Evening star., 1942-05-08
By Marsnref Hart,
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The state rooms were brightly
parture from the wartime procedure
Presidents house. The orchestra of
the Marine Band, its members in
their striking scarlet coats, played in
the north corridor as the guests as
sembled. Arriving in the state suite,
the guests were directed to the his
toric blue room, where so many
members of royalty and other noted
visitors have been received.
President Roosevelt joined the
company in the blue room, where
he had a warm handshake and
friendly greeting for the celebrated
men who were his guests. The floral
display in the imposing state rooms
was quite as lavish as in the days
before the war. In the blue room
there were clusters of white snap
dragons and carnations banking the
mantel, and in the red parlor, car
nations and roses picked up the
color of the handsome draperies and
other appointments.
The table centered the stately din
ing room and was long and mod
erately narrow. The exquisite gold
service, including the mirrored
plaque, with the many graceful
nymphs, and the candelabra and
the compotes to match were used.
This service was purchased by Pres
ident Monroe during his visit to
France and has been used in every
administration since then. The fiat
service that Mrs. Harding had
dipped in gold during her husbands
term Of office was used along with
the gold-banded china selected by
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
several years ago. This china bears
the coat Of arms of the Roosevelt
clan. Low mounds of pink snap
dragons, Ward carnations and but
hair fern, were placed at intervals
down the center of the table and
sprays of delicate asparagus fern
formed a trailing border along the
snowy white linen cloth which has
the initials "U. S." woven in the
corners. Great sprays of fern were
placed at each end Of the mantel
In the dining room, over which
hangs the full-length portrait of
Abraham Lincoln.
Senior Prado Accompanied
BY Distinguished Staff.
The visiting President was accom-
panied to the Mansion by the men,
bers of his suite, including DR..
Francisco Tudela, Dr. Victor Andres
Belaunde, the Peruvian Minister of
Finance, Senor David Dasso; DIR.
Roberto MacLean Estenos, Senor
Carlos Holguin de Lavalle, the direc-
tor of protocol of Peru, DR.. Gonzalo
E. de Aramburu; the secretary to
the Peruvian chief executive, DR..
Pedro Bustamente; his military aide
for aviation, Gen. Fernando Melgar;
his naval aide, Capt. Jose r. Ala
mora, and his military aide, Col.
Jose M. Tamayo, and Senor Manuel
Prado Garland. son Of the visiting
chief executive.
The Peruvian Ambassador, Senor
don Manuel de Freyre y Santander.
was at the dinner and others in
cluded the Speaker of the House,
Representative Sam Rayburn; the
Secretary of State, Mr.. Cordell Hull;
the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Henry Morgenthau, jr.; the Secre-
tary of Commerce, Mr.. Jesse H.
Jones: Senator Charles L. McNary,
Senator Alben w. Barkley, Senator
Tom Connally, Representative Sol
Bloom, Representative Charles A.
Eaton, Gen. George c. Marshall,
chief Of staff, U. S. A.; Admiral
Ernest J. King, chief Of Naval Oper-
ations; 1t. Gen. Thomas Holcomb,
commAndant of the Marine Corps;
Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Watson, secre-
tary and military aide to President
Roosevelt; the Undersecretary of
State, Mr.. Sumner Welles; the
United States Ambassador to Peru,
Mr.. r. Henry Norweb; the chief of
protocol for the State Department,
Mr.. George T. Summerlin; the
Counselor of the Peruvian Embassy,
Senor DR.. Don Juan I. Elguera
the surgeon general of the Navy.
DR.. Ross T. McIntire; Brig. Gen.
John B. Coulter, U. S. A., and Capt.
Paulus p. Powell, u. S. N, serving as
aides TO the Peruvian President; the
director general of the Pan-Amer&-
can Union, DR.. Leo S. Rowe; Capt
John L. McCrea, and Mr.. Stanley
woodward Of the protocol division
OF the State Department.
After dinner the guests went to
the green room, where pink snap
dragons and fragrant old-fashioned
pinks were used in vases on mantel
and tables. In this delightful
setting the gentlemen enjoyed coffee
and cigars.
The Peruvian President reached
Washington yesterday afternoon by
plane and was met by President
Roosevelt, other officials and men,
bers Of the Embassy staff.
Senor Prado is spending today in
Annapolis and was the guest of
honor at luncheon OF the superin-
tendent Of the United States Naval
Academy, Rear Admiral John r.
Beardall. He will return this after
noon In time to receive the heads
of diplomatic missions in Washing
ton. the reception to be held at
Blair House. where the Peruvian
officials now are established. This
evening the President of Peru will
be feted at dinner by Mr.. Welles,
who will entertain at Oxon Manor
his country place at OYon Hill, Md.