The Washington herald., 1918-08-04

York Harbor for what is left Of the
summer, with very little expectation
that her husband will be able TO Join
her for even a weekend.
Mrs. Frank Polk Is headed in the
same direction. She left town last
Wednesday for Bar Harbor, where
middle Of the month, when Secretary
Lansing returns to his post. For it
is the Counselor OF the State De-
partment, and not the First Assist
ant Secretary, who becomes Acting
| Secretary of State nowadays in the
absence of the head of the depart
ment.
The Lansings are still at Hender-
son Harbor, and expect to remain for
| another two weeks. Last week the
Solicitor General and Mrs John w.
Davis Joined them up there for quite
| a little visit. Those two couples seem
to find each other particularly con-
genial. and there Is the warmest
friendship between them. They are
always going off on little jaunts to-
| gether-on the I'VE four. no more
plan, and seem to thoroughly enjoy
themselves.
Everybody else seems TO be stay
wave has passed, to be enjoying life.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
have not been away overnight since
| they went up to New York for the
Red Cross demonstration in May.
They have not even made one of
the little weekend trips on the
Mayflower. which were their chief
outings last season. There are
lovely, restful trips that could be
taken poking in and out of the
| many pretty historic little streams
that flow into the Potomac or
Chesapeake Bay. and IL Is recalled
that last season the longest trip
the President made was when he and
I Mrs. Wilson took the Mayflower up
to Gloucester. spent a few days
with Col. House there. looked in on
the Sayres at Nantucket. and on
Miss Margaret Wilson at New Lon
! don. But there is no indication of
their intending anything of the sort
this season. There would undoubt-
= edly be a storm OF protest II the
Chief Executive started on any trip
up the coast, since the U-boats
are known to have been on this
side. So the Mayflower has not
been farther than Mount Vernon
and then usually to take some visit
ing celebrities to lay their wreaths
on Washington's tomb-so far this
summer.
1t seems probable. however, that
President and Mrs. Wilson will spend
an occasional weed-end at White Sui
! phur Springs. after the return of the
McAdoos this week. The rumor that
persisted early in the season, to the
enect that they were to spend the
summer there. based on the fact that
cottage next to the McAdoos had
been reserved for some mysterious
person-seems to have subsided into n
statement that quarters had been re-
served at the Greenbrier in case the
| President and Mrs. Wilson felt like
coming down. The cottage next to the
McAdoos was, II is said, reserved by
Secretary McAdoo for members of his
staff. with the idea that he would
spend the summer there himself But.
as everybody knows, he has been out
West for nearly two months trying to
get thoroughly rested, and / believe
little Miss Ellen McAdoo is the only
| member OF the family occupying the
! cottage, or the two cottages, Al White
! sulphur. 1t seems like a good deal or
room for a 3-year-old even allowing
for the stan of nurses and attendants
that she. would have before her
parents would be content to leave
her at all.
The visiting celebrities we have
| always with us. Some come espe-
cially. malice aforethought. to see US.
| Some merely take US in en- route to
somewhere else.
In the latter classification would
| come. for instance. Prince Arthur of
Connaught. Ordinarily, he, on a mis-
sion to Japan from Great Britain,
would not have taken in Washington.
But with Europe so badly mussed up,
Washington Is on the way to every
where.
| Similarly Gen. Ysmael Montes, en-
route from Bolivia to Paris, to as
sumo his duties as his country's min
lister to France. would not have gone
| by way Of these United States. Nor
would Baron Allotti, the Italian min
ister to China. have found it neces-
| sary to pass through Washington on
his way home for a visit. Nor would
Jean Gignoux, recently Of the Swiss
| legation in London, on his way to his
| new post at Tokyo. Nor would half
q dozen others who have passed
through Washington In the last few
| weeks, and been for a few days the
center of little furry OF entertain
Ing at their country's embassies or le-
cations here.
Jean Gignoux had many personal
friends here. for he was attached to
the Swiss Legation here some few
years ago, so that there were many
ready to welcome him, and he was
one Of the stars at triple birthday
party Monday night, his co-stars
being Mrs. Morris Evans, who gave
the dinner. and her son, George Nor
ris Evans, U. s. M. c.. at present sta
TONED at Quantico.
Another family that is doing some
entertaining just about now is Col.
George Downey. He and Mrs. Dow
ney are about the two happiest people
in town, for their two sons, Capt.
Fairfax Downey and Capt. Faber
George F., jn. are home from France
and are to be stationed here for a
while at any rate. Moreover, DR.. and
Mrs. Samuel Adams are. announcing
the engagement of their daughter.
' Mildred, to Capt. Fairfax Downey, so
the DoWnevS feel that thew. are sud-