Evening star., 1947-04-18

LucIeCld c0u16S 10 t0Wu gdyeCy
flowers bloom In the springtim
keen enjoyment Of life makes p
Her enthusiasm over every tiny
Friends at a luncheon yeSl
reluctant farewells to her. Then n
almost the same breath expressed
gladness over the fact that the first
ambassadress to India Is a woman
80 well qualified to grace this i'm
portant role.
Mrs. Grady has a treat In store
for her when she reaches the capital
Of India. Her home there is truly
something to write home about ano
I'll wager she will, too.
The Ambassador and Mrs. Grady
will live at the former home o1
Baldev Singh, defense member o1
the Viceroy's executive council
whose position is comparable to that
of Secretary Of War in this country
An imposing tan sandstone build.
ing the residence Is well adapted te
graceful entertaining. There Is q
large patio, spacious verandas ano
q stairway from the patio leads te
q roof garden. A u-shaped driveway
is edged with box hedge with g
flower garden on one side and a
vegetable garden on the other. AND
quite important for the torrid sum-
mer months are the air-conditioned
salon and bedrooms. It will be dur
ing the winter months that Mrs
Grady will be found entertaining in
the beautiful patio for in India one
says the "last rose of winter" instead
of our "last rose of summer"
Mrs. Grady also will be pleased
with the beautiful palace that houses
the chancery offices. 1t is just about
two miles from where she will live
It was once the Palace Of Nawab
of Bahawalpur. Ten acres of ground
surround the great house which
boasts sunken rose garden out
of doors as we'll as inside.
To 60 back to the luncheon yes
terday for Mrs. Grady. The hostess
was Miss Minerva Bernardino
chairman OF the Inter-American
Commission of Women.
Miss Bernardino is native Of the
Dominican Republic, and receiv-
ing with her and Mrs. Grady was
Sonora de Ortega Frier, wife of the
Ambassador from her homeland.
The horseshoe table where about
, 40 of the honor guests close friends
were seated was placed in the center
of the Chinese room of the May
flower. Flame color gladioluses and
jonquils were artistically scattered
about the table following a custom
quite popular In Latin American
republics.
Generally assisting the hostess
was Mrs. Lorton Sims-one Of Mrs
Grady's best friends and one who
has been very busy since the lady
arrived in Washington. She laugh
ingly told friends that when Lucretia
left town Saturday she was going to
go to bed for the week end. Another
who had this same idea was Mrs.
Henry Deinlel, Mr.. Grady's sister,
who has been making the round
of farewell fetes for her brother and
sister-in-law. ....,,. -
The wife of the United States
new Counselor of the Embassy in
India, Mrs. Howard Donovan was
at the merry party and friends were
biding her bon voyage. She and her
husband will leave shortly after the
Gradys for New Delhi. Mr.. Dono-
van was Consul General in Bombay
before his new assignment.
Others at the function were
Sonora de Rocha, whose husband
is president of the Governing Board
of the Pan American Union; Sonora
de Castro, Sonora de Garcia Grana-
dos, Sonora de Caceres, Sonora de
Sevilla Sacasa and Sonora de
Gutierrez.
Still others present were Nine.
Munthe de Morgenstierne, Nine.
Loudon, Mrs. John Peurofoy, wife
of the new Assistant Secretary of
State, and Mrs. Malik, wife of the
Minister of Lebanon.
Wearing her native costume, Mrs.
B. r. Sen, wife of the Indian Min
lister to this country was a center
Of attraction.
Others at the farewell fete were
Mrs. Charles G.. Ross, Sonora
de Rodriguez, Sonora de Salazar,
Sonora de Lluberes, Mrs. Eliza
beth Shirley Enochs of the Chill
dren's Bureau, who will leave this
week for a conference in South
America; Sonora de Urdaneta of
Venezuela, Sonora de Chamudes of
Chile, members of the Inter-Ameri-
can Commission of Women and Mrs.
Raquel Ichazo of Bolivia, who writes
for papers of her country.
Also at the luncheon were Mrs.
Ellen S. Woodward, Mrs. Clarence
Norton Goodwin, Nine. Grace Es-
paillat, Mrs. Irene Caldwell, Mrs.
william Dick Sporborg of New York,
Mrs. Lola Watt, Mrs. May Thompson
Evans, Mrs. India Edwards and Miss
Emma Perley Lincoln, Miss Betty
Hynes, Mrs. Marie McNair and Mrs.
William Candy.
A number of the luncheon guests
met later at the delightful tea given
by Mrs. Justin Miller as a farewell
to Mrs. Grady. The Millers, like
the Gradys, are Californians and
most of the guests at the reception
were from that State or have close
connections there.
Assisting Mrs. Miller were Mrs.
William o. Douglas, Mrs. Wiley
Rutledge and Mrs. Harold H. Bur-
ton. Mrs. Robert P. Patterson took
her turn presiding over the teacups
and others who shared this honor
were Mrs. Tom Connolly, Mrs.
Sheridan Downey, Mrs. William F.
Knowland, Mrs. Clarence F. Lea,
Mrs. Carl Hinsnaw, Mrs. Leroy john
son. Mrs. Chet Holifield, Mrs. John
Phillips, Representative Helen Ga
hagan Douglas, Mrs. George P. Mil
Ter and Mrs. Donald L. jackson.
Also at the tea table for a time
were Mrs. Deimel and her daughter,
Miss Carmelita Deimel; Mrs. Roy c.
Wakefield, Mrs. Mountfort Noodle,
Mrs. Francis Cabell Brown, Mrs.
Don Petty and Mrs. A. l.. Willard ir