The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
SOCIETY PREPARESF FOR EASTER
AND RETURN OF NOTABLES FROM FRANCE

the announcement that the Zaldivars
are also going very soon. Both fam
lilies are first favorites in Washington
society.
Both Nine. Sulzer and Nine. Zaldivar
are notably good looking and among
tho most sought after women in the
diplomatic corps. The Suffers have a
growing family, Of school age. Nine.
Zaldivar has had the distinction dur
ing two successive seasons of intro
ducing the only diplomatic debutante
of the winter. DR.. Zaldlivar's two
daughters, Margaritta, the elder, made
her debut year ago last winter. and
this winter has been visiting her rela-
tives In Salvador. Giulie. the younger,
was presented In December. and has
been one Of the winters popular debu-
tantes. Also Mme. Zaldivar has been
the means Of bringing to Washington
her sister, Princess Chika, Of Rumania
and Paris, who has bean one Of the
decided social assets OF the last two
seasons.
Then Of course It IL perfectly under
stood that the Readings are only here
getting ready to go home. and are being
entertained every minute they can be
induced to take from the business Of
winding things up and leaving them
all shipshape for an as yet undeter-
mined successor. They seem to be
swinging back and forth between New
York and Washington. having spent
the last week end in New York, after
a round of dinners in Washington dur
ing the beginning of the week. They
returned Monday for another round Of
dinners, of which Mrs. Dimock's on
Monday night. and Mrs. Townsend's on
Thursday. were the most important
The guests at the former included the
American Ambassador to France and
Mrs. Hugh Wallace, the Swiss Minis
ter and Nine. Sulzer and Mr.. and Mrs.
watrous of New York, who arrived
that day as Mrs. Dimock's house
guests. On Friday the Readings re-
turned to New York for this week end,
that Lord Reading-Lord Chief Justice
of England, and as such head of the
British Judiciary system-might be the
honor guest of the New York Bar As
ISOLATION Con behalf Of the American
Judiciary and BARI at a banquet at the
Waldorf Saturday night
Mrs. Dimock's dinner was probably
the laR appearance of the Hugh Wal
laces at Washington function. They
| were scheduled to leave Washington
on Tuesday. and to sail a couple of
days later. taking Miss Beecher. their
niece, with them, for France. But let
no one think that Washington is
thereby in any danger of famine so
far as home grown diplomats are con-
cerned. Ambassador Fletcher is here
from Mexico, and Ambassador Francis
from Russia, and Boar Long, who
serves both as American Minister to
Salvador and acting chief Of the d.
vision Of Mexican Affairs, and one or
two other floating ribs Of the American
diplomatio service" as some one ir-
reverently called them, ami all Of
course being muchly entertained.
| But to return to the foreign con-
tinsent, whose presence adds 80 much
to the brilliance of Washington So
ciety.
When Uncle Sam decided to get into
the game-and the diplomatic repre-
I sentatives of the Central Powers were
automatically eliminated--one hoped
at least that the others would be al
/ lowed to stay in peace. But look what
has happened!
Latin Americans All Replaced.
| OF the thirteen embassies in Wash
ington at the beginning OF 1917 three
those Of Germany. Austria and Turkey
were closed by the United States en-
tering the war. OF the remaining ten
only two have the same heads they
! had when the war broke out NJ. Jusse-
rand and Senior de Rianos are the only
two Ambassadors still accredited to
Washington, who were here when the
Archduke Francis Ferdinand was as
sassinated at Sarajevo. The Italian
Ambassador, Count V. Macchi di Cell
ere, arrived in October. 1914-twc