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Many DiEnitaFies Are
Present At Reception.

Really as one greeted so many
lately returned travellers, and was
told Of so many others who were on
the way home, it seemed as if the
bit Of conversation recorded at the
beginning OF this letter was quite
justified. Here were the President
and Mrs. Wilson and Miss Wilson.
the French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand; the Italian Ambassador
and the Countess di Cellere. all OF
whom had been away for months,
actually in one room! 1t was known
that Secretary and Mrs. Lansing were
on their way-aud would be here
within a week; so, too, was the Am
bassador of Argentina, DR.. Thomas
LeBreton, who has been in Paris
watching events. And the Russian
ambassador, Boris Bakhmetoff, who
has been attending the sessions OF
the peace conference, is reported as
about starting for America.
The Mexican ambassador, DR.. Bo-
nillas. was recently called home to
confer with Carranza about the pres
ent rather ticklish situation, and re-
turned early in the week, and signal
ing his arrival in Washington by a
dinner THURSDAY night IN hOnOr OF
Colonel Salinan, head Of the Mexican
aviation school, whom he brought with
him for short visit to the United
States. 1t was a large and brilliant
company, several of the guests COM
ing down from New York for the oc-
casion. On the following day Colone.
Salinan motored to New York, but he
is expected back in Washington by
the end Of this week. and presumab bly,
will be made much of by the aviation
service Of both army and navy. and
taken out to the various aviation fields
near Washington and shown all the
sights.
And the Swedish minister, Mr..
Ekengren, is back after a six weeks
visit home. the first in several years.
More properly. he's back in this coun-
try, for with Nine. Ekengren. he has
run up to Martha's Vineyard, Mass,
for a glimpse Of his little girls, es-
tablished there with their grand
mother, Mrs. John T. Jackson, before
coming to Washington. Nine Eken-
gren will probably remain at their
cottage at Edgartown for the rest of
the summer.
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absorbing thing to have in the fam,
Look for Return
OF BrIgadIer General Gage.

Look for Return
OF BrigadIer General Gage.
The return of Brig. Gen. Moreton
Foley Gage. Of the British army, and
Mrs. Gage, who was formerly Frances
Lippitt, was noted in the papers the
other day and Washington is hoping
for a glimpse Of them before they go
home. They are now visiting former
Senator and Mrs. Lippitt at their farm
in Rhode Island.
Frances Lippitt went abroad to do
war work. you know, and remained
to marry the distinguished British
soldier, whom she had met some years
before when he was military attache
OF the embassy here.
\ And Nine. Giuseppe Brambflla-
Julia Won L. Meyer, daughter OF Taft's
Secretary of the Navy-who married
into the Italian embassy" is COM
ing home for. a visit While she IL
not likely to reach Washington just
yet, she will probably get down here
in the fail when it's a bit cooler
and she's sure Of warm welcome
from hosts OF old friends. Her com
ing rather emphasizes the continued
absence of Princess Boncompagne,
who was MargaretADraper-th were
very much of an age and played
around with the same set. The Prin-
cess Boncompagne had expected to
make a visit home this summer-she
and her mother-but Mrs. Draper, who
went to Italy shortly after her daugh-
ter's marriage in the fall Of 1916, and
remained there near her, died about
a month ago-and the Princess is
scarcely likely to come home this
season.
Eudora Clover-who should be home
by now, as she was expected on the
19th-can at least bring her friends
first hand news Of her, for she was
visiting the Boncompagnes after her
release from the service few months
ago. I have not heard definitely Of her
arrival but have no doubt she has
reached America by now, and will
probably shortly start, with her moth
er, to join Admiral Glover at their
summer home out on the West coast.
Dorothy Decide, daughter Of Mrs.
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Mrs. Wilson'S Gown
Really Stunning.

/ The White House party consisted
of the President and Mrs. Wilson,
Miss Margaret Wilson, Miss Bertha
Boiling. and Col. Clarence Ridley,
the Presidents chief aide. And myI
but Mrs. Wilson was stunning! She
was wearing a perfectly wonderful
Cutlery gown simply covered with
iridescent sequins, probably on a
tuIIe foundation, for the hard edges
were softened in places with little
folds and f1uffs Of tulle. She wore
the little jet tiara which she was so
fond of before she went abroad-at
least I suppose II was the same one,
it looked like it-and which was par
ticularly becoming to her. II had
been said that Mrs. Wilson had rather
concentrated on evening gowns and
costumes for formal wear in her
shopping in Paris, and had ordered
many of her summer frocks, in which
the Capital would see her going
about her daily routine here, to be
made for her in New York. And this
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Celebration of
BaSthe DayBig
EUent in D. 6.

n EAR SUSAN:
"EVerybody's coming homer
Yes, and everybody else is
going away!-
That was rather an amusing frag-
ment, overheard UP at the French
embassy Monday highland contra
dictory as it may sound, both state
ments are absolutely correct. To have
made ii quite complete the speakers
should have added in duet, AND
whether they're coming, or going,
they're all here tonight" which would
have been equally true.
It was not only the return house
warming Of the French ambassa5o
and Nine. Observation-Disclosures frst big
party after eight months in Fran - -
but IL was their first real celebration
OF the "Quatorze Juillet"-the French
'Fourth"-in fve years, and .qu'te
the happiest and most brilliant
official company since that -neVer-Io-
be-forgotten Italian reception in
honor Of King Victor Emmanuers
birthday on November IL, when all
official Washington was grateful to
Italy's King for having had the FORE
sight to select November IL for his
birthday so that the stage was
already set for q great fete on
"Armistice Day" and exclusive official
society was given q chance to blow
on steam quite as effectively as the
street crowds, but with a little more
dignity and reserve.
To be sure the French embassy had
been the scene OF a similar iubila-
ton two weeks later, on November
IS, when the Ambassador and Nine.
JusseFand had given a brilliant re-
ception in honor Of the restoration
OF the lost provinces, AIsace and
Lorraine, but even that, brilliant as
IL was, and at a time of year when
everybody worth while is normally
in town, and while the National Capt.
tai had recruited the social leaders
Of every city in the country. drawn
here for war service. didn't seem
quite 80, deeply joyful an occasion as
last Mondays celebration
Not only was there the general feel
ing that the fourteenth was not in
the closer brotherhood which had
grown out Of the war, our day, just
as Paris. had recently made the
Fourth hers, but il was the first op-
portunity society in general had had
&c greet most Of those who had but
recently returned.
In fact, the nations Of the earth,
so far as they are represented in
Washington, seemed to be celebrat-
ing 'sBastile' Day with the French
An the embassies and legations had
their hags out, and one OF the Latin
Americans when asked why, explain
ed that IL was in honor Of the French
holiday. The diplomats all at the
embassy that highland simply
beaming.
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assuredly was a sample of the Paris
gowns. In fact, it was a Worth crea-
ton, as Mrs. Wilson smilingly ad-
mitted to one of the Cabinet women
who complimented her on 1t and
asked If she had brought il over with
her. Miss Wilson, who usually goes
in for light blue evening gowns,
when she doesn't wear white, varied
that program by appearing in a most
becoming shade of pale green. also
a Paris creation. of chiffon and tulle.
Most of the Presidents surprise
parties-and he is given to them
are political. But he particularly en-
joyed this one. In fact the whole
party seemed as pleased at the unex-
pectedness Of their arrival as a group
of children who had planned some
thing "unbeknownst" to their elders
and put it over. And certainly
their arrival was the final crown
of an already very successful even
ing. The President was in his hap
piest vein when he responded to NJ.
Jusserand's toast to the United States
and the company will long remember
NJ. Jusserand's moving little speech.
Inc EISSluOnl ana MIS-. wilson
found practically their entire official
family there-the Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall. the Acting Secretary
of State (Mrs. Polk is on Long Is
land with the children), Secretary
and Mrs. Baker fthe latter in a sim
ply made but graceful gown of or
child crepe de chine); Secretary and
Mrs. Daniels (who wore white satin
brocaded in gold-also made in
France and looking the part. the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Burle-
son, Secretary and Mrs. Lane (Mrs.
Lane in a lovely rose-colored gown
which was new to mel, Secretary and
Mrs. Redfield, and practically all OF
the Diplomatic Corps that is still in
town headed by the Spanish Ambas-
sador and Nine. Riano, and the ItaI-
ian Ambassador and Countess di Gel
lere who had only landed that morn
ing, and reached Washington late in
the afternoon.
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Iparty-and that apparently was a
surprise as much to the hosts as to
any of the guests. In fact, it was
more so-for there were one or two
Of the guests--Mr. Polk, the Acting
Secretary Of State for instance-who
knew that the President and Mrs.
Wilson intended to come, and no one
connected with the embassy did know
it In fact early in the evening
Nine Jusserand in answer to a ques-
ton as to whether the President and
Mrs. Wilson were expected, responded
''Oh no. there was no idea of their
comingr
And a little later General Collar
det, military attache Of the embassy.
answered similarly a similar question
from one of the Cabinet women. In
fact, I'm sure he said that they had
not been asked; not, Of course, that
they would not be more than well
come, but because il was deemed
better not to, lest they might feel
that simply because they had chosen
to honor both the French and. Italian
embassies last November, in the mo-
pected to do il every time the en-
bassies had a party in future.
So it happened that along about
1890 the Ambassador and Nine. Jus
serand led their guests to the dining
room, and Just at the moment that
the ambassador was trying to at
tract their attention, presumably to
propose the expected toast to his
weIl-beloved France-he was electri-
fed by the unexpected strains of
The Star-Spangled Banner" He
looked at Nine. Jusserand, and Nine.
Jusserand looked at him. It could
mean but one thing. and the toast
was deferred as they FASTENED down
to receive the unexpected but well
come guests from the other end of
Sixteenth street who were paying
them this very signal honor.
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Miss Alice Coburn, Of 'Lenox, but he
has been q widower for some years
now.
Lord Reading, formerly British am
bassador. and Lady Reading, are, OF
course, among the missing-and are
still very much missed-and Viscount
Ishii. sometime Japanese ambassador,
and Viscountess Ishii, are gone not to
return. Speculation is rife as to who
will succeed Viscount Ishii and. al
though the subject OF the next Brit
ish ambassador has been discussed
for weeks, IL remains perennially in
teresting.
However, we are told that the man
for this important job has finally been
selected and that his name will be
announced this week. Diplomatic
usage provides that an ambassador
cannot take up his duties in a CAPT
tai from which the supreme executive
power is for the time being absent,
and the fact that President Wilson
was away so long is probably re-
sponsible for the delay in naming an
ambassador from the United Kingdom
to the United States, unless you prefer
to accept the view that the powers
that be in England have been put to
1t to fnd some one. big enough to NIL
the position who was willing to come
to a dry country.
At any rate a British ambassador
is sure to be dispatched to Washing
ton before long. And meanwhile the
Hon. Ronald Lindsey is filling the role
Of charge d'affaires most successfully
and the military attache, Maj. Gen. H.
Keppel Bethel. and his stan of bache-
lor officers are settling down to live
en- garcon at 1909 H street, the house
formerly occupied by Mrs. ]. Borden
Hartman.
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Jusserands Prove
Delightful a. Hosts.

And the beamingest OF the entire
coHIpany were the host and hostess
the Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand.
They were absolutely two Of the most
rsdiantly and patiently happy people
one could hope to see. Nine. Jusser-
and, who is the personifcation Of
gentle dignity and an aristocrat to
her finger tips, was truly zen grande
tenue,' wearing q trained gown Of
lilac and gold brocsde, with diamonds
at her throat and q diamond coronot
on her small regally carried head
AS for Monsieur + Ambassador, mas
culine evening dress is pretty much
The same the world over, but it did
seem that he had a rev new decora-
tions.
The embassy itself was gay with
tags and ffagrantly lovely with
quantities Of midsummer howers-a
most attractive setting for the uni
forms OF officers Of every nationality
now represented in Washington-in
most instances dress uniforms which
haven't seen the light for many
moons. and most Of them sporting a
me new crop Of decorations and med
als-and the light and graceful sum-
uer finery Of the women. OF course,
he tri-color was everywhere and
at the two ends OF the supper table
were two Of the lovely little wax
figurines the French make so artis-
tically, one clad in the Stars and
Stripes to represent America and the
other picturing Chenal. as she stood,
draped in the tri-color, TO sing the
Marseillaise and stir the souls Of
Erenchmen to deeds of valor.
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American Diplomats
Home For Vacation.

Many Of our own diplomatic repre-
sentatives who have not been able to
leave their posts for several years
are hocking home for short vacations.
The John w. CARROTS. for instance,
are coming home from Holland. where
Mr.. Garrett is United States minister.
and are bringing with them Louise
Theron, their niece. who has been
visiting them for several months.
They will probably spend most Of their
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All Cabinet Ladies
Inv4ted to Galleries.

All Cabinet Ladies r-.--> --- -f-
Invited to GalleF1es.' - 80. ,.E-
Going back . bit-you femsm6sR
last week my surprise that the won.
en- OF the Cabinet were not comfort
ably provided for when the President
addressed the Congress VEL, some
thing was said TO David s. Barry,
sergeant-at-srms Of the Senate. and
he insisted that somebody had been
'stringing" me, a. he had personally
sent two tickets TO each member g
the Cabinet for the lSdies Of theiR
family.
And II was not to Be. supposed that
the honorable gentlemen of the Presis
dents official family were holiday
out on their wives. A little .Inquirlne
around developed the fact that TIE
Cabinet women had received tEa
tickets this time. but Il was the arVs
time IL had ever happened-aud u
was 30 unexpected, that some Of them
had made other engRgements-te-
singing themselves TO not having
cards, and one almost Wept that she
had not known she was going TO have
them early enough to ask anYone TO-
go with her, and actually had 70 let
one of those precious bits Of pasta-,
board 90 to waste!
II is rather curious that the new
Republican Congress should show the
wives OF a Democratic Cabinet
greater courtesy than the Democrats
Congress which has been running
things for the last eight. years sxer .
did-isn't II now? They told various.
narrowing stories Of their experiences,
on previous occasions when. the Presi-,
dent has gone to the Capitol Fer In
stance. once, about two years ago.
cards-singe eards-were sent each
Cabinet woman enclosed in notes,
which directed them to present them
selves with eards-and notes.
Mrs. Houston, being In . hurry, Just
glanced at the note and did not tA4s
in the fact that she was 70 present
that as well as her card. she and one
OF the others went up together. me
other had the note ag veil e. Ire
caFd-butEMr& Houston had. only o
card. and the doorksepers ehauEs ~
recognized her perfectly, refused %
admit her. Such were his orders.
They sent for Mr.. SiHnott. the had
doorkeeper. and he seemed eQu1il8d
helpless. Il ended in Mrs Hoag-on
Deing detained IN an aEte-roOAn TOT
about half an hour willis some one
was found who could autiOrtze her
admission, and finally being ps-5en-
ally conducted to q seat
Lord Reading Once
Held At white House.
This reminds one OF another &C.
casion when the British ambassador
was held up at the gate Of the White
House, while the officer Ia the httle
guard house there telephoned TO tha-
office for instructions to admit hiAe
Oh, yes, the officer knew the British
ambassador-and he knew that be
would be told TO admit him-but =
was the custom to tell him in az
vance that such and such a person
would come, and was to be admitted
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FancIes, Fads, !:
And FotbIes of
Capital Society

W. Riley Decide. 10 expected homs
from France shout August /. shs
has been doing Red Cross cantssI
work In France since last November,
and in her last letter from LsAEona,
where she was stationed. she stated
that the canteen would be Closed On
July and she would start homa short
" afterward. Miss Deeble was LiSo
on duty at Tours for . time. $3.50
Helen Parker. who was AssociatsG.
with Miss Decide in the -eantean. e
Tours, came home recently and -
now with her grandmother, Mrs LV-
man Tiffany, at Cazenovia- n. 7. DuA.
ing the winter, as you doubtless.know,.
enue. .., -
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Rumanlan Attache
To Go On Vacation.

Then, to return to departures, there
is Major Tieusanu. military attache
going home shortly on a very i'm
portant mission. He was awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal last
Thursday by Secretary Baker in the
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presence of a notable little company
in the ballroom Of the Shoreham. II
was given him in recognition OF h''
splendid record and great bravery IN
action during the war, and he cele-
brated by entertaining at luncheon
those who witnessed the ceremony.
He left the next day for Atlantic City,
where he is spending the weekend
with Nine. Tieusanu and their tiny
daughter. Nine. Tieusanu and the
baby are staying with her mother,
Mrs. Humphreys. of Philadelphia, who
have a cottage at Ventnor for the
summer. He expects to sail on the
gath, and Nine. Tieusanu will rem ain
with Mrs. Humphreys until his re-
turn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel wichfeld are an
other couple who are temporarily
missing. Mr.. wichfeld was for a year
or two an attache Of the Danish lega-
ton here, but for the last few months
he has not been connected with 1t.
and now he and Mrs. Wichfeld-she
was Mrs. Clarence Moore, whose hus-
band went down with the Titanic
have gone abroad to visit his family
in Denmark. and ultimately to visit
Lieut.. and Nine. Henri Marquisan-
the latter formerly Frances Moore
in France.
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MRS. PETER C. BULLARD,
Wife Of Lieutenant Colonel Bulard u S. A. and their baby
Mrs Billiard formerly Mile Helene Tournier, Of Toulon
daughter Tourner French
Colonel and Mrs. Billiard married France early 1918
and now at Washington Barracks
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Harden Most Likely
To BE German Envoy.

Too many important men have been
suggested for the post of ambassador
from Great Britain to even run
through their names, but at the mo-
ment Kijuro Shidehara. who used to
be counselor OF the Japanese embassy
here, seems to be the most likely can
didate for the post of Japanese am
bassador.
And when the subject Of Germany's
sending an ambassador to the United
States is brought up, the consensus OF
opinion seems to be that it will be
Macmillan Harden, frebrand editor
of Die zukunft. If we resume diplo-
matte relations with Germany, and
suppose it can't be avoided. why. Max
Harden would seem to be an excellent
choice for ambassador.
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On the other hand. there are sew
eral of "our girls" coming home. Capt.
and Mrs. John Gregory Hope-the lat
ter formerly Anne Hopkins-have re-
Gently returned from two or three
months in England. during which Mrs
Hope made the acquaintance Of her
husbands family. And they are now
renewing acquaintance with their
own-their young son, now a little
more than seven months old, who
stayed behind with his grandparents
Major--or should one say Mr., now
that he's out of the service-and Mrs
Nevil Monroe Hopkins.
The Hopkins and the Hopes are
going away for the month OF August
provided Mrs. Hopkins can be pried
away from the Look See Shop, which
she and Miss Jane Hunt opened sew
eral weeks ago and where they have
all manner of delightful Oriental
things on sale. AS Frances Hopkins
remarks feelingly "a shops a very
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The real surprise Of the evening
was the arrival of the White House
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DR.. Francesca Tudela Varela. first
ambassador OF Peru to the United
States. whose resignation was forced
by the overthrow of the Pardo gov
eminent by President-eIect Leguia, is
leaving after a very short stay In
Washington, and. undoubtedly. Nine.
de Tudela and their youngsters will
go too. They are counting, however,
on remaining at Chelsea, n. j., where
they have cottage for the season,
until cold weather. There's a rumor,
more or less authoritative, that his
successor will be Federico Alfonzo
Pezet, who was Peru's minister to the
United States for years, and who has
been making his home in New York
since he left the diplomatic service.
Mr.. Pezet, tall, broad-shouldered,
dark and very imposing, and his
dainty little blonde wife were con-
spicuous and very popular figures in
Washington, and there was consid-
cradle regret when financial embar-
rassment caused the Peruvian gov
eminent to withdraw its minister
here and leave the legation, very much
skeletonized. in charge OF a secre-
tary. And now, If you please, the
South American republic is maintain
ing an embassy here. and Mr. Pezet
is likely to return as ambassador.
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And there are, OF course, mere sum-
mer sojourners starting of on their
rather belated travels. Mrs. Charles
Bromwen and her daughter, Mildred
Bromweu. who was one Of the most
popular OF last seasons debutantes,
have during the past week started for
Charlevoix, Mich. where they will
join Mrs. Bromwelrs mother, Mrs.
Matthew Scott, in her summer home.
And I believe the Campbell Graefs,
with Olyre Graef, who is one Of Mil
dred BromwelIs running mates, have
gone down to Hot Springs, where they
have a cottage for the rest OF the
season.
Secretary Wilson and his family got
off to Blossburg, Pa, where they have
a big farm, early in the week. Natur-
ally. Mr.. Wilson. himself cannot stay
long, and having seen his family es-
tablished, will return to his desk here.
Mrs. Wilson seems better in health
and spirits when she is in her Bloss-
burg home than she does anywhere
else nowadays. Agnes Hart Wilson
is also returning to town shortly, but
the rest will remain indefinitely.
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MISS ELIZABETH DUBOIS,

MISS ELIZABETH DUBOIS,
Daughter Of former Senator and Mrs Fred T. Dubois She has
just been graduated from college in Chicago and will be dbu
At present she deeply interested the
"big sister" movement Walter Hospital.