The Washington herald., 1921-01-30


their annual debutsnte dance. The
club is at the heighth Of its season
just now and is inaugurating a
series OF large receptions-snnusl
affairs. Friday evening they had a
dance, as l said. for the debutantes: {:
Monday next they will give a re-
ceptiOn for the Vice President and
Mrs. Thomas K. Marshall. On Fen
ruary Mrs. Wilson will be the
honor guest at the Congressional
Club breakfast At Rausdher's and
JOn the 10Th Of February the Speaker
Of the House and Mrs. Frederick
Gillett will be the honor guests at
a club reception.
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Then / suppose they will give a
reception for the Diplomatic Corps
They did last year and are apt to
do so again this year. II there is
late seasOn-if Congress is called
in extra session-the club may give
some spring parties for some OF the
incoming officials before it closes
for the year.
Only a few more days now and
we will have Prince Antoine Bi-
besCo. the newly appointed Ru-
manian Minister, in our midst for
he is already on our shores. He is
coming directly to Washington with
the Princess They will be un-
usually interesting additions 10
, Washington society, which is i'm
patiently awaiting their coming
The Princess BibesCo is a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Herbert Asquith, and is
the Elizabeth" so often mentioned
7 IN the memoirs Of the brilliant wife
Of the former British premier. 1t
is rumored that Lady Asquith may
come to visit her daughter in Wash
ington after Easter.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TURNS
OTHER WAY.
Sailing in the other direction
about the same time was the Rus
sian Ambassador, Boris Bakhmeteff.
He has reached France by now. He
( went TO Paris to attend a confer
/ enCe called there by kerensky.
Bakhmcteff expects to return here
about February 20. The British
Ambassador is expected back about
the same time. Sailing on the same
ship with Bakhmetef were a num-
t her Of people you and ] know. DIT
Caro- Pasdermadjian, Armenian Min,
/ lister to Washington. left 20 attend
! the conference of Armenian leaders
to be held in Paris.
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Representative Walter NJ. Chan.
dter sailed to attend the gatherint
OF Representatives of small repub
lies in Paris. February ].
Mrs William Astor Chanler lefD
for a trip to Sicily Other UaSssn.
gers were DR.. James =. Hutchinson
who, during the war. was in charge
OF the American ambulance unit al
( Neuilly-sur-Seine; Alexander Van
Rensselaer, and Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
GOuverneur Cadwalador and Mrs
Cadwalader, all of Philadelphia.
Vincent AstOr, who was on board
expects to visit St, MoritZ. Switzer.
land. There he will meet his moth.
er. Lady Ribblesdale, and hts sistel
MurieI.
Mrs. William Hayward and hel
son, Philip Morton Plant. sailed fol
] a trip which will take in Egypt. Tn,
Fight Rev. Charles H. Brent, Epis
| ccpal Bishop of Western New York
sailed for a lecture tour in Scotland
Bertram G. Work, president Of tn,
Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company
sailed with Mrs. Work. He will in.
spect the company's plant in Paris
| Others on board included Mr.. anC
! Mrs. E. Clarence Jones, AXel Robert
! Nordvau, who was Swedish higi
| commissioner to the United States
hear from Paris that IgnaCt
| Paderewski. former premier Of Pol.
| and. will come here about the middle
| OF February for both political anC
| personal reasons. He will attend
! the Polish conference to be'held il
! Pittsburgh, afterward going to Cali.
| fOrnia on private business.
1t is reported that NJ Paderewsk
might be charged by the Polish gov.
/ ernment with the task OF assisting
the Polish Minister here in arraRE
| ing the proposed new loan TO Pol.
! and, and of conveying to the Minis,
!. ter the views OF the Polish govern.
ment on pending questions NOR,
| fully than can be done by CORE.
/ spondence.
NJ. Psderewski is expected in
Paris from Warsaw IN the near fu,
| tUre.
Also Prince Hirohito, heir appar.
ent to the throne of Japan. will
| visit America after his proposed
| trip to London and other European
| capitals. next spring. The Crown
Prince may be accompanied on his
trip to the OcCident by Admiral
Togo and a number of other promi-
nent japanese leaders, il is asserted
If all the rumors we hear OF for
eign notables coming a-Calling this
spring, are true, Washington will
be quite busy entertaining the ma
tion's guests, and the spring season
will be q memorable one, in addi-
tion to all the interest and excite
ment Of a new administration.
INTERVENING LECTURES
ARE MISS MARKELL'S.
-ALKING of European ferigners,
have you yet heard Miss
i Eleanor Markell give a current
lecture talk? She gives them ev-
cry Wednesday at the Washington
Club and they are Intensely inter
esting. Mrs. Tom Hagner is man
aging them for her. Next week she
is going to talk on The Problem
Of ireland" She was there recently
and was entertained by Sir Horace
Plunkett, Capt Stephen Glynn; met
Arthur Griffith, the Sim Fein leader;
spent an afternoon in Belfast with
Sir George Clark and altogether is
particularly well qualified to give
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