The Washington herald., 1922-09-24


with her husband.
THE week opened with a big
dinner party last Sunday
night, given by Mrs. John Sidney
Webb for the out-of-town and
other guests who assembled here
for the wedding Monday of her
daughter. Miss Sidney Randall
Webb. and Walter F. Chappell. one
OF the smart fall weddings never
saw so many weddings and engage
melt announcements even in June
or October as l have lately; all
prominent ones, too. The engage
ment announcement is usually fol-
lowed closely by the wedding; one
seldom hears any more of an en-
gagement being formally an
nounced long before the wedding
date has been determined. like they
all use to do. 1 think the war had
much to do with that.
There were two other very
large weddings last week, one on
Wednesday when Miss Catherine
Cheatham, daughter of Capt. J, J.
Cheatham. L. S. N, became the
bride Of Lieut.. Roger Bagnall, U.
S. NJ. c., and one on Thursday Of
Miss Elizabeth Koones. daughter OF
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Koones, and
Eric S. Henius. Three important
weddings in one week sounds like
June or October, doesn't it, or mid
winter?
On Sunday, too. Col and Mrs.
Frank Jewell had the first of their
Sunday afternoon atshomes. Their
at-homes are most popular; one al
such jolly crowds and then the
hosts are both perfectly charming.
II is hard to say which is the bet
ter looking. the Colonel or his
wife, or which is the most attrac-
tive or the most popular. They are
both peaches" Mrs. Jewell has
only been home about ten days
after being away all summer. She
was certainly missed a lot, too. Her
husband was here the greater part
of the summer but Joined her just
before she returned. I think she
was at Casco Bay. Me.
The Minister of Guatemala and
Nine. Sanchez Latour gave an in
teresting dinner party Monday
night. That was the evening. l
think, that the commercial coun-
selor of the Chilean Embassy, Gus
tavo Munizsga-Varela. in absence
of the charge d'affaires, Oscar
Gana-Serruys, entertained inform
ally at Wardman Park Hotel in
celebration of the independence of
Chile. There is always something
different happening in Washing.
ton and being celebrated; diplomats
celebrating Christmas when it isn't
Christmas, celebrating a New Year
after ours has been forgotten and
bringing US the beautiful traditions
Of Oriental and other contriues un-
like our own. Recently Nicaragua
celebrated her fourth of July; it
was also the fourth for Honduras.
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mala. each country celebrating by
raising its flag over it's legation
and the members of the staffs each
lunched or. dined with the head of
the mission, if nothing more elab-
crate.
THE centennial of the independ-
i ence of Brazil, which was cele-
brated by the opening of the great
exposition at Rio de Janeiro. was
also marked by festivities here,
the Brazilian Ambassador, Augusta
Cochrane de Alencar. giving a re-
ceptiOn at the embassy in the after
State, William Phillips, entertain
ing for him in the evening. Then
few weeks before that the
Peruvian Ambassador and Nine.
Pezet had entertained at dinner in
honor of the independence day of
Peru. and a few weeks before that.
in turn. Bastille Day, the French
fourth of July, had been celebrated
at the French Embassy.
DR.. Leo S. Rowe. director gen.
eral of the Pan American Union. is
perhaps the most frequent host for
visitors from Latin A merican coun-
tries and the Pan American annex
where he resides, is the ideal place
for stag luncheons. dinners and
smokers. DIR. Rowe entertains at
luncheons more frequently than any
other way.
He gave a luncheon Wednesday
for Joseph E. Lefevre, charge
d'affaires of the Panama Legation.
who is leaving to be minister from
his country for Argentina, Brazil
and Chile. His departure is giving
his many friends an opportunity to
show their good fellowship; he is
extremely popular; unusually so.
He has been here a long, long time;
his brother, Edwin, Is one of our
most popular authors and his father
fought in the civil war. We are all