The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
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By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.

by Z. - DAOu"AAONAs
Spring is here. I know it is. No.
! don't make such q positive state
8 ment because thought I saw some
buds on the trees or because pink
snapdragons. jonquils and other
spring flowers adorn the tables at
all the social functions these days.
I know IL because the shuffling of
houses and apartments has begun
again and the moving van Is be-
coming a more familiar sight every
day.
The outsiders within our gates
who took houses in town for the
winter months are locating subur-
ban homes now and many Of them
will move the first OF next month.
It is a regular game Of pussy
wants a corner" this hunting a
corner. The George Minnigerodes.
fearing such a fate, had about sign
ed the papers leasing their home to
some rich woman just come to
town-and her ten servants-for
the period ranging from April
through October when they realized
that they could not find any place
TO go so backed out at the last
minute.
This demand for houses Is going
70 fairly drive the permanent
Washington people out Of town this
summer. Last summer very few
went away, as their husbands had
to be here; so the dutiful wives
braved the heat also. This year the
high prices offered for houses will
tempt many to let their homes and
they will just have to go away or
have no place to lay their heads.
Judge and Mrs. Wilmer Latimer
have rented their pretty little home
in Chevy Chase to Capt. Glen. OF
the British embassy STAN. Capt.
Glen and his one japanese servant
will move out there the first of
June and remain until the end of
ming to board some place near
washington-In beautiful Sandy
Springs perhaps-aud the Judge
can motor out there every evening.
Capt. Glen is a delightful person;
so entirely an Englishman. Every
thing in the Latimer house he de-
scrfbed IS ripping" Did you know
that he went through the Dardanel-
les campaign. where he was severe
1y wounded and lost an eye? Dur
ing that campaign he says that for
twenty days he never had his boots
CT and when he did take them off.
the soles of his feet came OF with
them. But We won't talk of such
horrors now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Lay, who have
been at the Shoreham all winter. have
n
within a throw Of the Chevy Chase
Club. The Richard Cranes are trying
to rerent the Virginia farm they oc-
eupied last summer. but are having
some difficulty accomplishing it
don't know just what the hitch is.
Count and Countess de la Greze. who
were In Chevy Chase last summer. are
going to move back there shortly.
They have leased the Claudian B.
Northrup house at the intersection of
the Brookyille road and IenoK street.
H. R. Swartley, of Great Neck, l. l.,
interesting newcomers to town, have
taken a house in Chevy Chase for the
SEnmer. They are now at Somerset
House. The John A. Lanes. of Chevy
Chase, have let their house in Melrose
street to Capt. A. l. Gordon. There
just is no end to the list Of people
who, knowing they must be in WASH
hgton all summer, are providing for
the hot days to come. One enterpris-
ing young lady in town-Ruth Hitch
cock Is her name, but I don't know
whether it Is THE Ruth Hitchcock
or not-saw the chance to rent q va
can't house, grasped the opportunity,
furnished it and let it for a generous
sum to Mai. James W. Riley, Of New
York. Enterprising young lady. is
she not?
There are 50 many New York people
in Washington now and so many
Washington people go to New York
so frequently that the society Of both
cities is almost the same. Certainly
the same names are to be found in
the social columns Of the papers OF
the two cities every day. Some weeks
1t seems like half of Washington
have gone to New York; and there are
always punches of New York people
here. How people do come and GO
in Washington; now they are here
and now they are not. II was just
the other day-Shroye Tuesday,
think-that both Ambassador Henry
Fletcher and Senior Nieto, acting sec
retary Of the treasury OF Mexico, were
among the dinner guests OF the Mex
lean Ambassador and Nine. Bonillas