Evening star., 1944-10-25

of Rear Admiral Liu Ten-fu, Chi
noon. The fete was given in th
Hotel and during the reception
ceived. The buffet was laid at the
south end of the room and large
clusters of autumn flowers were
placed at intervals down the table
Admiral Liu stood at the entrance
of the room to welcome the COM
pany and with him were the Assist
ant Naval Attaches, Capt. Soong
Ngo, Comdr. Yang Yuan-cnung and
Comdr. S. K. Ling.
The Chinese Ambassador, DR.. Wei
Tao-ming was one of the first to
arrive at the reception and among
others present were the Under
secretary of State and Mrs. Edward
r. Stettinius, Rear Admiral William
D. Leahy, Rear Admiral and Mrs
H. E. Yarnell, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. r. S. Edwards, Rear Admiral
Arthur j. Hepburn, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. G. v. Strong, 1t. Gen and Mrs
Stanley D. Embrick and Rear Ad-
mfal and Mrs. Harold C. Train.
The newly appointed United
States Ambassador to the Neither
lands and Mrs. Stanley Hornbeck
were there as were the former United
States Ambassador to Japan and
Mrs. Joseph Grew and the former
Chinese Ambassador to this country,
DR.. Alfred SEE. Representing the
British air forces was Air Marshall
William Welch and also at the fete
was the Brazilian Naval Attache,
Rear Admiral Sylvio de Noronha.
The Czechoslovak Ambassador and
Nine. Hurban gave a reception last
evening honoring their countryman
M. Rudolf Firkusny who was the
piano soloist earlier in the evening
at the opening concert of the
Chamber Music Guild. The hosts
were assisted in receiving their $50
or 200 guests by M. Firkusny and
smiling and gracious Nine. Hurban
wore very becoming gown of black
taffeta fashioned in robe de style
with short sleeves. The members
of the Embassy staff and their wives
assisted through the late evening
seeing that the guests were served
and that those unacquainted met
each other.
Those attending included the
sponsors of the Chamber Music
Guild, of which Nine. Hurban also
is one, and several others from
the diplomatic corps, representatives
of others of the United Nations.
In addition there were number
of musicians and lovers of music
who heard M. Firkusny play with
the Chamber Music Guilds quar-
tet and also group of solos from
the pens of Czechoslovak composers.
The concert, like others to be given
in the series, was presented in
Memorial Continental Hall
The military mission from Uru-
quay, which came here at the invi-
tation of the War Department, will
leave today to visit several of the
Army posts before returning to Uru-
quay. Col. Hector j. Medina, who
heads the mission, was host yester-
day afternoon at the May1ower en-
tertaining a number of the Army
officers he has met here as well as
the members of the Embassy staff
and their wives. Accompanying Col
Medina on this visit are Col Jose
A. CorteSe, 1t. Col. Hector j
Blanco and 1t. Col. Anibal Gaye
Mai. Gen. J. G. Ord, United
States delegate to the Inter Amer
ican Defense Board, was host at
dinner last evening for the four
delegates, and Monday. DR.. Carl
B. Spaeth entertained them at a
late afternoon fete in the Blair-Lee
House. Sunday the four lunched
with their Ambassador, DR.. Juan
Carlos Blanco.
Sonora de Echegaray, wife of the
agricultural attache OF the Spanish
Embassy, entertained few friends
at luncheon yesterday in her home
on Macomb street.