The Washington herald., 1919-10-19
Rx xE. c. pRUM-HUNI.

The suspense is ended, the King and
Queen Of Belgium are coming to WASH
ingtoni But because of the continued
Illness of the President, they will stay
At the home Of Third Assistant secre-
tary OF State. Breckinridge Long. on
Sixteenth street. instead Of at the
white House as was planned. They
will come on the 9Th and leave on
the 30th OF this month. The Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall win act
as oficial hosts instead OF the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson.
Their MaJesties have decided to
make a second visit to New York and
TO spend Va day in Philadelphia before
visiting the Capital. II Is expected
that-they will be in New York Sat
urday, October 25. and will attend the
gala performance at the Metropolitan
Opera when The Blue Bird" the
masterpiece Of the great Belgian poet.
Masterlinck. will be given its first
production in opera FORM
In preparation. for entertaining In
the honor OF the royal pair. the Am
bassador of Belgium and Baroness de
Cartier have taken the handsome res
idence. 1870 Massachusetts avenue. for
merly the Brazilian Embassy. Bar
oness de Cartier is already established
there after a months stay in tlh home
Of Mrs. William J. Boardman, The
new embassy was built by the late
Melville Es ingalls, and Is owned by
his estate.
The. bride is holding the center
Of the social stage in Washington
just now. though last week oflcial
society did arouse itself a wee bit.
or course. the members of the Cabi-
net and their families did not enter
tain informally or otherwise while
the President was so ill. but now
that he Is decidedly on the mend
they are beginning to arouse them
selves Mrs. Wilson, who never left
her distinguished husband until
after the crisis of his illness. now
takes an automobile ride every
afternoon for a little airing. usually
accompanied by her mother. Mrs.
william Boiling. and her sister.
Miss Bertha Boiling. Occasionally
Miss Edith Benham, her secretary.
also goes along. These little out
ings are her only relaxation. She
had a birthday last Wedne sday, but
celebrated it quietly. of course. with
her family.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Robert Lansing were dinner hosts
last week. their honor guest being
the recently arrived British Ambas-
sador, ViScount Grey. The Dime r
was a rather informal affair with
Mrs. Lansing as the only woman
present. That sort oS a stag party
was first introduced By Mrs. Wilson.
During the war the President en-
tertained at dinner a number OF
times for visiting foreign notables.
chiefly members of important for
eign missions. All of the guests
were men. but Mrs. Wilson would
preside during dinner. Once in a
while she asked one other woman
TO keep her company. usually the
wife Of a Cabinet oficer. Since
then several Of the Cabinet ladies
have followed her example. as Mrs.
Lansing did last Tuesday evening
The Spanish Ambassador and Nine.
Riano also gave a dinner that even
ing. their guests including the men,
bers of the embassy STAFF.
The interesting visitors within
our gates have also been the ex-
cuse for some entertaining! The
French Ambassador and Nine J. j.
JusseTand gave several parties for
Gen. Comille. head Of French mill
tary mission which has come here
10 study polytechnics, and his staff
They gave quite a reception for
them last Tuesday. among other
things. The mission went from here