The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-18
COUNTRY LIB
AT MOSP HERE
I'M TOWN
Henderson Castle il
Meeting Place for
Diplomats
By JEAN ELIOT.

n NEMBERS Of the diplomatic
Nv corps who are detained in
.1YA Washington through the
summer months regard Mrs. John
p. Henderson as their patron saint.
For, although Mrs. Henderson is al
her Bar Harbor cottage, the grounds
Of Henderson Castle are the fayorite
meeting place for the younger dip.
lomats They foregather there every
afternoon and not only are the ten.
mis- courts and the swimming pool
I'm constant use, but one Is apt to
lind two or three bridge tables set
out under the trees and table OF
mah-jongg going full tilt.
Indeed. the atmosphere Is quite
that of country club and Hender-
son Castle seems to be more popu.
lar than any Of the clubs round
about both because it is easier OF
access 1T doesn't take five minutes
20 run out to the head OF Sixteenth
street at the close Of q long drawn
out day-and because the s'member.
ship" is limited to little group
who play together constantly and
are thoroughly congenial
The Minister of Egypt and Nine
Yousry, with Miss Lutfia Yousry
and frequently with one or two OF
their boys, are constantly in attend
ance on pleasant summer after.
moons. The Charge a. Affaires OF
Austria and Nine Prochnik seldom
miss an afternoon and the Charge
d Affaires Of Brazil and Nine.
Oracle are frequently to be found
at Henderson Castle. Both ladies
are excellent swimmers and both
proficient on the tennis courts.
Nine. Tilmont. wife of the charge
d affaires Of Belgium, is a clever
tennis player and Miss Elizabeth
Hughes, daughter Of the Secretary
Of State and Mrs. Hughes, was a
frequent visitor to the courts be-
fore she left Washington last week
The Italian Embassy is always
well represented, Count and Coun.
tess di MOmbellO and Count and
Countess Della Porta being usually
members Of the staff as Augusta
Rosso, now charge d'affaires, and
Renato Silenzi--when he is in town.
And one always finds large group,
of the younger diplomats in attend
ance, Dinitri Dem Dimancesco, the
good looking attache Of the Ru-
Z
Of their number.
AristOcratic Presidential Nominee
Brings Fresh Glory to Murray Hill.
The selection of the picturesque
old Murray Hill Hotel in New York
as campaign headquarters for John
w. Davis, Democratic nominee for
President, recalls memories OF Presi.
dents who have stayed there from
time to time, Of celebrities like
Mark Twain, Archbishop ireland
and II. III. Rogers. who have been
its guests and of good Democrats
who have played politics behind its
exclusive portals.
The late President Mckinley used
always to make his home at the
Murray Hill Hotel when he was in
New York for prolonged visits and
Grover Cleveland would stop mo-
where else sduring the lifetime Of
John Baggi, once chef Of the hotel.
The man who beat James G..
Blaine for President Of the United
States was very fond Of a good
table, and whenever he was any.
where near the city he would take
occasion to run in, II it were only
to have dinner, which would be
prepared under the supervision Of
Chef Baggi. The hotel opened the
year of Cleveland's first election,
and he insisted that his inaugural
dinner be prepared by Baggi. As
the dinner couldn't be very well held
in the Murray Hill Hotel. Mr..
Cleveland requested that Baggi and
his entire culinary staff be taken
20 Washington, and they were, in
o private car. The President said
that it was very good dinner.
1t seems appropriate that Mr..