The Washington herald., 1918-11-18
3n the Social sUorlo

By MAUD MeDoUGALL.

The President and Mrs. Wilson
did not go to church yesterday
morning. but they motored out in
the afternoon to attend the festival
service Of praise and thanksgiving
at Bethlehem Chapel of Washington
Cathedral. Mount ST. Adams, at
which the Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding.
ID. D.. Bishop of Washington
preached -
This morning II is expected that
they will attend the requiem mass
at St Patrick's in memory OF the
late Minister of Haiti. DR.. Menos,
who was one OF the victims Of the
influenza epidemic, having died at
the legation on December II.
At o'clock the President VIII
receive the very distinguished
French mission headed by DIR. Theo-
dore Reinach, which reached Wash
ington yesterday afternoon
An imposing program has been
, arranged for that mission which
was met on its arrival yesterday
afternoon by the Secretary OF the
Interior Mr.. Lane. DIR. James Brown
Scott, Gen. Gorgas. DIR. l. s. Rowe,
and a number OF other distinguished
gentlemen, and escorted them to the
Hotel Lafayette, which will be their
headquarters during their stay. The
mission is here on the invitation
OF the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace, and is French
mission on similar lines to the Brit
fsh educational mission which was
recently in Washington. 1t is COM
posed of DR.. Reinach. DR.. Burnet,
Capt BaIdensperger DR.. z. de Mar
tonne. l.. II. Roechlin and Seymour
de Riei.
An interesting program has been
arranged for them today, beginning
with a motor trip to Mount Vernon
in the morning. an audience with the
President at 2 o'clock. an official con-
ference with the War Department
Educational Board at and dinner
in their honor at the French En-
bassy in the evening, followed by an
informal reception for them at the
Cosmos Club.
Tomorrow morning the committee
will take the members of the mission
on a sightseeing trip, and in the eve
ming there will be a brilliant banquet
at the Hotel Washington, with the
Carnegie Endowment as hosts. There
are a number OF other interesting
things on the social program, PROB
ably including a luncheon at the
White House.
Mrs. John w. Davis, wife of the
new United States Ambassador to
Great Britain, will go to New YORK
this week to meet Mr.. Davis. who Is
returning from France where he has
been for some months and where he
was when he received his new ap-
pointment
Gen. GuglieImotti. military attache
OF the Italian Embassy. left Wash
ington last night for New York. where
he is going to speak on the occasion
of the Italian day of the war work
campaign. From New York he is go
ing to Cleveland. Ohio, for the Ital-
ian day at the allied war exhibition,
and to other cities in Ohio and Penn
sylvania. The generals absence will
be. Of about one week.
Mrs. Inazo Nitobe. Of Toxic. wife
Of the japanese scientist and author,
Is the guest of Miss Scidmore at the
Washington Club, and many enter
tainments are arranged for her dur
ing the coming week.
Dr. Nitnbe. best known to the Eng
. lish reading world as the author of
the little book. 'BUshidO," was the
exchange professor sent to this coun-
Try by the Japanese government some
six years ago, and gave a series of
lectures at ten American universities.
While he was addressing the body Of
Johns Hopkins University in Balti-
more DR. and Mrs NitObe spent their
week-ends in Washington with Miss
ScidmOrs at her house in NJ street
and made many acquaintances here.
Their home in Toxic. their mountain
and seaside villas are known to many
American visitors to Japan privileged
to enjoy their wide hospitalities. Mrs.
Nitobc's present visit, planned for a
month earlier, was postponed on ac-
count Of the influenza epidemic.
Miss Helen Cannon, who is spend