Evening star., 1943-04-21


The honor guests chatted with
newsmen of this country in the
drawing room and the dining room
rather than make a long receiving
line. The group includes Senor Jose
Santos Gollan, editor of La Prensa;
DR.. Juan S. Valmaggia, secretary
general of La Nacion; Senor Ricardo
Enrique Macuieira, secretary of the
editorial board of Ell Mundo; Senor
Hector Peralta Ramos, member of
the Board of Directors of La Razon,
and Senor Jose w. Agusti, owner
and editor of the Noticias Graficas,
all of Buenos Aires: Senor Fabian
Gale, secretary of the editorial staff
of Los Andes of Mendoza; Senor
Nestor Joaquin Lagos, principal as
sistant editor of La Capital of
Rosario; Senor Francisco Mateos
Vidal, acting director of Los Prin-
sipios of Cordoba, and Senor Alfredo
Coviello, administrator and acting
editor of La Gaceta of Tucuman.
Sonora de Espil wore most be-
coming gown of pale beige yelled
with very fine brown lace in flower
figures, the sleeves very short and
long dark-brown suede gloves eX-
tending above her elbows. With this
she wore no ornaments except the
bright gold stud earrings. The flow
ers in the vases about the rooms and
the halls were mostly red and white
carnations, with stately gladioluses
in paStels and other spring blossoms,
giving contrast.
Members of the Embassy staff and
their wives were there to assist and
see that all were served and Mrs.
Randall H. Hagner, jr., daughter OF
the hostess, hatless, and wearing
black and white print frock, also as
sisted. Mrs. Randall H. Hagner,
senior, was one of the few guests
from resident circles and wore a be-
coming dark-brown crepe suit-dress
with pale beige bodice and small
brown hat.
Nations like Argentina still are on
the neutral list, were represented by
the Turkish Ambassador and Nine.
Ertegun and the Spanish Ambas-
sador, Senor Don Juan Francisco de
Cardenas, who, like the Argentine
Ambassador, has been in Washing
ton many years, first as bachelor
secretary Of Embassy, then coun-
selor and now head of the mission.
The very popular Finnish Minister
and Nine. Procope, whose country,
though friendly to this Government,
is at war with one of the other
United Nations, were warmly greet
ed. The Minister appears to have
completely recovered from his ILL
ness of the early winter.
The Irish Minister, Mr.. Robert
Brennan, also representing a neu-
tral nation, who himself was a
newspaper editor before entering
the diplomatic service of his coun-
try, was there. Pretty Mrs. Bren-
nan was with him and like all who
have had experience as members of
the Fourth Estate were thoroughly
enjoying the party and were inter-
esting to the honor guests.
The former United States Ambas-
sador to the Argentine, Mr.. Robert
Woods Bliss, who was host to the
visitors Monday evening, was among
the United States citizens who were
there yesterday. Others at the
party were prominent newspaper
men of Washington, the president
of the National Press Club and Mrs.
Felix Cotton, Miss Alice Eversman,
president of the American News
paper Womens Club, of which
Sonora de Espil is an associate
member; and Miss Christine Sad
Ter, president of the Women's Ma
tional Press Club. The Rev. Edward
j. Ryan of Catholic University, look
ing we'll again after his recent ac-
cident. held court wherever he