The Washington herald., 1922-09-15
WASHINGTON SOCIETY

CLIFFORD E. king. the brother
- of Mrs. Harding, who was sum
moned to the White House because
OF her illness. has returned TO MS
home in Marion, Ohio.
The Secretary OF the Treasury.
A. W. Mellon, has taken the Clar-
ence Moore house at HAS Massachu-
setts avenue and will take posses
sion about october 1.
Mrs Aksel c. p. Wichfeld' Tor
merly Mrs. Clarence Moore, has
been living abroad for several years
now and the house has been closed.
II has been the scene of much en-
tertaining both before Mr.. Moore.s
death ON the Titanic and after Mrs.
Moore married Mr.. Wichfeld. who
was. at the time of their marriage,
an attache of the Danish Legation
in this city.
The Secretary, who resided at
17s5 Massachusetts avenue last win
ter and until the last few weeks, is
now occupying the apartment of
Mrs. Roscoe C. Bulmer at 1909
Eighteenth street until the Moore
house Is ready for occupancy He
will leave this evening to spend the
weekend at Pride's Crossing.
The Ambassador of Chile and
Nine. Matthew. who have been
spending the summer abroad, are
due back at the embassy about Oc-
.ober l.
The Minister of Nicaragua, Emil
iano Chamorro. will entertain at
dinner this evening at the Shore
ham in honor of ]. Z. Lefevre, the
recently appointed Minister of Pan
ANA to South America. and until
recently charge daffaires of the
Legation of Panama here. MI.
Lefevre will leave soon for his new
post.
Henry Campbell wallace, former
United States Ambassador to France.
has sailed from England on board
the Olympic for New York
GEN. PERsHING TO RETURN
FROM NEW YORK TODAY.
Gen. Pershing. who went to New
York Wednesday, will return 70
Washington today.
The Assistant Secretary OF War.
J Mayhew Wainwright. will leave
today for Rye. y. Y. to spend the
week -end with Mrs. Wainwright and
their daughter. Miss Fonrose VAIN
wright.
Augusta Rossi. who arrived in
Washington recently to assume his
duties as charge d'affaires of the
italian Embassy, is temporarily es-
tablished at the Racquet Club.
The news from New York of the
marriage there tomorrow of Count
David A. Constantine. special ad-
wiser to the Italian Embassy. to
Mrs. Frieda Frasch Wilton, comes
as a surprise to the embassy staff
here, none of whom has received
any information concerning it from
Sount Constantine Mrs. Wilton. who
was divorced from Henry DevereIx
Wilton in Paris last September, re-
turned to New York from Paris
week ago. and Count Constantine,
who had been in Italy on leave
since the early summer, arrived
there Tuesday. A license for their
marriage was issued in New York
Wednesday.
Mrs. Wilton is a daughter OF Mrs.
Herman Frasch, of Cleveland. and
the late Mr.. Frasch. and her son.
Herman Frasch Wilton. is a student
at st. Paurs. Count Constantine is
a son of Count Emile Constantine. of
Italy, and his first wife. who died
in 1918, was also an American. She
left a large fortune, and the counts
palazzo in Florence is filled with
rare objects of art and antique fur
niture. The count, who is AZ years
old. is we'll known in Washington.
where he came during the war with
a military mission from Italy. He
returned to this country last au-
tumn with the advisory committee
to the delegation to the arms con-
ference and remained here tempo
rarily attached to the embassy staff.
He accompanied the Ambassador to
Italy early in the summer.
The military attache of the
French Embassy Col. Georges A L..
Dumont, and Nine. Dumont enter
tained at luncheon yesterday in
their home, at 1922 Connecticut ave-
nue., when their guests included
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, L. S; A; (;
Capt c. A. Miller. L. s. N; Maj.
Horace NJ. Hickam, L. S. A. aero
nautic; the assistant military at
tache of the French Embassy, Capt.
Georges Thenault. and Lieut.. C. H.
Mills L. s. Air Service.
Nine. Dumont. accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Marthe DumOnt, and
her son, Roger Dumont, left yes
terday afternoon for New York.
from where VI. Dumont will sail to-
morrow aboard the Lorraine for
France. He will return to his
studies at st. Johns School, in