Evening star., 1944-12-13

House while in Washington as g
ernment.
Gabriel and Carmen Teresa, son
and daughter of Senor Lewis, came
with their father to this country,
mainly to see their mother, who is
at the Mayo Clinic. They are at
the Embassy with the Ambassador
and Sonora de Jimenez while in
Washington and already have had
two of their special desires fulfilled,
one to go to the Zoo, which they did
yesterday; the other to see snow,
which they also saw yesterday. Ac-
companied by the small grandchil-
dren of the Ambassador and his
wife they were out on the snow
covered lawns of the Embassy al
most before daybreak. Probably the
youngsters from Panama will see
much more spectacular snow scenes
before they return to their native
soil, when they visit their mother
in Minnesota.
AS the door was opened to each
guest entering the Embassy last
evening, sharp wind blew into
the downstairs hall, but the warmth
from the rooms above soon dis
PEELED the cold. Guests were greet
ed at the head of the stairs leading
to the drawing room, Sonora de
Jimenez being the only lady in the
receiving line. The other members
of the Embassy Staff, with their
wives, and the one feminine men,
ber, Senorita Anita Ramirez-Duque,
attractive Attache of the Embassy,
assisted in dispensing hospitality.
In the drawing room, low bowls
of American Beauty roses and tall
vases of yellow and white pom pom
chrysanthemums harmonized with
the colorful furnishings. A daisy
like variety of the chrysanthemum,
popularity known as "disbud,"
formed the centerpieces on the buf-
fet tables in the dining room and
in the library, where deep dishes
of arroz con polio, platters of Smith
field ham and other delicacieS were
served. Imported champagne and
other beverages were available at
bars set up for the occasion in both
rooms.
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the
Vice President, arrived alone and
Immediately greeted an old friend,
Sonora de Alfaro, wife of a former
Panamanian Minister to Washing
ton. Admiral and Mrs. Clarke Howell
Woodward conversed with the former
United States envoy to the isthmus
and Mrs. Roy T. Davis, Mr.. Davis
being in the group who went on later
to Secretary Stettinius' dinner.
Standing nearby were Admiral and
Mrs. William o. Spears, and just
across the room, seated on low
divan, were the wives of three for
eign diplomats: Sonora de Castro,
whose husband is Ambassador from
Ell Salvador; Sonora de Caceres, wife
of the Ambassador of Honduras, and
Sonora de Morales, whose husband,
the Counselor of the Panamanian
Embassy, was one of the guests at
MI. Stettinius' party last evening.
The Soviet Am b SIS a d or, the
youthful Andrei A. Gromyko, un-
accompanied bv his wife and not
wearing the gold-braided uniform
worn for the first time at the Soviet |
Embassy reception celebrating the
October Revolution, was in the large
gathering yesterday. and His Bri-
tannic Majesty's Ambassador. the
Earl of Halifax, with his wife, as
usual lowered above the throng The
popular retiring Military Attache of
the Cuban Embassy and Sonora de
Munilla, about to leave for their
fourth party of the day, were bid
ding farewell to group surround
ing them early in the evening, and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Francis Trim
BILE were explaining to acquaintances
their relationship to the well-known
clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, Mr. South Trimble. The Sec
retary of Labor, Miss Frances Per-
kins, came straight from her Office,
as did numerous officials of the
State Department., among them Mr.
John M. Cabot and Mr.. Raymond
D. Muir, both of whom went on
later to the. Stettinius party.
Other guests at the Secretary of
States dinner last evening were the
Colombian Ambassador, DIR. Gabriel
Turbay; the Costa Rican Ambassa-
dor, Senor Don Francisco de P.
Gutierrez, Senator Tom Connally
Representative Sol Bloom, Vice Ad-
miral Emory Scott Land, Vice Ad-
miral Alfred w. Johnson, Mr.. Rob-
ert P. Patterson, Mr. Leo T. Crowley,
Mr.. Avra M. Warren, Mr.. Norman
Armour, Mr. George T. Summer
lin, Maj. Gen. Julian L. Schley,
DR.. Leo s. Rowe, Mr.. B. F..
Burdick, Mr.. Stanley Woodward Mr..
Otis C. Muliken, Mr.. William P.
Cochran, Mr.. Hazen H. Wilson, Mr..
j. D. Walstrom, Mr.. John M. High
tower, Mr.. Robert Shackford and
Mr. Leo Pearson