The Washington times., 1924-02-02
Mrs. Gorgas To Be.
Official Guest
I OF Cuba
BY JEAN ELLIOTT.

AZ conferred upon a Washing
A ton woman, Mrs. William
Crawford Gorgas. in an invita-
ton to be the guest Of the
Cuban government during her.
Forthcoming visit to Havana. Ac-
companied by Mrs. David du
Bose Gaillard, Mrs. Gorgas ex-
poets to leave Washington the
last OF this month or early in
March for Cuba and will for a
time visit Brig. Gen. Enoch
Crowder. American ambassador
to Cuba, at the embassy.
1t is, Of course, in appreciation
for the work done by Brig. Gen.
William c. Gorgas in Kidding
Cuba OF yellow fever that the
powers that be at Havana are
so complimenting his widow; and
her visit in the Cuban capital viii
be made the occasion of consider.
able official entertaining. General
Crowder and General Gorgas
We're old and familiar cronies, and
Mrs. Gorgas' friendship with the
general dates back to the days
nefore her narrige, so the visit
which he has long been trying to
persuade her to undertake should
be an exceedingly suspicious
event Mrs. Gaillard, too, is the
widow Of Colonel Gaillard, who
was closely associated with Gen
eral Gorgas in his work of clean.
Ing up Panama and making pos
Gtble the building Of the Panama
Canal.
In the second instaIlment Of her
biography Of General Gorgas, in
which Mrs. Gorgas and Burton J.
Hendrick--who edited the now IA
nous Page letters-are collaborat.
Ing, to appear in the March Issue
OF Worlds Work, General Gorgas'
widow writes in interesting and
friendly fashion about General
CrOwder and his association with
her husband. The biography,
which is shortly to be published in
book form, started in the Febru-
airy issue Of Worlds Work, and
the luncheon which Mrs. Gaillard
gave for Mrs. Gorgas on Thurs
day was by way of being a BIRTH
day party for the book. A toast
to the success of the volume was
proposed by the hostess, Mrs. Cor
eES0 Will
grace: and thus she was given q
happy sendoff for her venture
into the writing field.
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WASHINGTON has come close
w to entertaining an angel un-
aware, for, although the series
of musicales which are to be given
under the auspices of Mrs. Fred
erick Shurtleff Coolidge in the
FTeer Gallery are almost upon
us. very little has been written
about them and very few people
SEEM to know about them except
those--and they are mostly from
the official worldwide are for
tunate enough to have been in.
vited. The recitals are set,
believe, for the evenings of Feb
ruary z, and 8, and the invita-
tons read select your own date"
cards Of admission for the eve
ming chosen having afterward
been sent for the evening chosen.
The interesting feature OF this
series is the fact that the prize
compositions selected by competi-
ton at the annual music festival
held at Mrs. Coolidge's beautiful
estate at Pittsfield, Mass, are to
be presented. The Government Is
displaying sympathetic interest
in the concerts here-through the
music division of the Library OF
Congress-but Mrs. Coolidge is
bringing the artists to Washing
ton at her personal expense.
Mrs. Coolidge is, one Of the most
picturesque figures in the musical
and social life Of this country and
the part which her ''Temple of
Music" at Pittsfield has played in
its musical development Is almost
impossible to estimate. A woman
Of great wealth and leisure, she
has undertaken the underwritten
musical education of numerous
artists whose fame is now nation
wide. And her Pittsfie1d home is
in spot where the artist can al
ways find recreation and inspira-
ton. There are many little cot
tages on the estate and 1t Is not
unusual to find several musicians
Of international reputation in re-
treat there.
Navy Secretary Guest
At HGyns Ellis Dinner ~.
The Secretary Of the Navy ant
Mrs. DENLY and the latter's aunt
Mrs. George Garfield. Of Detroit
were the dinner guests last nigh
Of Capt. and Mrs. Hayne Ellis
who took them later to the Shubert
Garrick to see Eleanor Painter.
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Major Victoriana Casajus, Of thu
Spanish embassy, entertained a.
dinner last evening. He will b,
host at dinner again this evening
at Wardman Park.
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Senator and Mrs. Robert Nelson
Stanfield of Oregon entertained in
formally at dinner last night a
the Willard.
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Senator and Mrs. John B. Ken