The Washington herald., 1920-06-27

coming frdm California Of lavish
entertaining on the part of the resi-
dents of the convention city. You
know, the men who went out there
on the transcoot5nentaE aeriaF race
are still tafkinE about the glorious
reception they were accorded. The
residents turned over their ma
chimes to them and threw open the
doors of their homes, and they were
dtaed and danced and driven To
hearts content. In Tact, the own
ers even trusted them to,drfve their
cars but who wouldn't trust a pilot
of a plane to do that? 1t seems
that just everyone has gone West
either for the convention or for
the summer. The Argentine AM
bassador. DR.. Tomas A. lie Breton.
left for California after Mime. lie
Breton and their niece. Miss Manu-
eIS Llovefas. sailed for France,
and the Ambassador Of Chile. with
Nine. Mathieu. is spendinglthe sum-
ber IN California They. too. will
be in San Francisco for the. conveh-
tion.
WIVES GO WITH CABINET
MEN TO COAST.
OF the Cabinet members who went
out there are the Secretary of State,
Bainbfidgee Colby; Josephus Dan
iels, the Secretary of the Navy; A.
MITCHELL Palmer. the. Attorney Gen
eral, who was accompanied by Mrs.
Palmer; A. s. Burleson.' the Post.
master General; e. T. Meredith. the
Secretary of Agriculture. who was
accompanied by Mrs. Meredith: and
Joshua w. Alexander, the Secre-
tary Of Commerce. The President
wasn't able to hold q cabinet meet
ing last week. with so many Of
his Official family out or town. The
week before he held the longest
meeting since he was taken sick.
There's nothing much of impor-
tance from q social point of view
going on at the White House. The
President takes an automobile ride
almost every day again, always ac-
companied- by Mrs. Wilson and fire.
quently by her mother, Mrs. w.
H. Boiling.
Mrs. Wilson has revived her
pleasant custom of entertaining a
few guests informally at tea from
time to time, and nowadays she
usually makes use of the south por-
tico, overlooking the White House
gardens, for her little parties. She
has had among her guests at one
time or another the wives OF vari-
Gus foreign ambassadors and min
listers who were received by Presi-
dent Wilson not long ago. "A few
official folk are usually included.
and occasionally some of the wom-
en- Of resident society are privileged
to take tea with her.
a.
mats. The Ambassador OF Peru has
gone out for the convention, and
Nine. Pezet, who went as far as
New York with him. Is remaining
for a visit with friends and expects
to return to Washington tomorrow
Both the British Ambassador and
Lady Geddes were out of town dur
ing the week; Lady Gsddcs return
ing from a visit in Montreal Thurs
day. The Ambassador from Japan
! and Nine Shidehara went up to
New York the first OF the week. and
the children OF the Minister from
Sweden and Nine. Ekengren left
aout the same time for their sum-
mer home in Edsartown. Mass, the
Minister and Mme. Ekengren fol-
lowing the last of the week
The Ambassador from France and
Miner eeJusserand will, BE- sailing away
from IFS the first Of the month to
spend the summer in. France, and
the ftaiian Ambassador with the
Baroness Romano Avezzana and
their daughter, Miss Yolando Ro-
mano Avezzana, have taken a cot
tage at Newport for the season.
All of which sounds very much
as II all were going out and none
coming In, which is really not true
at all. Caro- Pasbernadjian, Minis
ter from the new republic of Ar
menia, has taken his place amenr
the accredited. diplomats in wash
ington. He was in the Capital three
months, however, before he was
recognized, or rather before recoe-
milton was granted Armenia by the
United States. Then Fernando Igle-
sias Calderon. who has been ap-
pointed Special Ambassador to the
United States from Mexico, left for
Washington Tuesday, accompanied
by staff. They are expected here
the hrst Of the. week.
CABINET WOMEN
AWAY FOR SUMMER.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall, who are out at the conven-
ton, do not expect to return here
until fall. And the wives of most
of the Cabinet officers have already
left town or are about to do SO.
Mrs. Colby will spend the summer
in Long Island. where she has al
ready. taken her family. Mrs. Hous-
ton Is at Woods Hole, Mass. Mrs.
Burleson is here, but is looking
around for a summer home and will
probably go to Blue Ridge Summit,
Pa. Mrs. Meredith has gone to the
Coast with her husband. but will
stop at their country place near Des
Moines on the way back to remain
until fell. Mrs. Alexander Is at
their Missouri home for the sum-
mer; Mrs. Wilson at their farm
near Blossburg. Pa. Mrs. Daniels,
who Is on her way home from Eu-
rope, hasn't announced yet her sum-
mer plans, and Mrs. Palmer, who Is
with her husband in San Francisco,
has not yet disclosed hers, but il is
doubtful II she stays in Washing
ton during the warm weather. Mrs
Baker has announced that they will
all be here all summer.
!. Secretary and Mrs. Baker enter
tanned at q house-warming. a tea
and garden party last Sunday at
Beauvoir. the beautiful suburban
home they have Just taken in Cleve-
land Park. in compliment to the
generals who are members of the
army reorganization boards meet
ing in Washington last week. The
guests numbered about seventy, and
Mrs. Baker was assisted by her
guest. Miss Katherine Lowe, Of
Cleveland. - 49,
Indeed the army people are occu-
pying about the center of the stage