Evening star., 1947-02-12

products caused many exclamations.
Lovely seasonal flowers were placed
throughout the rooms on the second
floor.
The Embassy practically was
bulging at the seams there were SO
many people. Around TOO invita-
tions had been issued, and it seemed
as though every one was there at
once. You would work your way
into one Of the rooms and there
you'd be stuck for what seemed like
hours. In fact, there were SO many
people on hand at one time that the
attendants in the cloakrooms didn't
have enough checks to take care of
the wraps, The next best bet was
the nearest chair or on the floor in
a corner of the room.
Taking their turns at pouring tea
were Nine. Bruggmann, wife of the
Swiss q Minister; Mrs. Joseph E.
Casey and Nine. Ragab, wife OF
the Egyptian Military Attache. And
at the coffee urn were the wife of
the South African Minister, Mrs
H. T. Andrews; Mrs. M. o. A. Baig,
whose husband is First Secretary OF
the Embassy Of India, and Nine.
Ariburun, wife of the Military and
Naval Air Attache of the Turkish
Embassy.
OF course the diplomatic corps was
we'll represented. There was the
dean of the corps, the Brazilian
Ambassador, Mr.. Carlos Martins, &C
companied by his daughter, Nora;
the italian Ambassador and Signora
Tarchiani, the Argentine Ambas-
sador, DR.. Oscar Ivanissevich; the
Cuban Ambassador and Sonora de
Belt, the Philippine Ambassador,
Mr.. Joaquin M. Elizalde, and the
Chinese Ambassador and Nine. Koo.
Still others from Embassy row
we're the Danish Minister, Mr..
Henrik de Kaufman; the Finnish
Minister, DR.. K. T. Jutila, who was
conversing with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Maurice Morris; the Icelandic Min
lister and Mrs. Thors, who were going |
from the reception to the opera; the
Canadian Military Attache and Mrs.
Dick, Mrs. Munthe de Morgenstierne,
wife of the Norwegian Ambassador,
and DR.. Don Antonio Nestor Silvett1,
third secretary of the Argentine
Embassy.
In addition there were the
Chilean Charge d'Afaires and Sc
nora de Rodriguez, the Mexican
Minister, and Sonora de la Colina,
and the Misses Madelaine and Elisa
beth Wikstrom-Angelin, daughters
of the Swedish Naval Attache and
Nine. Angelin.
From residential, Army and Navy
and official Washington there were
Mrs, Robert P. Patterson, wife of
the Secretary of War; Associate
Justice and Mrs. Harold Burton, the
Naval Aide to the President and
Mrs. James H. Foskett, the Presi-
Dental Secretary and Mrs. Charles
Ross, Fleet Admiral William D.
Leahy, the Chief of Protocol OF the
State Department and Mrs. Stanley
Woodward, Senator and Mrs. Homer
Ferguson, Representative and Mrs.
John Davis Lodge, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Burke, Col. and Mrs. Rich
mond Fearing, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
White, DR.. and Mrs. Tomas Cajigas,
Mrs. William Bride. jr.; Mrs. English
Gordon, Mrs. George Mesta and Mr..
Robert Werlich.
Also on hand were Fleet Admiral
and Mrs. Chester Nimitz, 1t. Gen.
and Mrs. Wade Raislip, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Conger Pratt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. A. C. McAuliffe, Mrs. Mary
Buford of the State Department,
the Undersecretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Edward H. Foley, Comdr.
and Mrs. Walter R. Amesbury, jr.,
Mrs. Constantine Stackelberg, Mrs,
Martin Vogel, Mrs. Fred Britten,
Mrs. Felix de Weldon, Mrs. Con-
suelo Seoane, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
w. Vennell, Mrs. Elonzo Tyner, Mrs.
Louise Kennedy Benton, Mrs. James
M. Souby and Mrs. Albert c.