Evening star., 1948-12-23
|HeHrtenzattes Hosts
At Cocktail Party;
Other EmbassvNe1Vs

The Cuban Ambassador and
Sonora de. Belt were the ranking
guests ut the cocktail party yester-
day given by the Commercial Coun-
selor Of the Panama Embassy and
Sonora de Heurtematte. The party
was planned in honor Of Mrs. M.
Robert Gruggenheim, who as Polly
Guggenheim is making an en-
viable reputation for herself as an
artist.
On view, in q place Of honor, was
the portrait Of Sonora de Heurte-
matte for which Mrs. Guggenheim
won the second prize in a recent
exhibit at the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. The hostess did not wear the
black gown trimmed with lace in
which she posed for the portrait
but instead was in q bright red
taffeta frock, made of the shoul-
ders and with q very full skirt.
The Ecuador Ambassador and
Sonora de Dillon were others from
Embassy row at the party as were
the Costa Rican Ambassador and
Sonora de Esquivel, and the
Panama Ambassador and Sonora
de Vallarino. Others admiring the
portrait included the Spanish Am
bassador at Large, Senor LeQuerica;
the Icelandic Minister and Mrs.
Thor Thors with Miss Margret
Thors, and the Spanish Charge
|d'Affaires and Sonora de Baraibar.
Mrs. Paul G. Daniels, wife of the
Chief Of the American Republics
division who now is in Costa Rica,
was among the guests yesterday.
Among others who called to see the
picture and greet the artist were
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Bifi1e, Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Ansberry, Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Hatch and Mr.. and Mrs.
Edmund Williams.
Sonora de Huertematte will leave
January for Panama, where she
will present q ballet and will remain
about six weeks while planning the
work for the coming season at the
School Of Ballet which she estab-
nshed.
The Air Attache of the French
Embassy and Nine. Lauzin were
hosts at dinner last evening when
their guests included the Air At
tache Of the Egyptian Embassy,
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Bey Khalifa;
the Financial Counselor of the
French Embassy and Nine. Valensi,
the First Secretary and Nine.
Bernard, the attache, Mr.. Pierre Bas-
devant, and Nine. Grand.
The Mexican Charge d'Affaires,
Senor Don Rafael de la Colina, left
Monday for Mexico City where he
has gone on business with his Gov
ernment. Sonora de la Colina and
the younger members of their fam
lily, remained in their home on Ne
braska avenue, where they will be
joined early next week by Senor de
la Colina.
Senor de la Colina will have din
ner Christmas Day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Hayes, who live at
Quemabaca near Mexico City. The
Hayes have as their guests Mrs.
Hayes brother -in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hairless, who
left Washington by plane Monday.
They stopped in Arizona for Mr..
Hairless sons Fred and Glenn, who
accompanied them to Mexico. Also
members of the house party which
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes will entertain
over ehe week end will be Mr.. and
Mrs. George Dixon, who will leave
today by plane.
The First Secretary of the Italian
Embassy and Signora Soro enter
tanned between 6 and 3 o'clock in
the Georgetown house. Lord Jelli-
coe was there, but without his lady,
who wasn't <eeling well, and pretty
young Austrian Princess EUR Lippe,
Miss Yola Wankowicz, the Italian
Naval Attache and Signora Baslini,
Third Secretary Paolo Pansa, Mrs.
William T. Mann, Maj. Taylor Sim
,,.ane and NHr TYovrv "a Do,1nr