Evening star., 1942-11-19

be a member of Senorita Castillo
NaJeras bridal party. This after
noon the very attractive daughter
OF the Ambassador from our South
ern neighbor country is being en-
tertained by Mrs. Brien Mcmahon
and Miss Mary Benton Gore. The
party is set for the Sulgrave Club,
where chrysanthemums in autumn
brown and gold decorate the tea
tables and the hostesses, both
blondes, are wearing brown frocks
with golden chrysanthemums in
their hair.
Sonora de Castillo Najera, mother
OF the prospective bride, is the rank
ing guest, and others include SEN
orlta Ofelia Davila, niece of the AM
bassador and Sonora de Castillo
Najera, and their daughter law,
Sonora de Castillo Najera, bride of
1t. Francisco Castillo Najera, jr.;
Senorita Cristina Michels, daughter
OF the Chilean Ambassador and
Sonora de Michels; Senorita Leda
Fernandez, Senorita Rose Maria
Porras, .Senorita Monaguerita Obal-
dia, Miss Teetz Hermosa, Senorita
Elena Castro, Mile. Coby Meier
Ranneft, Senorita Gloriela Calvo,
Miss Mary Adams Manning, Miss
Barbara Mcmahon, the Misses Nor
rls, Miss Laura Belle Wyatt, Miss
Jane Wyatt, Miss Maud Forrand,
Miss Achsah Dorsey, Miss Billie
Byrd West, Miss Patricia Procknik,
Miss Jane Gibbons Miss Mary Vir-
glnla Stewart, Miss Anne Wright,
Miss Lee Cunningham, Miss Betty
Martyr, Miss Nancy Rheem, Miss
Alice Berry, Mrs. Thomas Cajigas
and her daughter, Miss Anita Ca
Jigas, who gave party Monday for
Senorita Castillo Najera; Mrs. Harold
Minor, Mrs. Jessie Moon Holton and
Miss Mildred Brown of Holton Arms,
where many of the guests have been
students; Mrs. Effingham Townsend
and her daughter, Mrs. Martin Vo-
gel, jr.: Mrs. John Maher Mrs. CAL
win Linton, Mrs. Donald Dustin,
Mrs. H. Cabell Maddox, Mrs. Ger
rell Benson, Mrs. R. F. Dillen, ir.,
Mrs. Rose Barrough Mrs. James
O'Grady, Mrs. Grant Boss and Mrs.
Richard Durham.
The parties last evening preceding
the performance of the Russian
Ballet with the National Symphony
Orchestra were very small and in
formal. Although many boxes were
occupied the parties were hastily
arranged making them all the more
informal. Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe,
who is chairman of the Woman's S
Committee of the National SYM
phony Orchestra, was hostess in her
box having with her her son, 1t.
Bruce Howe, and her niece, Mrs.
Leonid Ourusoff, and Mr.. Jan Kind
Ter, son of the conductor of the
orchestra, and Mrs Hans Kinder.
The Russian Ballett and the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra will give
another performance this evening
also in Constitution Hall. Neither
program, that last evening or the
one tonight, are part of the regu-
lar series of Sunday afternoon and
Wednesday Evening Subscription
concerts arranged for the season.
The 18th birthday anniversary of
Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, outstanding
American woman composer, will be
marked in Washington with two
concerts, Friday and Saturday, No.
vember 27 and %. Mrs. Beach.
contemporary of the late Edward
MacDowell, the most famous COM
poser of his generation in this coun-
try, has symphonies. string quartets,
quintets and trios, as we'll as scores
of songs and other compositions to
her credit.
representative and Mrs. Foster
Stearns are among the patrons and
patronesses who will attend one or
both of the programs of Mrs.
Beach's music. Others who have
given their support to the OBJ
servance are Mrs. William Corcoran
Eustis, Mrs. w. Duncan McKim,
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe, Mrs. Matthew John
Whittall, Mrs. Henry Rogers Pyne
and Mrs. w. H. McGlaufin.