The Washington herald., 1919-04-02

By E. c. DRUM-HUN.

By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.
The Japanese Ambassador. viscount
lshti. entertained a large party OF
commercial agents at luncheon yester-
Gay at the embassy. The guests COM
prfsed a special commission Of silk
merchants who recently arrived In this
country to make commercial observa-
tons IN connection with silk manu-
facture. They left Washington yes
terday for New York
Nine. de Riano. wife Of the Spanish
Ambassador. will leave Washington
tomorrow to visit her aunts, the
Misses Foster. In Hartford. Conn. She
will return to Washington after
Easter
Henry P. Fletcher, American Am
bassador to Mexico. will be the honor
guest at a luncheon which J. E. Le-
fevre. charge d'affaires OF the Panama
Legation, will give today at the Shove
ham
Mr.. Lefevre is planning to give a
luncheon for the Minister of Vene-
zuela, DIR. Dominica. from Atlantic
City, where he Is making brief stay,
Champ Clark, the retiring Speaker
of the House, and Mrs, Clark, have
had a cablegram from their son, Ben
nett Clark, former parliamentarian of
the House, now with the army In
France. announcing his promotion
from lieutenant colonel to colonel.
Colonel Clark expects to return to the
United States within a few weeks.
The recent appointment of Robert
G. Hand of Mississippi to be Assistant
Treasurer OF the United States has
been announced to succeed the late
George Fort, who died a few weeks
ago OF influenza.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward y. Hurley
Who have been in Washington for O
short stay, left yesterday for Tampa
Fla, where they will remain about
ten days. Mr.. Hurley Is recuperating
from a serious attack OF Indigestion
which has caused him to postpone an
extended trip which he planned Il
permit him to confer with business
men in the South and West. After he
RECEIVERS his strength Mr.. Hurley will
continue his trip as planned, going
first to Atlanta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reynold Hit enter
tained a small company informally al
diner last evening at the Cafe st
Marks.
Thomas Watt Gregory. jr., son ot
the former Attorney General and
Mrs. Gregory. and Richard Dunn, ot
Florida, who were the guests Of Mrs
Gregory at her home in sixteenth
street, left Washington yesterday fol
Princeton, Col, where they are both
students.
Mrs. Frances Wheatley Borden has
gone to Norfolk to meet her son,
Samuel Wheatley Borden. who has
arrived there from France. where he
seTved for more than a year with the
French ambulance corps. He went
over with the ambulance corps which
Maj. Ryan Devereux took abroad.
Nine. Ami, wife of Prof Ami, at
tached to the British Embassy stan,
was hostess at a luncheon yesterday
at the Cafe st. Marks. There were
covers for six
Mai. L. n. Brereton, L. S. A, has
returned from service in France and
Joined his family at the Ontario. Maj.
Brereton, who Is in the Aviation
Corps, has been decorated.
Col. and Mrs. J. L. Benedict, who
were at the Ontario, have taken an
apartment at the wardman Park Inn.
George Geonroy. of the French
high commission, who las taken a
prominent part in Washington so
ciety. has been transferred to the
mission in New York and assumed his
new duties there yesterday.
Mrs. William Sims and her children
have gone to New York from New
port to meet Vice Admiral Sims. who
is expected to arrive tomorrow on
the Maurctania-
Langdon Z. Mitchell. well known as
poet and playwright, is to give a
reading at the George Washington
University chapel today at 12:Ii
o'clock. to which the public is invited
MIR. Mitchell is the author of several
volumes of poems as we'll as of nu-
merous plays. the most noted OF
which are Becky Sharp" and THE
New York Idea" Mr.. Mitchell is a
man of letters by inheritance as well
rs by training He is the son of the
late DIR. s. Weir Mitchell, the novelist
Mrs. Thomas II. Taliaferro was
hostess at a small luncheon yesterday,
when the guests were invited to meet
her cousin. Mrs. Samuel Candy Rum
ford, Of Wilmington, Del.
Nine. Zaldiyar. wife OF the Minis
ter of Salvador, has loaned her resi-
dence, 1722 Massachusetts avenue. for
an exhibition OF the worok OF Count
ess korzybski Mira Edgerly). famous
"DAN0ERlNE" F0R