The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Dinner Given
In Honor of
Delegates
Solicitor General ThaCher Is
Host to Guests Of Ameri-
can Bar Association

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Festivities for the guests Of
the American Bar Association,
now in Washington as the eli
max of their visit to this coun-
try, were entertained at dinner
last evening at the Pan-Ameri-
caan Union, tt omas d.
'Thacher, solicitor general, filling
the role Of host in the absence
of Attorney General Mitchell,
who sponsored the dinner.
Punch TOastS
In recognition Of the inter
national importance Of the
event, toasts were drunk = in
fruit punch-to the President
of the United States, the King
of England and the President
of France. The British Ambas-
sador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, was
a guest at the dinner, as vas
also the Charge d'Affaires OF
France, Jules Henry; the
Charge d'Affaires Of Canada,
Hume Wrong, and the Charge
d'Affaires of the Irish Free
State, William j. B. Macauley.
The Secretary Of State and
Mrs. StimSon were in the COM
pany Of American officials
asked to meet the distinguished
visitors from overseas, as were
Justice Willis Van Devanter,
Justice and Mrs. Pierce Butler.
and the Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral,' with their wives.
Broadcast
The program was broadcast
over q national hook-up and
sent out over a short wave
length in order that the address
of Sir william Jowitt, attorney
general of Great Britain, might
be rebroadcast in England. This
was the principal speech Of
the evening, addresses also be-
ing made by M. Henri Decugis,
distinguished French barrister,
and John Lord O'Brian. assis-
tant to the attorney general.
Josiah Marvel, newly elected
president of the American Bar
Association, spoke a word Of
greeting, following a brief vel
come by Col. j. Miller Kenyon,
president of the District Of Co
lumbia Bar Association, Mr..
and Mrs. Marvel came from
Chicago, after attending the
meeting of the Bar Association,
to take part. in the entertain
ing in Washington for the for
eign visitors.
Lawyer and Baritone
In the course Of the dinner,
Major Charles Trowbridge Tit
mann, a lawyer by vocation
and a musician by avocation,
sang French, Scotch and Irish
songs, with The Road to Man
dalay" chosen in compliment
to the British guests. There
was music by the Marine Band.
which also played for informal
dancing, following the dinner.
The guests were seated at
small tables, with the lords Of
appeal and judges of the high
court Of Great Britain among
those at the speakers table.
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Countess Felicia Gizycka and
Miss Eleanor Hard are at the
Weylin, New York.
Gables News
Mrs. Ernest Julian Mott Of
San Francisco, who is now in
China, has cabled friends and
relatives here announcing the
marriage on August 16 in Hong
Kong, China. of her daughter,
Miss Marjorie Mott, to David
C. Berger, American Consul in
Swatow.
The bride was graduated from
Miss Ransom'S School in Pied
mont, Calf, and later studied
at the University Of Califor-
mia. Her mother is vice presi-
dent of the Board of Educa-
ton in San Francisco and is
former California regional di-
rector of the League of Wo-
men Voters. Mr.. Berger, who
is a native of Virginia, went to
Roanoke College in Salem, Va.
and later to Georgetown Uni
versity here, where he studied
for the foreign service. Later
he studied at the Language
School in Pekin.
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