The New York herald., 1922-07-30

down from New York for the occasion.
Altogether it was real function
about the only one of the week.
Admiral and Mrs. Stitt and Miss Mary
Stitt left Washington by motor the next
day for their farm, somewhere near
Philadelphia, where they expect to re-
main through August. The younger
daughter. Miss Emma Stitt. who Is
counted as one of next seasons debu-
tantes, expects to go up to Maine on
visit IL the strikes don't interfere too
seriously with the trains
Diplomatic Tennis Tournament.
Mr.. Lefevre seems to be one of the
very few of the junior diplomats whom
duty keeps in Washington who hasn't
been taking part in the diplomatic tennis
tournament which is being played off
between showers either at the tennis
court at Wardman Park or on the
shady court back OF Henderson Castle.
Mrs. John B. Henderson's Sixteenth
street home. They had expected to be
we'll through last week, but the rain on
st. Swithin's day has been fulfilling its
promise so bountifully that they couldn'c
keep to anything like their schedule.
The last l heard Of them Hubert Guerin
of the French Embassy had won the
singles played on Mrs. Henderson's court
on Tuesday and on Wednesday John
Joyce Eroderick of the British Embassy
and Senior de Amoedo of the Spanish
were playing against Mr. Bunnag of the
Siam-se Legation and Sousa de Leao
of the Brazilian in the doubles finals on
Wednesday.
The matches have been entirely in
formal, and have attracted no little at
tention and a considerable gallery from
those who knew they were being played.
The British Embassy has been very we'll
represented Henry Getty Chiffon,
charge d'affaires, Major Gen. II. X.
Bethel. Mr.. Leander Mccormick Good
heart, Harold Sims and S. C. Lawrence
being all of them Interested. Jules
Henry, Hubert Guerin and Count de
Sieyes represented the French: Mr..
Amoedo. the Spanish. and Mr.. de Sousa
the Brazilian, while from the Italian
were Col. di Bernezzo. Mr.. Silinzi. and
Capt. Carlo Huntington. Phya Kara
vonse, Minister Of Siam. was in at the
start. and one Of his staff, Mr.. Bunnag,
was in at the finish: Mr., Nano, charge
d'affaires of the Rumanian Legation,
and DIR. Hubrecht, charge d'affaires Of
the Netherlands and Mr.. Yung Kwai,
counselor of the Chinese Legation and
Mr.. Tong. one Of the attaches: Mr..
kwapiszewski, charge of Poland and
pretty nearly the whole staff: DIR. Soko-
lowski. the secretary of the legation, Mr..
Lizniewski and MI. Gizycki
Both the places chosen for the play
were normally ideal. good courts, for the
play and good pools for a plunge after
ward. OF course Mrs. Henderson the
mistress of Boundary Castle, is away.
She's up at Glen Eyrie, her-summer
cottage at Bar Harbor, which she loaned
last summer to the British bachelors
During this coming month the spot
light will be focused upon two widely
divergent places-San Francisco where
the annual meeting Of the American
bar Association will be in progress; and
that picturesque little seat Of learning,
Williamstown. Mass, which will be the
scene of that Congress of thinkers
the Institute of Politics. And WASH
ington will be very generously repre-
sented at both.
The Institute of Politics opened yes
terday, and for the last ten days one
has been running into people who were
shaping their engagements SO that they
could be in the neighborhood of Will
Jamestown during the month from July
2S to August 2S-some because they had
been invited to have part in the pro-
ceedings, and some because they didn't
want to miss the stimulating expert
ences of boxing on and listening, and
meeting the clever people who would
foregather for the event. The Bar AS
ISOLATION conference on the other hand
does not begin until August Z. but II
Is SO much further away that the
exodus OF those going to either OF
these began almost at the same time.
Vice-President Going West.
The Vice-President and Mrs. Coolidge
who left Washington yesterday are
putting in few days in Boston before
heading West. They will be in the var
guard of the notables assembling. al
San Francisco. Chief Justice and Mrs
Taft--or rather Chief Justice Taft-for
come to think of 1t, I have not heard
whether Mrs. Taft would accompany
him-is going. and Lord Shaw of Dun
| fermline is coming from England--or
rather has come, for he landed in New
York Cay or two ago-especially to
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