The Washington herald., 1918-06-09
Women Prominent the Social Life of the Nations Capital

a convinced "anti'' feel that she could
logically look after her husbands
fences or dabble in politics at all
she Is leaving Jimmie. jr.. and sister
Evelyn, and little Reverdy on the
farm and returning to Washington
herself. .
On the other hand. there Is Mrs.
Medill McCormick-as leading a suf-
fragist as Mrs. Wadsworth is an
''antr'-she went of to their Illinois
farm two or three weeks ago with
her two children as her excuse for
deserting Washington and her hus-
band In the middle Of a session. As
a matter Of fact. Representative Nc
Cormick is likely to be a good deal
in Illinois himself this summer, even
IL Congress Is in session. He has
announced himself as Republican
candidate for the Senate, for Senator
James Hamilton Lewis's place. Sena-
tor Lewis's term expires next March.
and he has not yet said whether he
Is candidate for reelection or not.
So Mr.. Mccormick does not yet know
who he Is going to have to fight, but
whoever 1t Is, a wife with an inherited
instinct for politics-she is the late
Senator Marcus Hanna's daughter
Is a good person to have on the farm,
and on the job. So Mrs. Mccormick
is not bOthering too much about suf-
frage in the Senate. She is on the
farm. back home in Illinois, with the
children for the summer.
People like the Letters, who have
no official affiliations at all, can very
we'll go away and stay away all sum
mer If they like. But they are in
no tearing hurry. Usually they would
be away long before this, but this
year. though they are not using their
place on the Potomac at all, they
are still in town. expecting 10 leave
about the middle of the month for
"Edgewater," their place at Beverly
Farms. Mass. Mrs.t Letters parents.
Colonel and Mrs. John r. Williams.
and her sister Mrs. John Ballentine
F1tney with her young baby. will be
with them part of the summer.
or the diplomats. almost none are
going very far. and nearly all are
keeping their embassies open, be-
lieVe the Siamese Minister, Phya
Prabba Karavongse, accompanied by
Edward H. Lotus, secretary ~ the
legation. and Mrs. LOTUS is definitely
closing the legation and going to Bass
Rocks. Mass, about the middle of
July. But II there is one little coun.
try on the earth which is not likely
to be much disturbed by the Euro
pean confiagration, 1t is Siam. So
the siamese legation in toto can
gather itself and its children to.
gether and seek a cooler CLINE.
Everyone OF the embassies Is to be
open, even the Spanish, though Spain
Is the one European country repre-
sented, here by an ambassador. that
Is still out OF the fight. The Rianos
used to go to Newport as soon as
washington got uncomfortable. But
TINS year Nine. de Riano says they
nave no plans. but the embassy viii,
remain open all summer as IL did last
season, when Nine. Riano spent rart
OF the summer at Bar Harbor with
her own family.
The French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand, viii not leave
town for more than a few dsys at
time. That is all they have done
since 1914. The Embassy will not
be closed. Nor will the British
Embassy be closed. There has been
some talk of the British Ambas-
sador and Lady Reading locating
at Blue Ridge Summit. But the
latest word from the Embassy is
that they will emulate the JUS
serands, and remain in Washing
ton except for occasional week
ends or short visits. They have no
children to be considered. Some of
the stan who have will be at Blue
Ridge Summit, which will undoubt
edly have the largest diplomatic
colony-the Italians, the Argen-
tinians, the Bolivians, and half a
dozen others having taken cottages
there though their embassies here
Will not be closed. and the chiefs
OF the various missions will spend
mucn or the summer in Washing
TON. The largest official American
colony on the other hand will be at
white Sulphur, and ever so many of
the big war men have snapped up
the finest of the suburban homes
and expect to weather the summer
quite comfortably with only occa-
sional outings.
Well. IT seems that a goodly part
of the June bride crop is being
harvested elsewhere. Ever so many
of the June weddings in which
Washington is legitimately interest
ed are being solemnized in other
cities. For instance 1t was natural
ly interested in the marriage of En-
sign Paul Warburg. u. s. NJ, son of
Paul NJ. Warburg, of the Federal
Reserve Board. That took place in
New York last Saturday-because
forsooth, he married a New York
girl. Miss Katherine Swift. daueh-
ter of Mrs. Samuel Swift, and a dis
tinguished musician who made her
debut as pianist here last autumn.
with the Edith Rubel trio. Ensign
Warburg graduated from Harvard
in 1916. with honors, and enlisted
soon after this country entered the
war. He Is in the aviation section
of the naval reserve.
Then there Is Mollie Beecher's we'd
ding at Ossining tomorrow, she is
the late Chief Justice Fuller's grand
daughter. you know, and a niece of
the Hugh Waliaces. Her sister, Sallie
Beecher. makes her home with them,
and Mollie often visits here. So, of
course. a lot of Washington people
are going to that The wedding has
a certain historic sentimental interest,
too. from the fact that the man in
the case, Lieut.. A. Rivers Genet, u. 8.
N. ", is the great grandson of Citi-
zen Genet, who was the first minister
from France to the United States
(and incidentally the first diplomat