Evening star., 1925-05-07
Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg
Cancel Social Engagement.

Cancel Social Engagement.
The Secretary Of State and MIS-
Kellogg will be unable TO attend the
dinner this evening of the Asslslalmll 1T
Secretary of State and Mrs. j. Butiei
WRIGHT. because of the death, in Pasa-
dena, Calf, of Mr.. Cordenio A: SeV'
erance, former law partner ol Secle-
tary Kellogg in st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright will be hosts
at dinner this evening. entertaining
a cornpany OF l., who were asked 10
meet the Secretary and Mrs. KELLOGG
Mrs. New. wife of the Postmaster
General will be hostess to delegates
from France, Chile. Argentina, hun.
gary. Mexico. Switzerland, emma anu
canada to the Quinquennial confer
ence of the International Council OF
Women this afternoon in her apart
r,ent. at 1869 Wyoming avenue. Mrs.
New will be assisted by Sonora oe
NIathieu. wife of the Ambassador OF
Chile: Sonora de Pueyrredon. wife OIL
the Ambassador OF Argentina; Nine.
Daeschner, wife Of the Ambassador
of France; Sonora de Teller, wife OF
rhe Amha ssador of Mexico: Nine.
Peter, wife of the Minister of SwitZer-
land. Nine SZe, wife Of the Minister
of China; Countess Szechenyi, wife OF
The Minister of Hungary, and MIS-.
Henry Getty Chiffon, wife of the
counselor of the British embassy
who will represent Canada among
the assistants
Mrs. Wilbur, wife of the Secretary
of the Navy. will be hostess at Tea
this afternoon TO delegates TO the
uuinuuennial of the National Council
of Women and will be assisted by
Mrs. John A. Lejeune, Mrs. Waiter
Gherardi and Mrs. Willoughby Rod
man, delegate to the conference
from Los Angeles.
The Amba ssador Of Belgium and
Baroness de Cartier were the guests
Of honor at dinner last evening or
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Black, who
entertained in their apartment, on the
roof of the Hotel Plaza. New York.
The other guests were, the Due and
Ducnesse de Richielieu,. Herr and
Frau Vom Rath. brother-in-law and
sister of the hostess; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles B. Alexander, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur A. Fowler, Mr.. and Mrs. +.
Horace Gallatin and MIR. and Mrs.
James B. Duke.
Nine. Wallenberg, wife of the Min
lister OF Sweden. will give a reception
this afternoon in her home. at 2249
Z r street, for delegates to the quin-
guennial conference of the Interna-
tienal Council of Women. She will
be assisted by Nine. Steen. wife of
the counselor of the Norwegian lega-
ton, and Nine. Weidel. wife of the
former commercial counselor of the
Swedish legation, who is now Swedish
consul general in New York.
The Minister of Panama and Sonora
de Alfaro will be hosts at dinner this
evening at the legation, on New
Hampshire avenue.
Sonora Feffcidad Suruco de Jaimes
Freyre, wife of the Minister of Bo-
tion at Garfield Hospital Monday, is
improving.
Mr.. Edgar L. G. Prochnik. charge
d d'affaires of Austria, is presenting his
credentials to the President today as
Minister from that country, having
recently been promoted.
Mr.. Prochnik presented his creden-
tials here as charge daffaires De
cember q. 1921, and since that time
he and Nine. Prochnik have been con-
spicuous figures in the corps and in
I, society In general. Before the war the
united kingdoms of Austria and Hun
gary were represented at this post by
an amba ssador, now each maintains
legation here and is represented by
minister. Nine. Prochnik is an Ameri-
can, formerly Miss Gretchen James
Of st. Paul, and they have three chill
jren, Valarie. Patricia and Edgar,
while the Minister has lovely young
+, daughter, Loranda, by his first wife.
j. Mr.. Justice and Mrs Harlan Fiske
stone were hosts to a company Of AZ
At dinner last evening, entertaining
In the presidential suite of the New
Willard Hotel. The company included:
The Attorney General, Mr.. Sargent;