Evening star., 1921-10-30
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Next Month to See Greatest Assemblase of Re-
nowned Personages In Washington in His
tory of Country for Conference on
Limitation of Armaments.

No single year in the 121 that
Washington has served as the de
facto seat of the federal government
has witnessed such an assemblage
Of distinguished strangers within the
gates and 80 many whose brows are
wreathed with martial laurels as this.
1t is regrettable state of affairs
that at this interesting period the
commander of the Army, the beloved
Pershing, has no chatelaine in his
home. and that the honorable office
or admiral of the Navy is untitled.
The nearest approach to u naval hero
Gen. Pershing is Admiral Sims, and
ne is much too peppery and prone to
speak his mind on delicate topics
for the President and Secretary
Denby to invite him here at this time.
MIS-: Weeks. wife of the Secretary
ior war, is in rather fragile health,
and ii is impossible for her to play IA
double role, and hopes are centered
IN the coming OF Mrs. James h. Per-
shing, who with her husband. has been
with the general on his latest trip
to France. She is a charming woman,
well poised and with the tact and
vim always associated with the
deniZen of the middle west. Such
IA household would be Il potent point
and would relieve congestion in other
parts of the military social realm.
There are many admirals who played
worthy parts all through the war
who could quite acceptably relieve
Mrs. DENLY of the crushing burden.
but then they lack the prestige which
th" lamented Dewey would have, for
instance. or even Admiral Sims were
he resident here.
Those who follow the annals of
the capital closely can perceive Il
resemblance at the present time to
the years between 1900 and 1928 in
this matter of distinguished visitors.
especially the ten years between 1915
and 1925. The fame of Andrew Jack
son after the battle of New Orleans
drew many warriors to the new cap
ital. and the growing prosperity
brought scholars, artists, and philos-
ophers like Humboldt and Count de la
Rochefoucauid. To judge by their
writings. they found it an immense
task to find a suitable lodging place,
and nearly all We're taken in as
guests by the large-hearted public
men of the day. But the adventurous
sailing packets opened way. and ever
after this country attracted those in
search of literary material. of thrills
of every sort from the regular tao
tics of war practically in the Indian
fighting to maneuvres with bear.
buffalo and cougar. The observers
say that hereafter the western world
may hope for visits from the most
distinguished of Europeans. even it's
royalty, as regularly as it now goes
to Paris or seeks health at the world
famous spas. which are duplicated
in, iol h A,-n1 ftf,,a
over on this side of the Atlantic.
1t is an unprogressive state indeed
which cannot show n mineral spring
of celebrity. Those about here in Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and Maryland
have boasted the presence of George
Washington. Thomas jefferson and
other illustrious fathers of the nation.
Three exalted hostesses of the
diplomatic circle have crossed the At
lantic in order to be at their post
when the brilliant social season of
November is under way. Madam
Jusserand. Baroness de Cartier and
Sonora lie Bseton. The Baroness
Shidehara is still absent. but she is
expected at the Japanese embassy
interest next centers in the repre-
sentative which will be sent by the
German republic, and the mention of
the versatile Journalist, Maximilian
Harden, is received with keen antici-
patton. For he achieved wonders
even in the days of Williams dizzy
height. and he will be notable fig
ure. in that he fought with every
weapon at hand against the junker
domination. German ministers and
ambassadors have been. of recent
years always chosen from the junker
set and held their posts at the nod
of the kaisers favor. To obtain
an envoy from republican Germany
who has been for more than twenty
years the consistent enemy of junker-
ism will be unique experience.
There seems no thought that the
will renew diplomatic relations in the
immediate future. and Turkey, too,
is beyond the realm Of the possible.
The appointment of Count SZenchyt
as Hungarian minister seems assured.
But Bulgaria having reappointed her
former minister, DIR. Panaretof, has
come into line. and only Germany
remains without the pale. There will
be fifteen of the higher diplomatic
establishments in Washington if
Germany acts promptly, and with all
the nations affected by the war or
cept Austria and the former Ottoman
kingdom.
Though tennis and golf seem to be
gaining partiSans all over the world
and clubs are starting up in seem
ingly impossible places. a statistician
who keeps tab on sports says that
the growth of polo has been unprece-
dented during the past six months
The latest club to ask recognition in
the British dominions is one formed
at Saskatchewan. Canada. and of
which the Prince of Wales is in GER
tain sense sponsor. For when the
vrro c a q
first royal poloist in Britain. visited
this vast plateau of the Canadian
wheat belt he expressed surprise that
with such natural field in readiness
polo did not flourish. He has fur
complete set of rules and a detailed
study of all that relates to saddles.
brides, sticks. balls, goal posts and
all the intricate paraphernalia requi-
site. Canada has now a full quota
of polo clubs, that in the splendid
park beyond Victoria. British Colum-
active in the Dominion. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, who has a home in the
residential section called Uplands, has
become contributing member and
thinks Of training ponies on his
Oregon ranch. The Prince of Wales
luctant consent of parliament to play
in contest games. and his first en-
gagement in Calcutta is to play on the
Oldest grounds in the world, at Assam.
where the game has been played
since 1869.
Countess de Chambrun. sister of
Representative Longworth, who has
arrived to pass some weeks in Wash
ington, is one of the leading men,
bers of the French feminist party
and one of it's most powerful pen
women. She writes under the sigma
ture of 'Longworth- -Chambrun," and
she uses her mother tongue and the
French with equal facility. Her