The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-16
PAN AMERICANS
IN CELEBRATION
Novel Feast Given in Washing
ton by Barrett to Cement
Friendship.
KNOX is GUEST OF HONOR
KNOX is GUEST OF HONOR
BRILLIANT GATHERING WAS TO
EMPHASIZE THE CLOSER RELA-
TIoNs OF COMMERCE Between
THE REPUBLICS.

Washington, April 16.-Elaborate
decorations. brilliant speeches by men
OF international prominence, and the
greatest of good cheer and the kindli-
est of human fellowship, were the fea-
lures which made the banquet given
here last night in honor of Secretary
of State Knox, chairmen, and the men,
bers of the governing board of the In
ternational Bureau of American Re-
publics by John Barrett, director of the
bureau, one of national and interna-
tional significance.
Ambassadors, foreign ministers, AMI
others in the diplomatic service, the
vice president of the United States,
the speaker of the house of representa-
tives, members of congress, prominent
government officials and others of ma
ttonal note, assured the success of the
dinner by their presence.
Contributing causes to that success,
however, were numerous. One Of
them was the appropriateness of the
decorations and other settings. Latin
American flags, songs and dishes were
interspersed throughout the decorative
musical and prandial features of the
program is that every one of the TWEEN
ty-one American republics represented
felt that it enjoyed its full and equal
share of the festivities. Il
The guests were seated at twenty
one small tables, each table being nam
ed after one of the republics whose rep
resentatives are serving their country
here in diplomatic capacity. In the
center of each table was cut glass
globe in which the colors of the coun-
try were represented by various hued
electric lights. Around each globe
were eight small flags of the country
with another flag in the center reach
ing up from the top of the globe Flags
and escutcheons of the twenty-one re-
publics were carefully grouped around
the room, with the name OF the coun--
try underneath. At one end OF the
hall were large emblems bearing the
words peace, friendship, commerce.
Palms, evergreens and flowers added
to the beauty OF the scene:
Music, food decorations, toasts,
speeches were all International. Among
the dishes served we're "ostras a la ter
ra del fuego,'' 'Sopa Centro-Ameri-
cana ''Pecado la Mexicana," ''pur-
chero sud-Americano,'' cocktail Pan
Americana" and other dishes charac-
teristic of Latin-America, most of
them never having been served before
in Washington. :.
Tremendous Applause Evoked.
Immediately after the drinking OF
toast to the presidents of the American
republics, proposed by Director Bar
rett, the large banquet hall was dark
ened and to the sweet strains of music,
played by the Marine band from the
national hymns OF each of the repub-
lies, light was thrown on a screen at
the end of the hall, displaying the flag
of the country whose national hymn
was being played at the moment. The
effect was novel and provoked tremen
dous applause. Following the show
ing OF each flag two stereopticon pic
lures of scenes in the contry represent
ed we're shown~
Secretary of State Knox, chairman
ex-officio of the board of governors of
the bureau; Ambassador Nabuco OF
Brazil, Vice President Sherman, Speak
er Cannon and Senator Root, respond
ed to appropriate toasts, and the minis
tiers of Costa Rica and Argentina also
spoke briefly. The invocation was de-
livered by the apostolic delegate Mgr.
Falconio.
The object Of the. dinner was to en-
phasize the development of closer re-
lations OF commerce and friendship be-
tween the United States and her sister
republics of Latin America: A poem,
Flags of the Western World" by Ar
thur Guiterman, was written especially
for the dinner.