The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-13
HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY
President Plays Ceere Leave Town Summer
Japanese Ambassador and ViscOuness Ishi Entertain

TIME PRESIDENT AND MRS.
WILSON made an early start
from the White House this
4 morning and played round
Of golf
The Italian Ambassador and Coun-
tess di CelIere. with their children,
will go to Dunnebrack. Blue RiIg
summit, Pa on Saturday. The am
bassador will return TO town after q
few days TO remain FOR the greater
part OF the summer.
The degree Of doctor or laws was
conferred upon Count di Cel!cre BY
Johns Hopkins University at the
commencement exercises yesterday.
IshiIE Dinner Hosts.
The Japanese Ambassador and Wis
countess lshii were hosts last even
ing at the first OF series OF dinner
parties they have planned for this
month. The party numbered TWEEN
ty-four and included the Secretary
IF State and Mrs. Lansing, Senator
Willard Salisbury. the Chinese Min
ister and Mrs. Koo. the Belgian min
lister, Mr.. de Cartier de Marchienne:
he Third Assistant Secretary Of
state and Mrs. Breckinridge Long,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 8. Hamlin. Cap
tain and Mrs. Perry Belmont Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Billings RuddOck, Vance
Mccormick. Herbert Hoover, the
Counselor OF the embassy, Tokicht
Tanaka. and the FIRST secretary, Kat
sui Debuchi.
Justice Joseph Il. McKenna will leave
town tomorrow TO visit his daughter,
Mrs. Pitts Dunield. in New York, and
later to stay with Mrs Davenport
Brown, another daughter. at her home
In Medheld, Mass. During his absence
Mrs. McKenna Pultz will be with Mrs. f,
MeKenna at the Connecticut, and on jus !
tice McKenna's return they will arrange |
their summer plans.
Goes To Vermont.
John Barrett left Washington today |
to accompany his mother to Vermont, |
where she will spend the summer at
the family homestead in Grafton. /
While absent Mr.. Barrett will address
= gathering Of New England teachers |
and school superintendents on the Rd- \
visibility Of the substitution Of Span
ish. for the German language where /
the latter Is being dropped from the \
school courses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil s. Higgins, OF
New York, have announced the en-
gagement Of their daughter. Miss
Cecilia Higgins, and Andrew Kalpash-
nikoff-Camac, Of Russia Mr.. Kali
pashnikoff, who was a member Of
the Russian embassy staff at Wash
ington under the old regime, is still
nominally attached to the embassy
here, although listed as absent
Miss Higgins, who is one Of the
most beautiful women in society. Is
q niece Of Mrs. Edward Dale Toland
and Miss Julia Rush. Her mother
was Miss Susan Rush. OF Philadel-
phia, daughter OF the late Col. Rich
ard Henry Rush, who fought In the
civil war, and q granddaughter OF
Richard Rush, who was American
ambassador to England
Mr.. Ralpashnikoff. q member OF a
prominent Russian family. was con-
fined in the prison Of St Peter and
st. Paul, in Petrograd, by the Bolshe-
wiki for the active part he took in
unfolding the old government. He,
has frequently visited former Ambas-
sador and Mrs. BakhmetefE. He came
to this country shortly before the
downfall OF the Gar to collect money
for the AmbulAnees for the Russian
army. Il was on this trip that he
met Miss Higgins Mr.. KAlpashni-
k off expects TO return to this coun-
try shortly. Miss Higgins has been
taking a prominent part in war re-
lief work.