Evening star., 1942-05-12

the Chilean Ambassador to Bolivia,
Senor DR.. Don Benjamin Cohen, who
served as Counselor of the Embassy
In Washington for some years.
Sonora de Cohen also is going to
South America and will join the
Ambassador in La PaZ for what will
be the winter season on the Southern
portion of the American Continent.
Sonora de Cohen will be accom-
panied home by her mother, Sonora
de Arguello, who was among Mrs.
Imbrie's guests today, and her
young son, Luis Arguello Cohen.
Others at the luncheon today
included Baroness van der Straton-
Ponthoz, wife of the Belgian Am
bassador, Sonora Blanca Puig de
Alfaro, wife of the Ecuadorean Am
bassador; Sonora de Recinos, wife
of the Guatemalan Minister; Sonora
de Chavez, wife of the Commercial
Counselor, and Sonora de Macke-
henie, wife of the First Secretary
of the Peruvian Embassy; Sonora
de Pardo, wife of the First Secretary
Of the Argentine Embassy; Sonora
de Rodriguez. wife of the First Sec
retary of the Chilean Embassy; Mrs.
Riccardo Alfaro, wife of the former
President of Panama, and their
daughter, Mrs. James Moran; Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman, Mrs. Russell
Snodgrass and Miss Margaret Mary
FitzCerald.
Other Distinguished Visitors
Will be Entertained.
Plans are under way for the enter
tainment of other visitors from the
Southern Republics, the Rev. Ga
briel Mendez-Plancarte, editor OF
Abside, the Catholic review of Mex
leo City, having arrived in Wash
ington yesterday. Father Mendez-
Plancarte is staying at the Catholic
University while in Washington and
probably will be honor guest at the
Embassy as well as being entertained
by officials of the Cultural Relations
Division of the State Department.
Later this week Senior Guillermo
Hernandez-de Alba and Sonora de
Hernandez-de Alba will come to
Washington for brief visit as guests
Of the State Department. Senor
Hernandez-de Alba is a historian of
note in Colombia and there probably
will be entertainments for him and
for his wife at the Colombian En-
bassy before they leave to continue
their tour of this country. officials
of the State Department are plan
ming q luncheon in their honor. the
date to be selected after their ar
rival.
Greek Minister to Leave
For Canada this Week.
The newly appointed Greek Min
lister to Canada, M. George Depasta,
viii take with him one of the eff
cient secretaries at the Greek Lega-
ton when he leaves the end of the
week for his new post at Ottawa.
Miss Nina Druilhet, who has been
at the Legation here for some years,
will motor North with the new Min
lister and Nine. Depasta to assist in
the establishment Of the first Greek
Legation in that capital.
Miss Druilhet is native OF New
Orleans and a descendant of Charles
Eugene de ST. Rome, who was deco
rated for his bravery on the battle
field at New Orleans during the War
of 1912. One Of the priced posses
sions of Miss Druilhet which she will
take with her is his sword. Another
Of her ancestors was sent by Louis
XIV to help establish the French
colony at New Orleans.
Miss Druilhet has given numerous
lectures before clubs in Washington
on various of the Central and South
American countries with which she
Is familiar and she not only speaks
French f1uently but also Spanish.