Evening star., 1921-07-17

"A PHEASANT eCHO Oh tNe NlSlL VI INc
Belgian royalty to this country comes
In the invitation recently extended to
Mrs. Richard Beatty Mellon. sister-in-
law Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, to
include Brussels in her itinerary OF
Europe and to spend two days In the
summer palace near Ostend. Mrs. Mel
lon and her young son Richard and
her daughter Sarah sailed a few weeks
ago and will motor through all the bat
tlefields and spend part Of the season
bert is without doubt promsted by the
lively gratitude of the crown prince.
for whom Miss Sarah Mellon and her
chum. Dorothy Babcock. performed a
washington by the former Miss Nancy
Lane. now Mrs. Philip Kaufman. and
one or two of her friends. Miss Mellon.
noting how bored and neglected was
] he entered into the things which were
planned for his elders. persuaded him
and his aide to accompany her on a
motor ride with Miss Babcock and a
duenna who had only a few weeks Of
gible. The party dropped by the Country
Club and had one Of the joiliest even
ihgs Of the Belgian tour. Mrs. Richard
Mellon and Miss Sarah Mellon are ex-
pected in Washington for a visit this
coming winter.
The. appointment Of Signor Giuseppe
Brambilla as minister of foreign affairs
in the newly constructed cabinet in
Rome brings a weII-known washing
tonian to the very peak Of social i'm
portance in the Eternal City. Madam
Brambilla was Miss Julia Meyer. daugh-
ter of the late George Won Lengerke
and Secretary Of the Navy. She spent
Iall her girlhood here. She was the
classmate at the Cathedral School with
Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Miss Helen
Taft and a member Of the same con-
firmation class there. Her marriage.
however. occurred at the family summer
home in Hamilton, Mass. Signor Bram-
billa was recognized as brilliant inter-
national lawyer and he filled the role
OF counselor Of the Italian embassy
Brambillas have only recently left Wash
ington for Rome, whittier the counselor
was summoned to the. foreign Office
after the new ambassador. Senator Ro-
The new head Of the Italian cabinet has
been living in villa beyond Lake
Albano. but his present post will re-
quire handsome and extensive urban
residence. Mrs. Meyer. who retains
many pleasant memories of Rome when
she was for four years wife of the
American ambassador. will, according to
her friends. make it her winter home,
and may purchase one Of the splendid
palaces in the Trastevere district re-
NSAA~AJ PAeSSN va sAfS aAAoA hSt.
Since Mr. Richard E., Penrioyer of
Oakland. Cal. was once connected with
the State Department and has many
friends here, the news that his seven
iyear-old stepson has Just succeeded to
the ancient earl6om of Shrewsbury in
Britain and has become hereditary high
sheriff of Ireland is Of considerable in
second secretary Of the American en-
bassy in London. married Lady Winni-
fred Paget, widow of the Marquis of
1nglestre. and it Is her sson who has
through the death of,.lhs aged grand
father. become one Of the loftiest mobiles
in the United Kingdom. Mr. Pennoyer
experienced some difficulty through the
intricate etiquet relating to peeresses,
and SO acute did this problem become
that the State Department, ordered his
transfer. to the. republican capital Of
Portugal Recently, while he has been
home on an extended leave Of absence,
ne has been named secretary of the
American embassy in Chile. Mr.. Penn
California. who married the eldest
daughter Of Pierpont Morgan. possesses
a vast fortune, and will no doubt be
compelled to sever his connection with
the diplomatic service of his country.
Lady Winnifred must now assume the
and perform the high duties connected
with 1t for the next fourteen years:
This would obviously be impossible IL
she continues to lead the nomadic ex-
lfstence Of a junior American. diplomats
wife.
One Of the most brilliant international
lawyers In Paris is Judge Walter Van
Rensselaer, Berry, for many years a
resident Of Washington, and brother of
Mrs. Theodore Boynton, well known in
social and intellectual circles. Judge
Berry has recently been awarded the
lchevalier Of the Legion of Honor by the
French government for his eminent
services on the international tribunal
which is considering the Egyptian
lclaims. He is president Of the American
Chamber of Commerce, maintains spa
cious home in Paris and is one of the
leaders of the Franco-AmerIcan Society.
He is the son of the late Nathaniel Van
tRenssalaer Berry, who. thirty five years
iago lived more in Washington than in
New York. Mr.. Berry and Mrs. Boyn-
ton figured conspicuously In the salon
of their kinswonan, Mrs. Violet Van
Rensselaer, Cruger. who wrote many
novels under the PEN name of Julien
Gordon. Mrs. Boynton, who spends
much time as the guest Of her brother
in Paris. Is. with him. q prominent
4 member of the salon coterie led by Mrs.
Edith Wharton. This brilliant novelist
has been for many years q friend and
Iadmirer Of Mr.. Berry, and literary gos-
sip names him as the hero of many
Of her most fascinating short stories Of