Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-24
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~ HE Secretary of Commerce.
Mr.. Redfield, entertained at
luncheon today at the Will
lard. when his guests were
invited to meet the distin-


| luncheon today at the Will
lard, when his guests were
! invited to meet the distin-
guished visitor from Brazil, DR..
! Pessoa
The guests included the Secretary
of the Treasury. Mr.. Glass: the Sec
rotary of the Navy. Mr.. Daniels; the
| acting Secretary of state. Mr.. Frank
l.. Polk: the charge de'afaires of the
Brazilian embassy. Mr.. Moreira: Sen l.
ator Duncan L. Fletcher. Representa-
tive Joseph W. Byrns, Repre- sentative
Thetus W. Sims. the assistant secre-
| tary of state. Mr.. William Phillips;
| the third assistant secretary of state,
! MIR. Breckenridge Long: Admiral Cap
erton. Maj. Gen. Joseph L. Kuhn. Mr..
| Edward y. Hurley, Mr.. PeSsoa de
! Queiroz. Capt. Armando Burlamaqui,
Mr.. Lauro Muller. Mr.. Nabuco, Mr..
Gustavo Barroso, Mr.. Eugenio Catta
! Preta. Mr.. William 4. Colver. Mr..
Harry NJ. Robinson. Mr.. Rurwell S.
! Cutler, Mr.. Clarence Woolley, Mr.. Jor-
dan Herbert Stabler. Mr.. Thomas w.
! Page. Mr. Charles s. Hamlin, Mr..
| Wilbur J. Carr. Mr. John Barrett, Mr..
| Edwin +. Sweet. Mr.. q. Cornell Parler
and Mr.. Johnston.
The Frcsjdent-clcCt and Nine. Pes
soa with Miss Pessoa and the mem
ing them viii he the honor guests at
n brilliant dinner party to be given
! this evening by the acting Secretary
of state and Mrs. Frank l.. Polk.
| Some of the party will be the
! guests at dinner of the third assist
ant secretary of state and Mrs. Breck-
; inridge Long.
! Both dinner parties will later go to
the Pan american building. where one
of the largest receptions of the sea-
| son will be given as parting cour-
! tesy to DR.. PesSoa, who leaves to-
morrow with his suite for New York.
| The guests this evening will in
clude representative gathering from
official. diplomatic and resident So
ciety and a string orchestra will play
| for the dancing, which will be con-
tinuous throughout the evening. The
supper will be served on the spa
cious balcony overlooking the Aztec
garden.
Nine. Pessoa. accompanied by Miss
Pessoa and the other ladies of the
party. dined informally last evening
at Wardman Park Hotel with num-
/ Der of the United States Army and
| Navy aids detailed with the presi-
Dental party. Nine. Pessoa wore d
very chic costume Of black and silver
striped chiffon taffeta, the stripes
about a half-inch wide and two inches
!
word from Paris. it was interesting
| to note that the skirt which was only
moderately long was made on straight
lines without any draping and was
| considerably wider around the bot
tom than we have seen here during
| the past season. Black tulle appeared
! on both the bodice and skirt, which
were modelled on the simplest lines.
the tulle forming the elbow length
sleeves and appearing about the V
| decolettage. weighed here and there
with silver ball tassels. as was the
| overskirt of tul1e. With this gown,
she wore small round toque Of black
straw fairly bristling with black
burnt goose feathers and osprey.
| Miss Pessoa wore a girlish gown of
deep rose pink wolfe with a simple
| trimming of tucks and lace insertions
with narrow girdle of black velvet
| ribbon, and her hat was a rather
| large model of georgette crepe of the
! same shade trimmed with flowers.
| The party dined at large flower
| decked table on the veranda and late
| in the evening they were joined by
| DR.. Pessoa and the other gentlemen
| of the party. who came on from the
Secretary Of the Treasury's dinner.
| They occupied several small tables at
the upper end of the lobby where the
supper dance is held and as a COM
| pliment to the distinguished visitors,
several South American dance selec-
| tions were played which were danced
! exclusively by the members Of the
party to the great pleasure of the
other dancers.