The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
JEAN ELIOT ON SOCIETY,"
NOtabIeS Sailing
for Europe
Today
BY JEAN ELIOT.

tinues as merrily as though
vacation days were just be-
ginning and a score of persons well
known and liked in Washington
are sailing today on one or another
OF the great liners. Among the inl-
portant passengers on the giant
Leviathan, is Col. George Harvey.
American ambassador to Great
Britain, who is returning to his
post after a holiday visit in this
country and conferences with
President Coolidge and Secretary
Hughes. Colonel Harvey is accom-
panied by Will Hays, sometime
postmaster General and at present
head Of the motion picture indus
try, who will visit him in London.
Nine. Matthew. wife Of the Am
oassador Of Chile. is aboard,
bound for Paris and expecting to
remain in Europe until about
time for the Chilean embassy to
take possession of it's fine new
home in Massachusetts, avenue.
With her are Nine. Francisco
Rivas. wife of the Chilean Min
lister to Switzerland, who is q
delegate to the Tacno-Aric Con-
ference in Washington, Mile. Car.
men Rivas and Francisco Rivas.
jr.. Mrs. Davis Ireland. Of Wash
1ngton, who has been in Bar
Harbor, for the summer. likewise
sailed today on the Lev1athan and
was accompanied by her mother.
Mrs. A. J. Davis and G.. X. Davis.
The Minister Of Portugal, Wis
count d'Alte, who has been at Bar
h0 Ia
on the Olympic and expects to be
In England before going to his
home in Portugal. A. Mitchell
Palmer, former Attorney General,
and his bride, who was Mrs. John
Booth Burial, Of Connecticut, are
also passengers on the Olympic
and propose to spend their honey
moon abroad, afterward coming
to Washington to make their
home. The Misses Lucia and Eliz-
abeth Chase, who have been fire.
quent visitors in Washington, are
aboard with their father, Irving
Hall Chase, of Waterbury, Conn.
Mr.. Chase will place his younger
daughter in school in England and
Miss Lucia Chase will join Mrs.
a months motor trip in Spain.
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IN leasing the ''old Blaine
House at Twentieth and
Massachusetts avenue, the Min
James G. Blaine, and was after
ward rented by the late Mr..
boasts a most interesting social
history. They will take posses
sion next week, giving UP the
apartment which they have &C.
cupied, and also the one occupied
by the office of the legation Of
Wardman Park Hotel.
The house which they have
leased was built by the late
late James G. Blaine, and was
afterward rented by the late Mr..
ana Mrs. Levi Y Letter Of Chi
cago, who lived there while their
house in Du Pont Circle was be-
ing built. It was in this house
that the wedding reception of the
late Lady Curzon, then Mary Lei
ter, took place. The next ten
ants were the late Mr. and Mrs.
George Westinghouse, who later
purchased it. In more recent
years the house was remodeled
and used for an officers club
during the war. The members
of the Japanese delegation to the
arms conference lived there, and
in the last year 1t was made over
into apartments, but is now re-
arranged for the uses Of the Col
unfbian Minister and Nine. Olaya
and the officers of the legation.
The staff Of the legation, which
has been considerably increased
in the last few months, now in
cludes, in addition to the minister.
a commercial attache, Don Abra-
ham Martinez; a second secre-
tary, Don Jose Mario Coronado,
and an attache, Carlos Eceverri
Cortez, who, however. is absent
at the present moment. =.
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Mrs. Hughes has rejoined Sec-e
tary Hughes at Macsfolly Farm
their summer home, after a fort
nights visit in New York where
she went to be with her daughter
Mrs. Chauncey Lockhart Waddell
and her infant grandson, Richard
Hughes WaddelI.
s.
Supreme Court
Justice Visiting Here.
The Minister of Nicaragua and