Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1932, Page 39

Women of Djplomacy Interesting Interviews With Interesting Person- ages Now in Washington. BY PAULINE A, FREDERICK, The Mexican embassy Wwas wlum“gqng!on \;/.llfl sramwdn Puig w);&!n I{: y ‘ li- a little time to spare. While U with lights—like & symbol of friendli- |'GLol ) "oy ‘s held much pleasure ness standing out there on Slxteenm‘mr her in this regard, ahe is especially | street. It was only 5 o'clock in the J e on Dt alteady 10f And darknaes | picased when her' shopping ours call had wrapped their misty veil about r"hg‘l;tlelllly‘ L4 W ey do fre- he thought of a > e T e embasty was. most |, When asked about the stores in Mex- pleasant }m{xh"';”fl,y \wul)t‘i prove hbn. ur- A broad wedge of light plunged across | Prising ose Who atlll picture | the driveway s the D tbr omened the | country of the Rio Grande &s & wimoo door. Yes, Senora Maria de Puig de|Where gay ooktumes of iflmlh influ- Casauranc, new chatelaine of the em- | ence and tiny shops of Indian origin bassy. was at home and would receive | 8till cling romantically to an age that her caller, he avowed, The door closed | h&s gone modern. against the night and fog and the wa: “Mexico City is up to date and looks was pointed up a broad carpeted stair- |like any city in this counury might” way above which hung Mexican tapes- | she avowed. “There are large, modern tries in bright colors and designs. stores where one can buy the typical In the roomy library a spirited game | French and English type of clothes, for of ping-pong was In progress among | Spanish costumes have been discarded. several members of the younger diplo- | We have big office buildings, to,” she mats. Tea was being served in the| went on, “but never any of the ‘sky- drawing room to a number of guests| scrapers’ that you have here in this who had called to pay their respects to | country.” Mexico's envoy and his wife Food. too, has been greatly altered by So there was conveyed the immediate | American ways and methods of prepa- fmpression that hospitality holds defi- | ration, Senora de Puig assured her lis- nite ay over the affairs of this diplo- | tener that very few Spanish dishes are matic household. And it is not diffi- 5 be found on Mexican menus. “Wvery- cult to conclude that no small amount | thing is genuine Mexican, French and of the respons! y for this happy| American,” she declared, indicating state of affairs rests upon the shoul- | that this same influence has a definite ders of the tall young hostess. place in her own oulsine RS Senora de Puig continued discussing A romance that began in her father’s | her country. newspaper office “many years ago” is| “Many people think because Mexico ble for Senora de Puig's present [is in the tropics it is very hot she as Mexican Ambassadress in|went on. “This is true of some parts Washington. Although, judging from a | of it, but not all. Through the center youthful appearance, one is inclined to | there runs a wide plateau which gives doubt a bit that it was “many years|a very nice temperate climate and 8go” that she first met the Ambassabor. | vegetation that grows in such a climate Her excellency’s quiet little laugh and | “One could say that there is one shrug of the shoulders have a charm- | thing among others that the United ing way of convincing one of thing. | States and Mexico have in common— My father owned a newspaper in|the Rocky Mountains. I suppose they Mexico City, where 1 was born,” Senora | could be looked upon as a physical de Puig pointed out. And then, as bond that joins the two countries.” though fearing to create any false im- | Among the most interesting historical pressions, she hastened on to say, “But | spots in old Mexico is to be found in X rerited any of his talents.” | the Province of Yucatan, in the South- ! de Pulg was feature | western part of the country, she point- s particular newspaper for | ed out. Here are the ruins of the vears later, when his|golden age of the Mayas, who built J and political accomplish-| their civilization at the daybreak of ments had gained him the position of | Mexican history, and carved from the ministe education, he married the | resources found there treasures that editor’s da er. | have not yet been forgotten. There is & little mistress and a little | s B of the embassy nursery. Dark be | oraotian ithak dark-eved Maria Elena is 4, “It must not Manue! boasts three months | Mexico has done much for civilization in many ways,” Senora de Puig said. “I think one thing it has given 18 anfi T s not t d | Mexican art has been attracting muc ton life. Two years ago she spent|Work of Rivera and Orozco Ome time as a visitor in the Capital | Then she paid a glowing tribute to the contemporary Mexican artists whose works have recently been an | exhibition in the Museum of Modern |Art in New York. Critics, too, have been acclaiming these painters, who | are doing murals and frescoes that have been rated as “stupendous.’ So it would seem that where there are barriers of geography, government, Grawn from her brief |8nd race, these things melt away be- rashington thus far, Se- | {ore the universal response in man- s & girl attended school | kind to the beauty of art. It. no doubt, was this ¢, Tk Beed B s MEETING WILL MARK nzlish i very bad,” she e e ek veter when'i LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY went to school in New Orleans I learned much of the language. But when 1 returned to my home there was " orle Spanieh spoken there When 1| Shortridge and Hall to Speak at didn't_have a chance to practice Eng- . lish, I forgot much of it. But I shall | Session Friday Evening Spon- do better soon.” she reiterated | And with the apparent strides she | sored by G. A. R. has made thus far in this accomplish- EST T ment as an indication it would seem safe to predict that it will not be long | Senator Samuel M. Shortridge of betore she can acquit herself even more | California and Representative Homer conimendably SE el iw Hall of Illinois are to be the prin- This i the first diplomatic post that cipal speskers Friday evening at a Ambassador e Puig has been called | meeting of the Pairiotic Organizations upon_to And affable wife Pot B e foemn Tiaas)fithirust ihto an en< |[CL ke JepaIinent fol SNE FECHNAS tarely new role from sny she has hith- | 8] :‘fgffid m 'i?’.mgim"‘dmfif,fi“ a';f 31\: L e e Xy oy 10 | 123d birthday anniversary of President oSt : Lincoln. The meeting will be in the Washington. In additior. to his diplo- | L oting nlll matic duties he still maintains an in- G’:&g‘g“:’(‘;g‘?fimk urch, Tenth and Seoest tn e and publishing which | ™ patriotic observances and the sing- [ing of patriotic songs will feature the | session nd dip- | The meeting will be called to order o at it was sug. | bY Past Department Comdr. Everett F. R et exaalianey | Warner of the Sons of Union Veterans he 5 iet little Of the Civil War. The invocation will Again there was the quiet ttle be by Rev. Allen A. Stockdale. sm . _ | Percy Parker, color sergeant of the s, asheys diferent.” she 2d- | pepartment of ‘the Potomac, will pre- B L son L5 | sent the colors, and there ‘will be a xie DELILIL RES B ad the | (olute to the flag and a pledge of al- things he before they are pub- |jepiance’ Dr. A. A. Taylor will recite way you have a chance | ‘SEiance. Dr. A. A o Abjel acrltl “’f““}‘)“l‘h N0t | “pollowing patriotic songs, Lieut. Col. B poo nal one necessarily. but one | y, 5. Grant, 3d. s to read Lincoln's who looks at his work from an average | Gettysburg address. There will be more of view and gives her | gging Representative Hall will speak, to be followed by Senator Shortridge, usband is 2 cabinet |ang Rev. Mr. Stockdale will pronounce er public. because the penediction. definite social obli- capacity. Then, I sbpeet | SODALITIES CONVENTION U s 1| TO MEET HERE APRIL 10 reign country endly be- — Tentative Plans Adopted at Ses- sk T had my first chance nice it would be to live gton,” she said, “al- realize that that oppor- ; to come S0 soon. an customs, and your mark i not s hasty r dutes as the wife of sion of Washington and Balti- ges and customs, more Unions. have an opportunity to learn how peo- | o = ple in other parts of the world live| TReV. Daniel A. Lord, S. J. will be in and whet they think about certain |CDarge of the convention of Sodalities Prbloaet | of the Blessed Virgin, which is to con- When asked which role she really |1fn€ in Washington Sunday, April 10. referred, Senora de Puig responded 1t Will be the first ever held in the East at she liked them all and from her | Tentative plans were made at the Jce as the “first lady” of Meeting of Washington and Baltimore Ss Thoroughly delighted | Sodality Unions held in the latter city last week. There will be an opening mass, followed by addresses of welcome from civic and religious leaders. Cur- rent problems will be discussed at the rmoon meeting and there will be a | closing service of benediction of the lessed sacrament The opening mass will be celebrated St. Aloysius Church. The meeting ill take place in Gonzaga Auditorium. in Wash. | The closing service probably will be at There are also the usual so- | the National Shrine of the Immaculate cial functions—teas, receptions, din- |Conception at Catholic University. St 5 Father Lord will be assisted by the e Ae ‘Puig hias come too) \t- | Rev. Joseph V. Buckley and Rev. Joseph ¥ o Wad A e s A. Garvey, spiritual directors of the Sodality Unions of Washington and pleted her soc the sea- son. In addition, little Jose Manuel | Baltimore, respectively. gnd Maris Elena Late been monopo- = . == lizing much of her t But w Shiz haa 2 chanoe to “Bebsie thorougis | BENEFIT DANCE TUESDAY settled ; hrow open the T life that | First of Police-Fire-Foreign War with the prospects of this new type of life PR “Diplomatic life here in Washington 5 much the same as that in Mexico Citv.” her excellency pointed out *“When a n A ter or Am sador | arrives ir v he fol s to the Foreig Repub! this dark-eyed daughter Veterans Series. Mexic s lookl Wi 0 i S 4| The first of a series of benefit dances, S orae-womn 10 Mexico and | URder suspices of the Wushington Po- hope: llow such recreation here in lice and Fire Post, Veterans of For- Washir e ot vers discant |€len Wars, will be held in the Swanee ball room, Thirteenth and E 3 future. n will Rock Creel Park | have won one more distinguished fol- | Tuesday evening at 9 o'clock Jower to its bridle ways Atkinson, member of the post Then there are the moving pictures | ¥ at No. 9 police station. is in charge and the theater. She finds great en- |Of the program for the dances joyment in both of them. but admits mt:"(”é}?('fi to b~-r mfltdvtalflr-:;h dlc:nce ) e st dancers in fox trots and waltzes. that New York is the real center for . "y iec of the other dances in the 7 e et ourse, T can't say who my | Sefles are to be announced later. favorite movie star s she protested | o S with a little note of gayety. “Every gime I see one I think she is beautiful, RE-UPHOLSTERING then I see another and I think she is . beautiful—and so it goes. But my > 3-Pc. Suite eountry has contributed some of your Hollywood stars like Ramon Navarro ) Fse"'“?'[’ pecia and Lupe Velez.” ) e K $59.00 There is at least one common ground on which all wo meet re- " gardless of thelr station or z Finest T affluence, that has to do with shopping. Velours, To take awa a feminine chance to Guaranteed mull_over finery and buy necessities Workmanship and luxuries in smart shops and great . | modern stores wouid be o take away |: LaFrance Upholstering Co. A3 interest in life. W. 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