The Washington herald., 1918-08-04

became the most unpopular man in
the country. Now we know what 1t
was all about; the seaports of this
country were full of ships that
couldn't sail for want OF coal. The
ships were full of food and NUM-
tions that the allies absolutely must
have. The fuelless days coaled those
ships, three or four hundred of them.
Americas big doings In the war really
began with the fuelless days. and nr.
Garfield was the only man in sight
with the courage to put it acr.1ss.
Like other people who do things. he's
hero as soon as it is discovered
that he knows what he's doing and
can see farther ahead than his critics.
II he had told us, last winter. that
1 fuel produced heat, we wouldn't have
| believed him: but next winter, IL he
| tells US to eat our coal instead OF
| burning II. We'll all take his word
for 1t. Queer people, We people are!
Personally ] think II Is the fear
OF having their houses taken away
from them. IL they don't stay right
here and hold them down, that is
keeping a good many people in town
this summer-Quite as much that as
ardor for war work. perhaps. or in
! terest in watching the game at close
quarters. Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Baruch are not expecting to return
to the Reynolds Hit house at 1920
Eighteenth street which they oc-
cupied all winter-they have taken
1904 Eighteenth street which has
been occupied by the Paul War
burgs. At present Mr.. Baruch Is
out at Orchard Hill. the suburban
home OF c. C. Glover. jr.. the latter
having established his wife and
baby at Ventnor for the summer,
and being himself at annapolis
taking special training for naval
work. Mrs. Baruch and Miss Bell
Baruch are on Long Island mostly.
Mrs. Baruch coming down occasion
ally to see how her husband stands
a Washington summer. The War
burgs have the Ryan DevereuN
house in Chevy Chase.
believe the Stettinius family have
definitely given up the Huidekoper
house which they have occupied
since they gave UP the Richard Har-
low house in Massachusetts, avenue
/
noted. Mr.. Stettinius Is abroad and
Mrs. Stettinius and their daughters
are at White Sulphur Springs. II
they have decided on quarters for
next winter. I haven't heard OF it.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Rogers. Jr.,
who have been in town all winter.
occupying the w. Duncan McKim
house. 1901 Eighteenth street, have
I given that up and to make sure of
being suitably established have
bought a house at 1929 X street.
| The moment one hears that one
family has given up a certain house.
one asks who's going to occupy It.
do you know" Heaven knows
1t has been hard enough this last
winter to keep up with who's
what, and where?" of Washington,
and observing the shuttle that is
already beginning one wonders
whether one will ever be able to find
| any one at all next season. Last
winter 1t was next to impossible to
| locate ones friends.
The same day that ran into Mrs.
| Harris. I saw Mime. Roio-the par
| ticularly handsome daughter of the
| Mexican Ambassador and Sonora
Bonillas-apparently on a shopping
| tour. She is lovely thing with fine
eyes and complexion and the most
wonderful hair, and her marriage a
| few months ago to DR.. Juan Rojo.
counselor of her fathers embassy was
an event of considerable import
| ance.
The BoniIlas, so far, have not left
town at all. but Nine. Bonillas and
the younger children expect to get
4 IL l@,. GzL. l.
| to take the form OF a long motor trip
through New England, with the AM
bassador joining them whenever he
can get away. Nine. Rojo. I believe
is not to go with them. She and her
husband have a delightful apartment
in Somerset House, and seem quite
content to accept Washington in its
new character as a summer resort,
| planning only to get away for oc-
casional week-ends.
The Mexicans find il almost as
necessary to be in close touch with
| Washington at present as the Euro
pean diplomats. For while things are
fairly quiet for the moment some
thing may blow up at any minute.
which would force Mexico to declare
herself. and make further neutrality
impossible. So her diplomatic rep
resentatives here are very much on
| the Job.
The same is equally true of SPAIN
Ambassador Riano. the only diplo-
mat of ambassadorial ranks repre-
senting a European neutral, scarcely
allows himself to sleep o. nights, for
fear something might happen. 1 do
not recall that a single member of
the embassy staff has even sent his
family away for he summer. It
seems to me that they are all right
here in town.
Nine. Riano told, me the other, cay
that the Ambassador had not been
out of Washington for twenty -four
hours in two years. They used to
/, spend their summers at Newport-go-
ing early and staying late. But those
happy days are past. Mime. Riano is
expecting now to leave In q few days
Il think she said August Ito spend
some weeks with relatives, mostly at
York Harbor. which was the only
outing she allowed herself last sea
son.. She was Miss Alice Ward. Of
Boston, and a sister. of Mrs. Chandler
zAnderson's. She plans to stop for a
few days at Newport on her way
north and then To settle down n Z