The Washington times., 1938-01-10

sweet.
The Fernando Lobos, he is
first secretary of the Brazilian
Embassy, were there, and sew
eral people were telling him
that, considering that his last
name meant wolf" he was the
most gentle one they had come
across in years. Mr.. Teixeira
Soares, he is secretary of the
embassy, and his charming wife
were there, and Mr.. Soares said
he felt much like the title Of
that Italian play, "Six Charac-
ters in Search, of An Author"
except that he was one charac-
ter in search of his hostess, to
say his good-bys.
Nine. Freitas, who is a beau
tiful brunette, was a bit diff
cult to find, for she was here,
there and everywhere, seeing
that her guests lacked for
nothing. Mrs. Luisa Dawson
was serving tea and had many
requests for it, even though
cocktails and whiskey and soda
were competing with her. Com
mander Raul Refs was drinking
tea, a habit he had formed
while in school in England, and
he still takes his tea the same
way he did then, a bit of milk
and no sugar. It seems that
at his English school the boys
could drink all the tea they
wished, and with milk, but they
were not allowed to have sugar
in it. So the idea still persists
with him.
Lilita Dawson has added ever
so many charms to her charm
bracelet, which is one of the
most unique in town because of
its many original trinkets, par
ticularly the tiny cocktail
shaker. Mile. Zazi Aranha, hold
ing a court of her own, and
everyone very sad to see her go
back to Brazil, and she looked
especially lovely that afternoon,
in a black crepe dress whose
collar and cuffs were fashioned
of pale pink sequins.
The Minister of Bolivia and
Sonora de Guachalla, and the
minister admiring the highball
glasses. : Glasses which were
most attractive, very tall, slen-
der crystal ones with the
initial F done on the side in
ebony. Decio de Moura, who is
one of our favorite persons, max
ing all of us laugh with his gay
nonsense, and DR.. and Sonora
Rafael Fuentes arriving just as
we, very regretfully, left.
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THE Velvet Ball, with all it's
l. gorgeous costumes and
beauty, interested us tremen-
dously, but the presence of Mrs.
Buchanan Merryman, in the end
box on the right hand side, in
terested us even more. She was
with Mrs. George Barnett, and
at first everyone seemed intent
on Mrs. Barnett and paid little
attention to Mrs. (Aunt Bessie)
Merryman. However, when
necks began to crane, Mrs. Mer-
ryman changed her seat from
the front Of the box to the rear,
and just back of Major Fred
Roy.
And-when she started to go
home, there were so many pho
tographers waiting for her that
she had to go back and wait
for them to leave. One pho
tographer wouldn't leave, he in
sisted that he just had to get
picture of "Aunt Bessie"
Mrs. Merryman kept insisting
that she twas not news" and
after much pickering back and
forth, between the photographer
and the persons trying to get
Mrs. Merryman home without
having pictures made, every
thing was finally settled. There
was no picture!
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VIRGINIA CHRISTIE, pretty
v niece of DR.. A. C.. Christie,
president of the Board of Trus-
tees of The American Univer-
sity, chose to wear an especially
pretty costume to the Ball OF
The Nations. The costume was
Ukranian and authentic in
every colorful detail. Deciding
that the costume needed to be
pressed before she wore it, Vir-
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