The Washington herald., 1921-04-12
Notables
Aid Science.
Diplomats Attend Incep-
ti0n of Cuba-Ameri-
can TeLephong.
By EVELYN C. HUNT.

By EVELYN c. HUNT.
The President and Mrs. Harding.
the Secretary of State, Charles
Evans Hughes, members of the
diplomatic Corps and Senators and
Representatives yesterday were
present at the Pan American Bufid-
Ing on the occasion of the estab-
lishment of the longest telephone
circuit in history. The assembled
distinguished company heard tele-
phonic conversation from Havana to
the Eastern coast of the United
states by a cable under the sea
across the continent by wires over
the land to San Francisco and from
San Francisco to Catalina Island by
wireless. Mrs. Harding was the
only woman present
The Vice President and Mrs. Cool
idge were the guests of honor at a
dinner at which Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge was host last evening.
The brilliant company included as
honor guests. the French Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Jusserand. the British
Ambassador and Lady Geddes, the
Undersecretary of State and Mrs.
Henry 7. Fletcher, Senator Frank
B. Brandegee. Capt. Carlo Hunting
ton. assistant military attache Of
the Italian Embassy, Gen. Pershing,
Mrs. Frederic Keep, Mrs. Guy Nor
mand and Miss Elsie Adams.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes were dinner guests last
evening of the Secretary of War
and Mrs. John w. Weeks at their
home on Sixteenth street.
The Secretary and Mrs. Hughes
will entertain at dinner in their
new home. 1929 Eighteenth street,
Friday evening.
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand will be the guests in
whose honor Representative and
Mrs. Frederick c. Hicks will enter
tain Saturday evening.
DIR. Alfred SEE. the Minister of
China, left for Syracuse. n. Y. yes
terday, to take part in the cam
paign in that city for the China
Famine Fund. He will return to
Washington Friday to spend the af-
ternoon, and that evening will leave
for New York City. where he is to
be the guest of honor at the China
relief ball to be given at the Hotel
Ritz-Carlton. Saturday evening. He
will also be honored at a dinner
preceding the ball.
SERB MINISTER
GIVES DINNER.
The Minister of the Serbs. Croats
and Slovencs and Nine. Grouitch
entertained at dinner at the lega-
tion last evening. Their guests
were DIR. Is. Stepanek, the Czecho-
SIovakian Minister. Mrs. Junius
Morgan. of Princeton. n. j.; Prof.
and Mrs. Augustus Trowbridge. Will
lam Phelps Emo. Mrs. George w.
EhIe, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. C. Dean. of
New York. who are Mrs. Ehle's
house guests and Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Rensselaer,. of Stockbridge, Mass.
Nine. Grouitch will not receive
until 5 o'clock Friday afternoon,
continuing to entertain callers until
o'clock.
On Monday, Nine. Grouitch will
60 to Richmond to address the Wo-
man = SluD lHcif Oh DS -
Serbian aid fund.
After a stay of ten days in New
York Marquis Asinari di BerneEzo'
military attache Of the Italian EN-
bassy, has returned to washington n
Gino Butti, former second secre-
tary of the Italian Embassy, sailed
aboard the
Auuitania. He has been transferred
from the embassy here to the ltal-
ian Embassy in Brazil.
Judge and Mrs. Milton Elliott en-
tertaIned at luncheon at the Shore
ham yesterday in compliment to the
United States Minister to Switzer-
land and Mrs. Hampson Gary.
Mrs. Henry W. Fsrnum and her
son. Henry. jr., Of New York, are
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Thropp, until Thursday.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood was
at home yesterday afternoon. when
she was assisted in receiving by
Mrs. Hokan Steffanson and Miss
Antoinette Graves, her nieces. Mrs.
George Ehle poured tea. Mr.. and
Mrs. Steffanson arrived yesterday
from New York to be guests of Mrs.
Wood for a few days.
Col. T. Q. Donaldson has returned
from a trip to New York.
Mrs. Frank Hight will entertain
at a bridge party of nine tables
quise di Bernezzo. Mrs. Charles s..
Bromwell, Mrs. Cromwell Brooks,