The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
NeU Enjoys Will Add Color to
Diplomatic Reception at White House
American Brides Of For
eign Attaches in Group
to Be Received Lady
Isabella Howard Now
Doyenne Of Corps
By JEAN EIIOT

WdEN the president ana Mrs.
Coolidge give their reception
for the diplomats on December
B. q gracious lady Of Italian
birth, Lady Isabella Howard.
viii lead the long line Of diplO-
mats with her husband, the
British Ambassador, who IS dean
Of the corps.
1t is the Nrst time in over
q score Of years than an Amer
lean woman has not had this
privilege.
MIME. JUSSERAND. American
- wife of Jules ]. Jusserand.
for over 20 years Ambassador Of
France to the United States, was
doyenne of the Diplomatic Corps
for many a long day. After
her came Nine. Riano. wife Of
the former Spanish Ambassador.
who was q Washingtonian. Miss
Alice Ward. And she was fol-
lowed, in turn. by Baroness de
Cartier. wife of the Belgian AM
bassador, who now represents his
country at the Court Of st.
James. Baroness de Cartier. like
her two immediate predecessors.
was an American.
y |
GURIoJSLY enough, there is no
~ American, who is now chate.
lame of foreign embassy at
washington. But there are sew.
eral in the group of hostesses
who preside over ministerial es-
adjustments, notably Countess
Szechenyi. wife of the Minister
of Hungary, who was Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt: Nine. Prochnik. wife
OF the Minister of Austria; Nine.
van Royen, wife of the Minis
ter of the Netherlands, and Wis.,
countess d'Alte. bride of the Min.
lister of Portugal. who heads
the list Of ministers assigned to
Washington and who has been
continuously in service here for
25t years. representing first the
Kingdom of Portugal and later
the Republic. Formerly Miss
Emma Coleman, of New York,
she captured perennial bach
elor"-to the great establishment
Of his friends here. who had
thought. him immune.
MOREOVER, there are many
~ Of the younger diplomatic
secretaries and attaches. who
have married American girls.
Several Of the most charming. in.
Gliding the wife of Andor lie Her.
teiendy, of the Hungarian lega.
ton, who was Miss Elizabeth Hit,
the wife Of Edwart Won Selzam. OF
the German Embassy, (Anita
HENRY and the wife OF Capt.
Emmanuel Lombard, Of the
French Embassy Helen Carusi),
viii make their White House de.
but as matrons at the diplomatic
reception.
The presence of such picturesque
newcomers as the French AM
bassador and Nine Claudel, with
their two pretty daughters, the
Belgian Ambassador and Princess
de Ligne, with Princess Elizabeth
de Ligne, and the newest envoy
of all. Ahmed Mouhtal Bey. am.
bassadot. Of Turkey. will add
further interest to this eventful
occasion. The Terrible Turk"
who. from all accounts seems to
be a most disarming person, will
have under his official wing his
entire staff and the one little
lady, with the Turkish delegation.
Nine. Bedi, wife Of Bedi Bey.
counselor Of the Embassy.
The charming Ambassador of
Cuba and Nine. Ferrara and the
Ambassador OF Chile and Mime.
Davila will also make their initial
appearance at a diplomatic recep-
ton and newcomers in the group
OF lesser diplomatic lights will be
the Ministers of Persia and Mica
ragua, Canada and the Neither
lands, Jugoslavia and Salvodar.
The Minister of Austria and
Nine. Prochnik viii entertain at
dinner on December Is.
x
representative and Mrs. Sol
Bloom will entertain a small
company at dinner this evening
In their apartment at 1929 six.
teenth st. in compliment to the
retiring Naval Attache Of the
French Embassy and Nine. Willm.
Admiral and Mrs. Edward Eberle
viii be the honor guests at din.
! nsr this evening of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grosvenor Backus, who will
entertain a company in their
home on Tracy Place.