Evening star., 1946-02-04
Round OF Entertainments
Enlipeus Social Picture .
By Betty Beale

The pitch of Washington social
life, never low at its dullest mo-
ment, reached a better than usual
high over the week end Saturdays
gay round began in the afternoon
at Mr.. John Logan's cocktail party,
continued at Miss Peggy Wagner's
for same and ended the day with
a dinner party at the Miguel Eche-
garays'. Beginning before Saturday
one has to include, of course, the
party given by the British Minister
and Mrs. Balfour which served a
double purpose. 1t was a house
warming for the hosts who have
just moved in Mrs. ]. Borden Har-
riman's home on FoXhall road and
it honored the British Ambassador
and the Countess of Halifax who
are slated to leave Washington
this spring. The biggest affair on
yesterdays calendar was the large
and really knockout party given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Royce Powell.
The Powell's party was for newly
weds Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Pope.
The latter is the daughter of Mrs.
Newbold Walmsley and Mr.. Hugo
Rennert, both of whom were on
hand yesterday. Mrs. Powell, Mrs.
Pope and Mrs. Walmsley all wore
smart black: Mrs. Powell with a rib
bon and flower in her hair, Mrs.
Pope's dark good looks set off by a
corsage of gardenias and Mrs.
Walmsley in orchids and a large
snappy beret, which she said she got
in Madrid
The bridegroom's parents, 1t.
Comdr. and Mrs. E. J. Pope. were
there. The war brought them from
Cleveland to Washington, which
they like so well they want to con-
tlnue to live here. Mrs. Pope said
that when her husband and two
sons Joined the Navy she tried to
get into the Navy Nurse Corps, hav-
Ing served during the first World
War. However, her husband was
sworn IN before her request was
received she she was refused. Greet
Ing the Popes were Argentine
Charge d'Affaires and Sonora de
Luti and Mrs. Drew Pearson, the
latter in a sleek. bright green satin
suit and black ostrich feather hat.
The air of conviviality in the
Powell's home extended from the
drawing room where a welcoming
fire cracked in the fireplace to the
dining room where a bar was set
up and the table offered ample and
tempting nourishment, and upstairs
to the paneled library which is
called the "Admiral's Quarters"
ana where another bar attracted
q goodly number of guests.
Here were found Admiral and
Mrs. j. R. Robertson, Mrs. Crosby
Miller chatting with Mrs. Suther-
land Mayo, and Mr.. Ivan White,
VINO Is here on a six-week detail
from our Embassy in Paris. The
Jean Delattre-Seguys were there.
too, and Mr.. John McVickar and
Miss Nancy Mayo, the latter wear
Ing beautiful earrings and pin to
match, gold sunrays set in dia-
monds. The lovely looking Mrs.
Thomas Blake was there with her
attractive husband and stunning
pother-in-law, Mrs. Hartnell Blake.
Afr. Blake had on tie worth writ
ing about. A gift from his wife. it
was a Countess Mara model-bath-
ing girls against a navy-blue back
ground.
LII. Col. and Mrs. Frank Vanderlip,
with the latter's son, red-headed
Sherry Fahnstock, were there but
rushed off early. They were catch
ing a plane to California. Young
Sherry was properly entertained by
the two little Powell girls, Lisa and
Julie, who looked adorable in their
blue dresses, blue hair ribbons and
white pinafores.
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