The Washington herald., 1920-02-08

to some Southern or California resort
FOR while, though that rumor has
been denied by DR.. Grayson. But the
/ fact remains that he Is certainly at
I tending to more business than he has
in some time, as can be plainly seen
by the number of appointments he
has made. including the two new Cab
met appointments.
NEW CABINET
FAMILIES.
Judging from that viewpoint. 1t cer-
tainly appears that there is a strong
possibility that President Wilson will
soon preside again over the meetings
of his Cabinet. and, with the dual in
suguration of David y. Houston as
Secretary of the Treasury and Edwin
| T. Meredith as Secretary of Agricul-
ture last week. 1t appeared likely that
they might be greeted in their CfIl-
cial duties shortly by the President
himself.
Early last week the President signed
, the commissions of both Secretaries,
Houston. who left one Cabinet post
for another, and Meredith. The two
! men were sworn in shortly before
noon Wednesday, and Immediately
went to work or their new dut es.
Their assumption of office could not
be termed ceremonious, as only a few
personal friends of each and a number
Of departmental heads were present
The simultaneous dual change in the
Cabinet was the first occurrence OF
its kind i'm the administration of
President Wilson. The President will
soon have another vacancy to fill in
his Cabinet, as Secretary of the In
terror Lane has announced his inten-
tion of resigning as soon as the Pres
ident is well enough to attend to the
matter.
When Mr.. Lane steps out of office
there will be only two members Of
the original Cabinet left. They are
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
Postmaster General Burleson.
But I am rambling g bit; I was
talking about the diplomats and
their present position in the center
of the social stage. There was
even an announcement of an en-
gagement and a coming wedding
in the corps last week and also
of the fact that a number of the
| ing in the near future.
J ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT
OF sIsTER-IN-LAw.
The Minister of Paraguay and
Sonora de Gondra announced the
engagement of the latter's sister.
, Senorita Marie Alfaro, to Senor Au-
gustin Carrizosa, of Bogota, Colom-
bia.
The wedding will take place
Thursday, February 10, at St. Pat
rick's Church. Monsignor Thomas
Twill perform the ceremony, which
will take place at 1 o'clock in, the
Afternoon. A reception will follow
at the New Willard Hotel. Seno-
rita Alfaro has been making her
home at the legation here with the
Minister and Sonora de -Condra.
Following their marriage, Senior
ICarrizosa and his bride will reside
In New York, where he is/now maxi
ing his home. The trousseau Is all
ready even to the wedding dress
and the accessories and all is in
readiness for the ceremony already.
OF all the diplomats who are
leaving us perhaps the best known
| is DR.. Slavko Y. Grouitch, Minis
ter OF the Serbs, Croats and- Slo-
venes, who has been recalled and
will be succeeded by Yovan n.
Yovanovitch, Jugoslav minister to
Great Britain. Mr.. Grouitch has
been named grand marshal Of the
kings palace and 1t is assumed
that he will be at the same time
Minister to Greece. as the incum-
bent of the former ONCE occupies
also the Athens post. Mr.. Gxouitch