Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-21

r. RESIDENT AND MRS. HOOVER
will be entertained at dinner
Tuesday evening by the Secretary
OF Agriculture and Mrs. Hyde
and tomorrow the Secretary OF
Interior and Mrs. Wilbur will be hosts
to the Chief Executive and First Lady
of the Land.
The annual state dinner for the chiefs
Of foreign missions in Washington was
given by President and Mrs. Hoover
last evening when the Ambassador OF
Peru. Senior DR.. Herman Velarde, MADE
his first appearance as dean OF the corps
at this Capital. DR.. Velarde presented
his credentials March %, 1924, and the
retiring Ambassador OF Great Britain,
Sir ESme Howard, was received March
of that year. With the retirement
of Sir Esme Howard as ambassador, DR..
Velarde took his place at the head OF
the corps. The dinner last evening was
the first large entertainment that Presl-
dent and Mrs. Hoover have given Tor
the diplomats, although they entertained
at dinner in honor of the Belgian
Ambassador and Princess de Ligne early
In their administration and before going
South a fortnight ago they gave a
dinner party in compliment to the
retiring Ambassador Of Great Britain
and Lady Isabella Howard.
The large number of foreign missions
in Washington necessitated long table
set in the shape of horse shoe which
stretched from the west windows IN the
state dining room to the east wall and
the length of the room. Columbia roses,
pink snapdragons and sweetpeas with
glorioSum fern were used in the dainty
vases of the gold service and In low
mounds at intervals on the table.
There were few of the countries &C
credited to this Capital that were not
represented at the dinner last evening.
The Minister of Denmark, Mr.. Con-
stantin Brun, was unable to attend be-
cause of indisposition; the Minister OF
Panama and Sonora de Alfaro are IN
mourning; the Minister Of Colombia,
Senior DR.. Olaya, is in his own country,
where he was recently elected PreS1-
dent, and the Minister of Rumania, Mr..
Charles A. DaviIa, is in New York, pre-
paratory to sailing for a short vacation
abroad.
Guests at Dinner.
The guests at dinner were the AM
bassador of Peru, Dr. Velarde; the Ital-
ian Ambassador and Nobil Donna An
toinette de MARITIME, the Ambassador of
Brazil, Senior S. Gurgel do Amaral;
the Ambassador of Spain and Sonora
de PadiIla, the Ambassador of Cuba
and Sonora de Ferrara, the Ambassa-
dor of France and Nine. Claudel, the
Ambassador Of Chile and Sonora de
Davilla, the Belgian Ambassador,
Prince de Ligne; the Ambassa-
dor of Turkey, Ahmed Mouhtar
Bey: the Ambassador of Germany
and Frau Won Prittwitz und Gaffron.
the japanese Ambassador and Nine.
Debuchi. the Minister of Portugal and
Viscountess d'Alte, the Minister of
Uruguay and Nine. Varela. the Minister
of Switzerland and Nine. Peter, the
Minister of Finland, Mr. AXel Leonard
Astrom; the Minister of Greece and
Nine. Simopoulos. the Minister of Aus
tria and Nine. Prochnik, the Minister
of Bulgaria and Nine. Radeff, the
Minister of Sweden and Mime. Bostrom,
the Minister of Venezuela and Sonora
de Grisanti the Minister of the Domini-
can Republic and Sonora de Morales,
the Minister of Albania, Mr.. Faik Ko-
nitza the Minister Of Persia, Mira
Davoud Khan Meftah; the Minister of
Canada and Mrs. Massey, the Minister
of the Netherlands and Nine. van
Royen, the Minister of Norway and
Nine. Bacllke, the Minister of Guate-
mala and Sonora de Recinos, the Min
lister of Bolivia and Sonora de Diez de
Medi@a, the Minister of Costa Rica,
Senior Don Manuel Castro Quesada;
the Minister of Lithuania, Mr.. Bronius