The Washington herald., 1920-04-18

our consular service who spend q
on duty ct the state Department.
and the rest Of the time represent. I.
ing the ola u. .. A. In other coun.
tries. There II quite o group Of
them; ell Just a. nice as can be:
Hsrbert Hsnkstisr. chief of the con.
sular bureau at the State Depart
msnt And one Of the very incest
men, heads the group which inciud-
cd Roger Tredwsii, Tracey Lay.
Frank Lee. Ralph Totten. Jim
Young, Lynn Franklin and sew.
eral others. Several Of the
group are wlshinstonians. Miss
Clifton 10 the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Z. Clifton
and q niece Of Mrs. william
Holmes. IN old friend OF mine, and
one Of the olsverest and finest won.
en- I've ever known. Both she and
her husband are artists; Mr. Holmes
is widely known here for his paint
ings. Miss Clifton Is also clever
person and good looking. with d
winning personality.
Mr.. Hengstler gave a lovely din
ner party last week at the Univera-
ity Club for Mr.. Young and his
fiancee. Another couple that seem
TO have eyes and ears for no one
but each other are Capt. T. r. Glen
and his bride. who was Jane Story.
Every one speaks of his. devotion
and he just can't keep his eyes OF
of her. Last Friday afternoon ]
saw a couple stro!Iing down F street
at about in the Afternoon just
clinging to each other, arm In arm,
Td ero In INT
That was what attracted my attsu-
tion-also the perfectly fat'hssiIess
shoes the young lady was wearing.
And 10 and behold! 1t was Capt. Glen
and Jane Story-MrsI Glen, excuse
me. She was wearing walking suit
Of Alice blue tweed, with q Noffolk-
jacket effect and looked very well.
Her shoes, as say, had fiat hecls
like tennis shoes have-ralher no
heel at all--and were tan.
HERE FEW DAYS
EN- ROUTE TO TOKYO. .
They will leave here within the
next few days en- route TO Tokyo,
where Capt. Glen will be on duty at
tile British Embassy. They will be
greatly missed; both OF them. Mrs.
Glen's particular friend, Mildred
Bromwel. had planned to spend
most of last week visiting in New
York hut didn't go because of the
railroad situation, a condition that
kept many from going away as they
had planned and kept many an ex-
pected visitor home. Mrs. T. q. Don.
aldson had planned TO go to New
York last Tuesday. to: spend q fort
night but didn't 80 because of the
railroads. she only postponed her
trip, however.
Speaking of the consular service
reminds me Of the news given out
last week. that Wilbur Carr. director
OF the Consular Service. has reen
made by Secretary Colby, assistant
t. the Secretary of state. This is
to be in addition to his duties in
the Consular Service and inclu les
charge of the personnel, administra.
t1on, business methods and gehstslI
management of tfte state Depart
ment: duties which he:has been rer-
forming more or less In the past
without special recognition. sir.
Carr is very able man, so I'm told
on all sides. This act of Secretary
Colby's is the first step towards 4
movement to reform the foreisnf'
service of our State Department.
Iorelgn service meaning, both the
diplomatic and consular services.
One Of the IDEAS Of the reform L.
to make both services interchangs.j
able: that 10 make 1t 50 that q man
In one service can be transferred
to the other at any time. TIE pro-
gram of reform was devised by
Lansing ana Carr together and ap-
parently meets the approval Of
Colby. How It Gould do otherwise.
I can't imagine. for Il tends to the
ideal system. that of having only
trained diplomats represent this
country. Before that ideal can be
entirely accomplished. OF course,
there will have to be some Con-
gressiena1 1eEislating done and +
suppose q lot Of silly red tape done
away with.
Under the present system the
consular oficers have to take rigid