The Washington herald., 1922-11-19

Whose big heuse-now occupied
BY his 'son-in-law and daughter,
Senator and Mrs. James w. wads-
worth. jr. the Adams house nestles.
Secretary Hay and Henry
Adams were close. friends. and 1t
b generally understood that the
nbrares- OF the-t two men were
connected by . secret passage.
Tradition also maintains that
there was . connection by means
OF . bell or buzzer. and that
system Of signals was devised 30
hat Mr.. Adams. desirous Of visit
ing his friend. might be informed
whether he was engaged or at
lsisure. : History sayeth not
whether the secret passage still
exists.
CINCE there is no chatelaine of
the Brazilian embassy, the
Ambassador had asked Nine. da
Cana. wife Of the Brazilian am
bassador to the Court Of st.
James. to be hostess for him, so
she received with him. and had
the Secreta<y Of State upon her
right hand at dinner. Mime. da
CANA has a wide acquaintance in
Washington. her husband having
long represented the Brazilian
government here, and she seems
% bs thoroughly enjoying her
visit. She arrived on Tuesday to
stay with Col. and Mrs. Richard
II. Jordan at the Northumberland,
and that evening they had guests
to meet her at dinner. On Fri
day, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell
Sweeney gave a dinner for her.
From all accounts Mime. da
Cana has been a great success in
London, and by her tact and charm
has helped make the Brazilian en-
bassy the important social and
diplomatic center 1t has become.
She IL an American woman, and
before she became Mime. da Cana
was Mrs. Arthur Hearn. widow Of
one of our wealthy merchant
princes Before that. in turn. she
had been Mrs. Volck-Mrs. Mau-
rice Volck, I believe it was, al
though I'm not sure of the name.
At any rate. her son is Maurice
Volck. The marriage of Mrs.
Hearn and DR.. da Cana took place
while he was Ambassador at
Washington. the ceremony being
performed at the home of Judge
and Mrs. Ebert H. Gary. in New
York. During the time that Nine.
da Cana was its mistress, the
Brazilian embassy occupied the
Ingalls, house at the corner of
Eighteenth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue. now the home of
the Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier.
Nine. da Cana was in New
York for ten days before coming
to Washington and was the guest
Of the Garys at the opening of the
opera season. gala event at
which Washington was well repre-
sented- Looking around she must
have seen many faces familiar
from her Washington days. The
minister Of Portugal. viscount
d'Alte. was there, the guest of the
John Aspegrens; and General
Pershing, with the Henry Whites.
The Under Secretary of State and
Mrs William Phillips and Mrs.
George Vanderbilt were also in the
diamond horseshoe" with Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend hard by.
Mrs. Townsend has gone to New
York especially for a taste Of
opera. and will remain until the
return Of her son. Rex Townsend,
from Peru. where he has been on
some sort of an engineering ex-
pedition. Mrs. Rex Townsend,
who visited the Lawrence Town.
sends here recently. is with her
mother-in-law in New York.
Mr. AND MRS. EDISON BRAD
LEY, who have been in Wash
ington for the last week. have
shared honors with Mime. da Cana
1T several dinners and have had a
number Of parties given especially
for them. They spent yesterday
In Philadelphia with Mr.. and Mrs.
e. T. Stotesbury. but are returning
today in time to attend Mrs.
John F. Rodgers dinner tonight.
They are at present on pleasure
bent. but when they return in Janu-
ary. as they propose to do. it will
l.