The Washington times., 1924-01-23
Important Dinners
On Calendar
Tonight
Ry JEAN ELIOT.

w Mrs. Coolidge's dinner for
w the Supreme Court to.
morrow evening looms on the
horizon as the most important
event of this week, there are sew
eral parties on tonight which
contribute to the impression that
dinner giving Is Washington
favorite form of entertaining and
that dinners in the Capital have
an interest impossible Of attain
ment in other cities IF this
country.
The Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier will enter
tain a distinguished company Of
guests tonight, among those pres"
ent being Jean Gerardy, the IA
nous Belgian 'cellist, who will
give an informal recital after the
dinner. Beside the dinner guests
q few others have been invited
to hear M. Gerardy play. The
Japanese Ambassador and Nine.
Hanihara will also be hosts at
dinner tonight, and many Of the
most interesting parties are being
given either by or for certain OF
the diplomats.
The French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand will be honor
guests at the dinner which Sem
ator and Mrs. David A. Reed are
giving, and the Minister Of Uru.
quay and Nine. Varela are en-
tertaining for the Italian Amhas-
sador, Prince Gelasio Caetani.
They will have twelve guests,
among them the Minister Of
Switzerland and Mime. Peter.
s.
MUCH of the most delightful
W1 entertaining of the week has
centered about the retiring Brit
lsh ambassador, Sir Auckland
Geddes, who was the honor guest
at a dinner given last night by
the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes and for whom Mrs. Jo-
seph Letter is entertaining to-
night. She will have company
Of forty-eight guests, including
many of those with whom the
Ambassador and Lady Geddes
were most closely associated dur
ing their stay in Washington.
Mr.. Letter is at present in Chi
cago.
Secretary and Mrs. Hughes had
q particularly congenial group Of
guests to meet the ambassador
and ente4taiued, as is their GUS
tom, at their house in Eighteenth
street. The company included the
italian ambassador, Prince Cae-
tani; Postmaster General and Mrs.
Harry New, Mrs. Edwin DENLY,
Cnnofn1s ,,I4
son. Senator and Mrs. David Reed,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Hilary
Jones, Assistant Secretary of
State Leland Harrison, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr. Mrs. Henry
F. Dimock and Mrs. Chauncey
Lockhart Waddell, Of New York,
daughter of the hostess.
Sir Auckland Geddes was also
the guest of honor at a delight
ful luncheon given yesterday by
the French Ambassador and Mime.
Jusserand.. Among the guests
were the Counselor of the British
Embassy and Mrs. Henry Getty
Chiffon, the military attache of
the embassy and Mrs. c. r. c. G.
Charlton. and the military attache
Of the French embassy, General
Dumont.
The ambassador is leaving to-
morrow for New York and will
make an address before the Eng
fish Speaking Union before sail
ing on Saturday for England.
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NE5E Minister Of Panama and
L Nine. Alfaro are the guests
for whom Mrs. L. H. B. Smith
and Mrs. Matte Wyant Porter
are giving dinner for twelve
guests tonight entertaining at
Meridian Mansions. Mrs. John
Stewart McLennan is having q
dinner for Giuseppe Catalani, hon
orary counselor of the Italian en1-
bassy, and Nine Catalani. who are
with the latter'S mother, Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock, FOR the winter,
and will have among her guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Morris, Of
New York.
Another pleasant dinner win be
given by DR.. and Mrs. L. W.
Eugster, who are entertaining in
compliment to Col. and Mrs.
Arthur Winton Brown, Just "of
return" from the Canal Zone and
Commander and Mrs. Oscar Bad
ger, recently home from the
Orient.
The University Of Virginia Al
umnae Committee Of the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Association is
also giving dinner tonight, enter
tanning in honor of DIR. Edwin
A. Alderman. president of the
University and in the interest of
the memorial fund. The party
will be given at the Willard and
Richard Stands is chairman Of
the dinner committee. Mrs. Min
nigerode Andrews is in charge of
the memorial fund campaign In
the District of Columbia.
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A MONG the most interesting
"A visitors to Washington this
week are Count de Prorok. distin-
guished archeologist and explorer,
and Countess de Prorok. The
count spoke last evening at rhe
meeting of the Archaeological So.
city of Washington at the meeting
held at the National Museum, TAX
ing as his subject, "Carthagenian
Relics"-a subject upon which he
could speak most authoritatively,
having conducted extensive exca-
vations on the site of ancient
Carthage.
Countess de Prorok was formerly
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