Evening star., 1924-04-27
Sonora Ribeiro Joins
Husband Here Shortly
At Brazilian Embassy
Naval Attache Is Successor
of Admiral Heraclito Gra-
! ca Aranha, in Unised
States Ten Years.

The recently arrived naval attache of
the Brazilian embassy, Lieut.. Com
mander Ribeiro is placed much as
Thomas Jefferson was when he went to
Paris to succeed Benjamin Franklin.
For he is the successor of Admiral
Hersclito Graca Aranha, who for ten
years was one of the notable Sallants
of the Capital and who is still sin
cerely rnourned by many of its host
eSSeS But Lieut.. Ribeiro will no
doubt fill the vacancy very acceptably,
for he has assumed the same concili-
Atory attitude which marked President
Jefferson when the French king asked
him rather coldly if he had come to
take DR. FranklinS place. mo, sire, for
that would be impossible. l have come
to perform to the best OF my abilities,
DR.. Franklin'S duties
The naval attache has passed some
busy days getting home in readiness
Tor his wife and family who are ex-
pected here about May Is. He has
Just taken possession of 2102 . street
and is now quite cozily settled await
ing. their arrival. Sonora Ribeira
makes a second lady in the Brazilian
embassy staff. Sonora Oracle. wife of
the charge d'affaires being the other.
This new hostess in the division of
naval attaches, was before her mar
riage, Senorita Eliza beth do Carmo Of
Rio Janeiro. She married the young
naval officer shortly after he had
graduated from the national academy
has been passed in the Brazilian
capital There are three children,
Eiugento, who is seventeen. Dario, who
is fifteen and a small girl Marilia who
IS seven. Eugenio has just finished
his course in preparatory school and
is was to await the completion of his
scholastic term that Sonora Ribeiro has
remained in Rio. He will after passing
here return to Brazil in the autumn to
enter its national university. Dario
viii also accompany his brother and
continue his studies in Rio. The little
girl will remain in Washington and
attend one of its local schools.
Though the naval attache and Sonora
Ribeiro have never lived in Washington
previously. they have several times
visited this country and passed through
its Capital. Lieut.. Ribeiro was here for
some time in 1918, when the premier, DR.
Laura Muller. came to the American
Naval Academy at Annapolis on the
great battlship MinaS Gerais. and with
his staff came over in state to Wash
ington This visit from the Brazilian
secretary was to return the visit of Sec
rsary F.lihu Root. who had made a
memorable sojourn in Brazil some four
years before. The present naval attache
" do one VI lnt dlUSS Ol IIle
statesman, and participated in all the
gayety which marked that occasion. DR..
Muller has come to Washington twice
since 1915. but only informally. and on
returning from sojourns in Europe.
The naval attache of the Brazilian en-
baSsy belongs to the younger generation
of officers. During the past year he has
been in command of a squadron navigat-
ing in Brazilian waters and attending to
port duties in different parts of the re-
public. This formation OF smaller
Brazilian vessels was assembled at Rio
in celebration of the centenary OF the
Independence. and has since been kept
together as a separate unit. Lieut.. Ribe-
iro, as his name indicates. belongs to
family Of old Portuguese settlers as dis
tinct from the scores of BritonS who
emigrated to the vast empire of the
BraganzaS in the early nineteenth CEN
tury. He speaks English f1uently. and
has already taken over his duties, and is
performing them with ease. Brazil is
among the Latin nations which always
maintains a naval attacheAat this Capt.
tai. but seldom sends military officer
But il is a naval power, and trade and
conlmercs are the keynoteS of the mod
ern republic. Lieut. Ribeirp. though COM
ing of family which has been naval or
military for many generations. is train
ing his sons for civil life, possibly with
commercial career in view