Evening star., 1947-04-02
|M. O. n. Bags
| W ayter Roses
Cocktail Hosts
Bv Berry BeaIe

Yesterday may have been April
Fools Day but the invitations to
parties were In earnest. The First
Secretary of the Indian Embassy,
Mr.. M. o. A. Baig. and his stunning
brunei wife entertained at cock
tails; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G. Ross
were hosts at cocktails and buffet
supper, and the Chinese Ambassador
and Nine. Koo gave small dinner
at the Embassy.
The party at the Baigs was q col
|orful affair. The hostess received
her guests In their apartment at 2400
Sixteenth street wearing an exquisite
crimson and gold sari. Several OF
her guests were from her native
land and were clothed in picturesque
Indian dress and the table was a
source Of real interest to all Ameri-
cans present. The food was entirely
oriental.
Everyone present yesterday was
particularly eager to meet Mr.. and
Mrs. Roger Hutheeshing Of India.
Visitors at the Embassy for several
weeks, Mrs. Hutheeshing is sister to
the famed Indian statesman and
Foreign Minister Of that country,
Pandit Nehru. Two other prominent
visitors on hand we're Sir Mohan
and Lady Singh, who came here to
be with their son and daughter-in-
law, MIR. and Mrs. Gurbachan Singh.
Sir John and Lady Orr-he Is the
General Director of the Food and
Agricultural Organization - were
among those invited as were the
viscountess Margaret van Aesserden
Princess Emma Toussoun, Mrs
Gertrude Wissa, and MIR. and Mrs
Howard Donovan, who recently re-
turned from Bombay where Mr.
Donovan was American Consul Gen.
eral. The sculptor Of the famous
Two Jima statue and Mrs. Felix
de Weldon were also on this list, the
Indian Minister and Mrs. B. r. Sen
the new Second Secretary OF the
Embassy and Mrs. I. Chopra and
the counselors Of the British, Turk.
ish, Belgian, Egyptian and Aus
tralian Embassies.
There were several Spanish
touches at Mr.. and Mrs. Ross party
Except for the time they spend in
their villa at Biarritz and on visits
to this country, Spain was their
home for Is years until the war
brought them back here in 1912
Now they are happily ensconced in
what their friends hope will be
their permanent abode on Cali
fornia street.
Yesterdays affair was to celebrate
Mr.. Ross birthday which just hap
pened to coincide with April Fools
Day and consequently caused a bit
Of merriment at his expense. High
light of the evening was the ap-
pearance of a gorgeous mocha cake,
beautifully decorated with "Felici-
dades Senior" enscrolled on top-a
chef d'oeuvre of their Spanish cook
Dropping by after were Mrs
Nance Morgan and her sister who
is visiting her, Miss NADIA Nance.
Mrs. Morgan Is just back from a
months stay in Palm Beach with
Mrs. .Noyes Lewis.
Three couples who live close by
to the hosts, Col. and Mrs. Robert
Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. William
Hillyer and Col. and Mrs. William
F. Pearson, were invited to this de-
lightful party, as were Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. John N. Greely, Representative
and Mrs. Frank w. Boykin of Ala
bama, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ezra
G. Allen, Capt. and Mrs. Herbert
Jones, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Charles
Macon Wesson. who live across the
street from the Rosses, and Mr..
and Mrs. William Montgomery and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ackerman Of
the State Department.
Guests at the dinner given by the
Chinese Ambassador and Nine. Koo
were Senator and Mrs. Owen Brews-
ter, Senator and Mrs. Kenneth w
Wherry, Senator and Mrs. William
LANCER, Mr.. L. Charles Wallach, a
British friend Of the Ambassador S
who is visiting here; Maj. Gen. J. L.
Huang Of the Chinese Army, Col.
and Mrs. ]. M. McHugh, Mrs. Rob-
ert Low Bacon, the Chinese Minister
and Mrs. S. H. Tan, Mrs. Patricia
Tsien, daughter of DR.. Koo, Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Bif11e and the
Chinese Attache and MSf. J. z.