The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-23
HAPPENING IN SOCIETY
Changes in the Personnel of the Diplomatic Corps.
Summertime Activities of Society Folk.

| taken place recently III lHc
personnel of the diplomatic
corps are OF unusual interest
to Washington society. The British
embassy staff has been augmented by
the arrival of a naval attache, Capt.
Arthur L. Snagge, and A. +. Mus
/ grave, who is temporarily attached
| as secretary. The Hon. L. Campbell,
who is also of the stan of temporary
secretaries, has been Joined by Mrs.
Campbell; and the latest edition Of
| the diplomatic list notes the depart
ure Of Malcolm Arnold Robertson, for
several years first secretary of the
embassy, who has been transferred to
the British legation at Copenhagen.
Mrs. Robertson, with her small son.
Donald Struan Robertson, is at Hot
| Springs, Va, for the summer and
will Join her husband in Denmark in
the autumn.
| Angel Gandolfo Herrera, newly ap-
pointed attache of the Argentine en-
bassy, is among the recent arrivals
! in town and has taken an apartment
at Rauscher's. There is also a new
attache OF the Japanese embassy.
Michio Kaku, who is established at
1910 N street where the embassy Of
fces are located.
A R Nordvall. who was in WASH
Der of the Swedish commission, re-
turned to town a few weeks ago as
special commissioner, and with Nine.
Nordvall is established at 1926
Eighteenth street The other mem
bers of the commission are Olof H.
Lamm, shipping delegate, and Axel
Selander, secretary.
The Cuban legation staff has two
new members, Major Ernesto n. Tabio,
military attache, and Lieut.. Jose Van
der OUGHT, naval attache. The latter
is accompanied by Nine. Van der
Gucht. DR.. Alfonso FORBADE y JUrin,
Norway, who is temporarily attached
to the legation here, and Nine. de For
cade have moved from the Logan Ho-
tel to 1896 P street DR.. Carlos de
Zaldo, attache, has also changed his
address, and is in Cambridge, Mass,
| instead of in New York The legation
OF Salvador now has a second secre-
tary, Don Hector Herrera, who has
recently arrived in this country; and
Lieut.. Prince Henri de Ligne Is here
temporarily attached to the Belgian
legation. DR.. Conrad Jenny. temper
airy attache of the legation OF Swttzer-
land, is now listed as absent
The Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Lansing, who are spending their va
cation at their summer home at Hen
derson Harbor, n. Y. are expected
back in Washington about August
Is.
Visits In MOrEnntOwn, Nd.
Mrs. Burleson, wife Of the Post
master General, is in Morgantown.
Nd, for a short visit
The Assistant Secretary of State,
William Phillips, will return to
Washington today or tomorrow from
Beverly, Mass, where he spent the
weekend with Mrs. Phillips and their
children at their summer home
Mrs. James w. Gerard. who has
been at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New
York, has gone to Montana to stay
with her mother, Mrs. Marcus Daily,
at her ranch near Hamilton.
To BE Governors Guest.
Senator LeBaron Colt OF Rhode
Island will be the guest OF Gov. r.
Livingston Beeckman of Rhode Island
at Lands End, Newport, on Friday,
and in the evening the governor will
give an informal dinner in his honor.
Mrs. Herbert shipman will leave
Tuxedo Park, N. Y, early next month
to join her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edison Bradley at their summer home
in the Thousand Islands.
Pembroke Jones has returned to
Washington after a brief visit to Mrs.
The formal opening Of the National
Congress of Mothers United Service
Club for enlisted men will be held on
Friday evening, from s to IL o'clock,
at the clubhouse, 1914 Massachusetts,
avenue. The officers of the National
Congress OF Mothers, the Parent
Teacher Association, and the War
Camp Community Service, under the
auspices of which the club is being
conducted, will receive, All who are
interested in the success OF the I'M
dertaking are invited to be present
and to inspect the house. The club
house. which has been open infor-
mally for some time, can accommo-
date 200 men over night, and a
cafeteria will be opened shortly.
Chief Justice and Mrs Edward
Douglas White spent last week at
the Imperial at Narragansett Pier.
Senator and Mrs. Joseph S. Freling-
huysen. the Misses Victoria and
Emily Frelinghuysen and Joseph s.
Frelinghuysen, jr., who have been at
the Curtis Hotel, Stockbridge. Mass,
have gone to Breton Woods, N. H.
Oscar T. Crosby, Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Treasury. who was the
guest OF Mrs. Josiah Pierce for a
month or more while IN Washington.
has arrived in London. Mr.. Crosby,
who has been president of the Inter-
allied Council for some time with
headquarters in Paris. is now also
United States Commissioner OF Fl
nance in Europe.
Mrs. Joseph S. Thropp left Washing
ton yesterday by automobile for her
summer home in Pennsylvania, where
she will join Mr.. Thropp and their
son, Douglas Scott Thropp, for the
remainder of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason White,
of Detroit. the latter formerly Miss
Marie Mcmillan Brown. of this city,