Evening star., 1925-02-25
Brilliant Reception at
Cuban Embassy Last Night

the Secretary of state fetiFe iFoi
official life March 4.
Brilliant Reception at
Cuban Embassy Last Night
The Ambassador of Cuba and Sc
nora de la Torriente gave a reception
with dancing last evening in the en-
bassy in celebration of the annlNer-
sary of the beginning of the last war
for independence in 1898. Their guests
Iast evening numbered several nun
dred and included officials, diplomats
members of the Senate and Rouse
and a number from residential CIR
cles. The drawing rooms had httIe
decoration. the tall palms and Terms
with here and there cluster OF
Spring blossoms enhancing lhe
beauty of the white marble hnlshlh2
and ngings. The Ambassador anu
Senior de la Torriente received at Ihe
entrance to the drawing room, oppo-
site the head of the great stairway.
ShA wore a becoming gown Of cream
white crepe de chine with an over
dress of cream white crystal dotted
chiffon The gown was made slrdishl
with no sleeves and round neck,
rose of deep cream on one shouluei
and a drapery of flesh color tune
from the long waistllne at one slue-
The dancing was in the ballroom on
the opposite side of the house ana
runch was served in the conservatory
lust off the ballroom About ~
o'clock a buffet supper was serEeu II.
the dining room on the west sue VI
the gallery on the drawing room
floor The embassy was pullt anu -
owned by the Island RepuoIic anu -
one of the handsomest of the foreign
homes here. .,.,
Among those at the reception were
+be secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes, the Secretary of tire lreas
urv and Miss Mellon, the dean OF tile
diplomatic corps, the AmoassadoI o
Snain. and Sonora de Rtano; the Am
bassador of Chile and sonora ue
Mathieu, the Ambassador OF France
and Nine. Daeschner and the Mics
naescbner the Minister of Norway
and Nine. Bryn and the Misses brFh'
the Minister of Denmark, MT. bruh'
the Minister of Uruguay and NINE,
Varela, the Minister of SWitzerlallo
and Nine. Peter, the Minister ol
Sweden and Nine. WailehoeFs' ny
Minister of Bulgaria, Mr.. Panareton'
tba minister of Guatemala and Sonora
de Sanchez IAtour, the Minister OF
colombia. and Sonora de Olaya, the
Minister of Panama ana Sehord ue
AIfaro the Minister of the SERBS,
C-roats and Slovenes, DR.. Pavichlch;
the Minister of Egypt and Mfhe.
Yousrv and Mile. Lutfia fousry' SEN
ator and Mrs Robert Nelson Stan
Ga1d SENATOR and Mrs Arthur Capper,
senator, and Mrs John 3. kendrick,
senator and Mrs Henry Wilder heyes'
SENATOR and Mrs. George wharton
pepner Senator and Mrs. Claude a.
swanson, Senator Thomas j. Walsh'
the Speaker of the House and MRS.
Frederick II, Gllett, Representative
and Mrs. Sol Bloom. Miss vera
Bloom and Representative ana 1nis'
Fred A. Britten.
Representative and Mrs. James f.
Rvrues. Representative and Mrs
Henry Allen Cooper, Representative
and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr.; Repre-
sentative and Mrs. John Phlllp HILL
REPRESENTATIVE and Mrs. j. Charles
Linthicum, Representative and MRS.
Henry r. Rathbone, Representative
and Mrs. William n. Vaile, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. j. Mayhew VAIN
wright the charge d'affaires OF Japan:
Mr.. Yoshida; the charge d'affaires OF
Rumania and Nine. Nano, the charge
d'affaires of Venezuela and Sonora de
Yanes, the charg d'affaires or
Austria and Nine. Prochnik, the
counselor of the British embassy and
Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon and thescoun-
selor of the German embassy ana
Frau Won Lewinski.
II. Townsend, Nine. Hauge, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rafael r. Gown, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Efingham Townsend, the Misses
Patten, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant,
Judge and Mrs. Samuel j. Graham,
the Commissioner Of the District and
Mrs Cuno H. Rudolph, Mr.. and Mrs
William R Castle, jr.: Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederic D. McKenney, the Misses
McKenney, the military attache of
the Italian embassy and Marchesa
di Bernezzo, the air attache of that
embassy and Signora Calderara, the
secretary of the Belgian embassy and
Nine Tilmont, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
Mrs John Allan Dougherty and Mr..
Herbert Hengstler.
The Amba ssador of Great Britain and
Lady Isabella Howard were hosts at
dinner last evening at the embassy,
their guests including the Minister of
Egypt and Nine. Yousry, Senator and
Mrs. James A. Reed, Senator Thomas
J. Walsh Senator and Mrs. Joseph E.
RansdeIl, Senator Kenneth Mcclellan,
the attache of the Italian embassy and
Signora Mascia, Flight Comdr. and Mrs.
Byrd, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wardman,
Mr. and Mrs. Orme Wilson, Mrs. Fran
els Cadogan, Miss Betty Bailey, Lady
Bette Fielding, Col. Anderson, Capt.
NJ G.. Christie and Mr.. H. Hopkinson.
The Minister of Uruguay and Nine.
Varella will entertain a company of Is
at dinner this evening, in honor of the
Ambassador of Spain and Sonora de
Riano.
Mr.. Stephen Panaretoff, the Bulgarian
Minister, whose resignation was to be-
come effective March 1, has been re
quested to continue at his post here
until the appointment of a new Minister.
The Minister of Greece and Nine.
SimopouIos are expected to return to
Washington this evening from Boston,
where they have been for several
days.
The marriage of the senior Senator
Of South Dakota, Thomas Sterling,
and Mrs Mayme E. McCaslin of this
city will take place in Washington
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