Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.
Mrs. Kellogg's cunning looking little
woolly dog Bodger is becoming a per-
Sonage in the realm of diplomacy, for
he is of the most sociable sort and fairly
reels with delight if he hears his native
French spoken. Bodger was acquired
in Paris last August from an Irish
friend when the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Kellogg were there, the former in
behalf of the signing of the multi
lateral treaty of which so much was
heard in the Senate recently The
frisky canine was intended as gift for
the Secretarys brother, who lives in st.
Paul and who is prone to collect dog
pets. But during the progress of the
treaty and the subsequent visit to Dublin
and on the sea voyage home, Bodger
made himself so indispensable to his
new owners that they have borrowed
him until they leave washington. when
he will, with proper ceremony, be passed
over to his rightful master. He follows
the stately butler in the Kellogg home
on Nineteenth street. quietly but with
Difference, and while he never makes
his presence known to strangers, he will
welcome those he has met before with
JOYOUS barkS When Mrs. Kellogg serves
tea to informal callers in the great
library on the ground floor, the dog
will move from chair - chair WlStfully
cycling cake. but never begging Tor IL
unless he is instructed to do so. But
if the caller speaks few words OF
French the little animal is transported
with Joy and will dance about and give
a few suppressed barkS before he can
be quite restrained.
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The Secretary of State and his i'm
mediate predecessor recently added 10
their supply of historic gold pens. that
used by the Bolivian Minister, Senior
Diez de Medina, in signing the Speclal
protocol of Cancellation going to the
kellogg collection, and that used by the
Paraguayan charge d'affalres becoming
the property of Judge Hughes. SouVe-
Sirs passed between all the members oil
the board OF Cancellation and arbitra-
ton which convened in Washington in
December, no signer using the same pen
and all carefully retaining their own to
exchange it later with some other men,
Der of the conference The senior MEM
Der of the Latin American corps Senior
Varela of Uruguay. was honored IN re-
ceiving that of the two permanent
boards of arbitration, one established In
Washington and the other at Monte
video, capital of his country These
courts oblige members to submit any
vexed questions to one or the other
tribunal before they reach the acute
stage which might lead to bloodshed or
other acts of violence. Possibly no IN
ternational conference, and certainly no
nan American conference, ever achleVeo
such momentous results and disbanded
with its members feeling enhanced
friendship and good will to the extent
as at that which opened rather stormlly
in Washington with threat OF war be-
nalirio o11d porQOlIQV
X X x
Mr.. Robert Wood Bliss, Ambassador
from this republic to Buenos Aires, had
a long-due vacation to his credit when
President-elect Hoover announced his
goodwill tour to the South and Cen
trail American states. Mrs. Bliss had
already sailed for Europe. where her
husband hoped to join her when the
proposed itinerary of MIR. Hoover was
cabled. She finished her shopping trip
in Paris, however, and made few
visits to friends and then sailed via the
Panama Canal for San Francisco. She
will meet Mr.. Bliss, who finally departed
from Argentina last week. 1t is now
expected that Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss will
come to Washington and occupy their
beautiful home, the Oaks, in George
town and possibly remain for the in
auguration. Work has been continually
in progress in the enlargement of this
old mansion and the identifying and
systematizing of its extensive grounds,
and, from time to time, the owners like
to observe results. This fine place is one
of the few remaining urban estates in
the older city which has not given way
to the spirit of the times, in selling
and Subdividing. Except for Tudor
Place and the splendid domain of Mr..
Alexander King, the Dumbarton Place,
Mr.. Bliss in the Oaks has obtained the
most noted of the genuine beauty spots
of the Capital. Sloping in its north
west terminals on Rock Creek Park,
the contour of this part of the park
has been merged into that of the ma
tional property and the sides which face
on the streets of Georgetown have been
artistically treated in massed shrubbery
and the masking of vines.
Senior Elegio Ayala, former Minister
from Paraguay, found his post much
confused in the geographical sense, it is
said, with that of Uruguay, and his
name constantly assigned to the envoy
from Colombia, Senior Olaya before he
returned to his own land There is
much speculation about the similarity
of the name of the successor of M.
George Cretziano as Minister from Ru-
mania, DR.. Carol Davila, and that of
the Chilean Ambassador, Senior Carlos
Davila. No doubt there will be many
mistakes in the mail and in other ways.
but in pronouncing the names the
Chilean Ambassador, who descendS from
adventures to he Southern Hemisphere,
and who came from the romantic small
city Of Ayila in Old CASTLE, the Spanish
mode is to place the accent on the first
syllable, as in calling the word javelin
The Rumanian Minister-deSignate who
now Is serving in Warsaw places the
accent on the second syllable. after the
liquid manner of the romance tongues.
M. Cretiziano is to succeed DR.. Davila
In Poland and is already making stridea
IN his preparations to depart The new
ly appointed Minister from Poland, M.
Titus F1llpoWicZ, has a less difficult
name Tor Washington tongues than the
average Polish envoy has borne. He is
described as being on the most intimate
terms with the dictator. Marshal Pilaud-
SKI, and has been casting a longing eye
on the Capital of the friendly republic
of the west for some time.
Mrs. Miles Poindexter, wife of the
former Senator from Washington, who
served for four years as Ambassador
to Lima, Peru, has received a warm
welcome from wide circle of friends
now that she and Mr.. Poindexter in
tend to spend the remainder of the
Winter in Washington. Among many
acknowledged accomplishments, such
as being brilliant converSationalist-
what the French call raconteur-sh,
is a versatile writer and has an amaZ
ing fund Of knowledge of public event
and the actors therein. But few
women even when Mrs Roosevelt wa
resident of the Capital could com
nPtp with Mrs pninfleYtar I'm III,