The Washington herald., 1918-12-01

IL. and remained for nearly an hour
| ningling freely with the guests IN
quite informal fashion. The first per-
son presented to the President was
NJ. Blumenthal, formerly mayor OF an
important Alsatian city. The French
Ambassador made a short address In
happy vein, and until the next morn
ing when it was announced that he
and Nine. Jusserand were to go to
France with the President and Mrs.
Wilson-as were the Italian Ambassa-
dor and the Countess di Cellers-few
realized that 1t was in the nature OF
farewell, or rather, II is to be hoped.
OF an "au revoir;'' for Washington
would not know how to get along
without the Jusserands.
Nine. Jusserand was radiant in
wonderful gown of blue velvet, en-
broidered in gold, and wore diamond
ornaments. 1t called back. by force
OF contrast, those sad days in the
frst year OF the war when the Jusser-
ands seemed the loneliest. most pa
thedc people in Washington. 1t may
seem absurd for a mere nobody like
me to be sorry for the French Am
bassador and his wife in the capital
OF a country which had every tradi-
tlon OF friendship and gratitude for
France. But there was one who lived
out a little beyond the embassy, and
they used to walk out together on
summer evenings, those two-they
have scarcely left Washington since
the war began-pausing to comment
on and admire the trim gardens of
the peaceful homes in their neighbor-
mood. Nine. Jusserand apparently try
ing to distract her husbands thoughts
Tor while. at least, from the tragedy
! or France, and the Ambassador, him
. self. his usual cheerfully serious mien,
become a gray mask of tragedy. They
were vision to swell ones throat
ana bring mist to ones eyes, that
elderly, childless couple-a very per-
sonification of lonely grief
II was good, the other night, to
know that after so long a period of
travail in the very valley of the
shadow. for them now lie jour de
glorie est arrive"
To get back to our muttons-One
or the Cabinet women said last Sun
uay that the Naons and the Lansings
! were the storm center of all sorts of
+. T.. {. parties. She herself had
tTled 10 arrange a dinner for the
Naons-and not merely as perfume
I tory attention, but because they were
really very good friends. of hers
and had found that every availa BILE
minute of their time was taken I'D
The final dinner for the two of them
was one given in their honor by tho
swiss Minister and Mime. SuIzer. on
thanksgiving Day. after which DR..
Naon left Washington to attend a lit
tie necessary business in New York
/ before sailing, and leaving his wife
10 Join him there a day or two later.
That was about the only really for
NAL dinner in Washington on Thanks
giving Day, which was emphaticalIy
a family festival in, official circles.
The President and Mrs. Wilson are
probably pretty busy getting ready
for their trip. but they went up to
central Presbyterian Church - the
PRESIDENTS church-in the morning.
and in the evening had one Of those
Dig family dinners in which both of
them seem to delight-and which the
nation as a whole regards as appro-
pirate to this peculiarly American
holiday
There were no house guests at the
/ White House. Even Miss Bones has
been up in New York for two or
three weeks and the President and
Mrs. Wilson constitute at sent
the entire White House family. But
members of Mrs. WilAen's family in
| Washington-her mother, sister and
brother, etc.-and the entire McAdoo
household came there for their
Thanksgiving dinner-at least as
much of the McAdoo family as was
in town. and their house guests.
Secretary McAdoo was in the
South and could not get back-in
fact I believe he is not expected
back until Monday. His three sons
are all away-Ensign William Gibbs
McAdoo. jr., Aviation Corps, U. S. n,
Is at present in Paris. serving as
aide to Col. House. Lieut.. Francis
Huger McAdoo. U. S. N, is also
abroad. on duty aboard the de-
stroyer, Balch; and Robert Hazel
hurst McAdoo is at Penascola, in
training for the naval aviation
corps. Mrs. McAdoo. however, had
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Compton, of
Chicago. visiting her-CMrs. Compton
was formerly Mrs. Cochran. daughter
of President Wilson's only sister, the
late Mrs. Annie Wilson Howe, of
Philadelphia, and the mother of lit
tie Josephine Cothran, who was
known at the beginning of the Will
son regime as the official White
House baby" since she and her
mother visited there a good deal,
and the little lady was a great favo-
rite of her distinguished great