Evening star., 1946-10-27

buffets in three Of these rooms. Tne
Ambassador and Nine. Ala received
In the drawing room-later the
guests drifted back there to dance.
Champagne bottles popped
throughout the affair-toasts were
drunk to the health Of the King Of
Iran. Sidney's orchestra gave .
musical background for the popular
sound and then played until the
early morning for the dancers.
It Is pleasing to the fashion,
minded woman to have formal at
tire regaiuing popularity Tor omciai
evening functions. Especially lovely
were the evening gowns and Access
sories worn by the ladies present
last night.
Nine. Ala was wearing strikingly
beautiful gown Of gold crepe. The
smartness of the dress was empha-
sized in the simplicity OF the cut
and showed to advantage her slen-
Over 400 guests were invited 70
the Kings birthday party-far TOO
many to list here. But the company
was drawn from the diplomatic cir
cles, officialdom and residential
society.
And so. on the pages Of washing
ton social history another memoir
able event has been added. And by
the way, the Iran Kings birthday
was marked with similar celebra-
tions in many corners Of the globe.
1t Is the custom to honor his natal
day with functions at all Iran mis-
sions. Then in Teheran the youth
fuI King had q sinammotith celehFa-
tion with all the splendor Of = pal
ace setting.
d ominicaHs Hosts
An enjoyable set-together and
one marked by pleasant informally
was found yesterday afternoon y
the home OF the Minister Counselor
of the Dominican Republic and
Sonora de Compress Perez.
Arranged to honor omcials OF the
Spanish newspaper La Prensa, the
hosts invited about so Of their close
friends to meet the visitors, who
came from New York.
The editor of the paper, Mr.. Julio
Garzon, with Mrs. Garzon, and Mrs.
John Scott Mabon, business man
ager, with her husband were the
honor guests. They stood for while
with their hosts to receive and then
mingled about to enjoy conversation
with the guests. The visitors Will
be in town over today-the Garzons
staying with the PereZs-the Mabons
at the Hamilton Hotel.
With so many diplomats In New
York for the General Assembly Of
the United Nations few large parties
are chalked on the diplomatic slate
for a few weeks to come. But at
the close of the Assembly the ma
tion's Capital will be gay with events
of international Importance. Some
Of the leading delegates are coming
here and although plans are in
but a formative state there will
be entertaining all over the place
for them.
National holidays Of foreign coun-
tries always brighten the social
whirl along embassy row. The next
embassy to observe such an impor-
tant day will be Panama's. The
Ambassador and Sonora de VAL
larino are not making plans for a
large celebration with SO many of
their colleagues away. But they
will be hosts to all the Panamanians
who make their home in and around
Washington.
The affair is set for next Sunday
afternoon.
Finland's Great Day will be cele-
brated at a reception December 6.
1t will be the first large party to be
given here by, the Minister and
Mrs. X. +. Jutila. Mrs. Jutila only
arrived fortnight ago-and so the
December fete will be in the nature
of her debut as diplomatic hostess
in Washington. The Minister has
made many warm friends since
coming to the Capital in November
of last year. Their daughter, Mrs.
M. Maijaleena Horelli has, too. She
has been here for several weeks now.
There always is something going
on at the beautiful Pan American
Union to attract society's interest.
Scheduled for next Sunday after
noon is a recital by Leonor Arenas,
noted Peruvian soprano. Invita-
tions for the event have been issued
by the director general of the union,
DR.. l.. S. Rowe, and the assistant
director, Mrs. Pedro de Alba.