Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

Dolly Cams coming-out party at the
Pan.American Union last evening was
as swagger q function as washington
has seen In many o moon. Whatever
betides the Vice Presidents ofncial
hostess in the future-and little BIRDS
are whispering ominously, in the words
Of AL Jolson, that she amt seen
nothin' yet"-she can at least LOOK BACK
upon her night Of nights as glorious
and glittering occasion: Mrs. Gam
walked In on the arm of her host, the
Chilean Ambassador, sat at his right at
the head of the table, and reigned su-
ureme as the first lady Of the dinner
on her own right sat the ranking diplo-
mat present, Senior DR.. Velarde, the Pc
ruvian Ambassador. who will be dean OF
the corps when Sir Esme Howard quits
this tempestuouS scene early next year.
vice President Curtis sat $50 feet away
from his sister, at the far end Of the
shinmering white Hall of the Americas.
because there were nearly 400 guests at
the great oblong table. He led Sonora
Davila into her own dinner. sat st her
right and had on the other SIDE OF nm
Mrs. Harlan r. Stone, wife OF the 81
preme Court justice. Mr.. Cams table
partner was Mrs. Paul Wooton, news
paper mans wife. No place OF distinc-
ton was assigned him. A pleasant time
was had by all.
There's an interesting reason why
Ambassador Davilas sumptuous feast.
which is going to live In washington
social history, was bone-dry. the &C
complished journalist-diplomats failure
to provide inspiring refreshment was not
due to any of the particular circum-
"a rtnrN-fhA nr0C0nHn
of the Vice President. two-thirdS OF the
cabinet. the full White House secretariaI
staff. etc. Senior Davila was governed
entirely by the fact that he was not
entertaining on his own premises The
pan American Union palace Is the
property of 81 different government
those Of the sister republics OF the
Americas. AS the United States owns
one twenty-f irst Of both the ground ana
the building, It is to that extent soil OF
the u. S. A. 1t is therefore not possible
or at least not quite 'proper-to as
pense -VolSteadian cheer there. Ac-
cording to Pan-American authorltles' AZ
has never been done since the Dawn OF
the eighteenth amendment.
Senior Pablo Ramirez, the, Chilean
Amha ssador's guest Of honor. Is famed
in his country not only for his genius
as a finance minister, but also because
of his achievements as an educationaiist.
It was while Senior Ramirez was MN
ister of education that the, law making
compulsory the study OF English IN the
Chilean public schools was enacted.
Chilean school children therefore grow
nm bi-linrlal Few countries in the
world. 1t Is said, have made the tongue
of Shakespeare and Lincoln equal by
statute with their own languages. senior
Ramirez Is a lawyer, as well as imam
cial and educational authority.
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Ernest Lee Jahncke, the new Assist
ant Secretary OF the Navy, ADMITS tnas
his maiden experience In public once
is giving him the time OF his life. He
doesn't ever expect to weather another
thrill like the one he got his flrst day
at the department. The New Orleans
yachtsmaYl- shipbuilder was swinging
around in his swivel chair, trying 70 &C
custom himself to the surroundings,
when a Spick- and-span young naval
ofiicer was announced. He was SYM
phony in gold braid. "I'm your aide,
SIR" the saluting apparition explained.
Jal1ncke had Just recovered conscious
ness when his Office messenger tip-toed
In to say: mfr. Secretary, your car
awaits you" Jahncke observed that
could hardly be, as he'd left his bus
back home In New Orleans. "Oh," re-
Joined the messenger, 81 mean your Of
fetal car" The assistant ruler OF the
fleet thinks he knows now exactly how
Aladdin felt the first time he rubbed
the lamp.
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Few people in washington or else
where are aware Of the long and in.
innate comradeship which has united
| President Hoover and Senator Charles
| L. McNary Of Oregon, chairman Of the
| Senate agricultural committee and q
| lot of other influential things on the
Hill. They were boys and playmates IN
Salem, Oree., more than 80 years ago
Hoover was working for a lumber and
| land company. and McNary was en-
pl0yed In the county courthouse. They
! both went to Stanford, though at diff
ferent times. In later years McNary, .: