Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
MANUELA DIAZ DE PENA WIFE OF MINISTER FROM URUGUAY

passing "A busy month getting ready for
the serious amenities of the winter. They
will get their first peep at Washington
life at the afternoon reception which
Mrs. Taft will give to the diplomatic
corps. Their formal presentation will
be after the New Year reception, when.
with their parents and Others members
of the diplomatic corps. they will be en-
at the home of the Secretary Of State
and Mrs. Knox. After these ceremonies
they will begin a strenuous program i'm
the Cruguayan legation. There will he
dinners and dances and some afternoon
receptions. The Latins do not follow
the same rule about introducing their
daughters TO society. The procedure
with them is fer the candidate for social
honors to cal on all friends with her
mother. and she is then included in all
the functions which take place in her
circle of friends.
I'VE give dances as the usual mode for
social intercourse. said Senorita Manuela
de Pena, land during season there
are always one or more balls every even
ing Dinners are for the more sedate men,
bers of the family, though the daughters
and young sons always appear at dinners
given in their own home but they do not
attend so many outside banquets as here.
Our dances begin late and end late. so
that our day is not within the same hours
as here. Few girls get abroad in the early
morning hours. and we have fewer social
functions in the afternoons or even at
midday, like the American luncheon party.
We all are devoted to music. anu with
our practice and our calls. We expect to
pass a busy and enjoyable winter"
In Uruguay the Roman Catholic re-
ligiop is established by law. and the new
family adds another to the list Of Catholic
diplomats serving in Washington IL
will attend he Church Of Matthew Or
Rhode Island avenue, the place OF wor-
ship of all the foreigners processing the
Catholic religion. Sonora de Pena is al
ready interested in some charitable So
cieties especially those which furnish toys
and good things for poor children al
Christmas. She says that the problem il
different in her country. and has 70 be
met in an entirely different way, but she
has taken a cordial interest in some or
these novel and altogether American
methods of meeting all kinds OF needs
Senior de Pena and his charming wife
are getting on familiar terms with their
neighbors we'll as their natural as
sociates in the Latin American port.5s on
the corps. Their home is well chosen. for
in the immediate vicinity are the lega~
tions of Argentina, OF several Central
American states and of the Brazilian en-
bassy.
Latin American society is distinct part
OF officialism. and the coming OF the de
Penas is of paramount importance
There are now some charming nfaidens
with the Latin homes. among
them Senorita Elenea Calderon. daughter
OF the Bolivian minister; the young
daughters of the Mexican ambassador.
the Senoritas de Crespo. now en- route
from Vienna, where they have been
studying music: the daughters OF tie
Chilean minister and Sonora Suarez. and
the three attractive daughters of the
Cuban minister and Sonora Rlvero, two
of whom will be debutantes OF the pres
ent season The Latins are fond of CIV
ing musical entertainments and private
and with so much talent to
draw on the present season will be nota-
HE The Uruguayan legation is well
adapted for large entertainments well
as for concerts and plays. The ballroom
nossesses fine proportions and excellent
acoustic properties, and was much used
during the sojourn of WI Ting
tang All of the Senoritas de Pena are
tall sand graceful, with dark brown hair
and ewes Sonora de Pena is OF. good
presence, typically Spanish. but with the
touch of geniality and cordiality which
is typically South American.