Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Throng at Reception
Honorine Minister SEE

The palm court of the Mayf1ower
Hotel was thronged with a brilliant
company of representative Washlng-
.tonians an dout- of-town guests We
terdav afternoon at the reception IN
honor of the Minister Of China. Mr..
Sao-ke Alfred SEE, given by the
National League of American ZEN
Women.
Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton.
national president of the league, head
ed the receiving line with the guest
of honor. Others in the line having
been Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley
first vice president of the league; DR..
Mary Meek Atkeson second vice presl-
dent; Mrs. Marianne Genet of Pitts
burgh, Miss Elvina Rowe, Tien La
Huang of New York and DR.. Sum
Nung Au Young.
Alternating at the beautifully ap-
pointed tea table were the members
of the social committee, of which Mrs.
Mcpherson Crichton and Mrs. Delos
Blodgett are chairman and vice chair
man, respectively, assisted by the re-
ception committee composed of the
officers of the oganiZation and mem
bers Of the social committee.
Mrs. Seton presided during the pres
entation Of the program which she
y
Chinese in its atmosphere, in keeping
with the spirit of the occasion. She
presented the Minister of China, who
was warmly received and whose re
marks were followed by a short IL
Illustrated talk on China by DR.. Sum
Nung Au Young, the slides having
been projected on a unique screen; a
fascinating discussion of the subject
of Jade" by Tien Lai Huang of New
York, and solos by Miss Elvina Rowe,
accompanied by Mrs. Marianne Genet,
composer of the songs, who is widely
known for her ability to reproduce in
her music the spirit of the lyrics that
furnish the inspiration for her COM
positions. Mrs Genet's songs sung
by Miss Rowe were 1.-THE Canton Boat
woman" and 1.-THE Lotus Blossom -
the lyrics of which We're written by
Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton.
Among the specially invited guests
who accepted the invitation to the
reception were the Minister of Latvia
and Nine. Sega, the counselor of the
embassy of Japan and Nine. Sewada,
Sonora Dona Lillian de Sanchez
Latour, Representative Stephen G.
Porter, chairman of the foreign af-
fairs committee of the House OF
Representatives.; Mrs. William Fl
mig, representative anu AIS' 4u
Clyde Kelly, Representative and Mrs
William N. Vaile, Representative and
Mrs. E. Hart Fem, Mrs. Charles l.
McNary. Mrs. Percy Quin, Mrs. RoyaI
S. Copeland, Maj. Gen. Charles F.
Summerall, chief of staff of the
Army of the United States, and Mrs
Summerall; Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney F
Taliaferro. Surg. Gen. Cumming, Mr.
and Mrs. Breckenridge Long, the
president of George Washington Uni
versity and Mrs. William Mather
Lewis, Judge and Mrs. Samuel ]
Graham, Judge and Mrs. John w
Price, Judge and Mrs. Frederick
Irving Cox. Gen. Krauthoff, DR.. and
Mrs. Frank w. Ballou. Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty, Mrs. Merritte
w. Ireland, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic
William VILE, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Dodd, Mr.. Ernest Thompson Seton
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Drury, Mrs
Henry F. Dimock. Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Laird Dunlop. jr.; Baron and
Baroness Won Below. Nine. Charles
PHILIPPE Soyez. Nine. Ekengren, Mrs
Charles Boughton Wood, Col and
Mrs. George c. Thorpe, Mr.. and Mrs
William P. Kent, Mrs. Eugene G
Pomeroy. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur w
Hubbard, Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton vor
Valkenburg, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip P