The Washington herald., 1922-06-18

nediately after the marriage of
Miss Catherine Hughes, daughter
of the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes. to Chauncey Lockhart
waddell. which they all attended.
That was a pretty wedding, simple
In detail. though attended by the
leaders in all circles of Washing
ton society and the highest in this
land. The little bride looked very
sweet. 1t was a hot day and the
hottest part of the day. and she
had to shake hands with several
thousand people-awful ordeal for
anyone, must less a bride. But she
got bravely through II. Mr.. Waddell
halls from a small town IN Ohio.
Maybe he will be Secretary of
State some day-who knows? Mrs.
Robert Lsnsing's father. as well
as her husband. flled that post.
MOST OF GUESTS
IN OFFICIAL LIFE.
Young Charles Evans is certain
ly the spit image" of his sister
and they both strongly resemble
their distinguished father. His
little kiddies, who carried the
,ride's train. were cute and very
important: seemed to have a grand
time at the wedding reception.
though they looked a bit timid at
the wedding itself. There was
scarcely a person at the wedding
ceremony who was 'unofficial ;
Just diplomats. Cabinet and State
Department oficials-cer'tainly not
a dozen others. The wedding
couldn't have been simpler. The
Hugheses had the good sense not to
attempt to decorate Bethlehem
Chapel. which is so sweet and pretty
Just as II is. They had few
lilies and ferns on the altar and
that was all-also all that was
needed 1t was nice and cool in
the chapel. too: the only cool place
I found that day.
President and Mrs. Harding came
in very quietly without the usual
fanfare OF trumpets and excitement
which attends their arrival at most
places. The congregation quietly
stodo up: that was all. Theodore
Roosevelt slipped in the back row
OF chairs very quietly and could
not be persuaded to 60 up front with
the other notables. He was the
only man in the church not in morn
ing clothes. He had on a palm
beach suit. He went to, the recep-
tion in It, too. but there he had
company; a number of men were
so dressed at the reception. My. 1t
was hot there; and we were all
jammed together on the stairway
leading to the Hall of the Americas
for ages and ages. President and
Mrs. Harding and a few other nota-
bles had to be received f1rst. you see,
before we all" could be allowed into
the room. So we stood. waited and
roasted. II was far too hot to go
into the garden; the sun just glared
out there. II the wedding had only
been a couple Of hours later the
garden would have been delightful.
] spied among the guests so many of
the brides former classmates at the
Cathedral School: she did not forget
anyone, do believe. She Is a nice
person and will be missed from
Washington.
PRESIDENT RECEIVES
DEPARTING DIPLOMATS.
One of the nrst things the Presi-
dent did when he returned to his
duties early Monday morning was
to receive formally the Russian
Ambassador. Boris Bakhmeteff.
about whom there has been so
much speculation and argument for
some time: Senator Rolandi Ricci.
the Italian Ambassador. and Baron
Emil de Cartier de Marchienne. the
Belgian Ambassador. all three of
whom have just left this country
for visits home and took that occa-
sion to paw their respects to the
Chief Executive. So many of the
heads of the diplomatic missions
and lesser lights of the Diplomatic
Corps are going or have gone home
for a visit
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand have not announced pos
itIvely that they are departing. as
is their custom, for a summer visit
to France. but it is thought they
will 60 shortly. The Spanish AM
bassador. Juan Riano. who has
spent almost every summer that I
can recall right here. is apparently
staying this season. His wife
usually stays on, too. going for a
brief visit to her sister. Mrs. Chan
dler Anderson. in New England.
The Russian Ambassador Is leaving,
but not for vacation, but because
il has about been decided by the
powers that be that he can no
longer be very useful as a repre-
sentative of the Kerensky govern
ment now out of existence.
I can't recall what the Chilean
Ambassador and Nine. Matthew plan
to do this summer. but the Argen-
tine Ambassador and Nine. Le-
Breton are going to Europe-she Is
over there now and he Is about to
sail-and then on to Argentina,
where he will take his seat in the
senate. to which he was recently
elected. The Japanese Ambassador
and Baroness Shidehara went home
some time ago. as he was not well
and had to undergo an operation
and take a real rest. The Belgian
Ambassador sailed last week, as
lust said, and will visit in Ant
werp en- route.
PERUVIAN AMBASSADOR
PROBABLY WILL REMAIN.
The Peruvian Ambassador and
Nine Pezet recently returned from
a visit to their home and probably
will stay in Washington now. They
run up to New York every little
while TO see their son and dauRh-
ter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wash
ington Pezet. They went up last to
witness a "try-out" of a comedy,
Shoot" written by young Mr..
PeZet, which was presented in spe-
cial performances there and will
presumably be revived here in the
autumn for a longer run. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Pezet took part in the