The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
Fashionable Folk, While Busy, Miss
the Many Absentees Abroad, and
Deplore Depletion of Diplo-
matte Circle

bassador (who. py mo way, etiN uR-
ures on the diplomatic list in that ca
pacity), who went home last fall to
become Brazil's Secretary Of Foreign
Affairs, Ia now in Paris watching the
conference for his country. And It n
no breach Of confidence to say that
Paris would be more to Nine. de
Gama's mind than Rio. And one could
probably also call on Nine. Naon, wife
OF tho former Ambassador of Argen-
tina, for DR.. Naon. who resigned his
post because he did not ike what he
the Brazilian Government, said when
he left that he would be travelling for
the next two years. and would be In
Paris quite nnofficially during the
Peace Conference.
And the President could call almost
as much OF Cabinet meeting in Paris
as IN Washington, with Lansing and
Gregory and Daniels over there and
Baker about to Join them. OF his un-
official cabinet he has Col. House.
Vance Mccormick, Bernard Baruch,
Herbert Hoover. Edward N. Hurley
or had, but he has recently come home
and generals and admirals galore.
Awaiting the Homeward RusA.
People here have given up trying
to guess when they are all coming
home. but they'll all, Or nearly all,
como IN a bunch. And the moment II
is known that they are starting there
will be sudden rush to get back to
Washington from all over the country.
Already most Of the Cabinet who are
not on the other side ON business are
really back on their Jobs hera They
are coming and going. but on short
trips Of business. And their wives
arc coming ana going. but also on
mere excursions. marking time The
little vacations that most Of them
took after adjournment OF Congress
are over. The Folks, who were the
last to get away, having been down
at White Sulphur Springs for the last
two weeks. were expected home to-
day. and will undoubtedly get here.
Mrs. Boiling and Miss Bertha Boil
ing, Mrs. Wilson's mother and sister.
arc at Roanoke, Va, visiting Matthew
Maury and his family. Mrs. Maury
was Mrs. Wilson's eldest sister. She
died in February. two years ago. She
left two young daughters who are by
now getting around to debutante age.
Even though the Cabinet is more or
less on the Job there would have been
considerable difficulty in making Cabi-
net calls here last Wednesday. None
Of the cabineteers in town. with the
possible exception of Mrs. Baker and
Mrs. Palmer. were receiving. And
they, II they received at ALL did II
most informally. They are the only
ones who had not distinctly announced
that they would not be at home.
Mrs. Palmer is pursuing the ever
tenor Of her way, very little ruflied BY
her promotion to the ranks Of the
cabineteers. She and the Attorney
General do not go in very heavily for
society; but they have a pretty con-
/ slant succession of house guests. They
had for the last weekend Mr.. Palmer's
aunt, Mrs. Marshall Fox of Philadel-
phia, and her grandson, Lieut.. Brooks
Larned, just back from overseas. and
had a small dinner party in their
honor Saturday night.
Entertaining Philippine Mission.
Mrs. Baker sang yesterday at the
MONDAY meeting at George Washing
ton University, and this afternoon she
and Secretary Baker are having q re-