New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Members of Set Engaging
Passage for Europe in Big
Numbers, While Many Go
to Their Country Homes
Scores Going to Seashore
Large Representation Prom.
ised a. Republican and
Democratic Conventions
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

man mas oeen the custom, barking
back to the good old days before the
war when the leisure classes actually
had leisure; when the large houses
here were boarded up from June to
November and before Washington be-
summer resort
to be making ready to go TO Chicago,
or to San Francisco, for the Republi-
can orr the Democratic national CON
vention in June, and it is not probable
they viii return to town afterward
except to pack up their family belong
ings preparatory to departure for the
mountains or the seaside. Other So
clety folk are taking passage, in great
numbers, for Europe, and every ship
which sails has its quota of prominent
Nashingtonians among its passengers.
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
viii be i'll the vanguard of those at
tending the San Francisco convention
They will leave Washington Tuesday
for Indianapolis to take in the Indiana
state convention, but will return to
washington before starting for the Pa
cifc Coas1. Their plans for the re-
malnder of the summer are not form
ulated, but if the Vice President goes
oampaigning-and he's too good a cam
paigner to be wasted-Mrs. Marshall
will accompany him. Undoubtedly,
TO-, they'll endeavor to devote few
weeks to rest and recreation at Pc
toskey, Mich, where they have passed
several summers. They have given up
All thought Of moving out to Wardman
fark Hotel, where they passed last
summer.
Society To Be Represented
Of t6o
70 attend the Democratic convention,
their wives going to California with
them; and, Of course, there'll be large
representation of official society re-
crulted from those who regard the con-
Nention simply as a good show.
The Republican convention at Chi
cago will, however, attract an even
greater attendance from the ranks Of
society folks. The Speaker of the
House and Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett
will head the Congressional delegation
1rom The ma jority party. Senator
Medili Mccormick will be present, and,
with him Will be Mrs. Mccormick. the
late Mark Hanna's daughter, who hasn't
missed a convention in years and who
is decided power in the Republican
party. She organized the Republican
Women'6 National Republican Execu-
tive Committee and made it a force
to be reckcned with; and although q
protracted illness forced her to re-
elgn from the post OF chairman, she
remains a leader in the organization.
theodore Roosevelt's daughter, Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, also will go to
Nhlcago with her husband, Representa-
tive Longworth, of Ohio. She, too, is
keenl y interested in politics, keeps
her fingers constantly on the pulse Of
sTalrs and wields no small measure
of influence. Indeed, Mrs. Longworth
MAINTAINS the nearest thing to a salon
that Washington can boast--with the
possible exception of Mrs. McCormick's
informal sunday evening supper par
ties, at which sooner or later every
body worth while turns up--and it is
whispered that much political history
is made at the intimate little dinners
which "the Colonel's" brilliant daugh-
ter knows SO we'll how to give.
Society Folk to Entertain
Representative Frederick C. Hicks, Of
New York, and his bride, who was Miss
planning to attend the convention, At
terward they will take a trip through
yellowstone Park, accompanied by his
younger daughter, Miss Georgina
Hicks, and before returning to Wash
ington they will spend several weeks
at their home on Long Island. Several
members of the smart little Chicago
colony in Washington--Mrs. Robert NC
Cormick, Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Rob-
ert W. Patterson, Countess Gizycka and
the rest--are planning to keep open
house. during convention week, and
most of them will entertain distin-
guished parties of guests.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood expects
to go to Chicago and will be accom-
panied by her niece, Miss Mary Morgan,
After that-well, she's a bit undecid ed
about her summer plans and can't make
up her mind whether to press on to
California or to go abroad to 3oin her
brother. William Phelps Emo, and with
him to visit their nephew and niece,
Sir Alan and Lady Johnston, in Eng
land. Mr.. Emo sailed on the Lapland
on May 8.
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand, who used always to spend
their summers In France before the
war, hope to be able to go home this
summer. The Belgian Ambassador,
Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, will
san before long to join Baroness dc
cartier de Marchienne. She was a
passenger on the Lapland, which also
earned the Minister Of the Netherlands
xnd NINE. Cremer, who will visit in
~ So'Sldi WEEKS ana CDen
go on TO Holland to remain ell sum
mer. Miss Ethel Symonds, a very
CHARMING young Englishwoman, who is
NINE. Cremer's protegee and unofficial
secretary, accompanied them. The
minister Of Switzerland, Marc Peter,
expects likewise to spend the summer
abroad, but ne will be here for few
weeks longer having just returned from
a Holiday visit in Havana, Cuba. Nine.
feter went home some weeks ago to
see ner small sons, who were left in
school there, when she and her husband
nrst came to this country. On their re-
turn IN the early autumn they will
bring the children with them.
Mrs. Daniels Going to Geneva
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the
Secretary Of the Navy, is due to sail on
May 10 and viii 60 to Geneva as official
delegate to the International Council
of Women. She is President Wilson's
special appointment. Mrs James Ham
ilton Lewis, wife Of the former Senate
Democratic whip, who spent year
working In French army hospitals and
was decorated by the French govern
ment, is also delegate and will accom-
pany Mrs. Daniels, as will Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, head Of the conservative
wing Of the suffragists.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Douglas sailed on
the Celtic to-day and took their car
With them, intending to tour England, !
sratce and Switzerland. They will re-
arm in October. Mrs. Clay Tallman,
wife Of the Commissioner Of fha Genarai