Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1932, Page 40

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 17, 1932—PART THREE. Pen Portraits Senora Dona Maria de Sacasa BY PAULINE A. FREDERICK. Politieal exile and “First Lady” of Nicaragua, doctor’s sweetheart and | diplomat's wife are some of the ex- tremes in life that heve been fused into | one career by Senora Dona Maria de Bacasa Senora de Sacasa is hostess at the Nicaraguan legation. Rumor has it that she is one of the comeliest women to claim Nicaragua 8s her birthplace. And wh umor has whispered observa- tion confirms, for eyes and hair that have caught the rich brown of Autumn and hold it close to a snowy skin beget this little lady with the flashing smile @ host of admirers. If there is added to comeliness a de- Mghtful cordiality one arrives at a big reason why the legation is always full ng with guests. Senor de es with her family in shar- lity of her home with many friends. re is a special appeal to the din- h the Sasacas entertain t rier for Nicaraguan delicacies steaming hot from the Sacasa kitchen places on each menu. rice a la Valenciana,” ned. “It is made from chicken prepared with peas, peppers, tomatoes, onions and olives. Of course eggs and be: are served in every con- cefvable style “Nicaraguan beans differ from those prepared & la American,” she went on with a laugh, “all due respect, of course, ked variety. But the Nicara- has won many friends here merica. Senora de Sacasa does her own marketing. When old Center Market was in its heyday she religiously visited stall after stall, purchasing the tempt- ing foodstuffs displayed there. Now has gone the way of all struc- path of governmental Iding expansion she has found a new market for her shopping expeditions. And when the food arrives at the lega- | tion it is seized upon by a native cook who transforms it into delicious meals. Senora de Sacasa was born in Leon the largest city of Nicaragua. Doctors to figure prominently throughout for, in addition to marrying and acquiring a father-in- law in the same profession, her own father was a physician also. And her father, like Dr. Sacasa was later to do, | mingled medicine with politics and | diplomacy | The daughter of a father who took | active part the vigorously | tuating political life of Nicaragua estined to have plenty of excite- mei life. When the tide of his party popularity ebbed, her father | fled with his comrades into exile and | Senora de Sacasa went with him. | “Politics in Nicaragua is a thing of the heart and of the mind,” she ex- | claimed, “It brings forth an expres- | sion of emotion as well as rationaliza- | tion. This accounts to a large degree | for the strenuous measures which have | been adopted to gain office and hold it. When I was 14 we were forced to flee into exile in Salvador.” Exile at age sounds to the av- erage person like something created on the colorful pages of fiction, or a ven- ture to which crowned heads are some- | times forced to resort. Yet here was a pre little lady sitting complacently in a great armchair, calmly discussing such an event in her life as if it were | only an everyday occurrence like eating | (2 leeping. There was really no danger con- nected with our sojourn in Salvador,” | she said. “We lived amid peaceful sur- roundings, going about our daily rou- | tine much as we pleased. We were often showered with attentions and | hospitality of all kinds.” Yet one can imagine that there was & certain amount of anxiety and an expectant waiting for the change when Nicaragua could once more be entered with_safety After living for a time in Salvador, | the political exile's daughter returned to her native land for a visit. Dame | Fortune must have instigated the re- turn. Tt was at this time that the youthful Nicaraguan girl met Senor Dr. Juan B. Sacasa. Love soon be-| came stronger than the bonds of exile, for Dr. Sacasa followed the alluring senorita back to Salvador, where she became his bride. * o x % When Senora de Sacasa left Sal- | vador a second time for the Nicara- guan coast it was not as an exile re- turning fer a brief visit with friends, | but as the wife of & well known doctor | coming to her home. Not long after this her husband was elevated to the Vice Presidency of the republic, and | when he was later made Constitutional | President, she became the “Pirst| Lady” of Nicaragua, ‘But once again the old saying that history repeats itself was borne out. With the turn in fortunes of the Lib- eral party, Dr. Sacasa and his family were forced to seek exile in Guate mala, Here they remained for two years, and Senora Sacasa has noth- ing but pleasant memories of this ex- e because of the kindness and the Guatemalan people Moncada, in a free elec- President the Liberal once more in power and s were asked to return. was then offered the post the United States. araguan legation has the home of six in dition of his fore- the eldest child, is study- e at Georgetown University. his brother Roberto, who ye from Gonzaga branched off from gory, fof lo: on society last died with the at their on and Paris, 12, an ac- is at St Sacasa loves daug to tell a ter Gloria. oung,” Senora de t to the Convent X the Assumption in aragua, where, in addition to regu- school work, I studied painting, embroidery, and was instructed y religious faith. When I went o Salvador I took work in & convent same order. Thus I grew very id of the Nuns of the Assumption y in turn manifested an inter- me.” en after Senora de Sacasa finished years of study she often returned isit the nuns. She told them of children, and often took Carlos, to and Maria with her. That was before Gloria was born. One day the nuns told this devout rer she should have another child e might be two sons afid two r family. They pre- r fourth baby would be hat she would be born on the enough, when August 15 dawned, the day on which the Catholic Ch h commemorates the ascension of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, a new baby girl joined the Sacasa family circle. So great was the rejoicing among the nuns that they named her Gloria de Asuncion, or Glory of the Assumption. Thus was Gloria Sacasa born and named Senora de Sacasa then told how the nuns who had interested themselves in Gloria’s advent concerned themselves also with her education. When she was only 3 years old they made her a tiny nun's garb and took her often to the convent, where they taught her things & child of that tender age could grasp. When she was only 8 the moth a trav . =hus born and reared under the god-mother- ship of the Nuns of the Assumption. *x ¥ X % That Senora de Sacasa has even a moment for some sort of hobby seems almost incredible. With family and guests and social duties to occupy her time, one often wonders where her free moments are. But this diplomat’s wife admits that she has them tucked away somewhere among the 24 hours of each day. Else how could she ever do any of the reading and sewing which she manages somehow? When you speak of sewing to Senora Sacasa you speak to one who knows it as an art. Since the days when she first learned needlecraft in the convents she has been devoted to this pleasant - occupation. Although delicate embroid- eries often owe their creation to her deft needle, her skill is not expended on them alone. She makes beautiful | dresses for her own daughters as well as for a number of poor children. “I am very much interested in help- ing the unfortunate,” she said. “One of the best ways I can do this is to make them clothes. I can assure you there has been a great need for such articles since the destructive earthquake in Managua.” When it comes to reading, Senora de Sacasa can scarcely do enough for her own satisfacticn don't care for bridge,” she avows. “While others are busy with cards after dinner, I have a book near at hand to which I turn for my evening's enjoy ment.” Senora de Sacasa prefers the novel to any other type of literature. She reads French novels as readily as Eng- h. and mentioned Pierre Benoit's ‘Atlantide” as ccntaining many of the characteristics she likes in this type | of prose. . “I prefer the mnovel with the in- determinate ending,” she said, men- tioning a number of prize novels that have claimed her attention. “This type has suspense and leaves something for the imagination to toy with after it is finished. | In her enjoyment of literature Senora de Sacasa is ever mindful of the fact that her own Nicaragua was the birth- place of the greatest poet produced in Central America, Ruben Darjo. He it was who gave impetus to the romantic poetry of Spanish literature. Although he lived for a time in Paris and Spain, where his works were touched unmis tably by French influence, he returned | to his native land in 1916 to die. Dr. Sacasa and his brother-in-law attended the poet at the time of his death. x % kK Nicaragua is called the ‘treasure box' of Central America,” Senora de Sacasa declared, turning to a discussion | of her native land. | Then she told of the treasures which | are to be found in this little triangular | country, with its apex, the Conseguina Volcano, overlooking Fonesco Bay in the Pacific, and its base extending for about 300 miles along the Atlantic Coast be- Cape Gracias a Dios and San | del Norte. i “Nicaragua's first treasure is her beauty,” she said. Gorgeous tropical scenery in the lowlands, as well as the miles of coffee and sugar plantations, form a marked contrast to the majestic | volcanic peaks of the Cordilleras. The second treasure of Nicaragua lies in her products. From the almost | inexhaustible forests come _rubber, mahogany, cedar and pine. The pla- teaux provide generous pasturage for | the large number of cattle raised for their meat and hides. “In her mineral belts are found gold and other precious metals,” Senora de Sacasa pointed out. Some one has sald that because of her precious metal Nicaragua is a part of the bright golden wedge between two Americas. And yet there is still a third treasure in Nicaragua—her potential waterway. In 1916,” Senora de Sacasa recalled, “the Government of the United States purchased from the Nicaraguan gov- ernment for $3,000,000 an option to construct a canal through that coun- try at any time within the next 99 years to join the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. At the present time the United States Army Engineers are surveying ]the possible route this canal is to fol- jow.” Much of the groundwork for such a canal is already present in natural form, according to Senora de Sacasa. She pointed to the fact that the great lakes of Managua and Nicaragua al- ready penetrate the country from east to west. By extending the San Juan River to join these lakes an almost natural interoceanic canal would re- “Lake Nicaragua, the fourth largest in the world, is of such size that the whole United States’ fleet could be har- bored in it,” Senora de Sacasa observed. “Two islands in it are formed by vol- canoes.” * ox ok * t to proceed to Nicaragua's do- mestic situation. “One of the biggest problems facing my country today,” declared this en- voy's wife earnestly, “concerns the giv- ing of financial aid to those who lost everything in the great earthquake. The’ present administration is also de- voting every effort to the rebuilding of the capital city of Managua ““Another measure which Nicaragua is valiantly striving to carry out is the suppression of banditry in’the northern | provinces.” | This statement led to the perennial | question which has made more than one politician stutter in attempting to clear his stand on it—American inter- vention. But Senora de Sacasa ex- pressed her opinion regarding it with- out hesitancy or fear of being mis- quoted { “The United States Marines were very helpful in obtaining free and fair elections in my country,” she said in tribute to the conduct of the Yankee | cohorts, i If one chooses to adopt Senora de | Sacasa’s diplomatic attitude, one | reaches the inevitable conclusion that Uncle Sam has not been_the merciless Shylock he often has been painted. And at least that'’s what one would al like to believe about Nicaragua’s | earted relative. Washington Fo]kWAVtrtflend Leesburg Hunt-Breakfast LEESBURG, Va., January 16.—Mrs. Elsie Hempstone and Mrs. Clara S. Frye entertained at a smartly appointed hunt breakfast yesterday at 1 o’clock at the lovely country estate of Mrs. Frye, on the outskirts of Leesburg. The breakfast, to which members of the Loudoun Hunt and other guests were invited, followed the meet of the hounds. More than 100 guests filled the halls and drawing rooms of the home. Mrs. Hempstone and Mrs. Frye were lavish in their hospitality and days of the cld Southland were recalled as the guests gathered around the festive board. On the lawn, from which the hounds were cast earlier in the day, a colorful scenc was presented as riders in s moved about, with grooms helding rest- less horses, impatient for the signal to start the glunl. | From large verandas throngs ‘\'mv\'ed the animated ID!C!E?:{'C as plngk |and fleld streamed toward the haunt | of the fox. | Washington guests at the breakfast | included Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Rust, Mr. |and Mrs. P. A. Wilmere, Dr. and Mrs. | William T. Davis, Misses Joy Hansel and Anna T. Hedrick, Mr. W. W. Chamblin, jr.; Mr. H. T. Cole and Mr. R. Councilman. \ During the tour of the Abbey Theater compeny in the United States the Ab- \b—y eater in Dublin, Irish Free State, is giving special performances on Sun- day nights only, the first being Yeats' of the Bones,” which arlet : Members of Congxess Guests of Carolinians The South Caroljna Soclety of Wash- ington has completed plans for a recep- tion and dance in honor of the congres- sional delegation to be held at the Shoreham Hotel, Wednesday, January 20. Among those who will attend are Senator and Mrs. Ellison D. Smith, Senator and Mrs. James F. Byrnes, Representative and Mrs. Thomas S McMillan, first district: Representative and Mrs. Butler B. Hare, second dis- trict; Representative and Mrs. Fred H. Dominick, third district; Representative and Mrs. John J. McSwain, fourth dis- trict; Representative and Mrs. William F. Stevenson, fifth district; Representa- tive and Mrs. Allard H. Gasque, sixth| district; Representative and ~Mrs. | Hampton P. Fulmer, seventh district. In ag'tfiuon to the congressional ‘dele- | Judge Lynn Chapter, was a luncheon | gation other prominent South Caro- linians that will be present are: United States Consul General D. E. Jenkins and Mrs, Jenkins, stationed at Hong- kong, China. Ex-Gov. R. A. Cooper and Mrs. Cooper of South Carolina. A large attendance is anticipated. Tickets for the occasion can be secured from any of the officers of the society and from Mr. D. P. Fishburne, chairman of the Ticket Committee, 501 McGill Build- ing. Memorial Chapter. D.A.R., Luncheon and Program‘ Patriots’ Memorial Chapter, D. A. R, was entertained at luncheon at its meeting February 12 at the home of the hostess for the month, Mrs. J. P. Saf- fold. Mrs. Donald Earll, guest and made & short talk about the Ristory of the District milestones, one of which is under the protection of Patriots’ Memorial Chapter. Mrs. Joel T. Curry presided. After the opening exercises reports of officers and committees were heard. The chap- fer discussed thoroughly the matter of moving the milestone in its care to another location, but voted against the | removal. the coming Continental Congress con- cluded the day's business. The chapter will be represented by Mrs. Joel T. Curry, regent; Mrs. J. P. Saffold, dele- gate; Mrs. George Conway, delegat alternate; Mrs, William Boone Doug- | lass, Miss Anna Bragdon, Mrs. Orrin P. Stout, Miss Mabel Bailey, Mrs. Fred | Kent, vice regent; Mrs. C. T. Watson, regent’s alternate; Mrs. John R. Lintler, historian of | Mrs. Samuel J. Shoemaker and Miss | of speech. | Alice Bailey. THE NEW 1216-20 ¥ Street ellef'fs “Stockings will be lighter this Spring” says Vogue, January 15 issue Ardent Lighter beige and deeper Sun Beige Pebble Beach sunburn tones . . . and natu- rally Jellefi's are ready with them in the wonderful “Adjustables” *1.35 1.65 ¥1.95 Sometimes you may be glad to sacrifice comfort to first fashion...but you need never do it in hosiery... 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