The Washington herald., 1919-12-14
ITALIAN ENVOY
RETURNED HERE.

I
The Italian Ambassador. who
spent the greater part of last week
in New York. has returned, and 1t
is thought his wife and daughter,
who are visiting the mother of the
former. Mrs. Frederick Clark, on
Staten Island. will come to wash
ington this week They have hot
yet been in Washington since their
! arrival in this country. In connec-
tion with the Baroness I saw this
interesting article in a st. Louis
paper recently:
The announcement of the arrival
OF the newly-appointed Italian Ambas-
sador to this country, caused more in
terest In st. Louis than any other city
in America. with the exception, of
course. of Washington, as Baron Avez-
zano's wife belongs to st. Louis from
long line of ancestry. dating back to
DR.. Saugrain. whose name Is embel-
lished on the tablet with the early
settlers Of the city.
Born on the Taylor farm In Clay
ton. Baroness Avezzano passed her
childhood and early girlhood in St.
Louis and then. at the age OF Il. she
was taken to New York to live by her
parents, and received her later educa-
tion at Eastern schools. Her birth
place was later bought by the Won
Schrader family and is still owned
by them. Baroness Avezzano's mother
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William c. Taylor. members of the
Taylor and Kennerly families of st.
Louis, and she was one OF the bellies
of the city. She married Mortimer
Taylor. OF Alabama. and no relation
| to the Taylor family to which she
belongs. Baroness Avezzano was Miss
! lJacduelin Mare Taylor
/ Her smeeting with the Italian baron
was an incident Of a summer vacation.
| PASSED at Seabright, N. ]. The Italian
| legation. at which the baron was an
! attache. was living at the same hotel
where she and her parents were. Her
/ engagement followed the summer
courtship and the marriage took place
/ very quietly that autumn at st. Pat
| rick's Cathedral. New York.
Following the wedding the baron
was suddenly sent to China by his
government and is bride followed him
later. Their only child. Yolando. was
born in China.
Baroness AvezZano's marriage in
terrupted her debut and visits to st.
! Louis relatives and she has not been
eX
! poets to make a visit here in the near
future. She is the niece of Mrs. Will
lam Clark Kennerly. of 456 North New
stead avenue. and cousin Of Mrs Dan
| iel r. Russell. Miss Aline Kennerly
| and Claude Kennerly. OF Lenox place
! and is a relative OF the Won Phul
family.
Before the war she lived for a
, time in Rio Janeiro, where her hus-
band was ambassador, and during
the war she divided her time be-
tween Naples. Italy. where her hus-
bands family live, and Paris. Baron
Avezzano was engaged in dipIo-
matte missions for his government
during the war period. and was sen,
. to Montenegro to convey Emperor
Nicholas to Paris. War service OF
/ Italy and with the Red Cross ir
Paris. Her mother is now Mrs. Fred,
erick Clark. of Staten Island, n. "
BRIDEGROOM
WAS WORRIED.
The ambassador went to New York
to be best man at the wedding Of
Andrea Geisser Celesia di VegIiasco
third secretary of the Italian EN-.
bassy. and Miss Margaret Hunting.
/ ton Erhart. daughter of Mr.. and
! Mrs. William H. Erhart, of New
York. am told that young mar
| did the hardest day's-or weeks
work that he ever did in his life
when he made out lists for his wed
| ding invitations. He didn't know
just what the etiquette was con.
! cerning certain officials and had the