The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-29

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Represented IN Litera
tltre
The question, What has
Sumner Welles been doing
with himself since be left
the Foreign Service is
answered at least il part.
he has been writing i book,
which Is to be published il
the autumn BY Payson and
Clarke. IT is called Ma
both y Vineyard, tie Domin-
lean Republic 1874 1924,
and deals with the history Of
Santo Domingo and its rela-
ton to our policies Id Latin
America It's subject
upon which lie should speak
with authority for Mr.
ha 4
Welles was once chief Of the
Latin American Division Of
the Department Of State and
from 1920 ton 1926 he served
as American COMMISSIONER
to the Dominican Republic,
with the rank Of Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiar
Building Country Home
For The last several months
Mr.. Welles and his wife, who
was the beautiful Mathilde
Townsend and the first wife Of
Senator Peter Goelet Gerry,
have been interesting them
selves III the building Of b
country home in Southern
Maryland overlooking the PO-
tonnac. They bought one of the
historic estates of the region
and are putting up i house
which will be one Of the show
places Of that part Of the coun-
try when ii is finished. Mean
while they are living at 1855
Massachusetts Avenue.
Foreign Service Graduates
Mr.. Welles Il but one of nu-
nnero1s group OF young men who
have deserted the Foreign Service
rs win their spurs III the literary
field. George Agnew Chamberlain,
whose name ii familiar to maya.
zine readers all over the country.
I'D one of the graduates, Of the
consular service. So Is u. Alex.
afder Powell, whose illuminating
The Map That il Half UnrOlled''
has successor, EEnbattIed Bor-
ders. e just from the presses. And
H. Dwight formerly chief Of
the Division Of Publications OF the
stats Department, has volume
with the engaging title Of 'POto.
mac Packets, soon to be brought
out BY HArpers. Writing was
Mr.. Dwight's first love. Indeed.
his best.known work. STEAMBOAT
Nights, was written before he
took q flyer IN diplomacy. He re-
signed from the service two years
or so ago, but has continued to
make his home IN Washington and
has an apartment at I'LL III st.
He has written copiOusIy and ali
ways eharmIngIy for the maya
zines and much OF his later work
has Washington as its inspiration.
Edgar burlington, whose For
eign Debt of Mexico" is to be pub
lished this summer. has another
volume, America and the Near
East. scheduled for publication in
the fall. This was written In col.
Alteration with Prof. Edward Earl,
OF Columbia University. Mr.. TurI.
ingtoa once was acting chief Of the
State Department's Division Of
Near Eastern Affairs, and before
that had been IN the solicitors Of.
flee. More recently he has been
doing research work for Columbia
University. He has definitely In.
ternationaI back ground, for he was
a Rhodes scholar at OxfMrd Uni
versity. was q member Of the Amer
lean delegation to the Lausanne
conference, which negotiated the
) II Iii A1NA liz II ny AtlI tCNAAAAE
and spent some time in Constants
nople on a Government mission.
Sleeping Sickness
All readers Of Golfers and the
Saturday Evening Post are fa-
nailiar with the name Of Frederick
Simplex, who has written extern
sively on current affairs from all
Larts Of the world. He has been
out of the Foreign Service for some
time and Ii now with the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine. but
much of his writing was done
while he was In the consular ser.
vice. Then. there's Tracy Lay,
also now resident Of Washing
ton. who published his THE For.
eign Service of the United States"
just after his resignation. At the
moment he is seriously III in Gar
field HOSPITAL. his malady having