The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-05

visit the Pacific Coast for the first
time. The occasion of the trip is a n
engagement to deliver an address
at the thirty-fourth anniversary of
the founding of the University OF
California at Berkeley on March T23.
Lady Geddes does not expect to
accompany the Ambassador. She
has been confined TO the house for
a fortnight as the result of an acci-
dent sustained when she was coast
ing after one of the recent snow
storms with her children, and she
will hardly be strong enough to I'M
dertake the journey to the coast.
With the return of Secretary
Hughes from Bermuda. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry p Fletcher are making final
plans for their departure, and ex-
ptct to leave Washington this week,
sailing from New York a little later.
Secretary Hughes has sent word to
the state Department that he will
be, at his desk tomorrow morning,
so Mr. Fletcher. the Undersecretary
of State, who has been acting Sec
rotary in his absence, may leave
with clear conscience to take up
his new duties as American Ambas-
sador to Belgium.
NAME OF SUCCESSOR
STILL A MYSTERY.
Several of last weeks dinners
were by way of a farewell to the
Fletchers -. though Mrs. Fletcher
didn't attend any of them, as she is
in mourning for an aunt,
The name of his successor as
undersecretary of State remains a
mystery. Two men are thought to
be more prominent In the running,
John w. Garrett. of Maryland, who
was secretary general of the arma-
ment conference, and ]. Butler
Wright. counselor of the American
Embassy at London and who was
on special service in Washington
during the conference. The Gar
retts have removed their bags and
baggage to their Baltimore home.
The appointment of Warren De-
lsno Robbins to the post of coun-
selor Of the American Embassy at
Berlin Is an event of considerable
interest here. 1t is, however, cause
for mingled congratulation and re-
greet, for Washington hates to lose
the Robbinses. Mrs. Robbins, who
is native of Argentina, is a beauty
and a belle, and enc of the most
engaging young women in society.
ROBBINS WILL LEAVE
IN MONTH OR TWO.
Mr.. Robbins relinquishes the
chiefship of the division of New
Eastern affairs at the State Depart
ment. He is career" man, hav-
irE been in our diplomatic service
since his graduation II
in the class OF 1908. Mr.. Robbins
has served. successfully. in Portu-
gal. the Argentine, France. Guate-
mala. Chile and the American
division of the State Department.
He is the son of Mrs. Price Collier.
OF New York, and is a connection
OF the Delano and Roosevelt fam
lilies.
The Robbinses will leave wash
irgton within the next month or
two. Indeed. IT is probable that Mr..
Robbins will accompany Represen-
tative Alanson B. Houghton. the new
American Ambassador to Germany,
when he leaves for his post this
month.
ALICE MARIAN COMING
TO CAPITAL IN MAY.
I was very much interested to
hear that Alice Marian is coming
to Washington in May. She Is Mrs.
F. T. A. Junkin's protege, you will
recall. I am sure you met her when
she visited Col. and Mrs. Junkin
last season at Twin Oaks. Did you
know her father is a minister in
the Congregational Church? I
didn't. And it seems that she
"a
down here in Prince Georges Coun-
ty, Maryland. though She halls
from Chicago. She was educated
abroad and has been with the
Metropolitan Opera Company, I'M
derstudying Geraldine Farrar and
Bori. and recently sang the lead
ing role in Snow Maiden.
Two chums and artists both.
Blance Greer and Dorothy Swim
burne McNamee 1Mrs. Luke Nc
Namee). had secured this town for
studios: they both wanted one and
they couldn't find a thing. much
less two. And then their third
chum, Mrs. Betty Williams, put her
head together with theirs and the
result Is wonderful. Mrs. williams
fixed up the old stable back of the
Shallabarger house in, Seventeenth
street, between II and / streets,
and turned the first floor into the
cunningest tea house I've seen in
many a day and called II the White
Peacock Tea House. The two upper
floors have been converted into two
studios and Mrs. McNamee has one
and Miss Greer the other. In both
studios the third floor had its mid
die cut away leaving balcony eff
fects that are most attractive. With
the addition Of a coy corner and q
bar or SO across q window or .
ledge above q door or other artistic
little touches and q few attractive
furnishings they have as fascinat-
ing places to work as one could
possibly want.
PROMISES TO GET
DOWN To BUSINESS.
Miss Greer does much work In
oils and Mrs. McNamee does won
derfully clever portraits of chill
dren. She says, though. that wash
ington is most disconcerting; that
one finds II most difficult to work
here, fer one has such a good time
always in Washington. She has an
endless number of friends and has
been particularly gay this winter
bringing out a debutante niece.
pretty Patricia Ainsa. But now she
declares with such a charming place
to work she is really going 'to get
down to business"
And the tea house and the food