Evening star., 1921-07-07
Judge John Barton Payne
Sails for Home ON Olympic.

The former Secretary of the In
terror, Judge John Barton Payne, who
has been abroad since early spring,
sailed yesterday from Cherbourg
aboard the Olympic for New York.
Among the other passengers was
the retiring United States ambassa-
dor to France, Mr.. Hugh c. Wallace
Mr.. and Mrs Paul Fftz simons the
later formerly Mrs. Elsie French
New Willard for several days. will
/ leave this evening for Newport. r. l.,
where their summer home has been
put in readiness for the season. Mr..
United States naval mission which
| went to Peru some months ago. and
he and Mrs. Fitz Simons have only
| recently returned from Lima.
Mrs. George Won l. Meyer, widow
| of the former Secretary Of the Navy
! sailed yesterday from Cherbourg
aboard the Olympic for New York.
Mrs. James Marion Johnston and
her daughter. Miss Eleanor Johnston
| will close their home on 21st street
the end Of this week and will make a
series of visits In the north.
! Miss Johnston was hostess at din.
ner last evening at the Chevy Chase
Club. when covers were laid fol-
twelve.
The assistant secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs; Theodore Roosevelt and
Longworth win attend the wedding
Saturday of Miss Margaret A. Krecf
and Mr.. William Sheffield Cowles. jr.
which will be one Of the most impor-
tant events Of the social season in
Charles H. sabin will entertain a no.
/ table company at luncheon Sunday
at Bayhead Land. on Peconic bay, in
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock was hostess
| at luncheon yesterday in her villa at
Newport. where she is spending the
summer.
Miss Marion Price Of Cleveland Park
| will sail Saturday aboard the Cedric
and will spend the next six weeks
touring Europe with a party of
friends.
d. C. Chief Justice
Goes West ON Visit.
The chief justice Of the District
Court of Appeals and Mrs. Constantine
]. Smyth have closed their apartment
at 24oo 18th street and are visiting in
their former home, Omaha, Neb..
where their sons-in-law and daueh-
ters, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Sibbern-
sen and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ward
Burgess, now live.
Col. William E.. Welsh, U. S. A., of
the general staff, with Mrs. Welsh and
their young daughter, Miss Barbara
Welsh. who spent the early part of
the week at the Hotel Astor in New
york, have left for ten-week trip
to France, Belgium, Switzerland and
Italy. Col Benjamin T. Simmons, q.
s: A., Of the General Staff College, with
Mrs. Simmons and their young son,
; Taylor Simmons. who left today on
the Cantigney for a two-month leave
OF absence in Europe, also spent a
Few days at the Astor previous to
sailing.
Mr.. John Barrett. who has returned
from New York. will leave TUESDAY
for Vermont to visit his mother, Mrs.
Caroline S. Barrett. %
Col. Taylor and Wife
Sail Today With Sons.
Lieut.. Col. W. W. Tayior ir pen.
eral staff, and Mrs. Taylor, with
their sons, Billie and oliver, will
sail today for Paris, where Lieut. Col.
Taylor will attend the Ecole Su-
perieure de Guerre for two years.
MIS-. MRS: Nail. Mrs; Taylor's mother. who
Will go to Colorado to spend the re-
mainder of the summer and will then
visit her daughter, Mrs. Phinney, at
Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Ryan of Bridge.
port, Conn. are spending a short
Yhile in Washington, at the Hotel
Powhatan.f
Mr.. Felix Lake, accompanied by his
daughter. Miss Natalee Lake, sailed
yesterday on the, S. 8. Adriatic for
Europe. where they will travel ex-
tensively.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Colquitt Of this
city are spending q few days at
Hotel Ambassador in New York.