The Washington times., 1920-07-18

| 20 be expected he would branch OUT
Immediately with a big. Iuhctioh'
so the only thing TO mark the daY,
which was celebrated with sueh usu
gayety in Paris. was the fiying or the
tri-color from the Goyernment build
ings and the pathetic little ceremony
OF decorating the graves OF freheh
soldiers at Arlington.
Last year there was bis receP-
tion at the embassy, the Frencn am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand enter
taining the entire official and diplo-
matte world-from the President and
Mrs. Wilson down. This was shortly
after the return OF the Presidehl
from his hrst trip abroad, wheh tne
Jusserands had been members OF the
Presidential party, and IT was ,he
first function the Wilson's attended
after they got back Miss Margaret
Wilson was with them, also MISS
Bertha Boiling and Col. Clarence hld-
ley, the Presidents aide. Nj, ana
Nine. Jusserand met the party from
the White House at the door OF IN"
embassy and escorted them 10 the
drawing room. They remained long
enough to chat with many or the
guests in an Informal way, after
having taken their place in the re-
ceiving line Tor time.
This reception was given not only
to mark BastilIe Day, the national
fete day of France, but to celebrate
the fact that the day before soldiers
OF France and of the United states
had marched side by side through
the Arc de Triomphe. 1t was the
second time the President and Mrs
Wilson had been present at an oHi-
cial function at the French embassy.
for on November 25. 1918, they paid
honor to the Republic of France and
her envoy by attending the reception
given to mark the joint entrance OF
French and American troops INTO
Alsace-Lorraine. On both occasions
the tri-color was 'displayed. WIN
laurel. for victory. the "Marseillaise'
and "The Observation-Disclosures" were
played and toasts were drunk to the
two great republics OF the world.
DON IGNACIO RESIGNS AS
BOLIVIAN MINISTER.
The announcement that Don Ignacio
Calderon, Bolivian minister to the
United States, had severed his con-
nection with the diplomatic service
as personal protest against the
coup d'etat which overthrew the eX-
listing Bolivian government. caused a
futter OF interest in Washington.
Senior Calderon has represented his
government in Washington since 1904
and only two members of the entire
diplomatic corps rank him in point
of seniority--the French ambassador
and Viscount date, the Portuguese
minister.
It's rather too soon to sav wha: the
Calder 'rs viii. do, but one hopes thst
they will linger on in Wash nG'on
and it is probable that they WI stay
at least as long as the present reN o.
lationary junta is in power in BohVla.
Senor Caldcron's daughter Miss
Elena Calderon. is half American, for
her mother was a native of Phila-
delphia. She has grown up here, her
friends and her associations are here
and she is reckoned quite as much
a Washingtonian as the American
girls who have been her playmates.
The present Sonora de Calderon, who
was Miss Beatrice Ainley, is an
English woman, but she, too. has
lived much of her life in this country
and at the time Of her marriage to
the veteran diplomat was the head
of a private hospital in New York.
Senor Calderon has another daughter,
Senora de Zalles. whose husband is
or WaS-nOnOrary HndnCldI dltdcnt Oh
the Bolivian legation. with headquar-
ters in New York. Sonora de Zalles,
who is rather less well known in
Washington than her sister. is a
brilliant and cultivated musician.
The Minister of Cuba and Nine. de !
Cespedes are still in Washington. |
their departure for Europe having
been put off. They were ALL set to
sail on July ), but for some diplo-
matte reason not divulEed to the un-
d world, the Cuban mission,
of which DR.. de Cespedes is a mem
ber which is to return the visit of
a British mission, headed by Sir
Maurice de Bunsen. has been held up.
The Bulgarian Minister and Nine.
Panaretofr are still here, but expect
to get away to New England the last
of this month or the first of August.
Nine. Poulieff, wife of the counselor
of the legation, is with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Samuel, at Mar
rangansett Pier and DIR. Poulief is
living en- garcon, while their apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel is let
to Norman II. Davis, the under sccre-
tary of state.