Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-05
Society

Secretary of State and
Mrs. cambridge Colby will
N be entertained at dinner to-
night by the assistant secre-
tary of war and Mrs. Benedict Crow
ell. The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Baker will be among the other
guests.
Baroness Romano Avezzana, wife of
the ambassador of Italy. Is enter
tanning at a small tea this afternoon
the Very Rev. Prof. Semeria. who
was chaplain general of the italian
forces during the war and distin-
guished himself for bravery. He will
give a short address on his work Tor
the orphans of southern Italy whose
ested in forming committees for their
relief. The ladies of the embassy
will assist Baroness Avezzana In re-
ceiving.
Small Diplomatic Dinner.
The ambassador Of Peru and Sonora
| de Pezet entertained a party of Peru
Wan friends informally at dinner last
evening before the reception given by
Mr.. John Barrett and Col William Eric
| Fowler.
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Panaretoff will entertain company
| at dinner tonight in the new legation.
1929 18th street, to which they have
recently moved.
| Mr.. John Barrett, retiring director
of the Pan-American Union, and Col
| William Eric Fowler were hosts for
i small reception with dancing at the
Pan-American Union building last
| evening which, had the weather been
propitious, would have taken the form
of an entertainment in the Aztec
garden. and annex. The Hall Of the
Americas was used for the dancing
and huge baskets Of flowers fitting in
proportions to the stately architec-
ture of the building stood on tables
and in inches where they afforded the
best artistic value.
A timely feature of the reception
was an exhibit Of a collection Of
autographed photographs Of presi-
Dental aspirants in the large recep-
ton room. a collection embracing the
special friends of Mr.. Barrett during
long series of years and some of
them bearing particularly friendly
and affectionate transcriptions-that |
the the late President Roosevelt being |
in the collection.
Mr. Barrett and Col. Fowler received |
at the top of the grand stairway and |
they were assisted in the early even
Yanes and later Sonora de Pezet. wife |
of the ambassador Of Peru, acted as
hostess.
Many distinguished guests were
present, among them the ambassador of
Italy and Baroness Romano Avezzana
the ambassador Of Peru and Sonora de
Pezet; the minister Of Siam, Phya Prah-
ha Karavongse; Miss Schwee Bunnag;
the minister Of Venezuela, DR.. Dominica
the minister Of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes. Dr. Grouitch; the minister Of
Salvador and Sonora de Sol: the minis
ter Of Uruguay and Nine. Varela; the
charge d'affaires of the Czechoslovakian
legation, Mr.. Jan Masaryk; the former
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Lansing
Mr.. Justice McReynolds, Gen. and Mrs
w. w. Harris, Gen. and Mrs. Charles B.
Drake, Commander and Mrs. Frank B.
Freyer and their house guest. Sonora de
Aubry; Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
Commander and Mrs Randolph Miner,
Miss Rooney, Representative and Mrs.
Frederick A. Britten. the secretary Of /,
the Peruvian embassy and Sonora de
Gibson, Mr. and Mrs Thomas F. Logan,
Col and Mrs. Clarence A. Ridley, Col
and Mrs Charles Patterson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rufus Day, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Biddle. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hertle Of
Gunston Hall. Mr.. and Mrs Alfonso
Washington Pezet. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
eric D. McKenney, Mrs. Frederic r. Har-