Evening star., 1947-12-03

greetings extended by the President
was donned by the wife of the Bur-
mese Ambassador designate. Her
loongyi was of pale yellow silk en-
broidered in Burmese flowers.
One of the most striking diplo-
matte wives was Sonora de Belt
whose husband is the Cuban Am
bassador. On her head she wore a
very old mantilla of white lace
Her strapless gown was of lovely
sapphire blue velvet. Senor Belt has
many decorations, but the ones he
chose to wear were the Grand Cross
of the Order of Carlos Manuel de
Cespedes, the papal decoration and
the French Legion of Honor.
Several Paris models were in evi-
dence. The wife of the Panamanian
Ambassador, Sonora de Vallarino,
who was accompanied by her hus-
band and daughter, had on a JAG
ques Helm original. The top was
of black satin embroidered in diff
ferent-colored sequins and the full
skirt was gunmetal Hildas gown
was by the same designer. Hers was
brown and pink net, trimmed in
sequins of the same color, and IT
was strapless.
Another Paris creation was that
worn by Mrs. Winiewicz, wife of the
Polish Ambassador. Her dark violet
crepe gown. bordering on mauve
shade. had a decollete front filled in
with rose-colored flowers. The skirt
was very full and the sleeves were
long.
Black Dresses Popular
That favorite color, black, was
very popular with the ladies last
evening. Signora Tarchiani, whose
husband is the Italian Ambassador
brought her black off-the- shoulder
dress from Italy. With it she wore
white camellias The wife of the
Guatemalan Ambassador, Sonora de
Garcia Granados, chose black vel
vet. Her only ornament was a Ye-
mite necklace which her husband
brought from Palestine. The two
were accompanied to the reception
by the Commercial Attache, Mr.
Julio Aparicio, who came down from
New York.
The Colombian Ambassadors wife,
Sonora de Restrepo-Jaramillo, Sc
lected black chiffon trimmed with
gold beads, but their daughter,
Senorita Dona Maria Elena Restrepo
had on pale blue chiffon sprinkled
with silver beads. DR.. Mica Trbo-
jevic, sister of the Yugoslav Ambas-
sador and an Attache of the EN-
bassy, accompanied her bachelor
brother. She had on a black lace
gown with long sleeves, white
orchid and a mink coat.
A black taffeta off the-shoulder
dress was worn by Sonora de Ca
ceres, wife of the Honduran Ambas-
sador. 1t was frightened up by a
full aquamarine skirt, two large
red roses and gay colored beads.
The Mexican envoy's wife had on
black and gold French brocaded
gown and with it she wore diamond
clips and bracelet and white
ermlne stole trimmed with white
fox.
Others wearing black gowns were
Sonora de Castro, whose husband is
the Ambassador from El Salvador;
Mrs. Andrews, wife of the South
African Minister; Mrs. zadeikis,
whose husband is the Lithuanian
Minister; and Sonora de Fernandez
Davila, wife of the Peruvian
Minister. Sonora de Castro's gown
was off-the-shoulder crepe trimmed
with sequins-their daughter, Maria,
had on chartreuse trimmed with
black lace; Mrs. Andrews dress was
designed with hustle and a drape
effect in flame color shading to
gray; Mrs. Zadeikis had on black
net, and Sonora de Fernandez
Davila's gown had a lace top and
satin bottom. Her daughter, Zutila
chose white chiffon embroidered in
gold.
Colors Add Gayety
Brilliant was the Kelly-green
satin costume worn by Mrs. Thor
Thors, wife of the Icelandic Minister.
It was off the shoulder and trimmed
with gold embroidery and the draped
skirt had a huge bow on one side.
Margret Thors, their daughter, wore
white and gold strapless taffeta
gown and a white net scarf. Sc
norita Marguerite Blanco accom-
panied her father, the Uruguayan
Ambassador, because her mother Is
ill., She had on a turquoise gown
with a full skirt.
Among those choosing white were
Sonora de Ivanissevich, wife OF the
Argentine Ambassador, whose crepe
gown was embroidered with gold and
had a full skirt; and Lady Berend-
sen, whose husband is the New
Zealand Minister. She and her hus-
band came down from New York
yesterday for the reception and will
return today. Lady Berendsen's
dress was Chiffon trimmed with cut
beads and sequins. with full skirt
and Peter Pan collar.
Marquisette and crepe made up
the gown worn by Mrs. Maxim, wife
of the Australian Ambassador. The
marquisette top was flesh-colored
and the skirt was midnight blue
with crystal bead trim. And the
wife of the Venezuelan Ambassador,
Sonora de Carnevali, had on gray
crepe with black and gold acces-
sories and diamond earrings.
The chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, Sen
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg, was
there as were most of the members
of that committee Senator VAN
denberg, who was in constant de-
mand throughout the evening, told
friends that Mrs. Vandenberg Is
recovering from her illness and
hopes to be back In Washington be-
fore long.
Chatting with one group Of
friends after another were the ma
jority leader of the Senate and Mrs.
Wallace H. White, IT,, the latter in
a handsome light blue lame gown.
Mrs. Tom Connally wore striking
new evening gown of black net with
COPPER color Seuuins sprinkled over