The Washington herald., 1920-03-14

inch ruff1e Of the lace. A garland
OF flowers. caught carelessly at one
shoulder completed this gown. Miss
Ferguson wore deep pink silk hose.
with her slippers Of gold CLOTH
NINE Emmy Destfnn. the famous
opera singer and countrywoman of
the host wore . stunning gown of
goid and black brocade. The foun-
oation seemed to be of heavy black
satin hrocaded with large gold fiow-
era The bodice. which fitted snug
~, was cut with q very deep roun
neck which left just q strip across
each shoulder. The bodice was cut
hfsn at the armhole and IL fitted
IN snugly to q point about two
inches below the waistIfne. Their
me SKIRT. which was slightly draped
az the back. was finished with
train A twist of coral ribbon en-.
eireied the waist and ended in n
goid conferred flower at the left side
a loft OF black 'tulle fell from the
unoer side OF each armhole held in
p,ace Dy network Of jet strands,
one Wore q long necklace of ex-
quisite pearls and earrings. formed
,s,,s oy TWO large topaz st les encircIc,
Mss WILSON GOwNED
IN WHITE SATIN. O..
MISS Margaret Wilson wore a
gown of white satin ov~rdr.nsS
Win electric blue tulIe which was
turn embroidered with larpe
oeep pink flowers. The plain nrin-
cess gown of white satin IS edesa
at the hem and low decolletara with
SoId lace. The chiffon is attached
across the front of the waist AZ
the waistline at the back and ~
each wrist and seems to drane of
its own accord. 1 noticed a scro,i
design forped by a gold thread
winch outlined the lowered nattsrn
ene wore a butterfly ornament an
odd Jeweled affair at the from, 81
the oodice and q wreath of leayss
I1rned by gold cloth in her hair
@ pumps and hose were of gold
Iotn also and she wore elbow
iengtn white kid gloves.
fernaps the most delightfuI fea-
.ure OF the reception was the sing
ing OF a group of Czech songs bv
Ame; Destinn. To the repeated de-
InanGs Tor encores. Mime. Destinn re-
s sraciously. singing the
oedu.liui freedom Song" the
S<een national anthem, quite the
to'eIlest OF them all.and several 9TH
er numbers. Mr.. Masaryk, who Is
an accomplished musician, played
ne. accompaniment for two songs.
aooins further touch of interest
70 musical treat. Afterward Mr..
Aasaryk presented the singer with
q great bunch of red roses and mar
Sssus tied with the red, white and
plue OF Czecho-Slovakia.
1 was fortunate enough to be in
.rooueed TO that talented little lady,
sime- Destinn. and found her charm
ing. Dad you see the gracious man
her Win which Col. Hurban kissed
ner hand when he asked her to 20
IN 70 supper! He is delightful,
Practically the entire diplomatic
corps attended the reception, also
many of the government heads and
the cream of society. The French
Ambassador, J. j. Jusserand- dean
OF the diplomatic corps, was anon q
the guests. Mime. Jusserand. who
was sick for few days, was mot
able to be present. The new Swiss
Minister and his wife, Mime. Peter.
were among those present and held
a small reception of their own All
evening. She Is quite attractive and
young: very easy to look at, in fac.
She Is leaving here tomorrow for a
visit In Switzerland. Mrs. Henry
Price Wright and Mrs. II. H. Rous-
seau gave her q farewell party yes
terday-a luncheon of ten covers at
tie Cafe st. Marks. -
ITALIAN EMBASSY
STAFF OUT IN FORCE.
The Italian embassy staff was out
In force that evening-the Ambas-
sador and his American. wife. and
their young daughter, who, I think.
is quite an attractive young per-
son. Then Capt. and Mrs. Carlo
were there. He is as
sistant military attache of the Ital-
ian embassy. Nine. Huntington
went to New York Friday for a
few days. Everyone. when they hear
Capt. Huntington's name for the
first time. asks IL I'm NOT mistaken
when I say he Is attached to the
italian Embassy stan; askk me IL I
didn't mean to say he was attached
to the stan of our embassy in Italy
because his name is decidedly Amer
lean. or English. And the young
man himself 10 decidedly both
American and English. One of his
parents was Of one of those two
nationalities. and the other belong
ed to the other nation. But they
hved long In Italy. and Carlo was
born In Florence and later became
an italian naturalixed citizen, Just
like lots Of Italians come here to
live and become naturalized Amer
lean citizens Though, don't you
know IL seems to unconsciously
surprise everyone that anyone who
was already an American could pos
sibly consider declaring allegiance
to any other country. But 1t does
happen sometimes, OF course. 1t
brings to mind Capt. Gordon.Smith,
an Englishman who adopted Serbia.
lived all his life In Italy,
Capt. Huntington IL very much of
an Italian. His wife IL also an
Engiish-Am The
belong to q charming
New England family, with Boston
as their headquarters. The captain
IL tall, slender. and very good-iook-
ing. indeed; looks the aristocrat.
Mrs. Huntington Is an extremely
entertaining. vivacious person; the
best Of company. She Is also tall
and slender.
Did you know that Marquise di
Bernezzo, wife OF Col. Marquis Wit
torio osinari di Bernezxo, of the
embassy stan. II a direct
Of Christopher Column
bus? Well. she is! She was q Miss
de Colombo. and comes Of an old
Piedmontese family. am rapidly
learning my history all over again;
rather. unlearning whatL learned
at school. first about the British
taught in school, was born in