The Washington times., 1922-11-14

lttflNfu NaSiH
Il mr. Lubomirski. the retir.
ing Polish minister who called to
present his letters OF recall. and
who is sailing shortly for Poland
accompanied by Princess LuhOmir-
ska.
In a letter to Miss Winifred
Holt. good angel of The Light
house for the Blind, the Presi-
dent sponsored her plan to raise
100000 as dowry on the occas.
ion OF her approaching marriage
to Rufus Graves Mather. the fund
to be devoted to the purchase OF
the Lighthouse in Paris establish.
ed by her during the war and
from which the French blind will
be elected IL the funds necessary
to buy the building and grounds
are not raised by December l6.
The letter from President Hard.
Ing was read at dinner given
at the Colony Club, New York.
last evening by Mrs. Stephen II.
Elkins, of Washington. in honor
OF Miss Holt and her fiance. Pres
ident Hard ngs letter followed an
interview with Miss Holt at the
White House on Friday.
Letters from Secretary of State
Hughes, General Pershing and the
French ambassador, j. j. Jusse-
rand. were also read.
Many Washingtonians are inter.
ested in the project. and Miss Holt
has asked that any wedding pres.
ents destined for her be sent In
cash and added to the fund.
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WASHINGTON was well repre-
sented at the opening of the
opera season I'm New York-said to
be the most brilliant In years.
The Metropolitan was crowded to
Its doors last evening when La
Tosca" was presented. with the
magnificent Jeritza in the title
role, and even the blase denizens
of the diamond horseshoe" were
moved to enthusiasm.
The minister of Portugal, Wis.
count d'Alte. was a guest in Mr..
and Mrs. John Aspegren's box.
He Is a close friend of the Aspe-
grens. and visited them at New
port last year. At present, how
ever, he is not staying with them.
but is guest at the st. Regis.
General Pershing, who had been
expected in Washington yesterday,
postponed his return in order to at.
tend the opera and was with MIR.
and Mrs. Henry White. The Tn
dersecretary of State and Mrs. Will
liam Phillips were with Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Orme Wilson and Mrs.
George w. Vanderbilt was a guest
of Mrs. Richard Gambrill.
With Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert II.
Gary was Nine. da Cana, wife OF
the Brazilian ambassador TO the
Court of st. James, who was for
merly his country's representative
at Washington. 1t was at the
home of the Garys. it will be re.
membered. that Nine. de CANA.
then Mrs. Hearn. was married to
the Brazilian diplomat. She has
been in New York for the last week
or ten days. but is expected in
Washington today, and will be the
guest of Major and Mrs. Richard
II. Jordan at their apartment in
the Northumberland.
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The British Ambassador and Lady
Geddes will entertain at dinner a.
the embassy on Saturday evenint
in compliment to Sir Eric Geddes
who is arriving that day to be q
guest at the embassy.
t.
Congressman w. Bourke Cock
ran. who was at Wardman Parl
Hotel for a few days. went tt
White Sulphur Springs yesterday
to join Mrs. Cochran and cele
brate her birthday with her. Be
fore her marriage she was Miss
Anne Ide. Her father, Henry c
Ide. at one time was Land Com
in Samoa, and she wa.
the little girl to whom Rober
Louis Stevenson gave his birthday
afterward commemorating the trans
fer in the verses which have since
become so well known.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cochran expec'
to return to Washington on Satur
day.
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Robert Work, son of the Post
master General and Mrs. Work. hai
arrived from Denver. Col, and is th'
guest of Mrs. Work at Wardmar
Park Hotel. DIR. Work is at pres
ent in Des Moines. Iowa, on his wa,
to Washington from Colorado ant
will reach here on Friday.