The Washington herald., 1918-07-21

or ten billions in taxes and yet feel
sure they are making themselves rich
doing It.
Nobody in Washington knows rnrch
about the issues In Michigan; and mo-
body cares. There Is q feeling that
Mr.. Ford would have some useful
notions about making two or three
hundred ships grow where only one
used to grow; and ditto about making
submarines perpetrate HunnIsh pir-,
acy. And, o. for some statesmen
anyhow, this IL how Washington feels
that would actually build boats and
cannon and lesser shooting things.
and find ways to hurt more Huns.
instead OF merely conversins about
the desirability Of such achievements.
Mrs. Lane. and her young daughter,
Miss Nancy. arrived on Thursday
after having been away since the end
CT May. on a trip with the Secretary
which took them as far as the
Hawaiian Islands. He arrived a cou-
pie OF weeks earlier, having answered
the call OF business by an earlier
steamer. while they fingered bit
in. Honolulu and stopped to visit In
California-their home before Mr..
Lane came to Washington to take .
place on the Interstate Commerce
Commission, whence he was drafted
to his present Cabinet jon.
1t Is to be hoped that Secretary Lane
had his deferred birthday party after
their arrival Washington has a way
OF celebrating birthdays, and Secre-
tary Lane had one early in the week
Monday think It was-but was 30
busy that he declared when a frien1
asked him how he was celebrating.
that he had quite forgotten the fatal
day. That certainly would not have
happened II wife and daughter had
been at home. 1t would not nave been
allowed.
Secretary Daniels came back from
New York. where he went to help
out the Bastile Day celebration. Ia
find big house party awaiting him.
His mother. Mrs. Mary c. Daniels.
whose serious illness a month or two
ago kept him and Mrs. Daniels
anxious and took them on unexpected
| trips to North Carolina, his brother,
Judge Frank Daniels. and his Mere,
1 Mary Cleves Daniels were already
there; and on Tuesday Miss Evelyn
Hope Daniels. Charles C. Daniels. and
Master James Robertson Daniels ar
rived. The latter were on their way
| from their New York home to the
mountains of North Carolina. for uieii
summer outing.
A rumored probable return in
which Washington Is deeply inter-
| ested 10 that of Jonkheer and Nine.
Loudon, the latter formerly secre-
/ tary OF the Netherlands Legation
here, and according to report likely
| to be returned as minister, succeed
ing DIR. Phillips, who over last Feb
ruary, succeeding Chevalier van
Rappard, was unable to secure GER
tain trade concessions which Holl-
and desired. and went home for his
health within a couple OF months
/ of his arrival. II was freely pro-
phesied then-though it was an
nounced that he hoped to return
as soon as he felt physically able
that IL was no. "au reyoir," but
goodbye" that he was saying; and
very little surprise was occasioned
when word came that he would moi
return. As / understand il the ap-
pointment OF Jonkheer Loudon has
not been formally announced, but
the report that II will be persists
and is of course more than pleasing
to Washington society.
For both he and Nine. Loudon are
well known here, not only from hay-
ing been previously stationed here, but
from the fact that Mime. Louder
is an American woman, formerly q
Miss Eustis. Of New Orleans-ant
having an American wife nearly al,
ways adds to an arriving diplomat
popularity. The Loudons. when they
were here before. had the hous,
down on + street-which IL tn,
Washington Square, or Rittenhous,
Square district of Washington--nov
occupied by the Postmaster-genera
and Mrs. Burleson and sheir tive
daughters. In those days they wer,
immensely popular. entertaining fire.
quently, but rather modestly. as Il
the custom of the Dutch. and beins
particularly given to entertaining
musicians and music lovers, beinl
themselves of the latter class anC
having a thorough knowledge o.
the subject.
On that basis they should find Mis-
Liv Nansen. daughter of DIR. Fridtjo
Nansen, the explorer. thoroughly con
genial. Miss Nansen has been her,
all winter as a student-primarily
| studying music. She came last fal
when her father came as head of tn,
Norwegian special mission, and. ac
cording to their plan at the time. re-
mained after he had gone. She wa:
of course Q good deal entertained
along with him while he was here
and the center Of some brilliant do
ings among Washington scientists al
well as in the diplomatic circle. sinc'
then one has not seen or heard q
great deal Of her. Apparently "tt
complete her studies" was not a mer,
blum. She has been living quietl,
with Col. and Mrs. Clarence H. Con
nor at the Burlington. with plent!
OF friends and having. doubtless, /,
pleasant time In her own quiet stu
dious way. But she has not careC
TO go around a great deal, and unit
the arrival Of DR.. Nordvall last month
on another special mission from Nor
way, one rarely met her. but she wal
naturally included in most of the
entertaining-and II was considerably,
done in his honor.
But last week Mrs. Connor enter
tained q small company at an in,
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