Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-12
Senior and Senhora
Chermont Welcomed
In Diplomatic Circle
Second Secretary of Brazil
ian Embassy, Son of Amer
lean Mother. Spent Boy
hood Days in Washington.

One of the most interesting recent
arrivals in the diplomatic corps Ia the
second secretary OF the Brazilian en-
bassy, Senior Jayne Sloan Chermont.
who spent part Of his boyhood in Wash
ington and who is a son OF we'll known
Helen Sloan. a conspicuous hostess in
the Brazilian embassy In the early l900s
when DR.. Joachim Nabuco was Ambas-
sador The secretary OF the Brazilian
embassy is beginning his diplomatic ca
reer in the same rank as his father.
Senior E. Leite Chermont, his father
now serving his country as Minister 10
The Netherlands.
The elder Chermont, q member Of a
distinguished family of Rio with q far
reaching tradition In the public service
Of the empire as well as of the republic,
selected the consular service then a
distinct branch from diplomacy proper.
and was first sent to Baltimore as vice
consul. 1t was while in Washington's
neighboring city that he met and mar
ried Miss Sloan, a daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sloan, jr. Soon
after the marriage, which occurred In
1897. Senior Chermont was transferred
to the diplomatic branch and after a
brief service in London was sent to
Washington as second secretary of the
embassy under DR.. Nabuco
This lamented poet and scholar, Dr.
Nabuco, was the FIRST Ambassador which
Rio de Janeiro sent to Washington and
the period 0905-1l was particularly
brilliant Senhora Chermont, the senior.
was among the most active Of the
younger matrons, particularly in the
group af1iliated with the Visitation Con-
vent Of Georgetown, where she had been
educated. She presided over a delight
full home on Eighteenth street near O
street and was celebrated among her
friends for her housewifely accomplish
ments. 1t was in London, to which
Senior Chermont was transferred. that
the second Chermont to serve in Wash
ington was born. In 1919 his father
returned to Washington and was for
few years counselor of the embassy,
when he was promoted as Minister from
Brazil to Toxic.
During the nomadic period which his
parents experienced in the next Is years
the present secretary was placed at
school near his mothers former home
and it was at the Gilman Country
School in Roland Park that he was
prepared for college. He studied at
the National University in the Brazilian
capital, an institution which had
prosperous career under the empire as
San Pedro College.
Senior Chermont was married two
years ago to Senhorita Zaide de Mello-
Franco, daughter Of q distinguished
jurist of Rio, DR.. Afronio de Mello-
Franco, who represented Brazil on the
Supreme Council Of the League Of Ma
tons at Geneva. She has accompanied
her husband to Washington.
Senior and Senhora Chermont are
at present residing In the Mayfiower,
but they are devoting their leisure to
finding a suitable house or apartment
for housekeeping. Although as q new
conner Senior Chermont has been busily
engaged in the chancelry Of the en-
bassy. he has found time to renew
acquaintance with many whom he knew
in his boyhood and many who knew his
parents.