The Washington times., 1922-06-24

II all gpes well. win leave Wash.
ington today to, stay over Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale
McLean at their coantry place at !
Leesburg, Va. They expect to \
leave town this afternoon BY
motor. s5s
President Harding attended the
dinner which was given last night
at the Chevy Chase Club as 4
farewell to Brig, Gen. Charles
Gates Dawes, the retiring budget
director. The dinner. which was j
q dsprprise party for General
Dawes, was arranged by some /.
Of his associates Brig. Gen. II. +.
M. Lord. chief Of finance Of the
War Department. was yesterday
appointed General Dawes sue.
ceseor.
Mrs. Harding has donated ONE
Of shc prizes to be awarded at
the pony and dog show to be
held July In Baltimore for the
benefit Of the Maryland School
for the Blind.
Another donor IL former Presi.
dent Woodrow Wilson.
THE Secretary Of State and Mrs
Hughes have gone to Silver
Bay, ! AXE George, TO stay over
Sunday and to attend the dedica.
tion Of the little chsoel which
has been erected there as a me.
mortal to their eldest daughter.
the late Miss Helen Hughes. The
ceremony win take place on Mon
day.
Secretary and Mrs. Hughes have
frequently visited Silver Bay In
at nearby Gien's Falls. N. Y.
They nre expected back in Wash.
inston on Tuesday morning.
THE death OF wu Ting Fang.
certainly the most picturesque
Oriental who eyer held diplomatic
position IN. washington, has starred
old-tinne Washingtonians renninis-
cling about the days when DR.. WI
was minister here and the leaation
was housed In old Stewart Gas.
tie" on Dupont circle. II was
big. turreted, brown sandstone rile
put up by Senator Stewart OF New
ada. "Silver King Stewart" tlc
ca1Ied his house Stewart Castle"
his friends called II stewards
Folly" not believing that the
neiRhberhood would ever crow up
TO such a ma enificent residence.
WI Ting-Fang served his coun-
try longer In the United States
than has any OF his successors. lie
had two separate terms OF duty
here. the second under Mckinley
and stretching into the Roosevelt
regime. He was a tall. rather
Raunt old man. with big silver
trimmed spectacles and a capacity
for asking questions that has never
been surpassed in Washington
apparently simple questions that
were quite unanswerable. He
80 patiently for the reply. He was
q progressive Of pr~sressives.
leady to try anything. ne was one
OF the first officials in Washington
to use q motor rather than a horse
drawn vehicle-and he ran Il him
self, ar incongruous figure. with
his long queue and his handsome
Chinese robes, rolling swiftly and
gayly about the city streets. often
with Nine. WI. like q huge bril-
liant butterfly in her gay native
costume. crouching against the
dashboard at his feet.
Mrs. Fall, wife Of the Secretary oi
the Interior. returned to town this
morning after a short visit with her
son-in.law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs, Brand Elliott, at Port Conway
Va.
Legation Of Hungary Installed
At Newport For Summer.
The Hungarian legation has beer
transferred to Newport for the sum
mer months. The minister, Coun
Laszlo Szechenyi, has joinet
Countess Szechenyi at The Breakers
the home Of her mother. Mrs. Van
derbilt. and the members Of hi
staff have taken quarters at tn,
LaForge Cottage Annex. Johr
Pelenyi. counselor OF the legation
and Andor de Hertelendy. attache
are now in Newport and will rs
main for the next three months. /,
t.' - ~ - 81 .t.
Perry Belden, until recently coun
selor OF the American embassy n
Paris. II In this country on leav,
and Is at present In Washington
~ a.. ! - n
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and he
daughter. Miss Grace. Vanderbilt
who spent the greater part Of las
winter In Washington, sailed toda,
for Europe on the Olympic and viii
join General Vanderbilt in, Paris
They expect to pass the summel
abroad and will cruise for severa
weeks on their steam yacht. Gen
eral Vanderbilt went to Europe from
South America. where he has beef
since last January. .as#
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Wedding To Be Solemnized ..
In Historic Box Garden. q
" The marriage Of Miss Margare
Virginia Fitzgibbon. daughter o
Mrs. William Fitzgibbon, Of Mont
pelier Manor, Laurel. Nd, and En-
sign Robert Henry Carey, u. s. s
Nevada, viii take place tonight.
The ceremony will be performed
In the famous box garden of Mont
pelier by the Rev. Joseph Miller
Duff, Pastor Emeritus of the FRS
PRESBYTERIAN Church OF Carnegie
Pennsylvania. 80.
The brides maid of honor Is Z,
be Miss Helen Martha Noles, o
Bradford, Pa, cousin, and he,
brides maids, Miss Betty Henry, o
Pittsburgh; Miss Isabelle Ward. o