Evening star., 1948-12-16


Yesterdays reception at the M
usually observed by Ambassadors "
Only the chiefs Of the foreign mis-
invited, the nine members of Pres
Department officials and one or t.
For once there were no diplomats
with less rank than an Ambassador
or Minister. except the members
Of the Norwegian Embassy staff
who were on hand to assist in the
entertaining. The Counselor and
Mrs. Nygard stood for a while in
the receiving line with the Am
bassador and Mrs. Munthe de Nor
genstierne and q little later Mrs.
Nygard was one of the five embassy
ladies who poured tea and coffee.
Mrs. Colbjornsen, Mrs. Christopher
sen, Mrs. Mangor Can American and
former New Yorker incidentally
and Mrs. Nielsen were the other
four, and Mrs. Thor Thors, wife of
the Icelandic Minister, was the only
other lady who had been asked to
pour.
Tea and Coffee Served
The gathering was more like q
good old-fashioned tea party than
the usual cocktail buffet given at
embassies most of the time. Not
that there was any lack Of stronger
beverages. Trays of martins and
manhattans as well as longer drinks,
with one or two glasses of orange
juice on each, were passed as regu-
larly as clockwork through the
various rooms. But in the dining
room only tea and coffee were
served from the pretty tea table
with its centerpiece of stately Gala
lilies. And in lieu Of the usual as
sortment of heavier foods, there
were dainty sandwiches and cakes
Of the type usually served at tea
parties.
Because Of the limited number Of
guests, the rooms never were
crowded. pleasing departure
from the usual-and it was easy to
get around and chat with various
groups.
The New Zealand Ambassador
and Lady Berendsen, among the
first to arrive, were greeted as usual
on all sides. No one seems to have
a better time at parties than they.
Some one spotted the Apostolic Del
egate, the Most Rev. Amleto Gio-
vanni Cicognani, and Sir Carl said,
I've been in Washington five years
and haven't met him yet" So the
Introduction was made Immediately.
MIR. Mangor, second secretary Of
the embassy, said, "The only chance
I have to speak italian is when I
see the Apostolic Delegate" He and
Mrs. Mangor were having their own
little personal celebration yesterday,
for friends from New York had
called to say that Mrs. Mangor's
son, young Steve Leonard, senior
at st. Paul's School, had scored the
two goals which gave the ST. Paul
ice hockey team a 3-to-2 triumph
over the Princeton freshmen at
Everywhere yesterday people were
congratulating the Cuban Ambassa-
dor and Sonora de Belt on their re-
cent reception for the Cuban Presi-
dent. With that large official party
of the books, Sonora de Belt is busy
arranging to have her smaller chill
dren tutored, to make UP the school,
ing they missed while they were de-
layed in Europe.
Flies to Convention
Mrs. Charles Brannan, wife Of the
Secretary Of Agriculture, was a
widow for the day yesterday. Her
husband had been to st. Paul and
when flying East to attend a far
mers' convention in Atlantic City,
was grounded in Baltimore, finally
got as far as Philadelphia, where
he couldn't land because of fog, and
had to fly back to Baltimore where
he took a slow train to his destina-
ton. He made the convention in
time but missed yesterdays party.
The Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Julius A. Krug and the POST
master General and Mrs Jesse M.
Donaldson were others from the
Cabinet circle spotted in the throng,
and from the State Department
group were Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
Woodward, Mr.. Raymond Muir, and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Park Armstrong, jr.
The British Ambassador and Lady
Franks laughlingly told of attending
Columbia UniversityS reception for
Gen. Eisenhower and overhearing
some one say, That's the British
Ambassador over there, the one with
q shock of white hair!
Nine. Bohemian, attractive wife OF
the newly-appointed Swedish Am
hassador, had to attend the party
alone because her husband was in
New York, and the Luxembourg
Minister, Mr.. Hughes LeGallais, also
was without his vivacious wife. The
Finnish Minister and Nine. Jutila
we're saying that their three sons at
tend American universities. One is
at Maryland, another at Purdue and
a third at Cornell, his fathers alma
mater.
The Ecuadorean Ambassador and
Sonora de Dillon, the Honduran
Ambassador and Sonora de Caceres,
and Sonora de Gonzalez-Arevalo,
wife Of the Guatemalan Ambassa-
dor, represented the Latin American
set at the party. From Europe were
the French Ambassador and Mime,
Bonnet, the Italian Ambassador and
Signora Tarchiani, the Greek Am
basador and Nine. Dendramis, the
Czechoslovak Ambassador, DR.. Vlad-
imir Outrata; and the Austrian Am
bassador and Mrs. Kleinwaechter.
From Pakistan was Ambassador
M. A. H. Ispahani, from Liberia,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. B. King,
and from Haiti, Mr.. Joseph D.
Charles.
Mae Nal WI