Evening star., 1929-10-06
Mahmoud Samy Pasha
Listed for Address at
Celebrity Breakfast
Minister of Egypt Accepts
Invitation Extended by
American Pen Women to
Attend as Honor Guest.

The Minister of Egypt, Mahmoud
Samy Pasha, has accepted the invita-
ton of the National League of Ameri-
can Pen Women to be a guest of honor
and speaker at the first celebrity break
fast of the league, october 26, at the
Willard Hotel.
Like President Hoover. the Minister
entering off1cial life and as such was
called into the service of his country as
secretary general of public works, one
Of whose important departments is that
Of irrigation. Subsequently he was
made undersecretary of communica-
tions, in direct charge of matters con-
nected with the railroads, telegraph
and telephone systems, the post office,
navigation, aviation, highways and other
while filling this office that he was ap-
pointed Minister from Egypt to this
country, in 1925, post he has occupied
continuously since that date.
Gen. James Parker. Retired,
Also to Deliver Address.
Another distinguished speaker of the
breakfast program will be Brig. Gen.
James Parker, retired, author of "Old
Army Memories" and now of Newport,
R. I. These memories cover long and
Army following his graduation from
West Point as a second lieutenant of
the 4th Cavalry in June, 1876, to his
retirement by operation of law, Febru-
ary 27, 1918, with the rank of brigadier
general. He holds the Congressional
Medal of Honor for distinguished gall
lantry" at Vigan. Philippine Islands,
during the Spanish-American War and
was in active service in the World War
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line in France. Earlier in his career he
was in service on the frontiers and took
part in the Ute campaign and the later
Apache campaign.
Questions of social precedence that
have been agitating Washington society
for some months make Of particular in
terest the presentation Of Mrs. Helen
Ray Hagner as one of the speakers of
the occasion. Mrs. Hagner is considered
an authority on social problems in the
National Capital, and the reissuance of
her book on Social Precedence" comes
at an opportune time.
Other Program Features
OF Special Importance.
OF special interest, too, to Washing
ton society circles is the announcement
that Mrs. Herbert D. Brown, wife Of the
director Of the Bureau Of Efficiency, will
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has accepted an invitation to appear on
the program. It will be recalled that
last Summer Mrs. Brown won the At
lantic Monthly prize for the most inter-
eSting biography of the year, having en-
tered In the important contest the
manuscript. she prepared from the rec
ord of her talks with her mother-in-
law, Mrs. Maria D. Brown, remarkable
Iowa centenarian. who died this year
within three months of her 1920 BIRTH
day.
other important acceptances already
received will add to the variety and the
brilliance Of the program to be presented
at this initial breakfast in the 1e29-30
series for the benefit OF the national
clubhouse fund of the league. These
subscription events are open to the
public and reservations are already
being made through the Willard Social
Bureau. Single seats and groupings of
guests In any number up to tables OF
10 may be secured.
These breakfasts are sponsored by the
national board Of the league and are
under the special direction Of the ma
tional president, Mrs. Clarence M
Busch, aided by members Of the board
and special program committee. The
board will hold its first regular meeting
Of this season tomorrow morning at
1880 o'clock at the Willard Hotel.