The Washington herald., 1918-12-15

itors of the week--in fact the
most distinguished visitors in many
weeks. or many months were His
Imperial Highness Prince Yorohito
Higashi Fushini. an admiral in the
japanese navy and his suite of very
distinguished Japanese gentlemen
He was the third royalty whom
washington has entertained within
the last six months and three royal
visitors within six months is going
some" even for Washington.
Rumors are thick, however. that
we are to have all sorts of royalties
here very soon after the Presidents
return. 1t is said that international
etiquette will demand that the rulers
Of all nations that President Wilson
visits return the compliment shortly.
And. moreover besides. one of the
newest members of the British War
Mission-an officer who has only been
over here for few weeks. told an
interested audience one night last
week that at the time he left London
1t was generally accepted that the
Prince Of Wales would come to Amer
lea, visiting the United States as well
as Canada. And he paid very pleasant
tributes to the young prince, not
merely for his requirements and sociai
graces. but for his really sterling
character assuring his audience that
he was one of the very finest young
men in England today. and several
times reiterated his conviction that
America especially Washington,
would soon have a chance to judge for
itself.
To return to the Japanese mission,
even though the United States was
merely a side issue so far as they
were concerned, they came and were
entertained as the nations guests
by the Vice President, as the Presi-
dents deputy; and by Mr.. Polk, Coun-
selor of the State Department as the
Secretary of States deputy; and of
course the Japanese Ambassador, Wis
count lshii. But their parties were
SO absolutely official that they made
very little ripple on the surface of
Washington society. And besides, ex-
cept for the Vice Presidents luncheon
In their honor-given at the beautiful
Pan American Building-they were all
stag parties, in which a female wom-
an TO quote Mrs. Champ Clark, re-
fuses to be interested. ,
MI. hdisndll lunCheOD was also
Mrs. Marshall's luncheon, following
their usual custom An. of course,
there were other ladies present. And
again. of course. since it was Mrs.
Marshalrs party. Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh was there. And an interesting
little outcome of that was that Secre-
tary Baker went the next morning to
call at the home of Mrs. Thomas f.
Walsh and inspected the wonderful
work that she has carried on there in
the way Of furnishing clothing for the
women and children of France and
Belgium. II fell to the Secretary to
take Mrs. Walsh out to luncheon.
Naturally their conversation drifted
to the war zone, from which Secretary
Baker has only recently returned-and
to war conditions on this side.
Mrs. Walsh explained the unique line
Of work carried on in her great Mass
achusetts avenue mansion which she
calls home, and which Mrs Marshall
most frequently alludes to as ''Twen-
ty-Twenty" dts number on Massachu-
setts avenue, under her personal su-
pervision, but with the assistance OF
her friends.
Secretary Baker was interested. He
always is, in anything that seems to
get right down to brass tacks. And
Of course, Mrs. Walsh responded, like
the eNiled duke in LAS You Like IT..