Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1929, Page 54

D) & Dr. Skalicky Arrives Here to Accept Post In Country's Service Counselor of Czechoslavian Legation Brings Bride to Capital—Attache a Leader Among Home patrif)ta. Dr. Jan Skalicky, who has succeeded M. Jaroslav Lipa as counselor of the Ceechoslovakian legation - within the past 10 days, is accompanied to' Wash- ington by his bride, whom he married in late November. Mme. Skalicky is & Chicagoan, though born of Bohemian parents, who had sought a better fate in the Lake City, and who, like so many of that race, have prospered there. She ‘was before her marriage, which oceur- red in Prague the end of last Novem- ber, Miss Blanche Chmellk, and she is the daughter of Dr. Joseph Chmelik, formerly of Chicago, but now living in Jaliet. The romance has threads leading back to the counselor's student days, when, in 1914, he was pursuing gradu- ate studies in the University of Paris, preparing through historical and phil- osophical research for the teaching pro- fession, perhaps on the staff “l his alma mater, the venerable Unibersity of Prague, Mme. Skalicky does not, how- ever, enter the scene at this juncture, for she was, when war convulsed all of Europe and nearly all the world, pursuing her studies in the primary grades of Chicago schools. She is in her early twenties, and will soon take her place among the accepted beauties of the corps as one of its most talented members. Dr. Skalicky spent many months in Paris at intervals from 1914 until 1919, when Bohemia, happily free, began the organization of the present republic. But the young student used every vaca- tion to hasten back to the Seine to con- tinue the courses interrupted by the war and afterward by his obvious obli- gations to his country. ¢ Meets American Girl Who Becomes His Bride. In 1027 when on one of these Summer visits to Paris, he met a lovely young American of Bohemian parent- age, who was training her voice for the operatic stage. It may be surmised that the diplomat had to use his art in the most subtle way to induce this lady, for whom the most critical of Pa teachers predicted a great career, to renounce all for love. But last Autumn e suceeeded and the then Miss Blanche Chmelik yielded assent and it being im- possible for Dr: Skalicky to go to her home in Joliet, Ill, she compromised by having a most quiet wedding in Prague. Although content in her new Vocation, Mme. Skalicky has not given up her carcer. She will continue her vocal training here and in New York and no doubt Washington will have the pleasure of hearing her in concert. Dr. Skalicky was one of the brilliant young intellectuals, and he became convinced that the awful catastrophe of 1914 offered the long-sought oppor- tunity for the subject races of Europe . to proclaim thelr freedom. He &t once joined the Bohemian committee in Paris and as early as October, 1914, a group of earnest young men was con- centrating all their efforts cn selzing this opportunity. Group Joins Army To Fight for Allies. In the opening days of 1915, this group was fully organized by Dr. Ed- ward Benes, who is esteemed with Dr. Tomas Masaryk as co-founder of the Czechoslovakian republic. All of these students joined the army later in the war and fought valiantly for the allled cause. Dr. Skalicky who is a prolific writer, has published some accounts of these experiences and he has also written, in most_beautiful language, a running ac- count of the adventures and death of one of his closest friends. This work has been highly prized by Iiterary crities. From 1918-19 he was secretary to Dr. Benes in the conferences of Paris and then accompanied that states- ‘man to Prague where ever since he has been connected with the foreign office. This is his first foreign appointment in the diplomatic service and it is also the first it to_his wife's native land. He plans when he has become familiarized with, duties at the legation to ac- company his wife to Illinois and meet h}g kindred and incidentally to study 1] large and prosperous colony of ‘Béhemians, Slovaks and Moravians in residence, not only in Chicago, but in many parts of Illinois. Dr. and Mme. Skalicky were for a few days at Wardman Park Hotel, but they have removed to a home at 3107 Cathedral avenue, where the dominating room will be the music studio where Mme. Skalicky intends to pursue her musical studies as in Peris. EEITma Card Party to Raise Fund In Church Restoration A benefit card party will be given Wednesday evening in the schoolrooms of St. Dominic’s for the benefit of the restoration fund of the church, visited by a disastrous fire late in February. Preparations are being made to care for a e number of former parishioners as well as those now connected with the urch. A partial list of patron and patron- esses for the benefit is hemd,gy. Rev. J. A, Cowan, O. P., acting pastor, and includes Rev. F. D, Newman, O. P., as- sistant; Rev. Francis X. Cavanaugh, Mr. Joseph T. Fitzgerald. chairman of the general committee; Mr. Bernard T. Fitzgerald, chairman of entertainment; Mr. Joseph P. Burke, Mr. Thomas E. Cranston, Miss Mamie E. OCullinane, Mr. Joseph A. Dant, Mr. Maurice F. Flynn, Mr. Thomas K. Gallaher, Mrs. Stephen Gatti, Mrs, E. J. Liston and daughter, Mrs. John J. Madden, Miss May M. Marsden, Miss Regina A. Mars- den, Mrs. M. E. Marsden, Miss Eleanor Messina, Mr. Edward L. Pope, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Rich, Mrs. D. A. Sheehan, Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Stephenson, Miss Walter Mary and Miss Margaret Walter and Mrs. Alma Wimsatt. There will be prizes for each table and a door prize. Mrs. Hoover énteflnined By University Woment} Mrs. Hoover was guest at tea of the American _Asociation -of University Womenfl of which she has long been & member, on Wednesday, April 10. At the tea tomorrow afternoon Mr. tell of the Federal Prison for Alderson, W. Va. Mrs, Harry O. e, Miss Fanny E. Barnett, Mrs. N. D. Par- ham and Dr. E. L. Kress will preside at the tea table. Dr. Ellen Gleditch, president of the International Federation of -University ‘Women and member of the faculty of Oslo ‘University, is a guest at the club- house and will be honored by a luncheon Tuesday and a dinnér Wednesday pm., for which members may reservations for themselves and guests: Mrs. Gann to Head Line ‘ At Hunt Ball-Breakfast Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister and hostess of Vice President Curtis, ;‘H Upper left: Mrs. Herbert Marler, wife of the Canadian Minister to Japan, Senora de ¥nsfran, whose husband, Senor Don Pableo Max ¥nsfran, is the new charge d'affaires of of the British embassy, a frequent hosiess at her home, 1529 New Hampshire avenue, Lower at the Fairfax Apartments. Schedule of Guests At Authors’ Breakfast Among the out-of-town Pen Women who were present at the authors break- fast of the National League of Ameri- can Pen Women Friday were Mrs. Mar- garet Scruugs of Carruth of Dallas, Tex., national auditor, who had with her a number of guests; Mrs. Elizabeth Seymour Zimmerman of Baltimore, na- tional librarian; Mrs. John H. Jepson of Minneapolis, president of the Min- nesota branch; Mrs. Rachel M. Wilson, Mrs. Lilla Wood Daniels and Mrs. D. E. N. Southworth, the work , E. of Coralee Maxwell, which is to be| laced in the new ciubhouse of the league and which was on exhibition at; the breakfast. Mrs, Spaulding Evans, State vice president for Western New York, was present, as were Mrs. Rufus Allen of Waynesville, N. C.; Mrs. Kate e Penney of Alabama, Mrs. John at'7 F..Sippel of Baltimore, president of the make | =—————— Opposite the Library of Congress | ‘The Ugly Duckling Tea House 115 B St. S.E. THE BEST 75¢ DINNER ' in the City A La Carte at All Times Closed Sundsys THE General Federation of Women's Clubs, who was with the Baltimore delégation which filled two tables. Others from out of town were Miss Agnes Porter of New. York, Mrs. Edith M. Wallace of Seattle, Mrs. Alfred Franklin Smith of Tennesee, Mrs, Ed- ward Thurman Smith of St. Louis, Mrs. Charles Neil Jewett of St. Louis, Mrs. Margaret Codd of Buffalo, Mrs, Edith McClure Patterson of Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Shirley B. Watt of Connecticut, Mrs. Cora Phebe Mullin of Omaha, Mrs, Pearl Adams of New York City, whose songs are to be heard at the Congressional Club on Sunday; Mrs. Mary McK. Johnson of Parkersburg, Gordon’s Modish Hosiery with the mew Cuban beel, s petite and dainty as an evening sipper and yel marvelous for walking, sbopping.or for dress. Suntaw, Creole Brown end Dull Mat Black Kids laid with the finest of and beantifully piped. Styder@ Litle SUNDAY STAR,, WASHINGTO. PHOTOS BY YNOERWOQD W. Va.; Mrs. John W. Phillips and Mrs. Marianne Genet of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Frederick Bishop ol Wolloston, Mass.. Miss Elna Martin, president of the Dallas, Tex., branch, and Mrs. Marga- rette Ball Dickson of Vsl&tfllo Univer- sity and president of the Huron, S. Dak,, branch. Idsho Society Planning Reception and Ball The Idaho State Soclety will give a Spriny reuxfinn and ball at Meridian Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth street, Thurs- | day evening. ‘This will likely be the/ “Luxurious Economy” Beautiful Ties Beige, oo gemuine 'ffl‘" $13.50 y. Lower left: INCORPORATED iable Shoes.and Hesi DQS 1211 l?h'o%tr.eet 5 and with him s guest at the Japanese embassy and the Canadian fegation while visiting in Washington. Up Paragua; Mrs, T. C. Hetherington, wife of Wing Comdr. Hetherington, right: Mrs. Harry A. 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