Evening star., 1943-01-14

pink pearl buttons matching her
stud earrings and narrow turnover
flesh-color chiffon collar. She stood
at the door of the dining room tc
receive her 80 of 40 guests and
tea was served from a small table in
the corner of the room. On the
long dining table were numerous
plates of dainty sandwiches and
enticing cakes. Nine. Hurban, wife
of the Czechoslovak Minister, pre-
sided at the tea table. She and the
Minister also are sponsors for the
guild and she was much interested
in the discussion which followed tea
The Minister is in England and no
time has been set for his return but
Nine. Hurban has returned to the
Legation after spending Christmas
and the holidays in New York with
her family.
Mrs. Marcel Ancher. wife of the
founder of the guild, who also is the
cellist in the guild quartet, presided
at the meeting in the drawing room
after the tea. The many vases on
tables and mantels about the flrSt
floor of the Embassy held tall pink
gladioluses and on the dining table
was a cluster of blue flags and pale
yellow jonquils, an indication that
spring is not too far away. Most
of the guests wore wool suits or
frocks or kept their coats on, Nine.
Fotitch, wife of the Yugoslav AM
bassador, being one of the latter
group. She wore a dark brown
gown with a matching small round
hat edged with a band of mink fur
like that of her long coat. Sonora
de Brunei, wife of the Naval and
Air Attache of the Argentine EN-
bassy, also kept her coat, of Persian
lamb, with which her small black
hat was trimmed. She entered into
the lively discussions, offering several
practical suggestions on the pro-
posed benefit to iquidate the deficit
which the guild will have at the
close of the season The next con-
cert will be held Tuesday evening,
January 10, and the final program
will be Tuesday evening, February 2,
which will be a gala Pan-American
concert.
Mrs. Thomas Burke, wife of the
chief of the international Commu-
nications Division of the State De-
partment, was warmly greeted, 1t
being only the third time she has
been out since her recent illness.
She assisted Sonora de Michels for
part of the tea hour, presiding at
the tea table
Among others at the informal
fete were Nine. lie Calais, wife of
the Luxembourg Minister; Mrs.
James Clement Dunn, wife of the
political adviser to the State De-
partment, wearing a smartly tai
lored suit of gray with stripes of dull
red and blue forming checks and
small gray hat with tall crown and
narrow brim trimmed with gray
uuills. Also at the Embassy yester-
day were Sonora de Blanco, wife of
the Uruguay Ambassador; Senhora
de Alencastro Guimaraes, Nine. Ger
venka, Mrs c. Magill James of Balti-
more. who formerly was Miss Bruce
Kinsolving, and with Mr.. James is
living in washington, where they
have a house at 1928 Thirtieth street;
Mrs. w. E. Pattison French, Mrs.
Stuart c. Godfrey, Miss Edna G.
Crane, Mrs. James w. Boyer, jr.;
Mrs. Abrasha Robofsky, who is we'll
known through her poems as Ellen
Wood; Nine. Chen, an equally we'll
known writer of verse, both Chinese
and English; Mrs. Walker Boswell
Of Gloucester, Va, and Mrs. James
Pomeroy Hendrick and Mrs. Sidney
c. Lee, who have charge of the
arrangements for the benefit con-
cert, the date and place of which
have not yet been set.