Evening star., 1924-09-28
BY MARGARET d. DOWNING.


Don GelaSio Caetani's resignation
ps Ambassador from Italy TO this
CAPITAL which is reported from
Eome to take effect on January l,
deprivcs official society Of one of its
most distinguished bachelors. But
With the large and beautiful diplo-
matte home which the Italian gov
ernment is erecting on the crest OF
Sixteenth street it was foregone
conclusion that Prince Caetani would
give place to a man of family. who
. ~ ouid be in position to handle the
r.Sarous social problems more COM
:, nletcly. The retiring amba ssador
: has. moreover, a cherished work to
s. finish, the draining of the Pontine
,marSheS task which he deferred
{ in order TO obey the mandate of the
+. Premier. SiGnor Mussolni. in accept
l:inc the Washington embassy. Don
fr:Gclasio. as the ambassador prefers 10
& he called. rather than by the lofticr
/ titlr. inherited a large slice Of the
.'-faluouS marshes through which
/ something like 500 years before the
= Christian era the Roman aqueduct
7 rpA s.sed. and i'll later years he pur-
fIcnased NOR" of this presumably
T. Worthless land. 1t was always filled
jtMith mosquitoes ard other insect
t-.pests, and from it came the deadly
t.fcV"rs which from the dawn of his
Z tory have ravaCed Rome. Several
I. hundred years ago Catholic orders,
E'Iikc til" Carthusians and CarmeliteS,
fhrpok over holdings in the marshes
s'.aUd planted thousands of eucalyptus
I trees, the roots of which drained the
7, surface. while the medicinal quality
I ,ot the leaves and bark were consid-
; -scr"d helpful for the fevers. But the
~ igantic engineering project which
/ the ambassador had inauSurated in
tEJ920 was the first scientific step
t.'CUward redeeming this immense tract
al suburban Rome and of ridding il
81 malaria and insects. 1t was COM
parable To the vast enterprise which
f.:drained the lowlands about Washing
I ton and eXterminated its swarms of
insects and allayed its chronic chills
E',,and fevers.
z Miss Edna Wilbur has definitely de-
4 c:ded to abandon for the present her
{. pedagogical career and for the Win
EStr assumes the pleasant role as a
:':cabnet' girl. This is not an ex-
attended circle for the moment. Miss
f'Nilbur's only associates being Miss
nt1EIizabeth Hughes. Miss Ailsa Mel
4:lpn and Miss Ruth Wallace, but it
;Eill make snug little company in
the White House drawing rooms when
! Mrs. Coolidge resumes, as she must
n due season, her Semi-official en-
: tertainments. And for the pertur ed
" non official hostess the daughter of
80 cabinet officer is mana in the des-
.tert when the legislative families are
absent and such functions as debut
tRas and receptions are on the pro-
, gram. Mis- Wilbur is a sunny
tIred girl, who enjoys her new ex-
Experiences frankly, and is quite will
iinG to acknowledge it She has hith-
erto devoted more time to books and
I athletics than to the lighter activi-
ties of the younger set. That her
hrothers will not remain permanently
r.lS felt to be distinct loss, also that
4ssnch cabinet boys as the young
: laoovers and the four sons of the
I. attorney General have no intention
4 df adding to the social brilliancy of
/ t11c coming little season. Mrs. Will
..bur and Miss Wilbur are at present
gtdoep in that strenuous task Of finding
Il comfortable home, not too large
i nor elaborate, in the downtown sec
= ton, and it absorbs every waking
!, moment.
The Minister to Portugal and Mrs.
Fred Morris Dearing are spending
fart of their annual vacation in
! Washington and WILL when official
and social duties are ended here. de-
4, Part to make a round of visits to
',lriends and relatives in st. Louis.
Mr. Dearing was an Assistant Secre-
tary OF State for several years and
-
i."career'' man obtaining a worth
while post in the diplomatic service.
.SMany recall Mrs. Dearing at the
Weekly al homes of Mrs. Hughes, a
,delicate blonde, fragile looking a
lily. But the warm. sunny climate
OF Portugal has accomplished won
sders for her and she has been able
10 take quite an cative part in the
social doings of Lisbon, something
(which was denied her here. Since
.1nrtugal now figures among the al
,lies of this country during the late
,tHar social affairs for the American
.Tninster have taken on lively pace
in Lisbon. and from being one of the
:1east desirable of continental assign
.ments the Portuguese capital has
Jcaped into wide popularity. Mr.
3learng will return to his post about
The first of the new year. He was
manned to succeed Col. Theodore
Birch of New York City about two
years ago, and this is his first vaca-
stion. The present minister did not
,fnllow the example of Col. Birch
IN leasing the former royal palace in
Lisbon, but he secured a pleasant
VILLA on the sea beach, and has sus-
tained and has sustained the reputa-
aion of his predecessor in every re-
.spect. and is among the most popu-
Iar members of the Lisbon corps.
:, Those WHO knew MISS julie NC
Donald Davis, now Mrs. John Mcmillan
Adams of Copenhagen, when her
fathcr a member of Congress
3nd later solicitor general, were dis
posed to doubt her taking the
Estump,' as the phrase goes, to fur
ther the political prestige of the Dem.
pcratic candidate. Mrs. Adams is tht
last word of retiring, aloof Southern
women. She has a decided taste for
good clothes, and knows how to se1ec,
such and to wear them with the best
effect She never cared a Cancelled
ttamp for politics when she lived 1r
Washington, and since her marriage
she has been out of touch with politi-
eal happenings in this country. She
will spend most of her visit to this
sde visiting her stepmother and be
tween times see as much of her father
Hs his vigorous swing about the cir
Gle will permit. Mrs Davis and Mrs
ADAMS arc the most congenial friends
and this is the first visit of the lat
ter to the beautiful country seat a
Glen Cove since her marriage here,
yaar ago last August The two ladie:
plan a lengthy visit to Clarksburg
W Va where friends and relative:
impatieutly await them, and the.
may take a flying trip to Washington
hsfore Mrs. Adams sails for Copen
hagen to join her husband, If he car
not run over to spend Thanksgiving
kay and to accompany her acros!
$aas Mr.. Adams is representative
Sf the United States Rubber Compan!
IN the Danish capital, and is yer!