Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-22
Diplomats
.PlanFew
Yule Events
Mexican Envoy and
Wife to Entertain
Embassy Staff
BY KATHERINE BROOKS

Christmas among the diplomats
will be far from a gay holiday this
year, many of them not knowing
what state their homeland may be
in or If their homes still are stand
ing. Yet few will have Christmas
trees and entertain the members Of
their stats for a mere observance
of the holiday.
The Mexican Ambassador and
Sonora de Castillo Najera will have
their customary fete about the gayly
decorated tree and with their guests
members of the embassy staff and
their wives and others from the
Mexican colony-will attend mid.
night mass. Following the mass
there will be breakfast at the en-
bassy.
Ambassador and Wife
To Be Hosts Tomorrow.
The Ambassador and Sonora de
Castillo Najera will be hosts tomor-
row at the tea hour, when guests
will see bust of the Ambassador
recently completed by Senior Juan
D'Aniello, famous sculptor of Uru-
quay, who is serving as secretary Of
his legation here. Senior and Sonora
de D'Aniello will be the honor
guests tomorrow Friday the Am.
bassador was host at luncheon in
compliment to the retiring Cuban
Ambassador, Senior DR.. Pedro Mar.
tinez Fraga, who will 60 to New
York tomorrow to spend Christmas
and return to Havana later in the
week. The retiring Ambassador will
be honor guest at luncheon today
OF the Ambassador of Ecuador, Capt.
Colon Eloy Alfaro.
The Chinese Ambassador, DR.. HUI
Shin, has been joined at Twin Oaks
by his son, Mr.. Psu-Wang HUI, a stu
dent at Cornell University. where
his father was graduated some years
ago.
Members of the Chilean Embassy
staff and their wives have been
asked for an eggnogg party Christ
mas afternoon by the Naval Attache
and Sonora de Cortes. The newly
appointed Ambassador and Sonora
de Michels and their family will sail
from Santiago Wednesday and will
be met in New York the middle of
January by the members of the
embassy staff.
The Spanish Ambassador, Senior
Don Juan Francisco de Cardenas.
will remain at the embassy for
Christmas and is expecting Sonora
de Cardenas to join him there in a
week or 10 days, depending on
available transportation facilities
from Europe.
Nicaraguan Minister
And Wife Entertain.
The retiring Panama Ambassador
and Sonora de Boyd were honor
guests at dinner last evening of the
Nicaraguan Minister and Sonora de
| De Bayle, who entertained at the
Shoreham. The Ambassador and
Sonora de Boyd and their triplet
daughters. the Senoritas Boyd, will
leave Thursday and after a day
or SO in New York will return to
Panama.
The Swedish Minister and Nine.
Bostrom will have pleasant
Christmas with their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs Sixten
WoHmar. at their home in Rye.
N. Y, where the presence of young
children will make the Christmas
season gay.
The South African Minister and
Mrs. Close will be hosts to members
of the legation staff and their
wives at dinner Christmas evening
though no festivity is planned owing
to the recent death of His Britannia
Majesty's Ambassador, the Mar
guess of Lothian.
The Canadian Minister and Mrs
Christie are in New York, the
former recovering from his recen,
serious illness yet not we'll enough
to leave that city. Shortly after
Christmas they expect to go South
for several weeks or more to permit
the Minister to recuperate before
returning to his duties at the lega.
ton.