The Washington herald., 1918-10-22

plans are announced for the wed
ding.
The Brazilian Ambassador and
Mine. da Cana have left Washing
ton for New York, where Nine da
Cana will pass the winter, and
whence Mr.. da Cana will shortly
sail for Brazil to assume his duties
as minister of foreign affairs,
Mr.. Walter Hines Page, who re-
Gently resigned his position as Am
bassador to Great Britain. because
OF failing health. and was taken
to a hospital critically Ill when he
landed In this country about ten
days ago. is now reported to be out
of danger.
Mr.. Yasujiro Ishikawa. Samurai
of Japan and editor of a Japanese
paper. has arrived in Washington to
present President Wilson with a his
tortc sword from his country which
was forged Ss6 years ago-one OF
the highest tokens of Japanese
friendship.
Mr.. Ishikawa will be presented in
day or two to the President by
the Japanese. ambassador, and he
will then arm the President with
this symbol of honorable peace" ac-
cording to Japanese tradition. After
completing his mission here Mr..
Ishikawa will sail for Europe. where
he will present other historic
swords to President Poincare OF
France. King George of England,
King Albert of Belgium and Victor
Emmanuel, the King of Italy.
The Secretary OF Labor and Mrs.
William B. Wilson have taken posses
sion of the residence. 2254 Cathedral
avenue, which they have leased for
the winter. They have with them
Hart Wilson, Miss Mary and Miss
Jessie Wilson. The Secretary, who
spent the weekend in New York,
where on Saturday he made a week.
end address. returned to Washing
ton yesterday.
The first Of the Washington debu-
tantes is to be Miss Anna Hamlin,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S.
Hamlin-and she is to make her ac-
tusl debut in Boston. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hamlin have sent out cards for a
tea for her next Saturday, from to
I o'clock. They will stop in Boston
on their way from their summer home
at Mattapoinsett, and later On will
come to Washington for the season.
Count Leopold Belloni. OF the Ital-
ian air service, has gone to Virginia
Hot Springs for a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Walter B. Brooks. jr.. of Bal
timore. formerly well known in Wash
ington. as Miss Louise Cromwell. has
left White Sulphur Springs. where
she has been passing a couple of
weeks, and after a day or two in
her home in Green Spring Valley.
gone on to Philadelphia to watch over
her little son, who has developed in
fiuenza while visiting his grandmoth-
er. Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury.
Mrs. Stoteshury's son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Tony Cromwell and his
wife, have had influenza and have
gone to Atlantic City to recuperate.
Lady Spring Rice. widow OF Sir
Cecil Arthur Spring Rice, former
British Ambassador to the United
States. has taken a house in Ottawa,
Canada. and is living there quietly
with her children. Her decision to
make Ottawa her future home was
probably Influenced by a desire to
be near her cousins, the Duke of
Devonshire. governor general of Can
ada, and the Duchess of Devonshire.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond, who
had expected to return to Washing
ton before this. is still too i'll to
leave her summer home, Lookout Hill,
at East Gloucester. Mass.
Gen. Roy Hoffman lunched yester-
day with Mai. Gen. March, chief of
stan. and planned to leave last night
for his new post at Camp Shelby,
Miss.
On Sunday Gen. and Mrs. Hoffman
dined informally with the Speaker
and Mrs. Clark.
Mrs. Sarah NJ Taggart announces
the marriage of her daughter, Harriet
Elizabeth. to Mr.. William Curtis
Hill, at Christ Church. Media, Pa, on
Wednesday, October 16.
Mrs. Church. wife of Commander
Albert T. Church, has returned to
Washington and opened her apart
ment in the Decatur for the winter.
Mrs. Robert N Harper Is in New
York for a weeks stay, and is stop
ping at the Waldorf.
Mrs. John Henry Purdy has return
ed to Washington for the winter and
Joined Mr.. Purdy at their residence,