The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-16
HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY.
Prince TOngawa Japanese Red Cross Head, to Be Pre-
scented to President and High Officials.

Cross, will arrive in Washing
4 ton this afternoon at 4:30 and
will be the guest while here OF the
American Red Cross, stopping at the
Washington Hotel. He will be ex-
tensively entertained while here. He
and his stan will go tomorrow to
Camp Meade, accompanied by Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson and Henry P. Davi-
son, OF the American Red Cross. In
the evening he will be entertained at
dinner by the japanese ambassador,
Viscount Ishii. at his home. A recep-
ton will follow. at which a distin-
guished company will be. present.
On Thursday at 2:30 he will be pre-
sented to Secretary Lansing and will
have lunch at the Metropolitan Club,
and from there will go to Mt. Vernon
and Arlington.
There will be a reception given in
the afternoon by the District OF
Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross
at their headquarters, when the
prince will talk. Also addresses will
be heard by the Japanese ambas-
sador, Henry P. Dawson, chairman
of War Council of American Red
Cross: F. NJ. Doubleday, and John w.
Davis, solicitor general of the United
States and councillor of the American
Red Cross. In the evening he will
be the guest at a dinner Of Henry P.
Dawson at the willard.
On Friday the prince will be pre-
scented at 2:30 to President Wilson,
and in the morning will be the
guest OF Henry White, former ambas-
sador to France and head OF the Poto-
mac division, Red Cross, for lunch,
and will visit Congress and the Con-
gressional Library. He will leave
.N - -
Congressional Limited for New York,
where he will be the guest of the At
lantic division OF the Red Cross, and
will be entertained while there at a
reception and dinner by Mr.. Dawson
at his place, Peacock Point, Long
Island. and also will visit Colonel
Roosevelt at his place on Oyster Bay.
Returns To Newport.
Mrs. Arthur Graham GLASGOW, who has
been stopping at the Ritz Carlton. has
returned to Newport. where she and Mr..
GLASGOW have the White House for the
summer. Mr.. GLASGOW has returned to
Washington.
Mrs. Basil Blackett, wife Of Bash
Blackett, Of London, a member OF the
stan Of Ambassador Reading. has re-
turned to Washington after spending
three months at the Red Lion Inn. Stock
bridge, Mass.
OF interest to Washington Is the an
nouncement Of the engagement Of Lieut.
George Robert Shumaker, u. s. N. to
Miss Harriet Mckee, daughter OF Mrs.
L. Sutton Mckee, Of New York City
Lieutenant Shumaker IS a brother Of
Lieut. John Blair Shumaker. u. s. A, |
whose engagement 10 Miss Katharine |
Hitchcock was announced last week. He |
is the son OF the late Samuel Robert Shu- |
maker and Mrs. Shumaher. OF Pitts
burgh, Pa, and the grandson Of the late !
John P. Blair, of Indiana, Pa. Lieuten- |
ant Shumaker was graduated from the !
United States Naval Academy In 1915
Miss Mckee was introduced to society |
In 1916, and was elected to the Junior |
League Of New York. in the charitable |
projects OF which she has since taken .
an active part. She Is the granddaugh-
ter OF Mrs. r. Stansbury Sutton and OF I
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sellers Mckee, Of
New York and Pittsburgh
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L Chad
bourne, r., were hosts at dinner last
evening at Cabin John. Among the
guests were Miss Margaret Woodrow
Wilson, Miss Helen Woodrow Bones,
and Lieutenant General Bridges, of /
the British army, head Of the British
war mission
The minister OF Sweden, Mr.. Eken-
gren, who accompanied Nine. Eken-
gren to Edgartown, Mass. about ten
days ago, where they have a cottage
for the summer, returned to the lega,
ton yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher C. Baily. OF
Chicago and Philadelphia, have taken
a house at 22T2 Cathedral avenue.
Mr.. Baiiy is in the office OF the quar-
termaster general. The engagement
of his sister, Miss Edith Houston
Baily, of Cloverton, Ardmore, Pa, TO
Lieut. Magruder Dent, OF Alexandria,
has been announced.
The Secretary of the Navy re-
turned to Washington yesterday
morning from New York, where he
went to attend the Bastile Day cele-
bration on Sunday.
Stopping at the Greenbriar. White
from Washington are Mrs.
John F. wilkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
and Mrs. Sanford Bissel.
louis Lombard has gone to New !