Evening star., 1943-09-09

smartly cut black costumes. Nine
F'otitch having wide brimmed
black straw hat with an edge of
black lace and Nine Hurban wear
ing a ''beany' well back on her
head.
The party yesterday afternoon was
given by Sonora de Michels, wife of
the Chilean Ambassador for the
old. new and prospective members
of the Chamber Music Guild. The
hostess stayed rather in The back
ground and kept a keen eye on the
arrangements for the serving of tea
in the dining room. There the pret-
tily appointed tea table had cluster
of large dahlias in pastel in the
center and numerous plates OF
dainty sandwiches-some of them
with ham and many of cheese
and cakes with larger layer cakes
temptingly iced.
Sonora de Brunei. wife of the
Naval and Air Attache of the Ar
gentine Embassy. poured tea. She
had a black suit with which she
wore a yellow blouse matching the
band of yellow about the edge of
her black toreador's hat.
Mrs. Stanley Woodward, wife of
the assistant chief of protocol, is
vice president of the Guild and
presided. She introduced Mrs.
Thomas Burke, wife of the chief of
the international Communications
Division of the State Department,
who is one of the three directors
of the guild. Mrs. Burke gave a
short history of the accomplish
ments of the guild and announced
the two $1,000 prizes which the
guild will give for the best COM
positions written for string quar-
tet by Latin American composer
and composer of North America
Mr. Marcel Ancher, founder of the
guild, one of the three directors
and the cellist in the Guild Quar-
tet, told of the plans for the four
concerts for the first half of the
coming season.
The four concerts will be given
in the D A r Memorial Conti-
mental Hall on Seventeenth street,
the first one October with Claudio
Arrau, brilliant Chilean pianist, as
the guest artist. Senior Arrau was
the soloist Sunday afternoon with
the New York Philharmonic Or
chestra. Appearing with him will
be younger musician, Miss Shan
non Bolin. contralto. The other
concerts will be October 81 with
Aileen Farrell, soprano, and Shir-
ley Effenbach, pianist, youngest of
the talented members of a Wash
ington family; November 10, when
Mishel Piastro, former concert
master of the Philharmonic Orches-
ira. who has accepted the chair of
first violin with the Guild Quartet,
and Thomas Doniphan, tenor, will
be soloists. and the last of the series,
December Z, with Wanda Landow-
ska. famous harpsichordist, and Nan
Merriman, mezzo-soprano, as solo,
lists.
Mrs. Edwin M. Watson, who is
president of the Board of Advisors
for the guild, assisted Sonora de
Michels in receiving yesterday and
q corps of young ladies aided in
giving out the membership appli-
cations and the plans for the COM
ing season. The directors OF the
guild are Mrs. Burke and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ancher; the secretary of the
board is Mrs. Foster Adams and
other members of the board are
Mrs Marshall Bidwen Dierssen. Mrs.
Stuart C. Godfrey, Mrs. James
Pomeroy Hendrick, Mrs Noonan
Miller and Mr. Elmer w. Pratt. The
sponsors for the guild are the
Chilean Ambassador and Sonora de
Michels, the Yugoslav Ambassador
and Nine Fotitch, the Greek AM
bassador and Nine. Diamantopoulos
the Czechoslovak Ambassador and
Nine. Hurban, the Luxembourg Min
lister and Nine. LeGallais, the Meth