The Washington herald., 1919-04-17

Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer. wife of the
Attorney General was the guest In
whose honor Mrs. John Lord O'Brian
entertained a luncheon party yester-
day at her residence on N street, her
guests including wives of several or
the diplomats. Following the lunch
con Miss Millicent White, of Buffalo.
Mrs. O'Brian's guest and niece, gave
a delightful piano recital Miss White
arrived In Washington yesterday
morning and will visit Mr.. and Mrs.
OBrian for a week.
DR.. L. S. Rowe. Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury, will give a luncheon
today for Senator Eleador Yanez,
Senior Tocornal and Senior villaneuva,
members of the special Chilean COM
mercial commission, which is now
touring this country. The luncheon
will follow a formal call upon DR..
Rowe.
Tuesday the members of the COM
mission were taken to the White
House. the. Capitol. the Library Of
Congress and other places Of interest
In Washington and yesterday they Wis
tied Mount Vernon. The mission win
leave town tomorrow or Saturday, go
ing first to New York. They intend to
spend two or three months In the
United States. Henry P. Fletcher.
American Ambassador to Mexico and
formerly American Ambassador to
Chile, is official host to the party.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F, Logan
entertained informally at a luncheon
Of six covers yesterday afternoon at
the Cafe st. Marks. In the party
were Mr.. Ames Brown and Mr.. Lo-
gan's sister. Mrs. James Kenny. Mrs
Kenny, who has been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Logan, left Washington yes
terday afternoon for her home in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bacon James
entertained at a dinner of twenty
two covers last evening at the Chevy
Chase Club for their daughter, Miss
Teresa James! who came home yes
terday afternoon from school at Bryn
Mawr to be with her parents for about
a week. Mrs. James went to Bryn
Mawr to accompany her daughter
home.
Mrs. Granville Fortescue left Wash
ington the first of the week for New
York.
Mrs. Clarence Ridley is leaving
Washington shortly for California.
Miss Anna Hamlin will entertain
at dinner at the Club de Vingt next
Thursday evening before the Free
Milk-for-France dance there that
evening.
Col. and Mrs. James Reilly expect
to leave Washington in the late
spring for their home in New York
Col. Reilly. who has been in the ad-
jutant generals Office in charge of
prisoners of war for more than a
year, expects to be released from
the service shortly. Mrs. Reilly was
formerly Miss Eugene Root.
Mrs. Coonley Ward. who spent the
winter with her son and daughter-in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Coonley. at
their home. "Rosedale" in Cleveland
Park. has returned to her country
place at Wyoming. n. Y.
Mrs. Theodore Shuey has sailed
from New York for Christiania. Nor
way, where she will spend a month
visiting her sOn-in-law and daugh-
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher Smith.
At the conclusion of her visit Mrs
Smith will return to America with
her mother for a visit of several
months.
Lieut.. T. V. Cooper. U. S. ", who
was in Washington for a short stay.
has rejoined his Ship. the U. S. S.
Virginia. at Norfolk.
Mr.. Charles Pergler. commissioner
of the Czecho-Slovak republic in the
United States, and Mrs. Pergler were
guests of honor of the Society of
Mayfiower Descendants at the Wash
ington CLUB Tuesday night. Com
missioner Pergler addressed the
meeting on Economic Conditions in
the New Republic of Czecho-Sfe-,
vakia."
Sir Henry Darlington Smith. assist
ant British high commissioner. has
returned to England after an extended
stay in Washington, during which
time he made a warm place for him
self in the regard of the diplomatic
and official world with which he was
AFFILIATED. Sir Henry's departure is
noted for the first time in the cur
rent issue of the diplomatic list, but
he sailed some weeks ago.
Several other changes of consider
able Importance are also noted in the
list. For example. DR.. Don Francisco
Tudela v Varela, Peru's envoy to the
United States, now has the rank of
Ambassador instead of Minister There
is a new Minister of Haiti, Charles
Moravia, to succeed the late Dr. So
Iona Menos. who died at his post. The
Embassy of Brazil has a new second
secretary, Cyro de Freitas valle, a
successor to Octavio Fialho. recently
recalled. and the newcomer has taken
an apartment at Wardman Park Ho-
tel.
Commander Viscount Masamichi
Hotta, assistant naval attache of the
japanese embassy, has returned to
Japan to be succeeded by Commander
Kiyoshi Hasegama. and there is new
secretary of the embassy. Keinosuke
Fujii, who is accompanied by Nine.
Fujii. The second secretary of the
embassy is also named FULL, Minoru
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