of Thomas J. O'Brien,
some time minister to Denmark, later
ambassador to Japan, and later still
ambassador to Italy, and Mrs. O'Brien
in Washington, TO spend the next few
months, means a further addition to
the already interesting colony OF for
mer American diplomats and their
womenfolk resident in Washington.
They hail from all and sundry parts
of the United States-the O'Briens are
from Michfgan-but sooner or later
they seem to fnd a home here either
permanently or internationally.
The Larz Andersons, who have serv-
ice in Japan and Belgium to their
credit: Mrs. Robert Mccormick, whose
husband was ambassador to France
and again ambassador to Germany;
the David Jayne Hills, Henry White,
the Hannis Taylors, Col. Charles Page
Bryan, and, IL you go into the secre-
taries. attaches and lesser fry, the
Reynolds Hitts-the list Is long and
full of notables who add no little
to the cosmopolitan interest of Wash
ington society.
N read something in -The Coming
Tower" in the New York Tribune. the
other day, which I think should be
passed along, q suggestion, attributed
by F. p. A. to q contributor, that Ger
many be allowed to keep one diplo-
matte representative in the United
States provided that he be painted
red and white and illuminated every
night"
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Selected Her Guests
With Unusual Care

When Mrs. Howard 5. Nyman sent
out cards for her luncheon last
Thursday preceded by readings by
Mrs. DupontJoyce, she must have
selected her guests with great care
and thought, for never have 1 seen
an audience that was more intensely
interested. Everyone seemed to be
in full sympathy and understanding
with Mrs. Dupont-Joyce and her inter
probation of Tagore and several
Persian and Hindoo poets.
Then, too, the surroundings added
to the effectiveness. The drawing
room windows were shaded with
brown silken hangings, and the only
light came from shaded lamps. Mrs.
Nyman's house is lovely anyway, and
very artistically furnished, just as
/ expected Mrs. Nyman's house 70 be;
she has such a strong and unusual
personality. Spread across one end
of the room was a huge black screen,
all black, except for. one large orient
al figure in gold, forming a pleasing
background for the dainty little art
ist, who was dressed in a daring
green oriental costume. From the
moment she started to speak until
the end YOU could have heard pin
drop; not a woman whispered to her
neighbor, in a way women have at
these functions.
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possession of $4,000 worth Of perfect
ly good armor for which he does not
find q ready market. II may yet be
that he will have to build another
picture around IL in order to save his
investment.
Among those who expect to be pres
ent are Genaral and Mrs. Crozier, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles c. Glover, General
and Mrs. Fitzhugh, General and Mrs.
Sharp, Senator and Mrs. Salisbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rush Wendell, General
and Mrs. Macomb, Mr.. and Mrs. II. &.
Perkins. Mr.. and Mrs. C. II. Harlow,
Mrs. John c. Phillips, Mrs. II. w.
Fitch, Mrs. James N. Andrews, Mrs.
winslow, Mrs. Hennen jennings, Mrs.
Horace Westcott, Mrs. Calderon Car
lisle, Mrs Norman Williams, Mrs. Nc
Cagg, and Mrs. Rousseau.
The patronesses are Mrs. Larz An
derson, Mrs. Edison Bradley. Mrs. Rich
ardson Clover, Mrs. Crozier, Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. Stephen b.
Elkins, Mrs. George Peabody Eustis,
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. Mar
shall Field, Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin.
Mrs. McCagg. Mrs. James Mcmillan,
Mrs. Mahlon Pitney, Mrs. H. Kirk Por-
rter. Mrs. Samuel Spencer, and Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood,
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Has Gone to south
America for Six Months.
John AAFlemfng is on the high
seas, en- route to South America, to be
gone about six months. He is con-
nected with the department of ter
restrial magnetism of the Carnegie
Institute, which has sent him to Peru
to select the location for an observa-
tory to be used in connection with
terrestrial magnetism research work.
Mr.. Fleming will not remain in South
America to see the completion of the
observatory, but will only superin-
tend the initial constructive work.
Similar observatories are to be built
in several different parts OF the world.
There is one about to be established
In Australia.
Mr.. Fleming Is my idea OF really
brilliant man-a scientist who gives
promise OF being very prominent
some day. He lives at Drummond, on
the Rockville road, just west OF the
Chevy Chase golf links. He has
delightful home and a charming
little family. In addition to Mrs.
Fleming, who IL a fitting mate for
her clever husband, there is one cum
ming little daughter, Margaret, aged
nine.