The Washington times., 1922-03-26

youhS uauBitcr, NttSS 'dI1luld
0armiento; Mr.. Brun. the Spanish
minister; the Bulgarian Nfiniste or
and Nine. Panaretoff. the Swiss
Minister and Nine. Peter. the Chi.
nese Minister and Nine. SEE, the
charge d'affaires pf Sam Phra
Sanpakitch, and so on uown the
diplomatic line. Many of the STATE
Department officials were also
present and goodly sprinklins of
unofficial folk.
THE visit Of the Hugh Gibsons
was the occasion of round
Of parties. some of them more or
less official-"to NEE. the minister
of Poland" as 1t were-othcrs, less
formal and more personal for
Hugh Gibson. 7he man. and the
charming Belgian bride he brought
home with him. Perhaps they oC-
casionally had breakfast a dcux
during their weeks visit here, but
I doubt il there was a day when
they didn't lunch ar dine out.
Today the Kwapisewskas-the
counselor Of the Polish legation
who Is now charge d'affaires and
his wife-are giving a breakfast
party for them at the Shoreham;
and last night there was a dinner
in their honor at the Belgian en-
bassy. You remember Mr.. Gibson
was attached to the embassy in
Brussels when the war broke out
and was right hand man to our
ambassador. Brand Whitlock, dur
ing those parlous days as well az
one of Herbert Hoover's ablest as
sistants in the work of feeding
starving Belgium. Hugh Gibson
is rather like the L. s. Marines, al.
ways on the ground when things
start popping. He had been in on
half a dozen revolutions in half
q dozen little countries. Then he
was sent to quiet Brussels, prob
ably expecting that the time had
come for him to rest and invite
his soul, and the great war broke
about his ears! Now he's our
minister to Poland, where things
are happening pretty persislently
and are apt to keep on happening
for some time.
The Gibsons had luncheon one
day with the Hungarian minister
and Countess Szechenyi. The coun-
selor of the British embassy and
Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon gave q
dinner for them and they lunched
or dined with the Robert Woods
Blisses, the William r. Castles,
the Warren Delano Robbins and
other of Mr.. Gibson's old friends.
On several occasions Henry p.
Fletcher, our Ambassador desig-
nate to Belgium, was entertained
Jointly with them. The two men
must have much to talk over, for
they are old friends and one is go
ing to a diplomatic post to which
the other was attached not SO very
long ago. The Fletchers have al
ready broken up their house here
and Mrs. Fletcher Is in New York
making preparations for sailing
while Mr.. Fletcher is tying up the
loose ends and making ready to
turn over his job as Undersecretary
OF State to his successor.
I'm not quite clear about the
party which was given for the Glib
sons by the group Of bachelors who
live at 1918 H street-or did until
they were burned QUITO which
coterie Mr.. Gibson belonged In the
salad days. They give lovely
parties, but they don't like to talk
about them much. So there's some
doubt in my mind as to whether
MIR. Fletcher-also once q member
Of that bachelor club-was one Of |
the hosts or one of the guests.
But I do know that there was q
mat ~ Wdo BOIUc
and I'm told that the new Mrs.
Gibson has made a great hit with
her husbands old playmates. The
present incumbents' of the
bachelors club--Basil Miles, Eliot
Leland Harrison, ct al.
are scattered for the moment.
but their house Is being repaired
or rebuilt and they expect to be
back home" by the early days of
June.
THE Ambassador Of Belgium and
the Baroness de Cartier, who
we're hosts at dinner last evening
IN compliment to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Gibson, had as guests the
Minister and Countess
szechenyi, tho secretary of tho
British embassy and Mrs. Henry
Getty Chiffon Congressman and
Mrs. John Philip Hill, Congress-
nan and Mrs. Hamilton Fish. IT.,
Prince and Princess Andrea Bonn
Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mrs. Grafton Minot. Mr..
ind Mrs. Edward Bell. Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott Thropp, Prince Radzi-
vii, Miss Betty Connolly and Rob
'rt Suvercruys, !