The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-08
VISITOR FROM
ENGLAND
FETED
Friends of British Am
bassador, in Mourning,
Look Out for Guest
By JEAN ELIOT

By JEAN ELIOT
TRIENDs of the British Am
bassador and Lady Isabella
n Howard are making every
effort to see that the visit of the
Duchess of Norfolk and her daugh-
ter. Lady Rachel Howard, to the
embassy is not too much Swallowed
by the period of personal mourning
into which Sir Esme and Lady Isa-
bella have been thrown by the
death of the Ambassador sister.in-
law. All entertaining for the visit
ors is, of course, most informal and
two dinners, which were to have
been given at the embassy, have
been cancelled. > But the duchess
and her daugher are being made
much of in q quiet way.
Last evening the Duchess of Nor
folk was among the guests at Mrs.
Harrison,s informal Sunday evening
supper party and the visitor IA
nniliar with the politico-social salons
of London had opportunity to sam
pie the nearest thing Washington
has to offer to a similar salon. 1t
Is rather amusing that the hostess
In telling that the Duchess was to
be among her guests requested that
no mention be made of 1t until
Il were known she were entertain
ing a real live duchess some of the
more title-shy of the political per-
sonages in whom she specializes
might be scared off
Meeting the visitor. all UMPIRE
pared, however, they found her any
thing but alarming and disposed to
b. extremely friendly and affable.
Tomorrow evening the Duchess
and her daughter viii attend the
opening performance of the Chicago
Opera, occupying the box which Sir
Esme and Lady Isabella Howard
have taken for the season" Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend will be with
them, filling the role of hostess and
pointing out to the visitors who's
who in the golden horse shoe. J"
MRS. COOLIDGE rs
HOSTESS AT TEA
Mrs. Coolidge is receiving at 8
o'clock this afternoon a group Of
ladies by appointment.
DINNER POSTPONED
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant has
until the evening of
March f9 the dinner planned for
this evening in honor of the Vice
President and Mrs. Dawes. This
was done because the Senate will
be in session tonight.
Vice President and Mrs. Dawes
have as their guests Coolnel Maud,
of England, and Henry NJ. Dawes,
brother of the Vice President, who
will remain with them few days.
Mrs. Dawes was the guest for
whom Mrs. Kellogg, wife of the
Secretary of State, entertained at
luncheon today There were twelve
In the company.
The Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Kellogg will be the guests of honor
at dinner this evening Of the min
lister of Finland, Axel Leonard
Astrom. =
DIR. Timothy Smiddy. Minister Of
the Irish Free State, will entertain |
at luncheon on Thursday.
Associate Justice and Mrs. Har-
Ian Fiske Stone will go to New
York tomorrow for few days and |
on Saturday they will leave for a !
fOrtnight's stay in Florida
The President of the Jugoslavian |
Debt Funding Commission and |
Nine. Stoyadinovitch are entertain
ing at dinner in the Florentine |
room at Wardman Park Hotel this
evening. There will be II guests. |
~
DIR. ROWE HOST
AT LUNCHEON TODAY
The Director General of the Pan
American Union, DR.. L. s. Rove |
informally at luncheon |
today at the Pan American Annex |
In honor of DR.. Walter W. Nc
Laren, executive secretary of the |
Institute of Politics, Williamstown, |
Mass.
The American Ambassador to |
Spain and Mrs. Ogden II. Ham |
mond are guests at the Mayflower.
Nine. Kallas, wife of the minister
of Esthonia in London, will be the |
guest of honor and speaker at the |
weekly tea Friday afternoon of the |
Congressional Club. She will talk |
about Esthonia. Virginia s. Cald- |
we'll will give some readings.
Nine. Kallas was in Washington
last May, when she came as a dele |
gate to the quinquenniaI of the |
international Council of Women. |
She is young and very pretty.
\
Representative and Mrs. Hamil- |
ton Fish. jr., will have as their
guests the formers sister. Miss
Janet Fish. who will arrive in
Washington, February 10, and will
remain until February %. Miss
Fish was in Washington when her
father was in Congress.
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