Evening star., 1942-03-26

Payne. Mr.. James II. n. CROMWELL,
Mr.. Aldace F. Walker, Mr.. Willard
Walker, DR.. John D. Thomas, the
Rev. James A. Magner and Mr.. John
de Chant.
DR.. Arturo Lopez Rodezno
Honored At Luncheon.
One OF the distinguished visitors
entertained yesterday was DR.. Ar
turo Lopez Rodezno, director OF the
School of Fine Arts in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras. He was the honor guest
at the luncheon given by the Divi-
sion Of Cultural Relations of the,
State Department at the Cosmos
Club. Mr.. Richard Pattee, assist
ant chief of the division, presided.
Those present included the Min
lister of Honduras, Senor Julian r..
Caceres, Senator Dennis Chavez, As
sistant Director of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union Pedro de Alba; Mr.. Muir
ray Wise of the Division of the
American Republics, Mr.. Allen Lo-
max and Mrs. Gilbert Chase of the
Music Division and Mr.. Robert
Smith of the Hispanic Foundation
OF the Library of Congress, Direc-
tor OF the Division of Intellectual
Cooperation Concha Romero James
and Mr.. Gustavo Duran of the Music
Division of the n-American
Union. Also Mr.. Charles w. Collier,
director of the Inter-American In
dian Institute of the Interior De-
partment: Mr.. John Gange and Mr..
Arturo Morales of the Division of
Cultural Relations and Mr.. Carol
H. Foster, dean of the United States
Consular Corps and Consul General
at Johannesburg. at present assigned
to the Cultural Division.
Spanish Envoy and His Wife
Honor Alexander Weddells.
The Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de Cardenas were hosts to
"a guests entertaining in honor Of
the United States Ambassador to
Spain and Mrs. Alexander w.
Weddell, who spent yesterday in
Washington and returned this
morning to their place on the James
River near Richmond. The very
attractive Embassy, built by the late
Mrs. John B. Henderson in the hope
that she could sell it to the United
States Government for the use of
the Vice President and his family.
was bright with quantities of spring
blossoms. For the center of the
dinner table Sonora de Cardenas
arranged a lovely cluster of yellow
calla lilies flanked by tall cam
delabras with golden color candles.
Sonora de Cardenas received her
guests in the drawing room. where
cocktails were served, and after
dinner coffee was served in the
charming patio of the Embassy,
where unusual flowers and tropical
plants constantly bloom. The
hostess was particularly attractive
in a graceful gown of mauve, the
long skirt of velvet and the low-cut
sleeveless bodice of taffeta, which
was tied in a perky bow on one
shoulder.
Rockefellers Are Hosts
To Latin American Visitors.
The Co-ordinator of Inter-Ameri-
can Affairs and Mrs. Nelson A..
Rockefeller were hosts very infor-
mally at dinner last evening. enter
tanning in their home on Foxhall
road. Their guests were the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Nicaragua, Senor Don Mariana
Arguello Vargas, who is spending a
fortnight in Washington. Others
at dinner with them were Senorita
Rosita Arguello, daughter of the
honor guest: the president of the
National Bank of Nicaragua and
senora de Sanchez, who accom-
panied the Minister of Foreign
Affairs and his daughter to this
country, and the Nicaraguan Minis
ter and Sonora de DeBayle.