Evening star., 1924-03-02
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

this country from Buenos Aires Feb
ruary IA and is expected this week
in Washing gton, is among the younger
men who have attained eminehce III
Statccraft and law. He Will not reach
his fifty-second year until June. ana
will be the youngest diplomat OF his
rank in the corps. His colleagues in
this exalted circle all passed their
tiftieth birthday some years ago, and
several are well on in their sixties.
The dean, NJ Jusserand, is but one
Year removed from the allotted age
OF man-scventy years. DIR. Pueyrre-
don was born in Buenos Aires June
@ 1872. and comes of a family which,
through inheritance and natural apti-
tudc. has been we'll represented in
public life. He is great-nephew of
Gen. Martin PGeErr edon, who was
head of the Argentinian nation for
several Years before the republic was
formed. in 1919. The ambassador was
educated by private tutors at home.
and later studied in the national uni
N"I.,ity Of his country. and from that
Institution holds the degtee of L., II.
Itu taug-t law for a time, and has
Published several volumes OF his lee
rures on civil procedure. Washing
ron knows him officially as the capa-
hlt and stern secretary of foreign
affairs. who took the helm when the
regime Of civil union came in power
IN 1915. and who faced the CRISIS of
declaring war on Germany Il the de-
struct:on OF Argentina's ships con-
tinued. He was the delegate of his
Govel nm-nt to the maritime confer
ence held in Venice. III 1911. and met
All the American diplomats and naval
officers who attended that congress
Dr. Pueyrredon is accompanied to
Washington by his wife and four
children. .r ,,.
The amba ssador to London has sue
c.eded in getting d short lease on
Crcwe 1lou while he and Mrs. kel-
icSg await an appropriation from
Congress which will permit the fin
tshtnS Of the repairs and remodeling
OF the mansion bequcathed to the
american government by the late
Ilerpont Morgan as home for its
ambassador TO the court OF ST. James
iErd CreWe. owner of this pota bic
louse in Mayfair. is British amhassa-
,i"r TO Paris. and has courttously al
Lowed his American colleague TO use
bis home. which ii" had closed and
did not intend to rent. This Old man
sion was the scene.cf the birth Of the
Primrose League. founded by Lady
Peggy. daughter Of the earl Rose
berry: who acted in behalf of Dis
"f Lord Crcwe. and his mansion was
part Of her dover. It i. splcndidIy
furnished. the EIizabethan dining
hall being one of the state'iest rooms
IN London. The suites of awing
rooms are filled with rare Jacobean
equipment and fine caHvases by the
british and French masters. Lady
Mary Montagu lived for some years
salons have given fla vor to many
gatherings since her day.
Mrs Charles II. Sabin and the board
or governors of the Women's National
Republican Club held a brilliant re-
ception last week to mark the formal
opening of the handsome new head
quarters. 5 East ed street. Miss
Maude Netmore, who is chairman of
ARRANGEMENTS. assisted Mrs. Ss bin and
the governors in receiving the hun
dreds of guests. This fine house is in
IN" very heart Of Gotham's clubdom
ana Is immediately opposite the Bryn
Mawr. the Epsilon the Cosmopolitan.
the National Democratic, the Prince
ton. the Pan Hellenic and a dozen
otherS which cluster about MurraH-
I rtilI. The building was originally
Two hrownstone dwellings,. and was
part OF the estate of the late George
boidt \ skillful architect has trans
formed the structures into one Of the
most dkentf1ed and commodious of
clubs. The auditorium will seat 400
and there are two excellent rcstan
rants adjoining. with abundant space
for every activity which can engage
woman : political gathering. Miss
Nttlnore Is acting as general business
manager. and has proven very success
tni. There is series of stores on tbe
property which are being rented for
commercial purposes. with few re-
ralhed Toy campaign uses
Mrs. Vincent .Astor's entranc. into
p"litics by way Of announcing her
candidacy for the Office of alternate
nomTsn, nerrsa,f I" the national republican
York society. She is not howevem
The niece by marriage of that other
politlclan. Lady Nancy Astor of the
mouse OF commons. but is only a
put she comes of family noted for
cong things. not only in the social
me hut In more serious directions
Ter Mer sister is the wife of Marshall
and philanthropic affairs in south
ampton. Mrs. Astor's most intimate
friend is Mrs. Henry Russell Potter.
aa4ghtsr of Mrs. Borden Hartman.
Iuent topic in their intercourse.
though Mrs. Potter belongs to the
opposing camp. Mrs. Astor. like Mrs.
tsIhn1n' is making her way into poll
tics because of her desire to remedy
local conditions about her home on
IN" Hudson. Mrs Sabin-Polly Nor
ION that Was-made a strenuous cam
paign against a Long Island sheriff
whom she believed neglected his dutv.
Ihis was her entering. wedge, and
she now is Il leader in the womans
h'ld. Mrs. Astor is ii vigorous sup
porter of the nineteenth amendment
and she intends to use her influences
for, the election. nationally and To-
cally, Of men who viii enforce this
nr"rsana ,;,w ana in some ne "1hers. W She served
throughout the American participa-
fion in the world war and is deepIv
concerned over the welfare of it's VIC
tims-the thousands of disabled SOL
diers in this and other countries
New York society seems in for A
new sensation in the programs an
nounced by the Gurdjieff Institute e
Which aim at the "..harm,onious de-
names of hundreds of social votaries
are down on the list and others are
"lamoring for membership. The first
program was given last week, and
nastics FROM the esoteric schools,
sacred temple dances and ceremonies.
ritual movements of monks, dervishes,
$hamanS and other priests of un-
is a continuation of the society
formed in New York in the spring of
1S95 called Seekers After TRUTH and
which. after a desultory existence,
finally faded out of view in about
1910. But the world war has created
q distinct school for all such activi-
ties as now proposed, especially that
portion which will deal with hypnotic
strators. all former members of the
older society, are, priests of eastern
religions, artists, musicians. many
physicians and poets. Psychologists
and psychologists, and they are max
jaded appetite of New Workers. The
center of the cult is the old chateau
of. LIE Prieure in the forest Of Fon