Evening star., 1943-03-24
Press Writers
Plan to Take Up
Study Of Spanish
SenOrifa Bernardin0
Offers to Serve as
Instructor Here
By Frances Lide.

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The next group here to take ur
8 study of the Spanish language
may he some OF Washington's news
paperwomen-if the busy vice chair
man of the Inter American Com
mission of Women, Senorita Minerva
Bernardino, and the busy women OF
the press can get together.
Senorita Bernardino is planning
to offer her services as instructor
once or twice week and already
has put the proposal before some
Of her prospective students"
She discussed the idea yesterday
at the Latin American tea given Dy
the American Newspaper Women's
Club as the first in a series which
eventually will honor all OF the
Latin American republics.
The Spanish classes would be the
first step toward another plan which
Senorita Bernardino hopes to de-
velop-a sort of exchange whereby
Washington newspaperwomen would
be invited to 60 to Latin American
countries for a time and women
writers from those countries invited
here.
Such exchanges, she pointed out,
already have been arranged for
newspapermen, but thus far nothing
OF the kind for women.
Good -Neighbor Planning.
To provide an opportunity for
such "good-neighbor" planning was
one of the purposes of yesterdays
tea, which was held by the club in
Its headquarters at 1904 Twentieth
street NV.
The American Newspaper Women's
Club recently broadened its men,
bership to include a group of Latin
American women and several of
these were on hand yesterday to
help entertain.
Sonora de Espil, wife of the Az
gentlne Ambassador, who is a new
associate member, was among those
assisting the club president, Miss
Alice Eversman.
Senorlta Bernardino, who is a
writer as well as the representative
of the Dominican Republic on the
lnter-American Commission of
Women, recently has become an &C
tive member of the club.
The tea yesterday honored Peru,
Argentina. Mexico. Ecuador and
Brazil. Other countries. in groups
OF five, will be honored at subsequent
parties.
Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Sec
retary OF State, who has long been
an associate member was among the
early arrivals.
Latin American Guests.
Latin American guests included
Sonora de Sosa sister in-law of the
Ambassador of Ecuador who acts as
his oflclal hostess in the absence of
Sonora De Alfaro, and who attended
with Senorita Eugenia Sosa, and
Sonora de Parodi whose husband is
military attache of the Argentine
Embassy as we'll as a delegate to
the Inter- American Defense Board
Among others were Senhora Stella
Dolores, de Monteiro, another new
member of the club who writes
Tor three Brazilian papers and
whose husband is a member of the
Brazilian Military Commission. and
Sonora Rosa Maria Guerra, wife OF
the second secretary of the Domin-
ican Embassy.
The DOml lican guests were de-
lighted at the opportunity to point
out that the status of their country s
diplomatic mission here had been
raised from Legation to Embassy
only a few hours before.
View Artists Work.
While the tea was primarily to
honor the n-American guests,
it also provided an opportunity for
members to see some of the work
of Betty Ann Mills, youthful portrait
painter who is spending some time
in Washington Although she is
only 20, Miss Mills has painted pro-
fessionally for three years and has
a studio in Carnegie Hall. Her work
on exhibit yesterday included an oil
painting of her instructor, Penrhyn
StanlaWs. and pastel study of her
brother which she calls simply
'Ronny." Her brother also is a
talented artist.
Mrs. Betty Milliken, who was the
guest Of Mrs. Robert Whitney I'M
brle, helped served at the punch
bowl during the afternoon.
-. Among others attending were
Miss Margaret E. Mulligan. secre-
tary to the rector at Catholic Uni
versity; Mrs. Kenneth Royal and
Mrs. L. u. Best of North Carolina
Mrs McCook Knox. Second Officer
Katherine Stull of the WAACS. who
was formerly newspaper writer ir
Oklahoma; Miss Mildred Brown
Mrs Emily Margaret Dickel of New
York, Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey
Sonora Alicia Banos Thurman. sec
retary to the Ambassador of Ecua-
dor; Fortune Gallo. manager of the
San Carlo Opera Co. now playing al
the National Theater, and Mrs
Carlo Perone. wife of the orchestra
conductor of the San Carlo Co..
Mrs. Florence Howard and Mrs. S. A
Kimberly.