The Washington herald., 1917-12-16

and the wounded soldier occupying
it are provided by the Interior De-
| partment.
Eva Burrell, who is spending the
! winter in Petersburg, to be near her
husband. Capt. c. C. Rossire, is sick
with the measles, contracted from
| visits to Camp Lee. Her husband. who
is stationed in Camp Lee. has escaped
it so far. They do not expect to come
to Washington for Christmas, but
hope to run up for a day or two
around New Years to visit Mrs.
Rossire's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ.
, Burrell. Mrs. Burrell returned a few
days ago from a visit with the Ros-
sires in Petersburg.
Billy Corcoran-William Warwick
Corcoran-who was recently commits
stoned first lieutenant in the Ord
nance Corps, expects to go to
France shortly. Truly half Of the men
of the nation will be somewhere on the
other side soon, and well they ought
to be for that matter. But letters
from London indicate that one section
Of that city, Belgravia, should be call
ed the District of Columbia. so fast is
1t filling up with American headquar-
, ters of all sorts, particularly Gros-
venor Gardens.
At No. 1 is the chancery of the Amer
ican embassy. while next door is
American military headquarters. A
few houses down the Gardens" is
naval headquarters, with Admiral
Sims in charge. and at No. 10 is the
American Red Cross, with Mrs. White
law Reid in command. Round the cor
, ner. at No. A Grosvenor place, is the
! American Nurses Club, a beautiful
establishment for our nurses set up
by the joint efforts of Mrs. Reid and
Lady Harcourt, formerly Miss Mary
Ethel Burns of New York.
The diplomatic corps in London will
soon include another American woman
| when the new Belgian Minister Baron
Moncheur and his wife arrive here.
| The Baroness was Charlotte Clayton,
daughter of the late Gen. Powell Clay
ton. one time American ambassador to
Mexico. Baron Moncheur, who rep
recented his country here for a num-
bcr of years, was minister to Turkey
when the war broke out and later
served as director general OF foreign
affairs at the seat of Belgium's gov
ernment in Havre. The baron only
recently was in this country as the
head of the special mission which Bel
gium sent over here.
Another American woman in the
London diplomatic set is the wife of
Minister of The Netherlands at the
! court of st James, Nine. van Swim
deren, formerly Bessie Glover, daugh-
ter af Mr.. and Mrs. Charles C. Glover
| of this city. The van Swinderens are
not having a very gay time of it just
now, though, it is rumored, for The
Netherlands Is in a diplomatic mess
with both Great Britain and the United
States, oyer neutrality" controversies
about food and shipping.
United States khaki and navy blue
| are rapidly becoming omnipresent in
the public places in London. They
are such familiar sights in London
now that they are no longer stared at.
! The British soldiers here still cause
some sensation when they are in pub
&c. but they. too. are getting so nu-
ferrous about Washington that they
will soon pass almost unnoticed. Most
OF the glahccs given them, though,
; are those of admiration. for practi-
+, cally all of them are fine built, up
Standing young men. Even the Scotch
lads In their unusual-loolxing uniforms
| cause little excitement any more, and
/ they seem to have lost their appear
! ance of consciousness, which was
very evident at first. In London, too.
they" say that our men are begin
ming to feel quite at home in spite or
| the fog. "They" also say it is anus
ing to see both officers and men ac-
quiring the little eccentricities of
their British comrades-in-arms. But
you don't have to go to London to see
that; 1t is noticeable here.
In London our officers have almost
without exception adopted the British
custom, Of wearing gloves, and many
| of them have also taken to wearing
walking-sticks. They were delighted
few weeks ago to hear that Gen.
Pershing had decided to permit the
British Sam Browne cross-breast
belt to be regulation" for without
1t the American officers looked like
well-tailored British "Tommies. u
They are all now hoping for the de.
cree allowing q change in the cut Of
| their Jackets 50. that they will have
roll collars like the shirts of the Brit
ish officers instead Of the tight-fittine
neckbands Of the present American
uniform. Certainly the large pockets
on the British uniforms have proven
to be of real use because of their
spaciousness when at the front. Our
officers, too. seem to have succumbed
to the wrist watch, might con-
venient thing, and never scoffed al
by anyone who has once tried wear
ing one,
The quartermaster general Of oui
army recently notified military uni.
form ynnnfifa Sft4saro that fy,a yo,,lr In.