Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
Interesting Young
Diplomats on Duty
At State Department
Transfers Bring Several
Brides to the Coterie
Within Past Six Months.

During the past six months the
Secretary of State has affected a
brisk transfer of the younger diplo-
mats serving abroad to the home Of
fee, and the result is that some well
known and important names ana
from every section Of the country Will
adorn the social lists of this seasons
amenities. OF these newcomers MI.
and Mrs. Stokeley William Morgan
are among. the most charming IN
this circle. Mr.. Morgan is native
Washingtonian, though his home Is IN
Camden, Ark, and he has been In
the foreign service just 10 years. One
of his assignments was as secretary
of legation in Riga, Latvia, and here
he met Miss Anna keepshe, now ms
wife. The romance began during the
war and ended very happily about
Is months ago, when the marriage
was solemnized in the English Church
of Riga. A reception was given ny
Mr.. Frederick Coleman, who is the
minister to the Baltic republics IN
the legation in Riga, and 1t was gay
and happy affair, the first marriage
in the diplomatic establishment when
this country maintains IN the ba!lic
countries. Almost from the reception
where they remained until few
months ago. Mr.. Morgan was made
assistant chief of the Latin American
bureau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Thaw are
late arrivals also, the former being
appointed an officer in the foreign
service corps last Winter. He haai
been transferred from the post OF
first secretary of embassy IN Buenos
Aires, and before then he had peei
stationed in Brussels. during MS
service in the Belgian capital ne mar
red the beautiful Miss Consuela Nor
gan. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Fl Morgan. the former being consul
general in Brussels at the time ana
now commissioner of the Unlteu
States to confer with the representa-
t;ves of the interallied debts commlS-
sions. Mrs. Thaw is the sister OF
Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt.
One of the latest arrivals IN the
Younger circle of the State Depart
ment are Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Reath Riggs, who have come wlthln
the month from Bucharest. Botn are
natives of Philadelphia. Mrs. Klees
having been Miss Rosemong Wurtz
before her marriage which took place
in her parents home in Paris in 1874.
MIR. Riggs was at that time private
secretary to the Ambassador at Rome.
MIR. Henry Pratter Fletcher, but. all
roads led to Paris for him since MS
fiance was spending the Summer
there. Immediately after the mar
riage, Mr.. Briggs was sent to Bucha-
rest as secretary of legation. he Is
now in the Eastern European DIVISION.
Some interesting members or the
State Department circle who nave
come within the year are bachelors.
OF these, MIR. Jay Pierrepont Moran
who is an expert on State etiquette
and the thorny problems which grow
of this theme, comes readily to nina.
Mr.. Moffat filled many posts in for
eign capitals, his latest being in Con-
stantinople AS he measured up to
his responsibilities in what might be
described in the superlative degree, 1t
Is understood he will resume his du-
ties at the White House when the
President and Mrs. Coolidge return
from the Adirondacks. Mr.. Nelson
Trusler Johnson is another bach
elor. at present chief of the Far
Eastern division. Mr.. johnson is
a native Of Washington and prepared
for his career in its public schools
and in the George Washington Uni
versity. He is an excellent Chinese
scholar and an expert on the abstruse
subject of its language and traditions.
Mr. Robert F. Kelley Of Somerville.
Mass, is another popular unattached
member of the Foreign Service and is
at present chief of the Eastern Euro
pean division.