The New York herald., 1922-06-18
President and Mrs. Harding
May Go to Marion for July 4
Notes of Capital.

Special Dispatch to The NEw York HERALD.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June II.
FAREWELL parties for persons
leaving Washington for the
summer and Miss Hughes's
wedding have kept society in the cap
ital busy for the last week.
The President and Mrs. Harding
came home from New Jersey for the
wedding. They were present at both
the ceremony, at Bethlehem Chapel,
and at the reception at the Pan-Amer-
lean Building. And then they were
off again-quite unexpectedly-for a
week end on the Mayfiower. Washing
ton rather rubbed its eyes on Sunday
morning when it noticed that there
was no flag fiuttering over the White
House, and that evidently the Presi-
dent was not lin residence" since the
flag floats from the White House staff
from sunrise TO sunset whenever the
President is in town-and he had GER
tainly reached Washington early Sat-
urday morning, and had been at the
American late Saturday after
noon.
But after the wedding reception,
when they had done their whole duty
TO the bride. the Hardings had slipped
down to the navy yard and boarded
the Mayfower with not more than
half dozen in their party. and were
cruising down the river and bay be-
fore Washington woke to the fact
that they had gone. They did not
land at all while on the cruise, but
came in as quietly as they went out
early Monday morning-and the Presl-
dent was at his desk as usual ready
for business long before his earliest
caller arrived.
Diplomats Make Farewell Calls.
Speaking of Presidential callers. no
less than three ranking members OF
the diplomatic corps called on MONDAY
TO pay their respects on the eve OF
their departure for Europe. Inc iHsl
TO make his farewells-and he will be
the last to go-was Boris Bakhmeteff,
who will not come again, at least not
in his present capacity as Russian
Ambassador He came over In 1917,
and was received as the representative
Of the Kerensky de facto government
of Russia And although that govern
ment was swept away by the rising
Rolsheyist tide, he has remained the
Russian Ambassador here, since Uncle
Sam has never seen fit to recognize
any other later government In
Russia.
Mr. Bakhmeteff has resigned, and his
credentials or acceptance, or whatever
II should be called, has been Cancelled
after this month. No one seems TO
know just when he will sail. About
June 20" Is as near as any one comes
to It. Those who are in a position
TO know best say that Mr.. Bakhmeteft
will return in a private capacity and
probably make his home in the United
States perhaps even in Washington.
Another diplomat who made his fare
wells at the White House last Monday
was Senator Vittorio Rolandi Ricci.
Italy's Ambassador In the United
States He has never during the eighteen
months that ne has been here gotten
very thoroughly established In Wash
ington. He has never brought any
of his family over, nor has he set
up any official residence as Ambassa-
dor He has had quarters at one OF
the hotels during the brief periods
that he has really been In Washing
ton.
Except that he was really here dur
ing the Arms Conference when he and
representatives and were both of them
pretty regularly on the job, he has
been more likely to be anywhere else
in the United States than In Washing
ton He has travelled pretty we'll all
over the United States. visiting most
of the large centers of Italian popu-
lation. and making many addresses
He sailed last Wednesday.
Finally there was Baron De Cartier
de Marchienne. the Belgian Ambassador,
completing the trio OF ambassadors who
called on President Harding-and had
TO be received separately-last Monday
afternoon, to pay their respects before
taking their departure for the summer.
Baron de Cartier sailed to-day for Ant
werp and expects, as soon as he has
made his reports and conferred with
his Government. to join the Baroness
who sailed two or three weeks ahead of
him. She is already established in Paris
for the summer and they expect to re-
turn to Washington In the fall.
Having exchanged greetings and fare
wells with these three distinguished
members of the diplomatic corps the