Evening star., 1944-11-03


plum-color afternoon frock with
an orchid on the bodice. Mrs. Mer-
rills all-black costume was COM
plemented by q -brimmed
hat trimmed with curled ostrich
feathers.
In the dining room adjacent to
the room In which the hostess re-
ceived her guests the tea table was
centered with low bowl of yellow
chrysanthemums and purple sweet
peas. A deliciously baked ham gar
nished with pineapple rings which
were centered with cherries was
placed at one end of the table and
at the other end coffee was poured
by various of the ladies assisting
the hostess. High-ranking officers
of the Navy deXterously carved the
ham and assisted other guests to
make sandwiches from sliced Vienna
bread.
The company included Capt. and
Mrs. Thomas Adkins, Commodore
and Mrs. Vance Chaplne, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. E. C. Kalbfus,
Comdr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Condor,
Comdr. and Mrs. Frank Slingluff,
Capt. Robert Henderson, Comdr
Arnold Emch, Capt. and Mrs. Ran
dolph Baxter, Capt. and Mrs. Harry
Pense. 1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Charles
C. Windsor, 1t. and Mrs. Eugene
ODunne, jr., the latter formerly
Miss Elsie Ekengren, 1t. John M.
Orr, Mrs. Benjamin H. Dorsey, Mrs.
Julian Gillespie, Miss Margaret
Fitzgerald, Col. and Mrs. James w.
Boyer, jr.; Judge and Mrs. James
Reece Duncan, Mrs. Leonard T.
Gerow, jr,; Mrs. Albert Niblack, Mr..
and Mrs. George Creel, Col. c. S.
Bennett. Capt. Eugene S. Karpe, Mr..
John Franklin Carter and Mrs.
Lawrence Frost.
The former United States Ambas-
sador to the Argentine and Mrs.
Norman Armour will be hosts at one
of the late afternoon fetes which
are so popular in Washington dur
ing wartime. They will entertain
this afternoon at the Mayflower,
where they are staying while Mr..
Armour is on duty at the State De-
partment Their guests will include
a number of foreign diplomats at
this Capital and a number of
United States diplomats now in
Washington.
Sonora de Copello. wife of the
Dominican Ambassador, will be
hostess at two informal at homes.
the first, Monday afternoon, ana
the second, Thursday afternoon,
November 8. Her two attractive
daughters, the Senoritas Adelina
and Argentina Copello, will assist
her on both occasions.
The late afternoon party which
Miss Rose Cox will give Saturday
afternoon also will attract a num-
ber of diplomats. She will entertain
in her apartment in the Iowa in I
honor of Mrs. May Chisholm and
her daughter, Miss Jean Chisholm
They recently arrived here from
Guatemala, where Miss Chisholm is
connected with the United States
Embassy and now is on few weeks
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Guatemala City, where she also was
connected with the Embassy.
Socially prominent hosts and
hostesses Of the Capital attended
the luncheon yesterday of the spon-
sors of the Washington Opera Guild
at the Mayf1ower. Members of the
organization and their guests dis
cussed plans for the coming season
of operate performance which will
open November 81 in Constitution
Hall with the presentation of "Il
Trovatore." Miss Georgianna Bour-
don, who will sing the leading role,
was the honor guest yesterday and
was introduced by Mrs. Dorothy
Remington Webster. Other operas
to be given by the guild this season
are "Rigoletto,' La Traviata,"
Lucia di Lammermoor, Faust"
and Carmen,