Evening star., 1942-06-11

Nine. Fotitch is remaining at the
beach most of the time, but will
come to Washington Monday for
the reception at which the Greek
Minister and Nine Diamantopoulos
will be hosts. The Minister and
Nine. Fotitch will arrange similar
function honoring their King, the
date to be set when he has safely
arrived on this continent.
Meanwhile, those who can are
closing their city homes for the
summer and seeking places with
fewer tall buildings and asphalt
streets. Most of them will be nearby
so that the masculine members of
the family may enjoy few days
rest now and then from their laborS.
The former United States Ambas-
sador to the Soviet Union and Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies, however, will not
feel the need for change so much as
they are just getting settled in their
new home on Klingle road. Formerly
known as the Causeway, home of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. James Par
melee, Mr. and Mrs. Davies have
rechristened it Tregaron after the
ancestral home of Mr.. Davies family
in Wales. The Causeway took its
name from the causeway over the
pretty little stream which winds it's
way down the hillside, skirting the
grounds and on down to Rock
Greek which it flows into at the
Klingle street entrance to the Zoo
logical Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davies have done
considerable remodeling and redeco-
rating as well as modernizing the
house since they purchased it a
year ago shortly after the death
of Mrs. Parmelee. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Parmelee held to traditions
and even in recent years Mrs. Par
melee refused to accept the motor
car but rode in a horse-drawn
carriage, maintaining the elegance
of Victorian days. Tregaron stands
high above the road and is sur
rounded by age-old trees as well
as a high iron fence, where tall
shrubs shield the house from the
passers-by. Rhododendrons are pro-
fuse in this shrubbery in lovely
pastel shades against the dark
green of the leaves.
Col. and Mrs. Snowden Fahne-
stock are closing their house on
Massachusetts avenue, the former
home of Col. Fahnestock's mother,
the late Mrs Gibson Fahnestock.
AL, 81 CT
hampton, Long Island. They will
not open the house again in the
autumn but have taken an apart
ment at 2101 Connecticut avenue
which they are furnishing and
where Col. Fahnestock will be
through the summer. He will join
his family at Fasthampton as often
as his duties in the War Depart
ment permit, and Mrs. Fahnestock
and the younger members of the
family will be on Long Island until
time for school in the fall.
Mrs. Roosevelt was hostess at
luncheon yesterday, having small
group of guests with her before
joining the President to greet King
George of Greece when he arrives
to be their guest overnight.
Other parties yesterday included
the tea which Mr.. and Mrs. George
Angus Garrett gave at the 1925
F Street Club for the latters daugh-
ter, Miss Elaine Darlington, and
her fiance, Mr.. James Duncan Pit
ney of Far Hills. N. j., at which
Sonora de Alfaro, wife of the
Ecuadorian Minister. and Sonora de
Escalante, wife of the Venezuelan
Ambassador, we're the ranking guests
at luncheon Tuesday of Sonora de
Munilla. wife of the Military At
tache of the Cuban Embassy. Sen
ora de Munilla's luncheon was in
honor of Mrs. Leigh Wade. Other
guests included a number Of host
esses in diplomatic circles as well
as official and resident groups.
Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, wife Of
the Representative from Illinois,
was hostess yesterday at luncheon,
entertaining in honor of Mrs. John
Andrews King, who returned later in
the day to her home in Lake Forest,
III. Mrs. King spent several days
here with the Undersecretary OF
Commerce and Mrs. Wayne Chat
field Taylor and Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. James Lawrence Eoughteling
gave a tea for her. Mrs. King came
East for the graduation OF her
daughter, Miss Sarah King, from
Foxcroft School.