Evening star., 1942-05-30

has been completed for use as Of
fees, although from the outside it
seems a very attractive small house
for living purposes.
The quantities of red roses In
bloom along the fence make a
colorful setting for the velvety
green lawn, and here chairs were
placed for the comfort of the
guests while inside members of the
Legation staff and their wives as
sisted in seeing that the guests were
served.
Mrs. j. R. Jordan. wife Of the
Counselor; Mrs A. T. Brennan, wife
of the Commercial Counselor; Mrs.
j. D. Rademan, wife of the As
sistant Air and Military Attache;
Mrs. j. A. Siegruhn, wife of the
Commercial Attache. and Mrs. w.
c. Naude and Mrs. j. E. Bruce,
wives of attaches, alternated at the
tea table and in showing guests
about the rooms and to the garden.
Minister and Nine. Bostrom
Honor the Wennerbergs.
The Swedish Minister and Nine.
Bostrom entertained at dinner last
evening at the Legation on R street
In honor of the retiring Counselor
of the Legation, M. Folke Wenner-
berg, and Nine. Wennerberg M.
Wennerberg has been appointed
Swedish Minister to Chile and with
Nine. Wennerberg will leave in July
for his new post at Santiago. Dur
ing the several years that NJ Wen
nerberg has been at the Legation
here, he and Nine. Wennerberg have
made many friends, not only in the
corps but among resident Wash
ingtonians, and they will be greatly
missed here.
Other guests at the dinner in
cluded the newly appointed Coun-
selor of the Legation, M. Herbert de
Ribbing, and Nine. de Ribbing, who
arrived about a fortnight ago. They
have been staying at the Fairfax
until they found an apartment at
2700 @ street, where they will be
until they find suitable house.
Nine. de Ribbing, who speaks
English fluently, is a native of
Sweden and like a true Scandina-
Wan loves the out of doors. She is
particularly fond of golf and horse
back riding but also loves art in all
its forms, especially painting
There are three young children in
the De Ribbing family-Catha-
reason for house hunting-Catha-
rina, now 10 years old; Marina, 8,
and little Bo, the only boy, just 4.
Nine de Ribbing and the children
will seek a cooler cline for the
summer months and will return to
Washington in the autumn when
school opens. M. de Rlbblng will
not assume his work at the Lega-
ton until July, when M. Wenner-
berg starts Southwark, and in the
meantime win be with his family.
M. Henry -Haye Host
To Alliance Franchise.
The French Ambassador, M. Gas
ton Henry -Haye, was another OF the
diplomats who took advantage Oh
the lovely spring day and gave his
party mostly out of doors. He re-
ceived his guests-members OF the
Alliance Francaise-between 5 and
$50 o'clock in the drawing room OF
the Embassy on Kalorama road, and
tea was served in the dining room,
though many of the guests enjoyed
the GOODNESS of the terrace over
looking Rock Greek Park. From
this terrace-and in fact from all
of the rear windows-the view is
veritable sea of treetops. The late
afternoon party yesterday at the
Embassy is an annual event for
whoever is Ambassador, and this
fete was the second which the pres
ent Ambassador has given for the
Washington branch of the Alliance.
Nine. Blanche Bimont, faithful and
tireless secretary of the local group,
had charge of the arrangements for
the reception.