Co'. Poillon lias been in Bucharest
for some t'me on a mission for tlie
Government. When the United States
entered lhe war he s-Tved first on the
staff of Major-Gen. Tasker II Bliss,
hut afterward was transferred to the
staff of Marshal Foch. The Distin
guished Service Cross was awarded to
him. and he also was decorated with
the Legion of Honor by France.
HONORS FOR NEW MINISTER.
The American-Scandinavian Founda
tion. 'Ji West Forty-fifth street, an
nounced yesterday that in addition to
V\e| F. Wallenberg, the nev, Swedish
Minister to the United States, the prin
cipal speakers at the banquet to be
given in honor of Minister and Mine
Wallenberg at the Waldorf Thursday
will be Dr. Jacob Gould Seiiurman,
lormer president of Cornell University,
and Senator Irvine L. Lenroot of Wis
consin.
The dinner, which is being tendered
b the trustees and New York chapter
of the American-Scandinavian Founda
tion. will he attended by representatives
of all the Scandinavian countries
HnmiUon Holt, editor of The Indeprnd.
rnt, and president of the board of trus
tees of the Foundation, will preside
MISS EDNA WINSTON
GIVES SONG RECITAL
Has Excellent Voice, but Is
Lacking in Skill.
Miss Kdna Winston, desct ibed on the
programme as a dramatic soprano, gave
flier second song recital of the season
in Aeolian Hall yesterday afternoon.
She was previously heard on February
22. The list of numbers presented by
Miss Winston evinced a desire to have
herself regarded as a singer of operatic
calibre and also abilities in the most
exacting kind of lieder, Ponchielli and
J'ucclni contributed operatic excerpts,
while Schubert and Schumann were
called upon for the lyric tests.
