Evening star., 1942-01-18

Caswell and Miss Meredith Howard.
The guests numbered several hun
dred diplomats, officials and resi-
dents and their wives.
Many of Guests
Attend Other Receptions.
Many Of the guests at the Turkish
Embassy went on to the Czecho-
Slovak Legation, just block away,
while some went first to the fete
which the Minister and Nine. Hur-
ban gave to honor the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs of the Czecho-Slovak
government in London, M. Jan Mas
aryk. Not a few, invited to both
parties. met each other en- route.
M. Masaryk has been in this coun-
try for several months and spent
Christmas in Chicago with his sister,
DR.. Alice Masaryk, who, before the
invasion of Czecho-S -Slovakia, was
head of the Red Cross of her coun-
try. DR.. Masaryk has been ill for
some time in Chicago. The Minister
OF Foreign Affairs has served his
country in many posts and was the
first diplomatic representative sent
to Washington from that country
after its establishment following the
Great War. His father, the late
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk, was the
first President of that republic. The
late former President used as his
middle name the maiden name of
his wife, who was one of the famous
Garrigue sisters of Brooklyn. Each
was gifted in one or more of the
arts, and half a century ago one
sister, EsperanZa, was an outstand-
ing singing teacher in New York,
and the other, Alice Garrigue Mott,
was a brilliant pianist of Chicago.
Minister and Mime. Hurban
Assisted by M. Masaryk.
The Minister and Nine. Hurban
received their several hundred
guests assisted by M. Masaryk in the
spacious hall at the top of the wind
Ing stairway. Tall vases of glad
ioluses and lilies were on the tables
about the rooms and in the center of
the tea table were lilies in a low
mound fanked by lighted candles in
silver holders.
Nine. CiechanoWska, wife of the
Polish Ambassador, and Nine.
Fotitch, wife of the Yugoslav Min
lister, presided at the tea table dur
ing the afternoon. Alternating with
them were Mrs. J. Butler Wright,
widow of the former United States
Ambassador to Cuba, who also
served as Minister to Czecho-Slo-
vakia; Mrs Wilbur j. Carr, wife
of the former Minister at Prague.
who with him will entertain at
luncheon today for M. Masaryk,
Mrs. Ernest G. Draper and Mrs.
Alfred johnson.
The Minister and Nine. Hurban
have as their guests over the week
end the director of the Czecho-
Slovak Information Service in New
York, M. Jan Papanek and Nine.
Papanek, who have many friends
in Washington, where the former
was member of the Legation staff
. few years ago.
Netherlands Minister'S
Reception Is Informal.
Quite informal was the party
which the Netherlands Minister and
Nine. Loudon gave at the Legation
on Fifteenth street for M. Hubertus
van Nook, lieutenant governor gen.
eral of the Dutch East Indies. who
is spending a few days with them.
Nine Loudon wore street-length
frock of dark red crepe. her only
ornament being the gold Neither
lands lion, which she always wears,
and the gold on the front of the belt.
The very comfortable and attrac-
tive Legation was decorated with
numbers of tulps-the Netherlands
fowers-which are becoming in
creasingly difficult to get since the
inability to secure bulbs from Hol-
land. Assisting the hostess were the
wives OF the members of the Legation
staff who alternated at the tea
table and saw that each of the
guests was bountifully served.
Attending the reception were the
heads of the missions representing
the 26 nations that recently signed
the pact to defend themselves
against the aggression of the Axis.
Also in the company of 200 or more
were members of the cabinet and
officials of the State and Treasury
Departments and their wives.