The Washington times., 1924-01-30
DaughterBOrntO to
Labor Secretary
and Mrs. Davis
By JEAN ELIOT.

H.
graduated on the birth of
a daughter this morning. Secre'
tary Davis was on his way to
Canton, Ohio, to speak at the
Mckinley dinner there this eve
ming and had intended to visit
Indianapolis before coming home,
but he will hasten his return in
order to welcome his new
daughter.
The name Of the baby has not
yet been selected, but it is safe
to prophesy that it will begin
with a." which seems to be
regarded as the lucky letter in
the Davis family. Not only is
the Secretary's name James John
Davis, but his wife's name Is
Jean and the three older chill
dren are James, jr., Jane and
Jean.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. DENLY are the only Cabi-
meters beside the DaviSes who
have young children-Secretary
and Mrs. Hughes youngest
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hughes,
has quite outgrown this category
but they have only two young.
sters, Edwin, jr., and Marion, to
match with Secretary and Mrs.
Davis four. Jimmy Davis, the
only son of the family, is q
sturdy lad of nine and has en-
tirely recovered from the severe
illness which kept him confined
to the house for many weeks last
spring. The girls are younger
and little Jean had scarcely
ceased to be the baby" before
her new sister came along to
claim the title.
A NUMBER Of New York man.
ayers are showing keen inter-
est in "Cecily Ann" the current
production at the Rams Head
Playhouse, a new American COM
edy by Bertram Bloch, never be-
fore produced on any stage. Rep
resentatives have been sent down
by Brock Pemberton, the Neigh
borhood Playhouse, and the
Equity Players to witness the
performance tonight of the new
play, which is being held over
for a third week, owing to its sue
cess and increasing popularity in
Washington.
Marc Connolly and George s.
Kaufman, co-authors of "Begger
On Horseback" at the Belasco
this week, are also among those
expressing great interest in the
future of ''Cecily Ann" as a
Broadway possibility, and Mr..
Connolly attended this evenings
performance at the Rams Head.
Miss Nellie Cornish, director of
the Cornish School of the thea
ter at Seattle, Wash, of which
Miss Josephine Hutchinson and
Ranald Savery, both of the Rams
Head performers, are graduates,
has also come over to Washing
ton to see ''Cecily Ann" this
week.
"Cicily Ann" will be given all
during this week on the usual
Rams Head schedule. beginning
tonight, and playing four evening
performances and a matinee on
Saturday, and closing Saturday
night 1t will be followed by q
new production of Eugene
O'Neill's drama, Cold" begin
ming next Wednesday, Febru-
ary 6.
The original intention was to
open Gold" tonight, but after
it had been put in rehearsal,
word was received from Mr..
O'Neill that he had decided to
rewrite the play and rehearsals
were temporarily halted, so that
on next Wednesday when Gold"
is presented, the Rams Head
Players will have the honor of
giving the new version of the
O'Neill play for the first time on
any stage.
Jusser0nds Entertain for
Chief Justice Taft.
Chief Justice and Mrs. William
Howard Taft will be the guests OF
honor at the dinner which the Am.
bassador of France and Nine. JUS
will give this evening, when
the guests will number twenty-six.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes will be the guests Of
honor at the dinner that the Swiss
Minister and Nine. Peter will give
tH4s evening at the legation in
Sixteenth street. The company will
fourteen.
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Sir Esme Howard, British Am.
to the United States, who
has been serving as Ambassador to
Spain, left Madrid yesterday for
Paris, on his way to London. Lady
Howard has gone to Rome for a
visit. Sir Esme will probably sail
for this country on February 20.
X X
Denbys Hosts at
Dinner Party.
The Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs. DENLY were hosts at dinner
last evening, when their guests in
cluded the Chinese Minister, DR..
Alfred See; the Minister Of Panama
and Nine. Alfaro, Senator and Mrs.
James Couzens, Capt. and Mrs.
Adelbert Althouse, Capt. Kiyochi
Hasegawa, naval attache Of the
Japanese Embassy; Col. and Mrs.
Morris Ernest Locke, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank !Stearns, Mr.. and Mrs. Hor.
ace Westcott, DR.. and Mrs. Charles
ID. Walcott, Miss Mabel Boardman,
and Mrs. George L. Garfield, of
Detroit, who is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. DENLY.
Secretary and Mrs. DENLY will
give a dinner tomorrow in honor of
the japanese Ambassador and Nine.
Hanihara.
X X y
Nine. Panaretoff, wife of the
Bulgarian Minister, entertained at
luncheon yesterday in honor of
Mrs. Carter Glass, wife of Senator
Glass.
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