The Washington times., 1918-08-16
HAPPENING IN SOCIETY
Diplomats and Officials on Week End Trips Washing
tczians at the Summer Resorts.
NUMBER Of diplomats and Of

A NUMBER OF diplomats and Of
| u fcials are leaving Washing
L \ ton today and tomorrow for
the week end. The Italian ambas-
sador, Count di Cellere, VIII so 10
Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. to Join Coun-
| tess di Cellere, and they will have
| Baron Valentino, of the embassy
staff, with them from Saturday to
Monday. The Argentine ambassador,
DR.. Romulo S. Naon, will go this
afternoon to Beuna Vista Springs,
| Pa. to be with Nine. Naon and their
family, and the Chinese minister, DR..
Wellington Koo, has returned to Blue
Ridge Summit to join Mrs. koo after
spending some days at the legation
in town.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Baker are going to Mrs. Bakers old
home in Pottstown, Pa, for q week
end visit They will leave town to-
morrow morning IL the Secretary
can be spared from his desk, and ex-
pect to return on Sunday evening.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Will
liam Gibbs McAdoo, will pass the
week end with Mrs. McAdoo at White
Sulphur Springs, and Raymond T..
Baker. Director of the Mint, is with
Mrs Baker at their summer home at
Lenox. Mass.
Next week Countess di Cellere will
entertain Prof. and Nine. Vittorio
Falorsi at Blue Ridge Summit They
will arrive on Monday and Nine. Fall
orsi will remain for several days.
Mime. Falorsi, who has been in tow n
for several days, has returned to
to Sherwood Forest, Nd, where she
has been spending the greater part
of the summer, and Mr.. Falorsi Is
with her for the week end.
Mrs. Daniels, wife of the Secretary
of the Navy. who is spending a week
with Mrs. George Dewey in Atlantic
City, is expected back in town to-
morrow.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph r. Wilson, the
Presidents brother and sister-in-law,
are at the Marlborough-B -Blenheim,
Atlantic City, accompanied by Mrs. l.
S. AcElroy. They made the trip
from Baltimore by motor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Davies left
town last evening for Bethlehem, N.
H., where they have a summer home.
Mrs. Davies spent the early part of
the summer there and returned to
town about ten days ago for a short
visit. She will remain in New Eng
land until autumn.
Paul s. Reinsch, American minister |
to China, who was the guest of Mr.. |
and Mrs. Davies during his brief stay |
in Washington. is now in New York. |
He will start back to his post in a
few days.
Engagement Announced.
Mr. and Mrs Ernest LeSeure, Of /
Danville, Ill, announce the engage
n:ent of their daughter, Miss Virginia /
Cannon LeSeure, to Capt. William
Houghteling, U. S. N. C., now sta
TONED in Washington. No date has
been sci for the weddingA
The announcement is OF unusual in
terest in Washington. as Miss lie
Seure. who is a Granddaughter of Con-
gressman Joseph G. Cannon, has spent
several winters here with Mr.. Can
non and his daughter, Miss Helen
Cannon. She is a handsome, culti-
waited young woman. blessed with the
keen wit for which both her grand
father and her aunt are famous. and
has made a wide circle OF friends
here.
Captain HoughteliHg is the son of
Mrs. James Lawrence Houghteling, of
Chicago, and his brother, Capt James
Lawrence Houghteling, jr. was recent
ly married to Miss Laura Delano,
OF Major and Mrs. Frederic
A Delano.
Mrs. Charles Parker Stone, who is
at Miffintown, Pa, for the summer, is
expected back in town the first week
in September. Her son. Charles
Parker Stone. jr., is visiting in the
White mountains.
Mrs. James NJ Thomson and her
small son, Champ Clark Thomson,
who are visiting the Speaker and Mrs.
Champ Clark at Congress Hall. ex-
pect to remain in Washington until
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