Evening star., 1924-05-28


British Envoy Host to
Chief Justice Taft.
The ambassador of Great Britain and
Lady Isabella Howard will entertain
at dinner Saturday evening, June Z,
in honor of the Chief Justice, Mr.. Will
liam Howard Taft.
The minister Of China and Nine. SEE
will entertain company OF eighteen
at dinner this evening in the legation.
The minister, DR. Sao-ke Alfred
SEE, was host at dinner last evening
entertaining in compliment 10 Ut.
Edward H. Hume, president OF the
Yale-in-China. others in the company
were the Chief Justice, Mr.. Taft; SEN
ator James w. Wadsworth, jr., Sen
ator Selden p. Spencer, Representative
John Q. Tilson, Representative Mer-
rill Moores. RepresentatiNe Frederick
r. Lehlbach, Representative Il; Hart
Fem, Representative James NJ. Ma
gee, Representative Frank H. Funk,
the undersecretary of the Treasury,
Mr.. Gerard B. winston; DR.. William
H. Welch of Johns Hopkins Universe
ty; the counselor of the Chinese le-
cation, Mr.. Yung-kwai; Mr. Joseph
Fairbanks, DIR. Paul Kaufman, Mr.. y.
E. Foote, Mr.. E. Knaebel, Mr.. w. S.
Culbertson, Mr.. Charles Cheney Hyde,
Mr.. ewbold Noyes. Mr.. T. G.. Shear
man, Mr.. E. f. Dingley, Mr.. Harold
Phelps Stokes and Mr.. j. c. Herbs.
man of Seattle.
The retiring minister of Persia,
Mira Hussein Khan Alai, will leave
Washington Sunday, June s, for New
York, and will sail from there aboard
the Paris the following Wednesday.
for Europe. Mira Hussein Khan
Alai has been elected a member of
the Persian parliament and will spend
some time in Paris and make short
visit in Switzerland before returning &
to Persia to take up his duties in
parliament
The counselor of the legation, Mr..
Bagher NJ. Kazemi, will be charge
d'affaires until the arrival of the
minister's successor at this post.
The counselor of the German en-
bassy and Frau Won Lewinski will en-
tertain a small company informally
at dinner this evening, in compli-
ment to Gen. and Mrs. Henry T. Allen.
The first secretary of the French
embassy and Nine. Heilmann have
with them for few days Miss Polly
Colton-Wells of Middleton, Conn, who
is guest of their daughter, Mile.
Helene Heilmann.
Mrs. Reece. wife of Representative
B. Carroll Reece, was hostess at
luncheon today, entertaining at the
Washington Club in compliment to
Miss Emma Stitt. whose marriage to
Lieut.. Robert Walton Fleming, U.
S. N, will take place Tuesday.
Miss Stitt and Lieut.. Fleming will
be the guests for whom Mrs. A r.
Stands will entertain informally at
tea this afternoon. The guests will
be only those who will attend Miss
Site and Lieut.. Fleming at their
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A. Walton Fleming, mothers of the
honor guests, will preside at the tea
table.
Miss Stitt and Lieut. Fleming will
be entertained at dinner this evening
at LIE Paradis by the formers sister,
Miss Mary Stitt.
Mrs. Young, wife of Representative
George Morley Young of North Da-
kota, was the guest of honor at lunch
con followed by bridge yesterday
afternoon, when Mrs. Vestal, wife of
Representative Albert H. Vestal of
Indiana; Mrs. Burtness, wife of Rep
resentative Olger B. Burtness of
North Dakota, and Mrs Woodruff.
wife of Representative Roy o. Wood
ruff OF Michigan, entertained a COM
pany of twenty-efght in Mrs. Yes
tafs apartment at Cathedral Man
s1ons. Their guests were seated at
small tables, where they later played
bridge.
Representative and Mrs. Young
Will go to New York shortly, where