Evening star., 1946-08-04


there is the large size problem of
finding fitting furnishings. The
present embassy was leased fur
nished and everything for the new
embassy must be purchased.
Fortunately, Honduras has as
chatelaine of its Embassy woman
quite capable of selecting the most
appropriate furnishings for the new
residence.
Sonora de Cacares-by the way
has been in Washington longer than
any other Ambassadors wife. She
accompanied her husband to the
Capital when he first came as Sec
retary. He rose from that office to
Charge d'Affaires, then to Minister
and in 1943 was appointed Hon
duras' first Ambassador to this coun-
try. Sonora de Cacares with the ex-
ception of a few brief visits in her
home country has been here
throughout her husbands Is years
tour of duty. During their stay, the
Ambassador and Sonora de Cacares
have made host of friends. Not
only in the diplomatic set do they
enjoy great popularity, but in serv-
ice and old residential circles as well.
Womanlike, Sonora de Cacares has
taken special cognizance of the set
tings of the many brilliant parties
she has attended during her long
stay here. She naturally has picked
up countless pointers on the tops in
interior decorating. When I called
on her the other day she did say she
felt she had difficult task ahead of
her, but one that she would thor
oughly enjoy doing. She said she
hoped things would not be as diff
cult to find as during wartimes and
that perhaps she might call on a
professional decorator for a bit OF
help.
| Changes in Social Life.
Sonora de Cacares has seen many
changes in the social life in Wash
ington. She particularly recalls the
days when proper attire for after
noon festivities meant 1oor-length
gowns for the ladies-cutaway and
striped trousers for the gentlemen
Parties then were much more
impressive and pretty" she stated
"It is easier perhaps now that pro-
tocol on dress has been more or less
laid aside. So many men do object
to dressing up after busy day
at the office" she said.
Sonora de Cacares also has wit
messed the curtailment of the call
ing card custom. In other years
hundreds of cards were left at the
Embassy each season-now only a
comparatively few arrive-and these
for the most part are from new ar
rivals in the Diplomatic Corps.
The diplomatic hostess believes
that Washington will not be long in
establishing the customs newt
ably dropped during the wartimes.
AS vice chairman of the Latin
American Unit of the Red Cross
Jul lIiS tIlc w WdI oCllOl d dC SoSa4 Gso
didn't keep a record of how many
surgical dressings were turned out
by her group. 1t ran into thousands
she knows. Her only real concern
was that the diplomatic ladies did
their quota.
Sonora de Cacares never has
taken an active part in politics. She
thinks that's for the men of the
| family But she is strong be-
lever that women who would like
to vote should be permitted to do
so. There is no woman suffrage in
her home country. According to
Sonora de Cacares, Ell Salvador is
the only Central American Republic
where women have this franchise
and, strangely enough, few avail
themselves of the privilege.
Sonora de Cacares before her
very young marriage was Senorita
Mariana Culotta. She was born in
Puerto Cortez on the north coast of
Honduras. Here she met and mar
ried her husband and her mother,
Sonora Brocato Culotta, still lives
there, Her father. Senor Francisco
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