New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Wife of Secretary of State
Crcets Members of Dip.
Ioniatic Corps and Cab
met at Two Functions
Busy Week in Washington
More Than 1000 Attend
Celebration of the Pau
American Anniversary
Special Dispatch to The z,so.sn.

TO Official society. At nearly every
function Of the week the new Secretary
OF State and Mrs. Bainbridge Colby. the
ssv Ambassador from Great Britain
sad Lady Geddes. and Mme. Shidehara.
who has just Joined her husband, the
Ambassador from japan, were the pr;n-
c.psl figures.
One os the most interesting events
of the week was the reception given
At the Pan-Americsn Building Monday
evening in celebration Of the tenth an
n'Eersary OF It's dedication. John Bar
rett. director general of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union, vss host, with the Secretary
OF State. who is eX-oficio chairman
of the governing bosrd. to assist him.
MRS. Colby also was in the receiving
line, likewise the Ambassador of Chile.
Se:ior Don BeitYan Matthew, who is
desn Of the Latin American cchtingent
OF the diplomatic corps, and Mmc.
Msthieu; the assistant director and
Nine. ianea and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Kelsey. Mr.. Kelsey is one of the archi-
tects OF the building.
The Official world turned out for the
reception, which was attended by moro
than J,0oo guests. and each and every
one OF them was interested in catching
. glimpse not only of the Colbys, but
O. Sir Auckland and Lady Geddes and
OF Ambassador Shidehara and the pic
SuresQue little person who is his wife.
Lati1 America Represented
the Secretary OF Agriculture and
Mrs. Meredith also we're present. Other
orcials il the assemblage we're the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Burleson,
Miss Sidney BurIeson. Miss Rowena
Alexander, daughter OF the Secretary
OF Com n!erce and Mrs. Alexander: the
nnder secretary Of State and Mrs.
Frank l.. Polk. the Third Assistant Sec
retary Of Stase and Mrs. Breckirridee
Song, the Assistant Secretary Of TIE
Navy ard Mrs. Franklin D. Rooseye}t.
"ilour J. Carr, director Of the consular
service and recently appointed assist
ant to the Secretary of State. and Mrs.
Carr; Senstor James .. Phelan, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Edmund Platt, Rep
sesentatirc and Mrs. Fred Bitten, the
american Minister to Switzerland and
Mrs. Hampson Gary, and Hugh S. Glib
eon. American Minister to Poland.
O. course, this Latin American dipIo. |
mats were present almost to q man
the Ambassador pf Argentina, DR.. lie !
Breton; the Am AMBASSADOR of Peru and
Mime: Pezet, who were accompanied by |
the Peruvian Minister to Paris; the
Ambassador Of BRAZIL, Senor Dr.. An
gusto Coehrsne de Alencar; the MIN
ister OF Bolivia and Nine. Caideron,
the Minister Of Ecuador and Nine. |
Elizalde, the Minister Of Guatemala, |
and Sefior Dr.. Don Joaquin Mendez and |
his daughter, Nine. Godoy
European Diplomats Present
The French Ambassador, Nj. jus
serand, was present, and one noted also
She Sp&ntsh Ambassador and Nine. de /
Niano, the Russian Ambassador and |
Nine. Bakhmeteff, the Belgian Ambas- /.
esdor aad Baroness de Cartier de
Marchienne, the Italian Ambassador
and Baroness Romano Avezzano, Mrae.
Ekengren. wife of the Minister of
Sweden; the Minister Of the Serbs.
Croats and Slovenes and Mime. Grouitch,
the Minister Of Poland and Princess
Lubonlrska and a whole grist Of such
o. the younger diplomats as the Bran
bfllas aud the Celesias of the Italian
Embassy: Captain Godfrey Blake, naval
.ttaehe Of the British Embassy, and
Count and Countess Bondc, Of the
Swedish Legation.
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman, Mrs.
harold Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
hrets Noyes, MIR. and Mrs. Rufus Day.
Slr aud Mrs. George T. Marye, Mrs.
Victor Kaufman. NJ. and Nine Claude
Ianglsis, Mrs. james hamilton Lewis
and Miss Helen Walcott were among
the unofficial folk present.
Tho arrival OF Mr.. and Mrs. Preston
Gibson caused quite stir and there
was no little anxiety TO get good
look at Mr.. Gibson and his new wife,
who is almost stranger to Washing
ton. The former Mrs. A. q. B. Pratt,
who is a beautiful woman, wore
Turning gown, straight up and down
sip. very short, Of midnight blue
The inclement weather spoiled what
would have been the loveliest part of the
garden, which was to have been gayly
Illuminated, with dancing on the ter-
race and lantern slides shown outside
BY way Of an extra added attraction"
But following the program Of brief ad-
aresses-made by Secretary Colby,
Ambassador Matthew and Mr. Kelsey.
with Mg. Barrett as master of cere-
N tho Hall Of the Americas, the guests
drifting out during the intermissions
On TO the broad gallery surrounding the
patio or strolling about beneath the
Foliage which surrounds the fountain
in the center Of the courtyard.
Mrs. Colby Holds Reception
MSs. Colby had made her debut as
an Official hostess Monday afternoon,
when she held a reception for tho
chiefs Of diplomatic missions now in
and the ladies' of their ,
tssailies. She had asked to meet the
guests Of honor the officials of the
State Department and the chiefs Of
bureaus, with their wives~-no one !
s.se-and consequently it was a de- !
iehtsully coy and intimate party.
Mrs. Colby was assisted in receiving
By her daughter, Miss Katherine Colby,
aad Mrs. Frank L. Polk. wife of the
Under Secretary OF State, while 8
.ob-dsb. daughter, Miss Frances Colby, {
semed to be lowering in the ofing. =,
sfr. Colby came in during the course
81 the afternoon, mingling with the :
gtests and introducing himself to those :
vko had not previously been presented. :
Yrs. Breckinridge Long, wife Of the !
Third Assistant Secretary Of State, pre-
idsd at thc tea table. y
On Wednesday Mrs. Colby held her
.rss cabinet day" reception. It was <
NORMAL, the hostess receiving alone,
sSth her daughter, Miss Katherine Col
y, at the tea table. Scores Of callers
royped in during the course OF the 2
SteYnoon. Not only were the various g
esniicGtions OF official society repre-
entsd, but resident society as we'll, and y
IAay eE the younger diplomats who :,
I'd not been included among the guests :
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