Evening star., 1924-12-09
FRIENDS HERE PLAN
JUSSERAND DINNER
Chief Justice Taft to Preside
at Farewell Tribute to
French Envoy.

Numerous personal friends and or
ganfzatfons in Washington are plan
ming a farewell dinner to Jules ]. Jus.
serand, Ambassador from France, at
which Chief Justice William Howard
Taft Will be honorary chairman. to
be held at the New Willard Hotel on
Saturday evening. January 10.
Frederick H. Gillett will be toast
master. A gold medal. designed by
Herbert Adams N. A., will be pre-
sented to the retiring ambassador
The United States Marine Band will
play. A souvenir report of the pro-
ceedings will be published for the
guests and for institutions represent
ed. Ladies are invited.
The announcement of the dinner
signed by nearly two-score of Wash
ington's foI emost citizens, says: Am
|bassador Jusserand has been in Wash
ington % years and has become a part
of our very life--social, artistic, lit
erary, scientific, as we'll as diplomatic
He has been a friend alike OF Prest-
dents and people.
Helped Ties of Nations.
"As an honorary and active par
ticipatlng member In many of our
learned societies. as president of the
American Historical Association, as
an authority on the history of our
country, he has made for himself a
permanent place in our annals. AS
an Interpreter of France to America
both in the tranquil years of peace
and in the tragic years OF war, he
has strengthened the mutual under
standing and affection which have
existed between the, tive peoples from
our earliest days"
The invitation sent out today Is
signed by the following:
William II. Taft, Charles E. Hughes
Frederick II. Gillett, Herbert Hoover
A. Piatt Andrew, jr.; David A. Reed
Robert Lansing, Gilbert Grosvenor
Vernon Kellogg, William Mather
Lewis. John c. Merriam. Charles d
Walcott, Theodore w. Noyes. Fred
eric William VILE. Mrs. Anthony
Wayne Cook. John Barton Payne
James Parmelee. John ]. Pershing
Charles Moore, George Richards
Alice Frye Briggs, ]. Franklin Jane
son, James Brown Scott, John Joy
Edison, William S. Corby. w. T. CALI
her, Lucius c. Clark, Charles ]. Bell
George H. Judd. Herbert Putnam
Rudolph Kaufman and John Hays
Hammond.
ORGANIZATIONS Invited.
A 1urCner lnVlIdIlOn Is pelHS sen
to organizations to participate. This
invitation states: "Realizing that the
many organizations with which Am
bassador Jusserand has come into as
sociation during his 22 years resi-
dence in Washington desire to ex-
press TO him their regret at his de-
parture and their best wishes for his
continued happiness, but that be-
cause of the limitation of time 1t is
impossible for Mr.. Jusserand to- meet
with them all separately, friends OF
his are arranging joint farewell
dinner in his honor.
The members of your organization
are cordially invited to participate in
Seats will be assigned. up to the
limit capacity of the banquet hall, in
the order OF acceptance"
This letter is signed by the follow
ing: Representative A. Piatt Andrew.
jr.; Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook, presi-
dent general Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution: James A. Drain, ma
tional commander American Legion;
Gilbert Grosvenor. president National
Geographic Society; Vernon Kellogg
secretary National Research Council
Robert Lansing. president Archeo-
logical Society Of Washington; Will
liam Mather Lewis, president George
Washington University; John c. Mer'
riam, president Carnegie Institution
of Washington; Charles Moore. chair
man Commission of Fine Arts: John
Barton Payne, chairman American
Red Cross; David A. Reed, member OF
United States Senate; George Rich
ards, president Sons of the Revolu-
tion: Frederic William Vile: Charles
D. walcott, secretary Smithsonian
institution.