The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Social Life Of the Capital

All of these missions that come
over, whether Official" or other
wise, are presented to the Secre-
tary of State, and usually have an
audience with the President ar
ranged for them, and are taken
down to Mount Vernon, and gem
orally shown around, and received
with every empressement, as dis
tinguished visitors. But they are
not received at the port by Assis-
tant Secretaries of State. nor do
they have military and, naval at
taches assigned to chaperon their
tour, nor are they met at the sta
ton here by the Secretary Of State,
the Presidents aide, and imposing
military escorts. Nor Is 1t UP to
the Secretary of State to entertain
officially in their honor. Nor are
they likely to be invited to eat at
the White House.
The distinguished Greeks who
are here just now, are on what is
described as social and religious
mission. One of their objects Is to
establish, an archbishopric of the
Greek Church here with an arch
bishop resident in Washington.
The British Commercial Mission is,
as I understand II. not accredited to
the United States at all. 1t was sent
on mission to the various South
American countries, and arriving In
Brazil last May. has been making
triumphant tour of that continent
Sir Maurice de Bunsen who heads 1t
is none the less a really distinguished
diplomat He has been for over forty
years in the British diplomatic serv-
ice and has during that time been
stationed in almost every quarter of
the globe. He has, after the British
fashion, worked his way up through
the service, having been attached to
embassies and legations in Tokyo,
Siam, Switzerland, Constantinople,
Paris, been minister to Portugal, am
bassador to Spain, and when the war
broke, ambassador to Austria.
Naturally South America was fat
tered at having so notable a man
sent there, and made much of him
were much entertained in Washing
ton, not only by the British Embassy
Mr.. Beaumont Hohler, second coun-
selor. in the absence in Chicago of
Colville Barclay, first counselor and
charge while Lord Reading is over
seas. was their official host-and by
Sir Richard Crawford for the British
Commercial Mission, but by Ameri-
cans, both official and private. But
there is a difference between being
entertained officially and merely be-
ing entertained by officials. The Brit
ishers, even though they were not Of
fetal guests, made a pleasant stir
socially.
Not only Is II the open season for
missions. but It is the open season for
house hunting-with game uncom-
monty scarce and shy. Washington
reminds one of ones childhood days.
and the childish game of Marching
to Jerusalem" where there were
never enough chairs to go around,
and at every round some one was
eliminated. There are nothing like
enough houses to go around and there
is an inclination to receive compla-
Gently the news that even ones best
friends are being eliminated. For in
stance, several people have comment
ed on hearing that Stettinius was not
to be Assistant Secretary of War, but
would remain abroad indefinitely on
his present mission-of which nobody
seems to have anything but the
haziest idea-"Well, that probably
means that his family will not make
their headquarters here next winter.
wonder who's going to have their
house?"
Now Mrs. stettinius and the two
girls, Isabel and Betty, are distinctly
popular. But even at that, affairs
nave reached such a pass that really
their room Is better than their com
pany. Same way with the Delanos.
They have been here for six years,
and made a very warm place for
themselves in the most desirable So
cial circles. But since Mr.. DeIano
has resigned from the Federal Re-
serve Board. of which he was at one
time chairman, and gone overseas
as major of engineers, at Per-
shings request, that he might give
the American Expeditionary Forces
the benefit of his nearly thirty years
Of railroading experience in keeping
up military communicat tions-and
presumably Mrs. Delano and Louise
will prefer to return to Chicago,
whence the family came and with
which they have always maintained
the closest connections-there is deep
interest as to who's going to have
their house.
AND also since, regrettably, Paul
Warburg, who succeeded DeIano as
head of the Federal Reserve Board,
has decided that the prejudice against
his German origin impairs his use
fulness on the board and declined re-
appointment there is deep interest
as to who's going to have their house.
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