The Washington herald., 1922-08-27

absent II they are In this coun-
try; only when they have departed
for some foreign land.
The Spanish Ambassador. Juan
Riano y Gayangos, Il not listed as
absent but he and his wife are out
of town. leaving some days ago.
first for the tennis tournament In
Philadelphia and now they are in
Newport, where they win visit for
several weeks The charge DAFT
faires. Juan Francisco de Cardenas.
went to Philadelphia with the
Rianos. but returned here the first
of last week. Eduardo Garcia
Comm. first secretary. and his wife
appear as absent on the list; also
Arturo Heeren, honorary attacne.
and his wife. The next Ambassador
In rank is the Chilean, Beltran
Matthew who. with his wife, is at
their home in Chile Oscar Cana
Serruys Is IN charge OF the embassy
during the Ambassador's absence. He
Is marked in the latest diplomatic
list as present" but his wife as
absent Santiago de Toro. attache.
is also away.
ARGENTINE ENVOY
AT HOME.
The Argentine Ambassador and
Nine. lie Breton and the latter's
niece. Miss Manuela Lloveras, also
are missing; they have gone home
to stay. however. as the Ambassador
has become a senator. But. he will
appear on the list until his sue
cessor is named. comes, and pre-
sents his credentials to the Presi-
dent. Felipe A Espil Is charge
d'affaires OF the embassy now. Hec-
tor Ayerza, attache of that stafr, Is
away; also the military attache, Col
Juan Esteban Vaccareza- The next
in -rank-determined by length Of
Ambassador, Baron Emil de Cartier
de- Marchienne, and his wife, have
been abroad since early summer and
the charge d'affaires of that en-
bassy Is T. de Selys de Fanson. The
second secretary, Jean de Fontaine,
is absent, and the other second sec
retary, Egbert Graeffe has not yet
Joined by his wife; she is coming
shortly, I'm told He only recently
Swas assigned to Washington. The
Japanese Ambassador. Baron Kijuro
Shidehara and his wife appear in the
list as absent. They returned to
Japan in the spring as the Ambassa-
dor was in wretched health, and IL
is said they will not return. How
ever, that is rumored about differ
ent people so frequently when II
isn't true that Washington is learn
ing to take all such news with "a
grain of salt" Sadao Saburi is
charge d'affaires and, with his wire
is Drawing a Washington summer
nj
most Of the formal or near-formal
entertaining of the last few weeks
has been done by members of the
Diolpmatic Corps. Akira Den. fnan-
cfal attache, appears as absent on
the Japanese staff list; he seems tc
be the only one mot on the lob"
The Peruvian Ambassador, +. A.
Pezet, went home in the spring, but
returned in the middle of the sum-
mer, but Just now Is with Mmo
Pezet at the Hot Springs. They are
having a beautiful time down there
and don't know yet when they will
be back. So he appears as being
present on the list. DIR. Alfredo
Gonzales Prada, secretary, who was
charge d'affaires during the Ambas-
sador's visit home, is en- rou,e
abroad with his bride, Miss Eliza.
beth Howe Their marriage was one
OF the two International. diplomatic
weddings of mid-August. Capt
Juan Leguia Swayne, naval air
attache. is the only other attache of
that staff away right now.
BRAZILIAN ENVOY
PRESENT.
The Brazilian Ambassador, An
susto Cochrane de Alencar, appears
as being here in the list bur he
has been away for many weeks
now. quietly motoring, resting in
the country nearby and avoiding
all social functions. The absent.
members of his stan are America
de Calvao Bueno. second secretary;
also Sebastiao Sampaio, CONNER
cial attache, and his wife. The
latter have gone home to attend
the Brazilian Centennial Exposition
and will be back next winter some
time.
Absent" appears after tn. name
OF the British Ambassador, Sir
auckland Geddes. but he returned
ABOUT a week or two ago from a
visit to England when he was ac-
companied by Lady Geddes. How
ever. they are up at Dark Harbor,
Maine. where they have a cottage
for the summer and where their
children were established during
the absence of the Geddeses abroad.
Henry Getty Chiffon was charge
\ d'anaires of the embassy. Which
sbrings to my mind that three of
the largest embassies in Washing
ton which are under the care of
charge d'affaires in the absence of
their chiefs have connection with
American families by marriage.
Mr.. Chilton's wife Is an American;
also the Italian charge, Geisser
Celesia di vegliasco, has an Ameri-
can wife. and the French charge,
Count Chambrun, Is a brother of
the man who married Nicholas
Longworth's sister.
The absentee members of the
British Embassy stan are Capt. s.
H Bailey-the other recent inter-
national bridegroom-whoh has gone
as a special delegate to the Bra
zilian exposition, taking his bride.
formerly Miss Mildred Bromwell,
with him; also Capt. C. ]. Henry,
who Is in England for a visit: H.
v. Tenant. attache and private
secretary to the Ambassador-he
went abroad with the Ambassador
but sailed yesterday for this coun-
try-and s. c. Lawrence, attache,
and Mrs. Lawrence. Those who are
not marked absent are out of town.
For instance the secretary, r. Les
lie Craigie. and his wife are visit
ing her. parents IN Savannah, Ga. |:
John Joyce Broderick, commercial
attache. and his wife are at Deer
Park. Nd; the assistant military