The Washington herald., 1922-07-02

made famous by the Roosevelt
tennis cabinet"-seem to be COM
ing into the limelight once again.
Not only are they occasionally used
for exhibition matches these days
with the President and Mrs. Hard
ing and a group of their invited
guests looking on. but they are
frequently loaned to the friends OF
the President-Senator George
Wharton Pepper, for instance, who
is a favored player.
l heard that the Senator dined at
the White House recently and the
President. who has q golf cabi-
net instead of a tennis cabinet,
asked the Senator IL he played
golf, to which the Pennsylvanian
replied that he went in for tennis
Whereupon the President urged the
Senator to play on the White House
courts, which the Senator does fire.
quently, and sometimes at o'clock
a. m, too. He sometimes crosses
racquets with his son-in-law, r. z.
Newbold, who is attached to a
banking house in Philadelphia but
spends several days a week here
with the Senator to study the pro-
cesses OF Federal government.
, During the Wilson administra-
ton Miss Margaret Wilson and a
group Of her friends used the
courts a great deal. and Newton
D. Baker, then Secretary of War.
played whenever his duties per-
mitted-generally in the early
morning.
Last weekend found the secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Hughes
away, too. They went to silver
Bay, Lake George. to attend the
dedication of the little chapel
which has been erected there as a
memorial to their eldest daughter,
the late Miss Helen Hughes. The
ceremony took place last Monday,
Secretary and Mrs. Hughes have
frequently visited Silver Bay in
summer and their old home is at
Glen Falls. near by. They returned
on Tuesday. Their younger daugh-
ter. Miss Elizabeth Hughes girl
about 14-who has been GONZALES
ing in Bermuda since last autumn.
returned to Washington Thursday
afternoon to spend the summer
with her parents. She Is not a
strong child and So the Secretary
and Mrs Hughes thought II best
not to have her come here until
after the excitement OF her sisters
wedding was over.
with the Secretary and Mrs.
Hughes comfortably ensconced at
Greystone, on the edge of Rock
Creek Park. which they have leased
for the summer, and several other
cabinet families on permanent or
snort out-of-town visits. there is
scarcely a need OF trying to hold
oHlclal women together, though
Mrs. Coolidge, wife of the Vice
PRESIDENT, never misses a Tuesday
at the women's Senate luncheon.
which AFFAIRS are now even more
informal than in the winter months,
CHAUTAUaUA DELEGATES
RETURN TO WASHINGTON.
Those who left. / might saw in
droves, to attend the biennial CON
vention of the Federation of wom-
ems Club at Chautauqua, n. Y, are
slowly returning. DIR. L. S. Rowe.
director general of the Pan-Amer-
lean Union, went up to deliver an
ADDRESS; Mrs. Horace Mann Towner.
Wlte OF the Representative and one
OF the brilliant women of the Con-
gressional set and a former presi-
dent OF the Congressional Club, who
was In charge OF the "international
dey program; Nine. Grouitch. wife
OF the Minister of the Serbs, Croats
ana Slovenes, who made an address;
Nine. Jaime c. de Veyra, wife of the
resident commissioner of the Philip
pines, who is an official representa-
tive of the women's Club Of Manila.
which is affiliated with the fedora
tion. Also. Miss Nellie Scanlan.
who is in Washington as the repre-
sentative of a New Zealand paper.
went up there and told something
about the women's activities in the
Antipodes. Mime. Grouitch, before
returning here yesterday, went to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Math-
ews, In Buffalo. and the minister
Joined her there.
II would seem that the parties of
any size last week were given by
diplomats. The Peruvian Ambassa-
aor and Nine. Pezet gave a party
sunday at their apartment at ward
man Park Hotel, entertaining
a group OF the many friends
OF their son. and daughter
in-Iaw' Mr.. and Mrs. A. Washington
fezet' who are visiting them. The
eIuer Fezets often entertain on Sum
DAYS, usually at luncheon, and in
the most informay way, the Ambas-
sador himself sometimes aiding with
the cooking. All of the dishes
served on these occasions are strict
ly Peruvian. and invitations to
tnese parties are coveted, I can ter,
you. The Pezets have been in
washington SO much that thew seen,
like natives. Their son has been
in this country most of his life and
is very American and very ponular
Monday the Minister Of Guate-
mala and Nine. de Sanchez Latour
entertained distinguished COM
pany at dinner at the New Willard
in honor of the newly appointed
United States Minister to Guate-
mala and Mrs. Geissler, who have
left for Guatemala via New Or
leans. The Minister and Nine. La
tour have as their guests at the
legation the formers brother. Dol
ino Sanchez Latour. who is en-
route from his home to his new post
as vice consul from Guatemala in
New York city.
The Charge d'Afrairss Of tn. Ru-
manian Legation and Nine. Nano
gave a dinner dance Tuesday even
ing at the legation. the first time
they have entertained. I think.
since coming to Washington, COM
paratively a few weeks ago. Mime.
Nano is very pretty. and they have
both become rapidly popular. The
minister. Prince Bibesco. has gone
to England to spend the summer
with his wife.
Wednesday the French Ambassa-
dor and Madame Jusserand enter
tainAd AZ lnnchenn a. tha r-Aa--..