Evening star., 1942-08-04

small paneled drawing room to re-
ceive, and the ceremony took place
at one end OF the large drawing
room. The Ambassador made a
very appropriate and graceful speech
OF presentation in his excellent Eng
lish and placed the sash of the
order about Mrs. Harrimans shoul-
ders and pinned on the cross of gold
and silver. In the center is small
golden lion of Norway set on red
enamel with other symbols of the
country about the center. 'The sash
Of wide ribbon, with a broad band
OF red in the center edged with
very narrow band of blue between
two equally narrow bands of white,
was becoming to Mrs. Hartman.
She wore print Of small white
figures on a black ground. with a
wide-brimmed white hat which had
. tapering crown. About her neck
she wore several strings of pearls
and had pearl earrings.
Nine. Munthe de Morgenstierne
arrived from Long Island, where she
and her children are established for
the summer, to be hostess last eve
ming, and she will be off again for
the seashore tomorrow or Thurs
day. Before coming to Washington
she had luncheon with the Crown
Princess Martha of Norway in New
York, just before the latter went
by plane to London, where she ar
rived a day or so ago. Yesterday
the hostess was dressed in black
chiffon, the skirt long and moder-
ately full. and the bodice having
. deep yoke and long sleeves of
black lace. With this she carried
a diminutive far of sandalwood
sticks, the tips Of them brightly
painted in red, which she opened to
fan herself a bit now and then.
Members of the Embassy staff and
their wives assisted and were about
the rooms and on the terrace seeing
that the guests were plentifully
served. The party was extremely
simple in its arrangements as BELTS
the season and the times, and many
Of the masculine guests wore white
linen while more than one feminine
guest was hatless and the ma jority
were in washable silk frocks. Their
hats were Of all sizes, shapes and
kinds, with one or two guests wear
ing single large flower in their
hair in place Of hat.
Guests at the party yesterday
numbered several hundred and were
representative of all circles of
Capital society. Heads of the
diplomatic missions from the
United Nations, officials of the State
Department and scores of Army
and Navy officers of this and the
other United Nations with their
wives filled the rooms or enjoyed
the cool of the terrace of the small
drawing room which in reality is
the roof of the new chancery.
Tall vases of pink gladioluses
were on the piano and one or two
Of the tables in the large and small
drawing rooms and in the center
Of the tea table a miniature Viking
ship, with red and white striped
sail and oars sticking out of the
sides, held delicate pink roses.
One Of the very thrilled guests
yesterday was Mrs. Hartman
Russell, daughter of the former
Minister to Norway. who stood near
during the presentation and took
care Of the handsome leather case
for the cross while her mother was
greeted by her many friends in the
company yesterday. Mrs. Russell
was dressed in print of small
white figures on navy blue which
had a narrow white lace turned
over collar and with which she
wore a wide-brimmed navy blue hat.
She returned to New York last eve
ming.