Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1926, Page 45

INDERW 00D. Miss DIANA CUMMING, has rejomed hey gs.rcw‘os' Dr.and Mus, Hugh éummmg.a, tey passing several montis abroad The President’s Cabinet Members Remaining Here Enjoy Informal Life Three Cabinet Officials and Their Wives Remain to Lend Official Interest—Swimming at Navy Yard Furnishes Timely Sport. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. HILE the last days of July are fruitless of big social affairs, Washington is really in the throes of one of its most inter- esting phases when the few remaining officials are met on a more intimate basis, and even the dean of the diplomatic corps, Senor Riano, Ambassador of Spain, and the Secretary of State, Mr. Kellogg, have time to stop along the street for a few minutes of intimate conversa- tion. HERE is quite an interesting contingent of diplomats and their wives remaining in town te lend zest at country clubs, at hotels and other | places and one meets them so informally. For instance, in looking across the table at a White House state dinner in midseason one could not vision the higher diplomats emerging dripping wet and smiling from one of the various private pools open to them, or meet a belle of the same set lounging in the sunlight to “dry off,” had you not actually seen them so with your own eyes. It is a close-up that only Summer time in Wash- ington can reveal. ANY American women marrying into the diplomatic corps cease to to be at all American and even some of those who merely dine or mingle with the foreigners take on a strong touch of un-Americanism. Senora de Riano, wife of the Spanish Ambassador, however, has ndver | changed in the least and to Washington she is still the Alice Ward, grand- | daughter of the stately old dowager, Mrs. Titian Coffee, who strolled through the walks and drives of Rock Creek Park with her lover, Senor Riano, then secretary of the Spanish legation, so many years ago. With various of her pets from her fine kennels rushing at her heels—or almost under her feet—as she takes them for their daily constitutional on Six- teenth street, she has become a familiar figure along the fashionable highway. Today she will leave the Capital for her annual visit to York Harbor, Me. AGAIN referring to the informality of events, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg, the Postmaster General and Mrs. New and the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Hoover are enjoying the unofficial sea- son to the fullest extent. They entertain guests quite informally on the terraces or gardens of their homes and spend the morning. and eve- ning hours outdoors. Though the delightful home of the Secretary and Mrs. Hoover is quite within the close city environs, they too enjoy the shelter of forest trees, a lovely garden and there are delightful terraces so situated as to give them great privacy. THERE are constant changes of abode taking place in the cabinet, how- ever, and even as Dr. Hubert Work, Secretary of Interior, retirns to the Capital, the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy depart. Even though official duties may take the keen edge of pleasure off the trip of Secretary Wilbur, who is bound for Alaska, it yet sounds—in this superheated atmosphere—exceedingly refreshing and cool. And these xfficial Itrivs are so wel' planned. What better place than Alaska in August ' FASHIO.\'ABLE folk. those who are in official life and who expect to later join Washington's large population of ex-officials, are looking to establish homes far out of the business zone. Gossip has it that the Speaker and Mrs. Gillett will later change from the restricted zone on Eighteentl street to Observatory Hill, where Mrs. Mary Roberts Rine- hart has also bought property. The British embassy and the Czecho- slovakian legation are among the many drawing cards in that direction. WITH the yachting races on all along the North Shore, and polo as a favored sport on Long Island and at all the fashionable country clubs, it sounds tame enough to mention the swimming parties at the navy vard, but they are really delightful events and more free from uninvited audience than the swimming pool at Wardman Park Hotel, that at Chevy Chase Club or the Columbia Country Club, and so far photographers have | not thought of “snapping” the hroes of war as:they come up from the depths of the Potomac and splash around “just for fun.” Changes of Service Folk Interest Society Albert C. Dalton, will leave early next week to visit her sister, Mrs. Francis Rigdon Berry, .in her home at New The Secretary of War, Mr. Dwight F. Davis, is spending Sunday with Mrs. Davis and their children at Tles- bero, Dark Harbor, Me., after review- ing the troops at Fort Ethan Allan truning camp yesterday afternoon. Admiral and Mrs. Edward W. Fhberle have with them over the week end their son. Lieut. Edward Ran- dolph Eberle, U. S. N,, who has been at Hampton Roads for 10 days. Lieut. Fberle will go to Philadelphia. tomor- row for a week and will then join Mrs. Eberle and their children on Narragansett Bay for the month of August. Admiral and Mrs. Eberle are re- maining in town, the admiral being the acting head of the Navy Depart. ment during the absence of the Sec- retary, Mr. Wilbur, and the Assistan . Mr. Robinson. . Mrs. Daltomy, wife of Brig. Gen. ' Rochelle, N. Y. Mrs. Dalton will spend the month of August making a series of visits on Long Island and in New York State and return to Washington the first of‘September. Gen. Dalton will join her for the week ends as fre- | quently as possivte. Capt. Adolphus Staton, U. S. N, and Mrs. Station are established in the house at 3420 Garfield street, which was formerly occupied by Maj. and Mrs. Emory 8. Adams, who are now at their new station in Utah. Capt. and Mrs. T. E. Patteson left Washington & short time ago and sailed aboard the S. S. Chatham from Baltimore Friday for an indefinite stay in New England. Lieut. and Mrs. Henry J. Hunt, jr., and their daughter Mary Elizabeth' will sail from New York Wednesday for Manila, going by way of the Panama Canal. Lieut. Hunt has been transferred to Manila for duty. Miss RuTH WILLIAMS, Georde Washuing toxu Univérgity graduates, now with her par ents Repredent- ative anol Mxe Williams of Illinois BACHRACH. M. Faik Konitza Is Firs; Minister From Albania | To American Capital’ Bachelor Possessing Varied Qualifications for His Official Duties. M. Faik Konitza, who has recently arrived in Washington as the first Minister from the repubyc of Albania, WL NOL ¥eeK o distlio the Presi- dent’s vacation by Jjourneying to White Pine Camp to present his cre- dentials, but will await the return of the Chief Magistrate in the Autumn. He has been recelved by the Secre- tary of State and is now engaged in getting his office in readiness for diplo- matic work. With the addition of Al- bania to the list of countries holding friendly relations with the Govern- ment at Washington, there may now be counted 53 heads of missions and a corps which numbers almost 500 in- dividual members. The Albanian Min- ister is a bachelor, and he does not anticipate establishing a home, at least for the.present. He will con- tinue to reside at the Willard, but in the contingency of his being joined by his sister and niece, Mme. Hanum Konitza ~and Mlle. Iffet Hanum Konitza, he will take a house. He has no staff at present, but in the Autumn he expects a secretary and perhaps an-attache from the foreign office in Tirana, now the capital of the republic, Until two centuries ago Durazzo, the Roman Dyrrachium, was the capital of the country. This renowned city is now the Summer residence of the President. M. Konitza comes to Washington almost as an old friend. In 1909, when Albania began active preparations to separate from Turkey, he spent three years in this country, and made fre- quent visits to Washington. He had headquarters in New York, and from that point delivered a series of lec- tures and ‘met various leading citi-’ zens in every section, all in behalf of the independence of his country. In 1912 M. Konitza returned to his coun- try and took part in the revolution which resulted in Albanian freedom and the placing of Prince William ‘Wied on the throne. It was in that year that he took & post-graduate course at Harvard, receiving his mas- ter of arts degree. He came again in 1921, and gathering much data and rallying many important forces to his ajd, he was a powerful factor in the ]t:chlmlng of the republic. Using the French language as his medium, the Minister published the Albanian Journal in Brussels, as an organ to assist in establishing the republic. Al- la has now its first President, Achmed Zogou, a fine executive, who had a heroic record in the struggle (Continued on Seventh - Mogst - JoHN LEWIS EDWARDS, with herdaughter, Mrs.JOUNE PARKER. al andl wm John EParkerdr rotheyAn-law ?sg.ev of At : v Miss ngis Eg'%ifigé riends. d’%‘é@v’tfifidsaff"“wme.smpmv Springs. Diplomats Are Leaving Capital for Resorts Senorade Riax_m Leaving for Annual Visitin Maine. Brazilian Ambassador on Motor Trips—Min- ister of Norway Leaves for Mountains. Senora de Riano, wife of the Am- bassador of Spain, will start today for York Harbor, Me., to spend the month of August with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Chandler P. An- derson, in their Summer home there. The Ambassador of France and Mme. Berenger will go at the end of this week from Paris to Arcachron for the month of August. The Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor S. Gurgel do Amaral, is spending some time motoring through the country. The Minister of Norway and Mme. Bryn and their family will leave this morning for Skyland, Va., where they have taken a cottage at Stony Man Camp. \ The Minister of Guatemala and Senora de Sanchez Latour have post- poned the trip they had planned to take to Bedford Springs, Pa. The Minister of Czechoslovakia, Dr. Fierlinger, will leave tomorrow for ‘Willlamstown, Mass,, to attend the Institute of Politics at Willlams Col- lege. The Minister will be absent a month, ‘The Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr. Timothy A..Smiddy, sailed yesterday aboard the Laconia for a month’s stay in Ireland. Mrs. Smiddy and- thelr daughters will remain in thelr nt at Wardman Park Hotel until his return. The first secretary of the legation, Mr. William J. B. Macaulay, will be chagge d'affaires during the Minister’s absence. The Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik, accompanied by the latter's sister, Miss Violet James, of Boston, have returned from a short motor trip to nearby resorts. The Minisger of Panama, Senor Don Ricardo J. Alfaro, who has been in his home on vacation, is expected to re- turn tomorrow. Senor Alfaro is re- turning as special commissioner and is accompanied by Dr. Morales and Senor Eugene J. Chevaller, also spe- cial commissioners. Senor Chevalier is a brother of Semor Don Juan B. Chevalier, who is secretary of the legation and was charge d'affaires during the absence of the Minister. The Minister of Lithuania, Mr. Kazys Bizauskas, is spending the week end motoring in Pennsylvania and New York State. The charge d’affaires of Rumania, Mr. Radu T. Djuvara, is spending a short time in New York. The counselor of the Japanese em- bassy, Mr. Setsuzo Sawada, is with Mme. Sawada in Cape May for a short time, where she is established for the Summer. Mr. Sawada will retus tomorrow, having gome there Wed- nesday. , The secretary of the Chilean em- bassy, Senor Don- Benjamin Cohen, (Continued on Sixth Page.) i toxo, ter and Min - via aunol Mwme. Prochnik Weddings This Month, Both In and Out of the Capitdl, Call for Notice Service Marriages Here and in Other Cities of Special Importance. Capt. David V. Chadwick, United States Navy, and Mrs. Chadwick, for- mer resident. of Washington, now stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, have announced the marriage of their daughter, Ellynor Dering, to Ensign Edward Evans Gminder, U. 8. N., Sunday, July 18. The ceremony was performed at 1 p.m. by Chaplain More of the Brook- lyn Navy Yard, and was followed by a wedding breakfast at the quarters of Capt. and Mrs. Chadwick. The house was decorated with pink gladio- lus, and a color scheme of white and silver was carried out in the table decorations. The bride wore a gown of white georgétte made simply with rows of shirring on the skirt, the only trim- ming being a collar of duchess lace. She wore a large hat of white horse- hair braid with a white velvet band, and carried bride roses. Miss Julia_Plunkett, daughter of Admiral and Mrs. Plunkett, was maid of honor, and wore a tunic frock of beige lace and georgette over peach- color satin. Her hat was of halr braid, in tones of peach and beige, and she carried sunburst roses. Mr..Frank Lyon was best man for Ensign Gminder. Ensign and Mrs. Gminder will be at home with Capt. and Mrs. Chadwick at the Brooklyn Navy Yard until the departure of Ensign Gminder’s ship. The marriage ‘of Miss Kathleen M. Newman of this city to Mr. Clarence A. Robinette of Chattanooga, Tenn., took place Wednesday, July 21, at noon, at the home of the bride’s.par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard 8. New- man, in Wilder, Vt. Mr. and Mrs. Robinette will be at home after Au- gust 1 at 35 Willlamg lane, Chevy Chase, Md. _ The marriage of Miss Laura Re- bekah MacDanlel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. MacDaniel of Military road, to Mr. Joseph Franklin Eshel- man took place Saturday, July 17, at 12 o'clock noon at the Church of the Transfiguration, Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., the Rev, Tufft of Washington officiating. carried a bouquet of orchids and lilies of the valley. Miss sCarolyn Eshelman, sister of the bridegroom, and Mr. Thomas F. (Continued on Sixth Page.) « BACHRACH. M183 ELIZABETH BETHEL in Washing ton with her paveris Gen. and MysBethel. Members of Congress Seek European Travel Senator and Mrs. Underwood Sailing for Europe. Senator Harrison and Others of Upper House Also Leaving for Trips Abroad. Senator and Mrs. Oscar W. Under- wood have closed Woodlawn, their his- torical estate in Virginia, and have sailed to spend some months in Eu- rope. They will visit several of the famous spas. Senator Pat Harrison, who has paid a visit to the Gulf Coast since the close of Congress, will go to New York Friday, preparatory to sailing for Eu- rope. He is a member of the Inter- parliamentary Unlon, which meets August 3 in Geneva. He wil be gone for two months. Mrs, Harrison and other members of their family, Catherine, Marianna and Pat, jr., who are still in their home on Cathedral avenue, will go to Mississipp! in about a week's time, thaking the trip by motor. Senator Hubert D. Stephens, who left Washington about a week ago, will speak at Lake, Miss., on_August 4, on the occasion of the Patrons’ Union. He also will be guest of honor at a luncheon of the Mid-Day Club in Meridian, Miss., on August 5. Representative and Mrs. Fred A. Britten will close their apartment at ‘Wardman Park Hotel the end of this week and go to New York prepara- tory to salling Sunday, August 1. aboard the Leviathan for Europe. Mr. and Mrs. F. Lemont Belin will return tomorrow from Waverly, Pa., where they have been for a week or ten days. ‘The alien property custodian and Mrs. Howard Sutherland have as their guests over Sunday Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bowers of Elkins, W. Va. Mrs. Sutherland returned Friday from Elkins, where she has been the guest of Mrs. Arthur Lee in her home, Gracelands, for a fortnight. Mr. and Mrs. Rutland Duckett Beard of 4708 Chevy Chase boulevard and their family left Washington yes- terday for a motor trip to Minneapolis, where they will visit Mrs. Beard's mother, Mrs. Arthur M. Ingham. They will be absent for a month. Mr. and Mrs. George Hillyer closed their apartment at the Woodward yes- terday and left for New Orleans, where they will join “the Old Guard"” of Atlanta, Ga., for a cruise in the Caribbean Sea. They will sail Tues- day and will visit Panama, being ab- sent’ for about three weeks. . Mrs. Marion J. Bogley, accompanied by her niece, Miss Leona Rabbitt, left last week for San Juan, Porto Rico, for an indefinite visit with Miss Mar- garet Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. C. Patterson. of this city. Mrs. Judson C. Clements, wife of the late Judge Clements of the In- terstate Commerce Commission, and her daughters, the Misses Clements, who were recently in Paris and Lon- don, are now in Italy to remain for some time. They will return to Wash- ington in September. ‘The Rev. Dr. George F. Dudley and Mrs. Dudley will be at the Hotel Preston, Atlantic City, during the whole of next month. Mr. Louis V. Woulfe, who is on a hiking trip through Pennsylvania, ‘was at Greensburg Friday after walk- ing 225 miles in 10 days. He will visit in Pittsburgh and return to Washing- ton by way of Harrisburg. Miss Kate Webster and Miss Lucy ‘Webster of Jersey City, who are well known in Washington, have closed their home in Jersey City and are at the Montvale in the Ramapo Moun- tains for the Summer and Autumn. Miss Virginia Hume left yesterday for St. Louls, where she wil be the guest for several weeks of Miss Eppes Hawes in the home of her par- ents, Representative and Mrs. Harry wes. . Hawes. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wardman and their daughter, Miss Helen Wardman, who arrived in New York last week from Europe, will be in Washington for a few days before going to. Hot Springs, Va., for the remainder of the Summer. Mrs.-James E. Alexander and her daughters, Miss Carolyn Alexander and Miss Betty Alexander, will go early next week to Bay Head, N. J., for the month. Mis. Rosyell Skeel, who has been touring in Europe for six months, is now in the Republic of San Marino Mr. John Stuart Thomson is spend- ing the Summer season in the Ra- mapo Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Harrls Wallace are at the Ritz-Carlton, Montreal. In August they will leave for a trip down the St. Lawrence and will spend a week at the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, before returning to Washing- ton. Mrs. John L. Scheidemen, with John Scheidemen, jr., wife and son of Chief Boatswain Scheideman, now sta- tioned at Port au Prince, Haiti, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan at their home on Tenth street south- east. Dr. and Mrs. F. Vernon Atkinson have returned to their home in the Arundel from a month's motor trip, going as far north as Canada, visiting Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Que- bec. Mrs. M. C. Rosenfeld and children have refurned to their home in Miami, Fla., after a seven-week stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max S. Rosen- thal of Chevy Chase. Mis Nathalie Rosenthal is in Miami for two months as the guest of her sister and brother- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Rosenfeld Leonore and Helen Rosenthal of nteenth street are at Camp Buena l\«'lsta for the Summer. Betrothals of Locai Girls Announced Today Mr. and Mrs. Martin Henry Schmid of Canton, Ohio, have announced the engagement of the former's sister, Miss Etta H. Schmid of Washington, to Mr. Charles Glen Wells, son of Mrs. John Javins of this city. The an- nouncement was made Saturday eve- ning, July 17, at a dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. George C. Reiter in Canton. Miss Schmid is a cultivated musician and spends a_portion of each Summer with her brother and sister-in-law in Canton. Mr. Schmid formerly lived in Washington, and Mrs. Schmid is the daughter of the late Mrs. Austin M. Brant, who until her death was national chairman of the Caroline Scott Harrison memorial committee of the N. S. D. A. R. Mrs. Frank Ginechesl of Chevy Chase, Md., announces the engage- ment of her daughter Mary Rose to Mr. Arthur R, Pllkerton of Washing- ton. The wedding will take place next month. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Mattimore announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Elizabeth to Mr. Clement R. Brown of Grand Rapids, Mich. The wedding will take place in the Autumn. Mr. Brown is a graduate of the University of Michigan in the class of 1924, and took the degree of master of sclence from the Catholie University in June, 1926. Mr. and Mrs. George Frederick ‘Warner announce the engagement of their daughter Grace Barringer to Mr. Kenneth Payne Craft of Reading, Pa. The wedding will take place in , September. Colombian Diplomats JHonor Guests at Lunch Mr. and Mrs. Bduardo Santos of Bogota, Colombia, who have been at the Mayflower for some time, enter- tained at lunch there today in compli- ment to the Minister of Columbla and Senora_de Olaya. Their other guests were Dr. Alfonso Robledo, former minister of finance of Colombia and Senora. de Robledo, and Senor Jose M. Coronada, secretary of the Colomblan legation, and Senora de Coronado, his mother. Dr. Santos is editor of El Tempo, one of the most important papers in the Colombian capital. Luncheon and Bridge For Bride of August 4 Miss Anita McCord and Miss Hazel Bayne entertained at luncheon and bridge at the Lee House yesterday in honor of Miss Mary Leftwich flya - lings, whose marriage to Mr. John Sumner Wood will take place August 4.