The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-08
YOUNG ROMAN
WILL GIVE
LECTURE

Doctor Lauro de Bosis, Of Rome,
who will address the Congressional
Club tomorrow afternoon, Is a man
of much distinction and culture, and
still barely thirty yeara old. And
his father, who died last year, was
also a man of high attainments.
To the father goes the unique hon
or Of shaving made noteworthy sue
cesses in both poetry and business
Ia poet first and then a business
man. After having made an en-
viable name as poet he went into
the coal industry-Or some business
similarly non-suggestive of poetry.
OF course, there may be poetry In
coal, or it's lack, but Doctor de
was entirely a business one. He
had already filled several volumes
Of commendable poetry.
Doctor de Bosis' subject tomorrow
will be Modern Italian Poets. :"
Saturday afternoon he will lecture
in the home Of Mrs. Henry f..
Dimock, which she has given over
for the use Of the Italy-American
Society for that afternoon.
Recent archaeological discoveries
Of Importance in lands bordering en-
the Mediterranean sea will be de-
scribed by Doctor Lauro de Bosis in
an illustrated lecture.
+ Doctor DE Bosis has lectured ex-
tensively in his native country ami
in England, and is now visiting che
United States as exchange lecturer
by invitation OF the Italy-America
Society. A love Of classical studies
which impelled him to make these
L. O. f.. lit
becoming one Of the leading Latin
and. Greek scholars Of the younger
generation, has led him naturally
into the field Of archaeology.
Having founded the classical thea
ter on the Palatine in Rome, he
served as it's director for two years.
His interests also embrace art,
poetry and educational reform, IN
which he is the disciple of Giovanni
Gentle. Other social and political
! problems of Italy also engage his
| interest.
To members of the italy. America
| Society, the lecture tomorrow az
ternoon will be free. others may
| obtain tickets from Miss Emma
Chiera, 1924 Kenyon street north
west. Washington members Of the
society, under whose patronage the
lecture will be given are:
Mrs. Dimock, Mrs. Truxtun Beale,
! Marchesa di Bernezzo, Mrs. Ehle,
Mrs. Marshall Field, Donna Emma
Calderara GAMBIA, Countess Chi
SELF, Countess Gizycka, Mrs. r. A..
Keep, Mrs. Charlotte Kellogg, Coun-
tess di Mombello, Mrs. Harry Lee
Rust, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend,
Mrs. Richard Townsend, Countess di
Villanova, Countess della Porta,
Professor Henry S. Washington
and Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood.
Congressman and Mrs. Sol Bloom
will be hosts at dinner tomorrow
evening at the Hamilton Hotel in
/ compliment to Doctor Lauro de
| Bosis of Rome, who will give two
lectures in Washington.
| \
Mrs. Allan +. Walker entertained
at a buffet wv N""H ia - - %
apartment at 1929 Connecticut ave.
nue. in compliment to Miss Virginia
| Edwards and Miss Mary Elizabeth
| Thompson. There were thirty in
the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wells Rus
sell have as their guest in their
apartment the Parkwood their son,
John Mosby Russell Of New York
Charles p. Light was hostess at
luncheon yesterday at the Army
Navy Club in honor of Captain
Herbert Hartley, commander of the
hot H. Goodwin, George w. Bean,
Frank c. Page, Frank s. Hight, J.
Fred Essary, Joseph H. Hines. and
Thomas =. Littelpage
Joseph H. Hines entertained at
q buffet supper last evening in
honor ofISCaptain Hartley. After.