The Washington times., 1918-12-15
g: g: 5IllE!an-An1encan
So 3 BmIdiflg to Be
10 Social Mecca
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How did washington Ee
. along without the Pan-Amer.
lean -Union. building? III
fEuch an appropriate place in which
10 give an official or semi-official
party and such a singularly lovely
place in which TO give auy sort of 9
party at all! Since its Completion. not
so very many yearsaSg6. AL sorts Of
state functions, many of them in
honor OF notable foreigners from thS
four corners of the earth. have beer
given under its hospitable roof.
silt has also been the% of a wed
ding reception-Congressm Henry
d. Flood. chairman OF the House For
eign Relations Committee and HIS
bride. formerly Anna Portner. were
the couple thus honored-7and a debut
tea-little Miss Theresa Granda y
Pezet, niece of FREDERICK M. Pezet;
then minister of Peru, and Nine. Pezet,
swas the bud presented: and for va
.Tiety there have been such festivities
as John Barretts 'neighborhood
.party," a reception, with dancing. a
smusical progrAp and All manner of
similar "trirhmings', arranged by the
hospitable host IN Compliment 20 the
ssmployes of the various war bureaus
Aquartered in the vicinity ofSthe Pan
EAmerlcan Union. $4,000.
is Glready evident that the PAN
-t4AnArican building u destined to fig
slxa Elm the, aewsy--seeially--Ve .ex-
.fensively this year. 1t has become the
sNccepted thing for visiting missions to
abe entertained there. and certainly
fbeace will have its missions. no less
ffeuowned than war; and there arc
Humors Of a series OF Pan-American
Rartiess with tho ministerS OF the
N6outh and Cehtra1t American srepubiics
lbs hosts along ti1e lines OF The very
interesting and soriginal Ssentertatn-
3nent given by the minister of Saliva
ltior. DR.. Rafael zaldivar, on Tuesday
tevening.
"a men1orably loF ely reception, and
sfather more sun than official Secep-
skions ofteuzsxe. Because OF the pleas
thnt informality which was the order
ts.bf the evening after the program IVES
ffcmpleted.
sILseeture n Message From
i|saavadOr to United ssfhtesses ~ :.
The Mexican ambassador, Senior
,Bonillas, who is now a-visiting in
3Sonora. Mexico, was host last summer
at an entertainment rather similar to
aalthe one given by the minister OF Sal
:fTador, asking official and diplomatic
Washington to hear a lecture. Illus
ttrated by colored slides. on Mexico,
'fAnd following the program with re-
ieeption. But this was given in mid
lsumrner. when the diplomatic colony
Twas widely scattered, many official
people were away and resident So
felicity was scarcely to be reckoned
with. so the function couldn't Quite.l
DE compared for brilIiance to the en-.l
itertainment given by DIR. zaldivSf.
Moreover. on the occasion Of the first
ENTERTAINMENT, severe thunder
lshower came'up just at tie most in
lopportune moment and sent many of
.the guests scurrying for home before
lever the program came 70 an end.
On Tuesday, however,. everything |
went of without a hitch and verify |
believe everybody "as Is anybody" in /
town was there, - The nrogram ar
ranged by DR.. yzaidivar was striking
by original, toe. for. the piece de re- !
distance was no mere Lecture but the |
Sreading OF a bona fdei message from
Ithe President Of Salvador, dealing |
with ways and means of strengthen
Iing the ties of coimmerce.->of~cuItur |
land OF friendship between. this pro-
Eressive little republic OF Central |
America and the great republic Of /
North America. It was a distinctly