Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-01

are pldHlillS 10 90, Oh dI1ot'it VI
in outdoor sports.
A sad little party that journeyed to
Monterey a week ago was made up of
the two little children of the minister
of China, DR.. Koo. who is now IN
Paris. and their trained nurses ana
other attendants. the father making
all arrangements for the comfort OF
his motherless babies by cable and
otherwise. Members of the legation
staff will go to Monterey from time
to time during the season.
However, sufficient number of hos
pitable hosts are leaving early in the
month to make quite an impression
on entertaining. The former imperial
ambassador of Russia and Nine.
Bakhmetef will leave Washington on
June 5. for Newport, where Capt. and
Mrs. Perry Belmont. Mr.. and Mrs. Je-
rome Bonaparte and Mr.. and Mrs.
Pembroke Jones, who spent the Win
ter in Washington, will also be early
residents. Col and Mrs. Robert NJ.
within a day or two and are leaving
for Southampton. L. l.. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Walker are about start
ing for Nonquitt, Mass. where they
have taken cottage for the sum-
mer. .,..-.z
June weddings will be both nuner-
GUS and interesting. while a little
later in the summer others of equal
Importance will take place. At least
two weddings in the Senate circle are
scheduled for this and next month,
that of Miss Sutherland and Lieut..
Col. Donald Marion McRae. and that
of Miss Leona Curtis and Mr.. Webster
Knight, both to take place in Wash
1ngton- Many society folk from the
capital will motor to Warrenton, Va.
the wedding of Miss Mary Addison
ley and Mr.. Frederick L. Solger,
scheduled to take place at the coun-
try home of Mrs. W. w. Finley, while
the weddings of Miss Mary Add son
Webb and DIR. Thomas Rodna n
Goethais, and that of Miss Dorothy
Eliza beth Copenhavcr and Mr.. Henry
Cumpston. jr.. which take place on
Tuesday, will initiate Washing ton's
annual crop of June brides.
Interesting sideiights on the life of
the President and Mrs. Wilson in
Europe constantly reach Washington.
and just now society is interested
in a little story of the first lady of
the land which came through the
American Red Cross news service.
Tribune. published in Paris, carried
the story which related that Mai. Nc
Curdy of the Red Cross arrived in a
Ford at "A canteen at Care Montpar-
nasse, where the daily life of the
boys was being carried on in roll
licking natural way. No one stop
ped their occupation and scarce a
one looked up-just then. Two wom-
en- who were with the major laughed
and chatted with the canteen work.
ers- 'One of them" says the writer
wore a long dark-blue coat with
full-length panels back and front
and small dark blue hat that turned
brown and gray and black in the
different lights of the room. Scores
of hungry men were passing her on
their way to the counter. where Mrs.
Oscar Straus was serving mashed po-
tatoes and roast beef and Mrs.
1'rquhart. Mrs. Harding and Miss
Breet were setting out dishes of the
most delicious chocolate pudding l
have ever tasted-and | did taste it.
The woman in blue was watching
the boys. and her establishment was
real when she saw among them a
tan boy on whose sailor cap we read
in gilt letters 'S. S. George Wash
iugton.'
well. what are you doing here -
she called after him.
She did not go around shaking
hands with all the men there. That
would have been conspicuous: that
would have been unnatural. But she
did go behind the counter and talk
with the girls and examine the
kitchen para hernalia and the store
room, and showed genuine pleasure
at the exquisite aromas arising from
Steaming urns.
Everything in the canteen went on
exactly as before. with one little ex-
ception. one, and only one. touch of
excitement. sergeant beside me
asked a Belgian soldier across the
table from US: Know who that is?
That's Mime. Wilson"
The Belgian soldiers eyes opened
wide as those of the woodcutter's
son the first time he went down into
Ali Baba's cave.
"Meesez America" he suffered in
his very best English.
1t seems a foregone conclusion that
his royal highness. the Prince OF
Wales. will come to Washington as
the nations guest. after visiting the
governor general OF Canada. the
Duke of Devonshire. this month. The
governor general has arranged TO
visit New York the second week in
June and will be present on June 10
for the opening of an exhibition of
war paintings TO be conducted by the
Canadian war memorial fund. and
when most of the pictures will rep
resent Canadian artists.