The Washington herald., 1917-12-02

Hemmick Is having it painted, paper.
ed. re-decorated and made very love,
ly for the next tenant, yet unknown
Mrs. Hemmick has exquisite taste ir
such matters. She has much Of hel
handsome furniture in the apartment
OF Mrs. McCormock on the first floor oil
Mrs. McCormick's handsome apart,
ment house. 17S Massachusetts, ave-
nue. That building is full now and
has many interesting tenants. all OF
whom do a great deal Of entertaining
In quiet way. Mr.. and Mrs. v.
Everett Macy are on the top floor;
Mss. Thomas Chadbourne has one OF
the apartments; Paul Rainey has
Miss Judges suite; the John S. Cra-
vens another, also Mr.. and Mrs. Scott
Stewart Mrs. Hemmick has promised
to visit Washington often this win
ter when she will have more time to
see her friends.
The visit of DR.. and Mrs. Gren-
Tell was Of much interest to the
cave dwellers of Washington.
Though DIR. Grenfell spent most of
his time making addresses in both
public places and at private houses,
he and his wife were quietly enter
tained several times by a few old
friends. One of the oldest of his
friends was Mrs. William H. JaQues,
who had about a dozen people to
meet him one afternoon for tea at
her apartment, 240U Sixteenth street
DR.. Grenfell and Mrs. JaQues' late
husband. Capt. Jaques, U. S. N,
were intimate friends. 1t, was the
first time in eight years that Mrs.
Jaques and DR.. and Mrs. Grenfell
have gotten together and they had
much to talk over. Mrs. Jaques has
recently come to Washington to re-
side and is one of the most charm
ing and intellectual Of the new
comers. She is also very handsome.
She was formerly Miss Mary Adele
Genever. of the British West In
dies.
At the Navy Relief ball the other
evening Mrs. JaQues wore a very
interesting brooch set with dia-
monds arranged in the design of
the coat Of arms of Japan. 1t was
presented to Capt Jaques by the
late Prince Arisugawa, who was at
that time the heir apparent to the
japanese throne and was travelling
In this country. The pin was orig
inally intended to be worn only by
royalty.
Capt Jaques had many close
friends among the japanese as he
travelled among them much and was
OF invaluable service to their navy
previous to the Chinese war, so
much so that the Emperor decorated
him with the Order Of the Rising
Sun
Capt. Jaques up to the time of his
untimely death in England about a
year ago, was an ardent advocate of
preparedness for this nation and
spoke at length on the subject on
several occasions. He is the sort Of
q man that this country needs very
much at this critical time and 1t is
certainly too bad that he died just
before this nation entered the war.
While he lived though. he accom-
plished many things worth while and
of real use to the allies now.
Capt. Jaques was from Philadelphia
and Is descended from an old Hugue-
not family which came early to Amer
lea and located near Perth Amboy.
N. J., and Newburyport, Mass. He
graduated from the Naval Academy
and served on board several large
naval vessels and acted at various
times as aide to the President, the
Secretary Of the Navy and the COM
mandant of the New York navy yard.
He also had charge of various inn
portant scientific works, assisted the
board of education in technical edu-I
cation, was assistant inspector Of ord
nan~e was secretary Of the United