The Washington herald., 1918-10-28

Sunday Is an entirely Quiet day
at the White House. with nos even
"a church open that the preSiden:
and Mrs. Wilson can attend. There
remains only a drive out into the
country as Sunday afternoon di-
version. Fortunately the entire
household has managed To escape
tue influenza and keep quite we'll
through the entire period OF che epi-
demic-
The Vice Presidents family
AIRS. Marshall and little Morrison
Marshall. both of whom have been
having infuenzs--is doing nicely.
thank you" Both pa tients are up
and about, though still confined To
their apartment in the Willard.
The Secretary OF the Treasury,
having the Fourth Liberty Loan OF
his mind and most successfully. Is
for the moment fCnctioning as Di-
rector General Of Railroads. He Is
of on an inspection trip OF the
Norfolk and Western, from Roanoke,
Va. to Columbus. Ohio. From CO.
iumbus he expects TO travel for q
week through the Middle WeS.. Mrs
NcAdoo Is not accompanying him
Mrs. Newton D. Baker is In a hos
pital in Cleveland, where Secretary
Baker took her last Tuesday. She
had been i'll for more than a week
before that. almost from the tiTne
OF his return from his recent over
seas trip, when she. having gotten
as far as Pittsburgh on he- way to
sing at \ liberty loan rally in Cleve-
land. rushed back 20 meet him on
his arrival n Washington. IN her
case il has not been Influenzs-pcr-
laps not % dangerous, though in.
finitely poinful-so that her phyL-
clan here finally insisted on & nos
pltaL and she preferred u Lrat was
necessary to return to Cleveland and
take ser medicine" uader bcr old
Family physician. Secretary Baker
returned Friday, and the reports
that have been received Of her con-
dition have been most encouraging.
There is, however. no attempt TO
say when sho will return-'perhaps
in a weSS OF ten days; perhaps not
for considerably longer. Certainly.
as soon as she can"
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
BurlesOn and their family went down
Friday to spend the weekend at
Mount Victory, the country place of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Grain, on the
Potomac. Ensign Charles Greene
Grimes, L. S. N, Miss Lucy's fiance,
accompanied them. Miss Burleson.
who is a yoewoman in the navy, is
on leave of absence from her duties
in the Navy Department until after
her marriage to Ensign Grimes,
which. will take place Saturday IN
81. johns Church. Miss Burleson
has added to her wedding party her
elder sis6er, Mrs. Richard Van Wyck
Negley, of Texas. who arrived in
Washington at the end Of last week
to De with her parents until after
tire wedding. The two bridesmaids
gill be the brides sister, Miss Sydney
BurlesOn. and the bridegroom's sister.
Miss Mary Grimes, Of Dayton, Ohio.
Mr.. Grimes has selected tentatively
the masculine contingent for the
wedding party. His best man is TO
he Ensign +. J. B. German, L. s N,
and the ushers will include Com
mander J. M Hancock, Lieut. Com
rnander Donald Riley, Lieut.. Richard
Dawson, L. 5. A. and Mr.. w. S.
Carr.
Mrs. Daniels, wife Of the Secretary
Of the Navy. will leave Washington
tomorrow 10 be absent a month on a
speaking tour through the South.
She Is going as a representative of
the National Board of the Y. W. c.
A and win speak in Nashville, Mem
phiS. jackson, Miss; Atlanta, Jack
sOnville, Fla and her own home,
Raleigh, N. C.. in the interests Of the
United War Work Campaign of the
Y. W c. A, the Y. ". c. A, the
Rational Catholic War Council. the
Jewish Welfare Board. the War Camp
Community Service. Salvation Army
and the American Library AssoCia-
ton. Mrs. Daniels will make her
vile.
Mr., James NJ. Thomson. of New
ORLEANS, who has been in Europe
with the party Of editors visiting
the European fronts at the invita-
tion of the British and American gov
ernments. reached Washington last
night and joined Mrs. Thomson, for
merIy Genevieve Clark, daughter of
Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark, at
Congress Hall Hotel. One of the
thrills Of the trip was when on the
way home, two days out from a
British port, two submarines were
sighted. One of the American de-
stroyers which was conveying them
made for the point where the sub
marine had been seen and dropped
a depth bomb. Although a mile and
a half distant a mass OF debris was
seen to shoot out OF the water and
they were convinced that the sub
had been completely done for.
Mrs William Howard Taft Is in
town for the winter She has Joined
Mr.. Taft at their apartment, at co2s
Connecticut avenue.
Mr.. Hans Sulzer. the minister
from Switzerland to the United
States. Is expected in Washington
shortly-probabIy within a week.
The minister Of Bulgaria and
Nine. Panaretoft have as their
guest DR.. George y. Poulieff. sec-e-
ta-y OF the legation. who will be
Joined shortly by Nine. PoulIeft,