Evening star., 1946-10-06

Mario Rodriguez comes to Washing
ton to serve as Minister Counselor
of the Chilean Embassy and be
charge d'affaires for. his country
when the present Ambassador,
Senor Don Marcial Mora leaves the
end of next week. Sonora de Rod
rigueZ is the former Marjorie Tall
man, daughter of Mrs. Charles Fitz-
hugh Talman and the late Mr.. Tai
man, and made her debut in WASH
ington where the families of her
parents have lived for several gen.
erationS.
Senior and Sonora de Rodriguez
are among the most popular Of the
younger diplomats who have been
in Washington, the former being a
popular bachelor when his wife
made her debut here and their mar
riage in st. Matthews Church was
one of the fashionable events of the
autumn of 1885. He then was .secre-
tary of the Embassy. He. was back
here again some three or four years
ago as Counselor of the Embassy
and stayed until the early part Of
1914 when he was recalled to serve
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
where he has been ever since. When
the Rodriguez went home they
sailed from the Pacific Coast and
in Panama had an exciting time,
as their ship with all their clothes
and treasures burned while they
were on shore: They were stranded
in Panama for some days before
getting passage on another ship Tor
their South American home. When
they reach Washington within 10
days they will have with them their
young daughter Marjorie who was
born here and little Roberto who
was born in Chile about year ago.
Duplicate Names
The return to Washington of
Senior and Sonora de Rodriguez will
make the fourth member of the
corps with that name. And it will
not be possible to refer to them as
the "Chilean Rodriguez" for the
First Secretary of the Embassy is
Senior Don Ramon Rodrfguez-Ri-
vera. He and Sonora de Rodriguez
left a fortnight ago for q two
months. leave in Chile and there are
rumors that perhaps he will have a
transfer before that vacation is
completed.
The Dominican embassy also has
two members with the name OF
Rodriguez, the Minister Counselor,
DR.. j. r. Rodriguez, and the First
Secretary, DR.. Don Sebastian Rod
riguez-Lora. The latter recently ar
rived at this post and with Sonora
de Rodriguez-Lora still is huntingI
suitable living quarters. To add con-
fusion the Mexican Embassy has a
Rodriguez, Senior Don Manuel Rod
riguez de San Miguel and the re-
Gently arrived military attache fer
air, Col P. A.. David Chagoya car
ries his mothers maiden name
Rodriguez after the Chagoya. How
ever his wife and daughter, who
will Join him later in the autumn,
do not carry the Rodriguez, they
are Sonora de Chagoya and Senior
ita Imeida Chagoya and still are
in their Mexican home. Senor Don
Manuel Rodriguez de San Miguel,
who is third secretary, and Sonora
de Rodriguez de San Miguel will
be back next month from vaca-
ton in their homeland.
The social calendar of the retiring |
Ambassador and Sonora de Mora
has been filled for the past fort
night or more and the coming weeks
will be no less crowded. Last evening
they were entertained at dinner by
the Dominican Ambassador and
Sonora de Garcia Godoy and this
evening they will dine with Signora
Tarchiani, wife Of the Italian Am
bassador. Signora Tarchiani. in the
absence of the Ambassador, is max
ing her party quite informal and
has asked several members OF the
Italian Embassy staff and their
wives to dine with them.
Last evening the Ambassador and
Sonora de Garcia Godoy had as
their other guests the Honduran
Ambassador and Sonora de Caceres.
the Nicaraguan Ambassador, DR..
Don Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa; the
Cuban Ambassador and Sonora de
Belt, the Panamian Ambassador and
Sonora de vallarino, the Guate-
malan Ambassador and Sonora de
Garcia Granados, the Colombian
Ambassador and Sonora de Sanz de
Santamaria and the Mexican AM
bassador and Sonora de Espinoso de
los Monteros. From the State De-
partment were the Assistant Secre-
tary and Mrs. Spruille Braden and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin g. Trueblood,
and others at the fete were the
Minister Counselor of the Peruvian
Embassy and Sonora de Fernandez
Davila, the Dominican Ambassador
to Peru and Chile, DR.. Tulio Cestero;
Senorita Minerva Bernardino, chair
&aan of the nter-American Com
mission OF Women; the former As-i