The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
Society,"
By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.


John Barrett. Director General of
the Pan American Union. was host
to q large and brilliant assemblage
last night when he gave a reception
In the Hall of the Americas at the
Pan American Building to commem-
crate the tenth anniversary Of the
dedication OF the Pan American
Building. The party was to have
been held also in the beautiful Az
tee Garden but the inclement
weather prevented. Elaborate deco
rations had been arranged and
there was 10 have been dancing
on the terrace. Members of the
Cabinet and of the Diplomatic Corps,
with their families. and official and
resident society attended. Mr.. Bar
rett was assisted in receiving by
the Secretary of State, Bainbridge
Colby, who Is eX-off1cio chairman OF
the governing board of the Pan
American Union. and Mrs. Colby, the
Ambassador of Chile and dean Of
Diplomatic Corps, and Nine.
Matthew, the Assistant Director OF
the Pan American Union and Nine.
Yanes. and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
The reception began at $3.50
o'clock, lasting until 1880. when
brief addresses were made by Sec
retary Colby. the Chilean Ambassa-
dor, the architect, Albert Kelsey,
and Mr.. Barrett. There was also an
exhibition of lantern slides of the
building. after which the guests
were entertained with music and
dancing. Supper was served in the
Columbus room. Masses of palms
and the flags Of nations represented
by the Pan American Union formed
the decorations.
In the distinguished company
were the French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand. the Postmaster
General and Mrs. A. S. Burleson,
Miss Sydney Burleson, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture and Mrs. Edwin
F. Meredith. the Undersecretary of
State and Mrs. F. L. Polk, the Bel
gian Ambassador and Baroness de
Cartier de Marchienne, the Spanish
Ambassador and Nine. Riano, the
Ambassador of Peru and Nine. Pc
get, and the Peruvian Ambassador
to France, the Italian Ambassador
and Nine. Romano Avezzana, and
Miss Romano, the Russian Ambas-
sador and Nine. Bakhmeteff, the
Ambassador of Argentina, DR.. de
Alencar, the British Ambassador
and Lady Geddes, the Minister of
roland and Princess Lubomirskas
the Minister of Sweden and Nine.
Ekengren, the Minister of Ecuador
and Nine. Elizalde> Yung Kwai.
Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese
Legation and Nine. Yung Kwai, the
Minister of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes and Nine. Grouitch, ]. E.
Lefeyre. Charge d'Affaires of the
Panama Legation; Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Carr. Herbert Hengstler
and his mother, Mrs. Hengstler;
Richard Flournoy; the United
states Minister to Switzerland and
Mrs Hampson Gary. the United
states Minister to Poland and Hugh
Gibson; Eugene Fish, Mr.. and Mrs.
w Penheld. Mr.. and Mrs. HubbelI,
mrs Horace Macfarland. Mrs
Charles Boughton Wood, Miss Mar
Morgan, Mrs. John Pryor Tarvin.
Miss Louise Lacey, NJ. and Mime,
Claude Langlais, Miss wilmuth
Gary. Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Evans,
Mrs George T. Guernsey, Mrs, Clar-
ence Day. Mrs. Victor Kaufman
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Day, DR.. and
Mrs. Walter Wells, Capt. Douglas.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. S. Thropp. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Hight. DR.. A. c.
RlVas, Mrs Morris Evans, Miss Meta
Evans. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Camp
bell, Charles Noble Gregory, Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Campbell, Mr., and
Mrs Lee Phillips, Judge and Mrs
Charles Howry. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam A. Scully. Judge and Mrs. T. +.
Ansberry, Fred a. Emery. Miss I.
c. Emery, John c. Schofield, Miss
Schofield, Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilson. Mai,
and Mrs. John Whitaker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Tuck erman. Mrs. Ezra
l. kOon, r. H. Hadow of the Brit
ish Embassy staff. Miss Patten, N
Fl. Lahovary of the Rumania1 Le-
cation staff, Count d'Adhemar, Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Walker, Represen-
tative and Mrs. Edmund Platt, Miss
Jane Heron, Col. Clifton, Col. Will
lam Eric Fowler, DIR. ]. H. Bryan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick McKennCy
and Miss Virginia McKenney, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney,
Count and Countess Bonde, Mr.. and
Mrs. George T. Marye, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Fred Britten, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas F. Lo-
% gan, Capt. Ames Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred bennett, Fitzwilliams
Woodrow. Mrs. Frederic Harris,
Admiral and Mrs. George Clark, Col.
and Mrs Theodore Baldwin and
Miss Katherine Judge. Judge and
Mrs. c. c. McChord, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Price Wright, Mr.. and Mrs.