Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

| the first unveiled Eastern lady to
come into the corps. and she and her
| young daughter, Mile. Lutha, are
among the msst accomplished OF
| the diplomatic hostesses. Both mingle
| with absolute freedom in the friVols
| as well as in the more serious rune
| tions, and both are splendid tennis
PLAYERS, are good horsewomen and can
| take a hand in any game of cards.
The Irish minister DR.. Timothy
Smiddy, is a former professor of eco
Monies In the University of Ireland
| and is ripe scholar as well as
most genial and kindly gentleman.
DR.. Smiddy is in Dublin at present,
having been summoned because or
an unexpected economic crisis. He
and his family are expected to re-
turn the first part of February. An
other new envoy is the dignified min
lister from the Dominican Republic,
Senior Jose del Carmen de Aria, who
presented his credentials in Septem-
Der. Senior ARIA is one OF the most
important men in the Caribbean Is
lands, is a powerful industrial mag
nate and manufacturer with Tast
plants in every part OF his country
and in Jamaica and other British is
lands as well. Senior - Senora Aria
| intend to purchase home in Wash
| ington and to enter actively into its
| delightful and complex social life
Having one of the largest fortunes IN
| the corps they will find much to en-
gage their attention.
1t Is computed that more than 45O
members of the corps will make up
| this years pageant at the Whlte
! House and will be later entertained
| by the Secretary of State and Mrs
Hughes at a buffet breakfast at the
Pan-American Building. Not even
London nor France can count thlrd
| as many in this favored division OF
| off1cialdom. Compared with other d.
! visions of the official world only the
| House of Representatives contains a
| larger body individually, though If
only the heads Of diplomatic missions
! were included. the corps would rank
numerically after the Senate and be-
fore the Supreme Court or cabinet
| circle. But Washington traditional
| hospitality includes all the strangers
| within the gates, for, indeed, the at
| tache or secretary of an ambassado-
rial staff today may be the ambas-
| sador of tomorrow.
The successor to NJ Jusserand as
| dean of the corps, Senior Don Juan
| Rano, the Spanish Ambassador, be-
| gan his career in Washington at the
| very end of the brilliant encourage
| which the Duke of ARGOS brought
| when Spain and the United States
| again established diplomatic relations
| after their brush about Cuba. Senior
| Riano has served on three different
| missions in Washington and he can
| count already Is years of experience,
, and like his predecessor. NJ. Jusser
and, he has been II years an ambassa
| dor before succeeding to the honor of
becoming the dean. The French AmbaS
| sador succeeded the Austro-Hungarian
Baron Hengel Muller, who retired from
! the diplomatic service after reaching
| the allotted age. Don Riano, like NJ.
| Jusserand, is married to an American,
| formerly Miss Alice Ward of this city.
and he is perhaps more thoroughly
| in his ideals American than his pre-
| decessor He has of recent years
| been a force in establishing more
| intimate intercourse between his
country and this, and he has inter
ested himself in art, music and lee
lures, leading to that end. Nine.
Riano is many years younger than
Nine. Jusserand and is typical
Washingtonian, and of the most mod
ern type. She was among the first
of the great ladies here to bob her