The Washington herald., 1918-12-01

eeiquette-Which in any European cap
itai are much more intricate than they
ever are In Washington.
ne New American Ambassador To
Sreat Brita.n and Mrs. John w.
laws are expected 20 be OF the party
saihns on the Geo. Ke Washing o 4,
anu u would not be surprising II they
pue ~ more me In Par.s than il
LONDON forfthe next few month.
~ is great disappoini ment to the n
many friends that they are going 50
Immediately on Mr.. Davi, return t.
America. 1t will be ren,t mbeied that
ne slipped eff quietly to att end a con-
ference as TO the ex h nge of lri ga
efs OF war. 1t was Of ,ou.Ee While
the war was still Oh. and psor.e were
Tot advertising their conl.ngs ard go-
inss overseas. Nobody n d any caance
TO oner him any hospita.ities thea.
Ana scarcely had he gt tten over wnen
Ambassador Page reli sned AID Mr.
DAVIS was named as his successor.
ana even of these few days Wash
lngton feels Itself rather cheated since
tne DaAises went down to their West
virginia nome for the week to say
Few OF their good-byes there to
their neishbors and family connec-
tions.
Now II is probable that in le-s than
week after his arrival--Mrs. DAVIS
went up to New York to me II him on
wednesday. and returned to WASH
ihgton with him on Thursd ,y-they
VIII be starting Off asain. No time
for any entertaining. No time even
ior Mr. Davis to attend to any per-
sonai business, IL he has any. They
are not changing their PANS as to
their daughter. Miss Julia will re-
main at college for the present-prob-,
ably until she graduates.
The announcement that Henry
White, formerly American Ambassa-
dor to Italy aud France, was TO rep
resent the Republican party in the
American delegation, to the peace con-
Terence set tongues waSg-n ng. OF
course. There was a regretfuI sign
for Henry Cabot Lodge. and a geu-
eral philosophical. We'll. think
Henry Whites an old dear-but. well.
YOU know his daughter married
Prussian count, or something like
that" Which is a bit vague, but en-
tirely accurate as far as 1t goes.
Muriel White did marry something
very much like Prussian count. She
married Count Hermann Scherr-Thoss
In Paris, May /. 1903. while her father
was American Ambassador to France
IL was big social event. even though
Mr.. White did refuse to have any
thing to do with the wedding, which
took place at St. Joseph's Church on
Avenue Hoche. He attended the civil
marriage. but he was disgi united be-
cause Mgr. Annette. Archbishop OF
Paris, denied his request that the re-
nglous marriage might take place IN
the American Episcopal Church in
Avenue de LAlma. HIS disgruntle-
ment did not, however. extend beyond
the church doors. He gave his daugh-
Ter very big reception at his resi-
dence, the embassy. after the cere-
mony. for which there were at least
800 invitations sent out. and all sorts
OF political and social dignitaries were
in attendance. The wedding gifts
were said to have been worth a
kings ransom" Notable among them
was a pearl necklace with a wonder
ful diamond pendant. from J. z. Mor-
gan, and a white and gold dinner set
of beautiful Sevres porcelain from
President Fallieres.
Where is she now? Somewhere in
Germany" She was here in Washing
ton during the early years OF the war
before the United States went into
it-in the summer Of 1916, | believe 1t
was. during her mothers lingering ILL
ness Mrs. White died at Lenox. sarIy
In September of that year.. 1t is gen.
orally. supposed that she rejoined her
husband soon after that
Count Hermann Seherr-Thoss was
the elest of the four sons of Count
Seherr-Thoss OF Dobrau. in Prussian
Silesia, with vast estates to which
Count Hermann was heir. Either or
both of them may. Of course, be dead
by now. rhe father was mot So
young as he had been" The son was
an officer of the Royal Prussian Cui-
rassiers. The family was one OF the
very few prominent families of Prus-
sia who were Roman Catholics When
Countess SeherT-Thoss was here she
had her three children with her.
At the time OF their marriage Count
Scherr-Thoss was %, his bride &c
OF course, the real question. after
who is going is when will they re-
turn?'' And when they do return. is
there to be any attempt at n White
ibbuSt cNdsOns nt " Ille House is,
of course the only place that can an
swer that. and as yet the White
House has said nothing, which is one
of its irritating little ways.
There will. however. be a consider
able season." whether the White
House takes part in it or not. There
arc dances and dances and dances be-
ing announced. The most imminent.
and which 10 he
brilliant affair will be the .ictory
dance for the benefit of the Hospital
for Convalescent Soldiers given by the
stonewsll Jackson Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy. on Sat
urdsy next, at 400 Sixteenth street.
4 partial list OF patronesses are Mrs.
James Il. Lane. Mrs. Josephus Dam
iels, Mrs. Howard sutherland, wife of
the Senator from West Virginia; Mrs.
Edward Taylor. wife of Representa-
tive Taylor of Colorado; Miss Mamie
Randolph Heth, Mrs. Eleanore Cox
Griffith, Mrs. Charles Fairfax, Mrs.
VogelsanG, Mrs. Van H. Manning,
Mrs. Robert Jones, Mrs. Harry Cary.
Mrs. X. +. AcCullagh. Mrs. Paul Joa-
chin. Mrs. Walter Hutton. Mrs. Law
ton Morgan. Mrs. Harry Turner. MRS
George Warren Offutt. Mrs. Jennie
Monroe. Mrs. Anthony Wayne, Mrs
Oscar Roome.
Assisting Mrs. Charles Hamilton
Fred in the receiving line will be
Lieut.. Phillip Barber and Lieut.. NJ.
A. Leydes, attaches of the Belgian
Legation; Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs.
Berry Soule Gantz, Mrs. Frank Nor
rison, Mrs. Howard Sutherland, Mrs
Edward Taylor. Miss Mamie Ran
dolph Heth, Mrs. K. Cox Griffith, Mrs.
Charles Fairfax, Mrs Vogelssng. Mrs
Van Manning, Mai. L. NJ. Smith.