The Washington herald., 1921-05-01
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n~EEcsAcu 10 uotlCe the name OF
4r. ana Mrs. Sinclair Lewis In the
LIST Of guests at the dinner which
ne British Ambassador and Lady
eeddes gave last week. Sinclair
Lewis. who has come here to reside,
b the author. you know, OF that
very much read and much discussed
book. srMain Street" That dinner
party was unusually interesting,
The guests including a number of
krttsts and people Of letters like
frA Henry Wilder Keyes. Claire
sherfdan. the prominent English
sculptress, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
5rosvenor and Mr.. de Isslau.
Mrs. Sheridan. whose portrait
busts OF Lenin and Trotsky have at
tracteti 80 much attention. was in
Washington for a short visit and
vas much entertained. She re-
turned to New York last Thursday.
but Is coming back here this month
some time for about six weeks II
she can md a suitable house for
herself and her small son. Richaro
-Brinsiey Sheridan, who Is with~her
In this country. She is planning
70 do a number of portraits while
she Is here
told you a week or so ago that
Gen. BadoRlio. former chief of the
general stan and now a life mem
ber Of the supreme council of the
italian army, was/cominR over here
In May. He is coming with the
italian Ambassador. Rolandi Ricci.
who Is going to Rome in May to
confer with the premier. At least
q little bird told me so. Gen. Ba-
doglio's trip will be made as the
representative of the Italian army
to convey to the Italians here the
greetings of greate= Italy" He ie
to be accompanied by his chief OF
stan. Col. Sieiliani, who distin-
guished himself during the war and
who wrote the famous victory bull
letinF' announcing the annihilation
Of the Austrian army. OF course,
every such prominent visitor means
q round Of entertainments. There
Is also some rumor that Crown
Prince Humbert will come to Wash
lngton next fall. 1 hope so. Gen.
Armande Dia, commander in chief
Of the. Italian armies. is planning 10
come, then and Prince Humbert may
accompany him.
EEN.' PAYOT WILL VISIT
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
~ EN-. CHARLES PAYOT. who
was director general of sup
~ plies and communications
auring the war with Germany, is
coming over next fall also. He is
coming chiefly to visit the Virginia
military Institute. Did you know
that DR.. l. w. Glazebrook's-I think
It was his grandfather, founded that
splendid institution? DIR. Glaze
-brooke's son, Larkin. jr., has been
laid up for some weeks because of
an operation on his knee and while
forced to be more or less idle he
has made some OF the loveliest
parchment lamp shades I've seen in
many a day. He has a great deal
Of artistic talent and has turned
out some lovely ones. His friends
are Just clamoring to buy them,
He makes them to order too for
SOME Of his friends: they select the
designs and colors and he turns out
beautiful works of art. Parchment
visiting cards seem to be the latest
fad; cards engraved on parchment
instead OF pasteboard. don't you
know.
A Chinese mission headed by DR..
Wang, chief justice of the supreme
court of China. is due here soon.
IL is in Canada now. I believe, in
an effort to secure Canada's infiu-
ence against the renewal of the
Anglo-Japanese treaty and is COM
ing on here to persuade Harding
to repudiate the Lansing-Ishii notes
exchanged in 1917. The mission, !
believe, is en- route to the league
Of nations conference at Geneva
Washington is never without dis
tinguished visitors. And distin-
guishedi visitors always make
things lively here.
The League of American Pen
Women's magazine. the Penwoman.
for April. is just out and Is an un-
usually interesting number. I no.
tice that Mrs. Carl vrooman, wife
Of the former Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture and the daughter of
Mrs. Matthew 7. Scott. has written
something for it. as has also Mrs
Eiiphalet Andrews. Mrs. .Vrooman
Wru>n "A Franco-American ALI
ancof which Is an interestingly
writtsr plea for the Americans to
help. zoe war widows and orphan.
% France. Mrs. Andrews article is
"A ThoFght on Art" The Duplex