The Washington times., 1920-04-26

M OF the Secretary OF State, Will
AVA receive the heads OF diplo'
matte missions now In Washington
and their wives this afternoon at her
residence in h street. Al this pleas
ant little function she will be assist
ed by her daughter. Miss Katherine
Colby, Mrs. Frank L. Polk, wife OF
the Undersecretary OF state, and Mrs.
Breckinridge Long, wife OF the Third
Assistant Secretary OF State, will pre-
side at the tea table.
The Secretary OF state and Mrs.
Colby and the Ambassador or chile
and Mime. Matthew will receive win
John Barrett, director general or the
Pan American Union, at the reception
which he is giving tonight at the
Pan American Building TO celebrate
the tenth anniversary or It's dedlca-
tion. The Assistant Director ana
Nine. Yanes and the architects or the
building, Albert Kelsey ana Paul r.
Cret, will also be In the receiving
line.
Weather permitting, the beautifui
Aztec Garden will be thrown open
to the guests and an exhibition or
lantern slides showing the striking
architectural features OF the building
will be shown on the terrace. A
brief program of speeches, followed
by music and dancing, Will be given
at lO:45 o'clock. and the guests are
requested to arrive before that time
Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell will en-
tertain a company of twenty at din
ner tonight, with the Italian Ambas-
sador and Baroness Romano AVezzana
and the Polish Minister and Princess
Lubomirska among her guests.
Mrs. Bromwell Will go to New YORK
tomorrow to remain week, ana her
daughter, Miss Mildred Bromwell, il
leaving town for q brief visit to Fox
croft, Va, where she attended school.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott will give
reception this afternoon at her home
in Q street for the incoming and the
outgoing national boards OF the
Daughters OF the American Revolu'
tion. Mrs. George Maynard Minor.
newly elected president general, and
her predecessor. Mrs. George Thacher
Guernsey, will receive with the
hostess; and Mrs. Albert Sidney
Burleson, Mrs. Truman Newberry.
Mrs. Robert Lansing and Mrs., Frank
w. Monden will preside at the tea
table.
Mrs. George Barnett. wife of the
major general commandment OF the
marine corps, will be at home this
7.ternoon for the last time this spring
and will be assisted by her daughters,
the Misses LeliA and Anne Gordon,
and her cousin, Mrs. Clifford Caper-
ton, of Richmond. who Is her guest.
Mrs. Barnett and Miss Leila Cor
don will start tomorrow for Colorado
Springs. where General Barnett and
Miss Anne Gordon will join them in
week, after which the party Will
proceed to the West coast.
Dinner At Italian Enbassy.
The Italian Ambassador and
Baroness Romano Avezzana enter
tanned at dinner last evening at the
embassy when their guests were the
Brazilian ambassador, Senior Augusta
Cochrane dc Alencar; Mrs. Harry
Goss, of New York. who Is visiting at
the embassy: Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Albert p. Niblack. Capt. and Mrs. w.
u. Leahy, Mrs. Horace Westcott, Col.
the Marquis di Bernezzo, military at
tache of the embassy. and the Mar
auise di Bernezzo, Miss Yolanda Ro-
mano AveZZana, daughter of the
hosts; Captain Tappi and the Duke
of Caffarelli. of the embassy staff.
On Saturday evening the Ambassa-
dor and Baroness Romano Avezzana
had another dinner, having as guests
Mrs Goss, Mrs. Andre Brewster. DR..
and Mrs. J. Ryan Devereux, and Mrs.
O'Reilly, of New Orleans, who is Wis
iting them; Miss Romano Avezzana,
Capt. and Mrs. Carlo Huntington, N.
II. Lahovary, charge d'affaires OF Ru-
mania; Alessandro Mariani. Capt.
Pietro Civalleri. G. B. Ceccato, and
the Duke of Cafferelli. of the en-
bassy staff.
The British ambassador. Sir Auck-
land Geddes, will attend the meeting
of the national chamber OF commerce
in Atlantic city this week. and will
speak Wednesday evening on Great
Britain's View OF Increased Produc-
tion."
Lady Geddes expects to go home in
July to remain until September and
on her return will be accompanied
by her five children. The two old
est boys, Ross and Alexander. are in
school, and the three younger chill
dren are with their nursery governess
on a farm in Buckinghamshire.
The Secretary OF the Treasury and
Mrs. Houston, who are in st. Louis
following a short visit in Chicago,
Will return here tomorrow.
Hitckcocks To Go Abroad.
The Secretary of the Navy will join
Mrs. Daniels in Raleigh, n. c., this
unnls IN he Dresent on Wednesday at