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jectS. Mrs. Gerry also possesses
love of animals. particularly horses
and dogs, and her beautiful pets are ia
| miliar figures on the streets and lanes.
AS Miss Mathilde Townsend she ex-
cited the admiration OF Sargent, and
/ he pronounced Ter one Of the love-
Hest types Of American womanhood
he had ever seen and asked what was
a unique honor-permission to paint
| her portrait. The result is considered
| one of the worthiest of the great mas
| ter. and is among the many artistic
| treasures of Mrs. Townsend's home.
Representative stephen Geyer Por-
ter of Pennsylvania is chairman of
the committee on foreign affairs. but.
unfortunately. he recently suffered
the heavy bereavement OF losing his
wife. and he took but little part in
the brilliant events arranged for
visiting royalty and celebrated states
men. Mrs. Porter was Miss Elizabeth
| F. Ramaley of Allegheny. and there
| is one daughter. Lucy Foster Porter,
who. If the House continues repub,
lican. will be pleasantly associated
with the foreign contingent resident
in Washington. Meantime the social
duties have devolved on the next
ranking member. John Jacob Rogers
Of Lowell. Mass. who. with Mrs.
fully and with zeal. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rogers. though exceedingly youthful
| in appearance, and very loverlike.
have almost quarter of a century
! of married experience to their credit.
| Both have a benevolent trend and
| work harmoniously on the boards of
! aged womens homes. of orphanages
, and Industrial schools in their home
| city. Mrs, Rogers was Miss Edith
| Frances Nourse. and she and her hus-
band were childhood friends. Mrs.
| Rogers has been one of the indie
fatigable aids at Walter Reed Hos
| pital. and for more than two years
| her working hours equaled those of
| any of the nurses or physicians in
attendance. Even now one sees her
| much more frequently in her Red
| Cross uniform than in the modsh
| garments of the hour. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Rogers have some interesting SOU
| venirs of the royal visitations and
| they had the pleasure OF dining with
| the Belgian king and queen and with
| the Prince Of Wales and all the
| long line of celebrities who visited
| the capital during the war and since
the signing of the armistice. Both
| find their greatest diversion in trav-
| cling though they see no prospect
for INDUCING this preference in the
| next year.
The ambassador from the French
republic, to copy the wording of his
visiting card, will not set the diplo-
matte tide of sailing for Europe. be-
cause he and Nine. Jusserand have
July. With the exception of the
Spanish ambassador. Senior Riano. all
the other members of hte exalted
circle Of higher diplomats have just
| arrived in the official sense. as they
| have only within fortnight pre-
scented their credentials to the Presi-
dent and the routine of their office
| will keep them prisoners in or near
Washington for many months. NJ:
Jusserand and his wife accompanied
the presidential party to Europe last
! spring and returned early in the au-
tumn, but the duties connected with
| the council at Versailles left them no
! leisure to attend to private affairs.
\ Their present journey Is vocational.
though they have the pleasant duty
| Gently elected President of France
and Nine. Deschanel. and to the
members Of the new ministry. M.
Jusserand is a native Of Lyon and
| he owns a pleasant country seat
within easy distance of that famous
country, where the rich dark wine OF
the south Is stored in mellow casks.
which line all the cellars of the coun-
| tryside. In days when this country
lacked certain recent enactments the
| bassador had a delightful habit of
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and pressed on his own lands to his
| friends in Washington. NJ. Jusserand
soon will round out twenty years OF
| service in Washington, an unusual
time In the diplomatic harness even
| for France. which has no age retire
ment law. He belonged to that small
circle known as President Roosevelts
tennis cabinet and was on cordial
terms with President Taft. His re-
! lations with the present executive
have been exceedingly intimate ana
he bears cordial testimony of his
feelings toward this country in his
most recent work, Brothers in
Arms" Nine. Jusserand. though of
American parentage. was born In
Paris and had spent all her life there
people in the enviable role of wife
| OF the ambassador from the land
which had been Americas first friend.
! Baron Rosen. who was the i'm
! mediate successor Of the picturesque
! Count Cassini, as ambassador from
! the car. and his daughter. Baroness
| Elizabeth Rosen. who have been re
1 siding in New York for the past two
! years. are seeking a home in Wash
| ington. Like so many of the Russian
nobility, the revolution has thrown
| them on their own resources and they
are calamity meeting the emergency,
| the baron through writing and the
young baroness through solo dancing
| and giving lessons in private studios
Of New York and Boston. Baroness
| Elizabeth delighted in dancing IS a
child. and. like many other court
ladies of st. Petersburg, she was per-
mitted to take lessons from the mem
1 ber6 of the imperial ballet. and she
| had danced several times in private
theatricals at court. all of which is
exceedingly fortunate for her now.
| The Rosens were in Washington less
| than two years and lived in the most
J elaborate fashion on I street oppo-
site F'arragut Square. in that house
| which possesses a pathetic interest
for older Washingtonians, in that it
| was the residence Of Secretary Ben
5amin Tracy when he lost his wife
and daughter in it's confiagration.
Baron Rosen practically rebuilt the
some of the most ornate and bepow-
dered retainers seen In the city in
recent years. Failing sight COM
PEELED his early retirement, trouble
which he has seemingly now over
come; The baron probably employed
the last deliberately CARRIED liveried
servitors at the American capital
There were four giant Cossacks. who
looked as though they stepped out of
some court scene. as in the opera of
Aida" Now comes the word that
never again will powdered and SATIN
clad serving men be seen. not even
around the person of royalty Livery
was never overpopular on this side
Of the water, and those diplomats
who arrived with gorgeous servants
soon toned down their plumage The
former Belgian minister. M. Havenith,
| whose wife was Miss Helen Ffoulke
OF this city. employed two powerful
Persians. who wore a livery and
bright red fezes, and they were per-
haps the last seen on the Washington
| streets. Now dark fnconspicIIous
garments mark the footman and