Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-23

Senior Jose Cuadros. both members
OF the staff of La Gale in La Paz.
have been in this country for several
weeks and are not guests of the
State Department and the Press
Club.
The Ambassador received his
guests alone, Sonora de Guachalla
not yet being recovered from the
illness for which she was hospital
lied. The honor guests and those
invited to meet them have much in
common and although the difficulty
OF translation sometimes slowed the
conversation, no one at any time
was without one or more of the
other guests to talk with.
The guests Of honor, in addition
TO Senior Cespedes and Senior
Cuadros. are Senior Arturo Otero,
editor OF Ultima Hori; Senior Fed
erlco Gutierrez Granier of TERRA.
and Senior Luis de Zavala of La
Razon, all daily papers in La Paz,
ana Senior Luis Suaznabar, editor
and owner of Noticias. newspaper
IN Oruro. Senior Zavala, who speaks
English fuently, is making his first
trip away from his native land, but
already he is considered perhaps the
outstanding journalist in Bolivia.
The larger party was a farewell
fete to the retiring Military Attache
OF the Brizilian Embassy, Brig. Gen.
Amaro Soares Bittencourt, and SEN
nora de Bittencourt, who will leave
within a fortnight to return to Bra
I'll. Gen. and Senhora de Bitten
court will be accompanied by their
son, Capt. Kelvin Ramos Bitten
court, who has been Assistant Mill
tary Attache of the Embassy for
some time and Senhora de Ramos
Bittencourt. Both officers will re-
sumo duty with the fighting forces
OF their country and the two very
attractive ladies will return to their
homes in the South American
republic.
The hosts at the reception for the
Blttencourts were heads of the Bra
lillian Military Mission, Maj. Gen.
Leitao de Carvalho of the Brazilian
Army, Vice Admiral Rodrigues de
Vasconcellos. Brazilian Navy, and
Col. Alves Secco of the Brazilian
Air Corps and their wives. Gen. de
Carvalho stood at the head of the
line, being the ranking officer among
the hosts. Beside him was Gen.
Blttencourt. Next in line was Sen
bora de Bittencourt, rather small
and wearing her very black hair
piled high on her head. She wore
a black crepe frock, the skirt floor
length and having slight slash
from the hem to her ankles. From
the waistline fell a high-length pc
plum OF crepe with narrow edging
of jets and jets studded the upper
portion of the bodice and the short
sleeves. On one shoulder she wore
a bouquet of lavender orchids.
Beside her was Senhora de Car
valho, also in black. The bodice of
her gown had vest of ivory color
lace, and about her neck was a
string of pearls and pearl and dia-
mond stud earrings. Vice Admiral
VaSconcellos was next with Senhora
de Vasconcellos beside him. Col.
Secco and Senhora de Secco COM
pleted the receiving line.
Senhora de Vasconcellos wore
black crepe dress with a jacketlike
bodice which was encrusted with
tiny jets and crystals. About the
edge of the shallow peplum and up
each side of the front was a narrow
band of jet and crystal embroidery
with here and there touches of blue.
In her white hair she wore sew
eral white gardenias. Senhora de
Secco chose heavy crepe gown in
two shades of blue. The lighter
shade fell in heavy folds and formed
a wide panel from shoulders to the
floor in front, while the darker
shade formed the back and three
quarter length sleeves. She wore a
string of pearls about her neck and
diamond and pearls stud earrings.
Bouquets of autumn flowers filled
the vases about the room and others
were in the center of the heavily
(see RECEPTIONS, Page B-53