Evening star., 1944-02-03

Dy JneSe gracious hOStS, many were
able to stop momentarily and chat
briefly with them. Mrs. Mccarthy
wore frock of larkspur-blue crepe,
the bodice embroidered in silver
sequins. 1t was set off by a triple
strand of pearls and a cluster of gar
denias.
The drawing room suite, as well
as the dining room, was decorated
with bouquets of vari-colored spring
flowers, the buffet table having a
centerpiece of jonquils and iris ar
ranged in silver bowl, with soft
green candles in silver candlesticks
standing at either end. Low bowls
of gardenias and camellias were
placed about on smaller tables.
Sandwiches and small cakes, to-
gether with tea and coffee, were
served in the dining room, while
other beverages were dispensed at
temporary bars set up in the draw
ing room and in the gold room.
The son and daughter-in law of
the envoy and his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mccarthy, assisted in re-
ceiving the guests the latter wear
ing an emerald green gown, the
square decolletage ornamented with
a single gardenia.
Among the large company of
guests yesterday were the Peruvian
Ambassador, Senor Don Manuel de
Freyre y Santander; the Norwegian
Ambassador and Nine. Munthe de
Morgenstierne, the Mexican Am
bassador and Sonora de Castillo
Najera, the Belgian Ambassador
Count van der Straten-Ponthoz; the
Guatemalan Ambassador and Sonora
de Recinos, the Australian Minister
and Lady Dixon, the Indian Agent
General and Lady Bajpai, the Min
lister of Portugal and Nine. de
Bianchi, Nine. Wei, wife of the
Chinese Ambassador; the Yugo-
slavian Ambassador and Nine
Hurban, the Ambassador of the
Netherlands, Mr.. Alexander Loudon;
the Polish Ambassador and Nine.
CiechanoWska, the Chilean Am
bassador and Nine. Michels, the
Swedish Minister and Nine. Bos-
from,
Also present yesterday were Mrs.
Henry A. Wallace wife of the Vice
President; Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone,
wife of the Chief Justice; Mrs. Cor
dell Hull, wife of the Secretary of
State; Justice and Mrs. Felix Frank
furter, Senator Theodore F. Green,
Representative Edith Nourse Rog-
ers, Mrs. Stanley F. Reed, wife of
the Associate Justice; Senator
Arthur Capper, Judge and Mrs.
Clarence Norton Goodwin, Senator
and Mrs. Ralph Owen Brewster,
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnet Mover, Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Morris, Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman and DR.. and Mrs.
Tomas Cajigas.
Another party of yesterday was
the dinner given last evening by
the Brazilian Ambassador and
Senhora de Martins in honor of the
retiring Minister Counselor of the
Embassy and Senhora de Alencas-
o-Guimaraes. Senior Alencastro
will be on duty at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs before being sent
as Minister from his country to
another post. Senior Alencastro's
promotion to the rank of Minister
came only a few weeks ago, carry
ing with it his appointment as
Counselor of the Embassy, where he
had served for some time as First
Secretary. No one as yet has been
appointed to succeed him in Wash
ington.
Among the guests at the dinner
last evening were, the Assistant
Secretary of State and Mrs. Adolf
A. Berle. jr.; the Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce and Mrs. William
L. Clayton, the Co-ordinator of In
er-American Affairs and Mrs. Nell
son A. Rockefeller, the Assistant
Chief of the Division of American
Republics of the State Department
and Mrs. Walter M. Walmsley, Mrs.
A. Mitchell Palmer, Mrs. Carrere
Barbour, Mrs. Carley Hawkins,
Mrs. Nathan Wyeth, Mr.. Herbert
May and Mr.. Alan Dawson.