The Washington herald., 1918-12-04

rom Bryn Mawr; former President
md Mrs. william Howard Taft; the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs,
Franklin Lane and Miss Nancy Lane:
Mrs. Mahlon Pitney and Miss Be-
atrice Pitney: Mrs. Joseph McKen-
ma, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Rich
ardson Clover, Mrs. Cary Grayson.
Mrs. Thomas Wilson Bowers. Mrs.
Frederick Gillett. Mrs. John Blair
Miss Betty Shriver and many other
notables.
! Early in the afternoon Capt. and
Mrs. Mason left for a short wedding
1 trip. They have made no definite
plans for the future as 1t is uncer-
tain how long Capt. Mason will re-
| main in the service, When he leaves
II they will make their home in WASH
/ ington; meanwhile, however, they
will make their home near Fort Han
cock, Ga, where Capt. Mason is sta
toned as an artillery instructor
Mr. Tokichi Tanaka. counselor of the
Japanese embassy has been ordered
home and will leave Washington to-
day en- route to Toxic. where he will
take up important work in the for
! eign office.
/ Mr.. Katsuji Debuchi secretary of the
embassy, who has been promoted to
the rank of counselor to succeed Mr..
Tanaka, accompanied the ambassa-
dor. Yiscount Ishii, to this country
last spring.
Mr.. Yoshio Iwata, the newly ap-
pointed third secretary .of the Ja-
panese embassy in Rio dc Janeiro,
Brazil, is in Washington for a short
time, and while here is temporarily
attached to the embassy
Lieut.. Col. I.amberto Tozzi, who
has been attached to the temporary
staff of the italian embassy. was re-
Gently promoted to the grade of gen
| ersl. and sailed at the end of last
week for Italy
He was to have been godfather to
| the tiny son of Francesca Quattrone.
attached to the embassy stan as spe-
cial delegate, and Nine. Quattrone,
who was christened in their New
\ Hampshire avenue home on Monday
afternoon. But as he had already
sailed. Lieut.. Philippe Barber. of the
temporary stan of the Belgian lega-
| ton. The baby was named Giuseppe
Enrico, in the presence of a number
OF members OF the embassy staff, in
cluding the ambassador himself. and
the Countess Macchi di Cellere, and
| Mrs. Cantaloupi. wife of Lieut. Can
taloupi. of the Italian army. now sta
toned in New York, who came down
for the ceremony. Mrs. Santini. wife
of Capt. Santini, of the italian army.
was the baby's godmother and the
Rev. Father Decario. of St Rosary's
Church officiated.
Mrs. Frederick Delano is giving a
dinner Thursday night in honor OF
Miss Anna Hamlin, dehutante daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Ham
lin.
/ Capt. Robert r. Glen, honorary at
tache OF the British Embassy. has left
Washington for Europe. where he viii
remain about two months. after which
he is expected to return to Washing
ton.
Mrs. Whitfield, wife of Col Robert
Whitfield. general STAFF. has been
called to her home at Memphis. Tenn,
by the serious illness of her father.
Mr.. c. NJ. Butler.
! Mrs. Archibald Barklie of Philadel-
phia, who has been spending the week
end at the Shoreham Hotel has re-
| turned to her country place. Inver
| House. Wayne, Pa. Capt. Barklie,
who Is stationed at Camp Meade,
will join her there shortly for the
Christmas holidays
Mr.. and Mrs. william A. Glasgow
| have leased Capt. and Mrs. Barklie's
| apartments, at 2S39 Massachusetts
avenue, for the winter. Mr.. Glasgow
Is counsel for the food administration.
! Rep. and Mrs. Fred A. Britten of
Illinois are back in Washington for
the season and are established at the
/ Highlands.
| Maj. and Mrs. William F. Dennis
are in New York for a week, chiefly
to attend the opera.
Miss Anna Montgomery entertained
at dinner last evening at the residence
| Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. f.
Montgomery, on Rhode Island avenue.
! Mrs. Margaret Monteiro Berry is
occupying her apartment in the Farra-
gut, having returned early in the sea-
| son from her country residence. Over
ton" Bradley Hills, Md, to assist the
nursing force during the influenza epi-
demic.
The process OF crushing the seeds
| of various plants for the purpose of
extracting the oils contained therein
has been known and employed in
Japan for centuries, the art probably
having been brought over from the
! AsiatiC mainland during the seventh
and eighth centuries, ammo Domini,
when Chinese and Korean civilization
was introduced into Japan.
The British and South African Ex-
port Gazette says that many Inquiries
have been received by the Rhodesian
| Munitions and Resources Committee
for borassus palf-leaf bags, now made
| by the natives. and that their manu-
iacture may be organized and ex-
| tended
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