Evening star., 1943-06-02
Farewell Parties
Being Arranged
For Envoy's Wife
Sonora de Michels
And Her Daughter
To Give Luncheon

Parties are being arranged as
farewell fetes for Sonora de De-
Bayle, wife of the retiring Mica
raguan Ambassador, who has made
a wide circle of friends during her
years as chatelaine of the Nicara-
guam Legation and for the past few
weeks of the Embassy. DR.. De-
Bayle Is at Hot Springs for the
United Nations Food Conference
which is expected to close shortly
and when he returns to the Capital
there will be additional festivities
arranged for the Ambassador and
Sonora de DeBayle, who will leave
before the end of the month for
their homeland.
One of the parties already ar
ranged is the luncheon which Sc
nora de Michels and Senorita
Cristina Michels, wife and daugh-
ter of the Chilean Ambassador,
have planned for Thursday, June
10. Their guests are being asked to
meet Sonora de DeBayle and will
include number of others in the
diplomatic circle who are friends of
both the hostesses and the guest
Of honor.
Two of the informal and delight
ful parties of yesterday were those
given by Mrs. Thomas Burke and
Senorita Minerva Bernardino. Mrs.
Burke's late afternoon party was for
the members of her committee ar
ranging the benefit concert for the
Chamber Music Guild for which
the Luxembourg Minister and Nine.
lie Calais have loaned their Lega-
tlon Monday evening. The party
was given in the charming garden
OF the Chief of the International
Communications Division and Mrs.
Burke, where tea was served and
reports read. Mrs. Burke is chair
man of the Committee on Arrange
ment for the benefit, the proceeds
from which will be added to the
sustaining fund of the Chamber
Music Guild. Mrs. Stuard Godfrey
and Sonora de Brunei told of the
artists for the concert, and Senhora
de Alencostro- -Guimaraes told of the
supper planned after the program.
Senorita Bernardinos fete was in
honor of three of her countrymen,
DR.. j. A. Bonilla Atiles, dean of the
law school at the University of San
Domingo; DR. Enrique de Marchena,
a composer of note in that country,
ind Senor j. Marino Enchaustegui,
prominent writer and historian of
the Dominican Republic. The gentle
lnen are in this country as guests
OF the State Department and are
being entertained not only by their
countrymen now living here but by
officials of the State Department.
The hostess planned and prepared
the delectable Dominican dishes
herself, and the guests included the
Peruvian Minister to the Dominican
Republic, Senor Ricardo Garland =:
other diplomats at this Capital and
officials of the State Department.
Other visitors who are guests of
the State Department were enter
tained Sunday evening when the
Colombian Ambassador and Sonora
&c LleraS were hosts at an informal
dinner party. Their ranking guests
were the Vice President and Mrs.
Henry A. Wallace and the honor
guests were members of an Agricul-
tural Mission from Colombia. The
delegates are Senor Miguel Lopez,
former Ambassador from Colombia
at this Capital. who is a brother of
the President. Senor Alfonzo Lopez.
Serving with him in the mission are
Senor Rafael Comacho, Senor Man.
uel Gomez and Senor Manuel Flores,
and the delegates are being enter
tanned by officials of the Agriculture
Department as well as their coun-
trymen.
The Ambassador and Sonora de
Lleras also had as their guests Sun
day evening the Political Adviser to
the State Department and Mrs.
Laurence Duggan and Senor Ro-
Eerto Garcia Pena, editor of Ell
TEMPO, leading daily of Bogota
who is staying at the Embassy while
a guest in this country of the State
Department. Sonora de Lopez ac-
companied him to this country but
is under medical care at Johns Hop
kins Hospital.