Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-14
Ambassador to Entertain for
ENJOYS of Gratitude
Tonight.
SPEAK OVER. COLUMBIA
RADIO CHAIN TOMORROW
Round of Social Engagements Faces
Girls Here to Thank U. 8.
for Quake Aid.

Japan's four young woman ENJOYS
OF gratitude to the United States ar
rived in Washington at l1:4O o'clock
this morning and tonight are to begin
a four-day whirl Of social ENGAGEMENTS
with an informal entertainment at the
japanese embassy by the Ambassador
and his family.
Tomorrow morning the Japanese
maidens will speak over the Columbia
Broadcasting System at 11:15 o'clock,
following which they will lunch with
the Japanese Ambassador.
A reception In their honor will be
given by the American Red Cross to-
morrow afternoon between 3 and S
O'Clock. Chairman John Barton PAYNE
Will preside and will welcome the young
wmen-the first OF their nation ever to
undertake such a mission to a foreign
country.
They are Miss KIM Ashino. Miss Sill
mlko Tokuda, Miss YoShiko Matsudaira
and Miss Keilko Nakamura. They are
chaperoned by Mrs. Toshiko Matsudaira
q sister OF the former Ambassador to
washington and mother Of one of the
young women. H. Yokayama Of the
Japanese newspaper Fiji Shimpo Is &C
comparing the party which landed in
San Francisco April 2.
The ENJOYS were met at Union Sta
ton this morning by several members
OF the staff Of the Japanese embassy
and escorted to the Mayflower Hotel
where they registered. While in Wash
ington the young women will be chap
eroned by Mrs. John K. Caldwell.
kosaku Midzusawa and Kwan Yoshida
OF the embassy stan are handling ar
rangements here.
Wednesday Judge Payne will enter
tain at luncheon In honor of the en-
voys at his home, 1901 I street. His
guests will include Ambassador and
Mime. Debuchi, Mrs. Tashiko Matsu-
dalra and the i've ENJOYS, Mr.. Yoko-
yama, DR.. Stanley K. Hornbeck, Col.
well. Mrs. H. c. Corbin and Hideomi
MORT
Mrs. Lars Anderson will entertain the
young women later in the afternoon at
her home.
Expressing Gratitude.
The purpose Of the visit is to express
the gratitude Of the Japanese nation for
the assistance rendered at the time of
the great earthquake and fire Of 1928.
In the various cities visited the young
women are being rendered courtesieS
by the Red Cross chapters. It was
through the American Red Cross that
a fund of $4,000, 900 was contributed by
citizens Of the United States toward
japanese earthquake relief.
Japan has just celebrated a national
Thanksgiving, March 26 to %, COM
memorating the completion of a vast
program Of reconstruction. In the work
of rebuilding Toxic alone the Japanese
expended $350,000, 900.
Thursday, the last full day the en-
voys Will spend here, they will be en-
tertained at luncheon in the Mayfiower
Hotel by the Washington Chamber of
commerce, and a reception in their
honor will he held between and 6
o'clock the same day at the Young
Women'S Christian Association Build
ing. They are to leave Washington
Friday morning.
Woods to Receive Tuesday.
Cyrus e. Woods, attorney general of
pennsylvania, Ambassador to japan at
the time of the earthquake, will receive
with Judge Payne Tuesday afternoon,
together with the following members
OF the reception committee: Mai. Gen.
and Mrs. Merritte w. Ireland, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Charles E. Riggs.
Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, Solicitor General
and Mrs. Charles e. Hughes, jr.; Col.
and Mrs. Ernest p. BickneIl, Mr.. and
Mrs. James K. McClintock, Mr.. and
Mrs. James L. Fieser, Miss Isabel Cot
ton, Hon. and Mrs. Charles Macveagh,
Miss Clara D. Noyes, Miss Elizabeth @.
Fox, Miss Clyde B. Schuman. Mrs.
Isabelle w. Baker, Brig. Gen. and MIS-.
Frank r. Keefer, Mrs. Theodore w.
Richards and Hon. and Mrs. Lars An
derSon.
Japanese flags will be flown with
the American flag on the outside of
the American Red Cross Building and
Will be used for decoration in the as
sembly hall. Forty members of the
Junior Red Cross from District of Co.
lumbia Schools will greet the ENJOYS.
presenting flowers and souvenirs, and
members Of the various services of the
District OF Columbia Chapter will be
present, wearing the distinctive uni
forms Of their services. The Marine
orchestra win play. Judge Payne and
others OF the reception committee will
escort the young women over the Red
cross Building and through the
museum
May Meet Rescue Workers.
The delegation will have the oppor-
tunity to meet two American naval ON
GERS now on duty in Washington who
rendered yeoman service in conjunction
with the earthquake.
Lieut.. Comdr. Ellis M. Zacharias, now
in the Office of naval intelligence, NAVY
Department, in charge of the Far East
ern section, and Lieut.. T. j. Ryan, who
was awarded the Congressional Medal
of Honor for his ork, now on duty in
the Office Of the Judge advocate general
here, were at the time of the earth
quake attached to he,American embassy,
studying the Japanese language, and
were in Yokohama at the time Of the
earthquake.
Conndr. zacharias carried on rescue
work in Yokohama in the darkness, act
ing as liaison officer in the landing Of
supplies that arrived simultaneously
with the commander in-chief Of the
Asiatic fleet of the United States Navy
in Yokohama He assisted materially
in aiding the foreigners isolated in the
coast cities.
Lieut.. Ryan obtained the medal Of
honor for reScuing a woman from the
ruins Of the Grand Hotel in Yokohama,
while violent earthquake shocks were
in progress and fire was about to en-
velop the hotel.