Evening star., 1938-07-02

M many toasts last evening
w at the dinner which Mr..
4 L and Mrs. Emil Hurja gave
at the 1925 F Street Club in honor of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Fin
land and Nine. Holsti Like much of
the Finnish language one word rep
resents a phrase, and so Maljanne is
the favorite toast in Finland.
Mr.. Hurja. who was chairman of
the Monument Committee for the ter
centenary anniversary of the first
Finnish settlement in this country at
Chester. Pa, and Mrs. Hurja received
their guests in the drawing room with
M. and Nine. Holsti Mr.. Hurji wore
his decoration OF the Order of the
White Rose Of Finland bestowed on
him this week by the Finnish gov
ernment and awarded by the Minister
Of Foreign Affairs during the celebra-
ton at Chester
The petite blond hostess was in a
very becoming gown of pale yellow
satin with paler shade of chiffon over
the satin and sprays of satin flowers
appliqued at intervals on the skirt and
on the front of the bodice. About her
neck she wore a single string of pearls.
Nine. Holsti, equally petite and very
slender. was in white brocaded crepe.
the long and slightly flaring skirt
falling into brief train at the back,
and tiny buttons of the material up
the back. A spray of white gardenias
on one shoulder relieved the severity
Of the plain bodice.
Dinner was served in doors as
threatening skies prevented the use Of
the garden, but when time for coffee
arrived, and the rain held of. the
guests strolled under the trees or sat
at the small tables outside
Also honor guests last evening were
the other members of the Finnish
delegation to the tercentenary celebra-
ton. including the Speaker of the Fin
nish Parliament. Mr. Vaino P. Hak-
kila; Mr.. Artturi Leinonen, member
OF Parliament and editor of the Fin
nish newspaper Ilkka Mr.. Vihtori
Vesterinen, member of Parliament and
farm leader; Miss Kyllikki Pohjala,
member of Parliament, leader among
Finnish women and a trained nurse
having studied her profession in this
country; the Rev. DR.. Sigfrid S. S.
Sirenius, doctor of theology at the
University of HelSinki, and spiritual
leader of the delegation, and Mr..
Kaarlo Kuusamo, Finnish Vice Consul
in New York who is secretary to the
delegation, and Mrs. Kuusamo.
Guests also included the Secretary
OF War and Mrs. Woodring. the Cuban
Ambassador, Senor DR.. Pedro Mar
tinez Fraga; the Minister Of Finland
and Nine. Jarnefelt, the latter wear
ing a blue crepe gown with an Eton
jacket made of narrow rufiles Of white
net; the Danish Minister and Nine.
Wadsted, she in mauve chiffon and
her hair piled high on her head in a
quaint coiffure; the South African
Minister, Mr.. Ralph William Close; the
Soviet Charge d'Affaires and Mrs.
Oumansky, the Minister Counselor of
the Cuban Embassy and Sonora de
Baron. Senator and Mrs Morris Shep-
pard, Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr.. Stephen Gibbons; Miss Pauletta
Guffey, the advisor on POLITICAL rela-
tions of the State Department, DR..
Stanley K. Hornbeck; the Divisional
Assistant Of the Division of European
Affairs of the State Department and
Mrs. Hugh s. Cumming, jr.; Mr.. Ralph
Snowden Hill of the State Depart
ment: the Military Attache of the
French Embassy, 1t. Col. Emmanuel
Lombard; the Secretary Of the Fin
nish Legation and Nine. Won Numers
the latter wearing a black net gown