The Washington herald., 1920-05-09
Society:


kings palace, which ALSO carries
with it the office of minister 20
Greece. and was going home about
now to assume office. Meanwhile,
the Grouitches will stay on here
with US. They will leave here early
next month for visits in Cleveland
and Buffalo and then go to Con-
necticut for the summer.
JAN MAsARYK WILL
RETURN TO WARSAW.
Jan Masaryk. charge d'affaires of
the Czecho-Slovak Legation, Is go
ing back to Warsaw, and he is to be
succeeded by J. Steypanek. Society
here will regret II, tremendously.
Washington had already learned to
love and admire his noble father
before he. the son, came to take
charge Of the legation of the new
republic, which his father had done
so much toward establishing.
SUMNER HOMES
ARE SELECTED.
A large share OF the diplomatic
corps are hunting summer quarters
now, but few of them have yet made
any decisions to date. Apparently
the Russian Ambassador and his
wife expect to be in the city most OF
the warm weather, for they are
moving next week into the Clark
Waggaman house in the thick of the
woods of Massachusetts, Avenue
Highlands, where they will be cool
and comfortable. convenient to town
and yetscan imagine themselves far
from the heart of the city. 1t Is
lovely in there. The Italian Ambas-
sador Is considering Newport, be-
lisve.
The Belgian Ambassadors wife,
Baroness de Cartier. sailed yesterday
for Europe, to remain until fall, and
Baron de Cartier Is to join her later
Their return abroad was in some
thing of the nature of a surprise.
They went up to New York wednes-
day or Thursday, just as they do
quite frequently, and then of the
Baroness sailed yesterday on the
Lapland. The Cremers have gone
home. and Mrs. Marc Peter, wife of
the Swiss Minister, has already re-
turned to Switzerland for the warm
weather, and it Is thought the Min
ister Will join her there later. He
mas Just returned from a visit to
hC NuOdn minister and
Mme. de Cespedes have just returned
from there.
With the cool days of the last few
weeks IL is difficult to realize, isn't
II, that June, the month when So
cIsty begins its summer exodus in
earnest, Is so near. Washingtonians
are already leasing their homes here
Tor the summer months preparatory
10 going away. For instance, the
John Newbolds have leased their
lovely historic Georgetown mansion
70 the Robert Wood Blisses. 1t is a
nne old place, Just across from the O
street bridge. and was formerly in
the middle of Q street, having been
moved back to make way for the
street. Originally its grounds ran
clear down to P street and from
Iwenty-eiEhth street to the creek
and some distance north Of Q street.
II Is generally spoken of as the
Rittenhouse house"
LADY GEDDES PLANS
SUMNER AT HOME.
But to return to the diplomats
summer plans; Lady Geddes, as you
know, is going home for the sum-
mer. She left her children behind
When she came over here and is go
ing back to get them, and will stay
over there until she thinks the
weather Is cooler here. / imagine
the ambassador will stay right "on
the job" here all summer-most of
H. anyway, though it wouldn't sur
prise me a bit IL he ran up to Can
ada Tor a visit to get reacquainted
with his old friends there. The
Geooeses entertained a box party at
the opening of the Garrick Players
last Monday evening when the au-
olence contained many distinguished
people like Gen. March and a num-
Der OF members of both houses of
congress. Apparently the stock
company Is a great success. The
Seodeses seem to be in for a very
active program-business as we'll as
pleasure. For instance, next Tues
day Sir Auckland will make q speech
AT the Red Cross memorial service
IN honor of Florence NightingaIe at
central High School, Washington.
On May 1s he will be a guest oil
FRANKLIN Institute in PhiladeIpbia
at luncheon, and on May 25 will have
olnner with the Pilgrims. New York.
On May rs. luncheon at the Union
EluD' New York, dinner at the Har-
yard Club, New York. in honor of
British officers on duty at Harvard
ana other university training camps.
COMING CONVENTIONS
DRAW INTEREST.
1t does seem that that portion of
society which isn't going to one of
the conventions is going abroad This
summer. Everywhere you go, people
are asking each other, Are Won 90
ing out to the convention?" seldom
sisnifying which convention tbev
mean. Social plans for both con-
Fentlons are under way and are at
tracting many who aren't going on
clally. The convention in San Fran
cisco, for instance, offers a fine ex-
cuse tor trip to the Pacific Coast.
washington society, of course. real
ly takes a keen interest in both con-
Ventlons, because too many of the
candidates and woufd-be candidates
OF octn parties have Washington
connections.
Quite a few washingtonians have
alreaoy gone abroad and others are
going shortly. On the L,apIand vas
terday in addition to Baroness
de Cartier and the Cremers. wera NJ
and Mrs. Gist Blair, for instance
and William Phelps Emo and M
and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, jr.. and
their baby daughter. They are TO
nave a house in England for the
summer. which they will make their
headquarters, travelling occasionaIIv
on the Continent Mrs. Stokes
mother, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock
also expects to go abroad this sum
mer' but she has not yet completed
her plans. At any rate. she expects
to remain in Wagb;,u.. S..,