Evening star., 1948-11-08

who was there. Capital correspond
stone reception hall and faced the
receiving line watching for a ia
miliar face as each guest made his
entrance and greeted the host. The
Ambassador was resplendent in a
gold braided diplomatic uniform
with the Red Banner star on the
right side of his chest and four
medals on the left side, the most
important being the Banner of
Lenin. The second highest Russian
decoration, it was awarded to him
for his work as Ambassador to
China.
Among the few familiar Washing
ton residents out of hundreds he
greeted were DR.. Edward H. Condor.
director Of the National Bureau of
Standards, and Mrs. Condor, and
former Ambassador to Russia and
Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, the latter very
stunning in black, highlighted by a
choker pearl necklace of many
strands. Mr.. and Mrs. Davies arrived
just as Mr.. Wallace, who greeted
them very warmly. was leaving.
Standing next to Ambassador Pan
yuskin was Mime. Glinkov, wife of
the Naval Attache, then Nine. GAL
kovsky, wife of the Assistant Mill
tary Attache, Col. Anatoly Y. Gal
kovsky and Rear Admiral Eugeni
Georgievich Glinkov, who was also
brilliant with braid and medals.
In back of the receiving line a
three-piece orchestra played stirring
Russian and American music.
Cameras flashed again as top
United States officials and chiefs of
foreign minssions made their ap-
pearance. Ranking member Of the
United States Government present
was Attorney General Tom Clark,
who arrived fairly late with Mrs.
Clark, shortly after Acting Secretary
of State and Mrs. Robert A. Lovett
came to the reception. Mrs. Lovett
wore a soft mauve blue taffeta dress
and matching hat trimmed in pur-
pie velvet.
Guests moved on into the ornate
cream and gold ballroom where. all
races were represented and every
accent could be heard. In the pam
eled dining room the portraits OF
Lenin, Stain, Molotov and Kallnln
looked down from the walls onto a
table laden with food at the begin
ming of the party. entirely cleared
by the end of the evening, and
minus, throughout, the famous
mounds of caviar hitherto served at
the embassy. Another buffet in still
another dining room was equally
well sampled. The several bars
served everything from vodka to
tomato juice.
Both Mrs. John r. Steelman and
Mrs. Stanley Woodward came with
out their husbands, the Assistant
to the President and the Chief OF
Protocol respectively, who left yes
terday morning for Key West as
members of the Presidential party.
Mr.. Raymond Muir and Mr.. Level
lyn Thompson and his pretty bride
were other State Department peo-
pie present.
In the diplomatic contingent were
the British Ambassador and Lady
Franks, the Norwegian Ambassador,
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, and
Nine. Munthe de Morgenstierne, the
New Zealand Ambassador Designate
and Lady Berendsen, and French
Ambassador Henri Bonnet, Greek
uaecf1i nnndro mic
Danish Ambassador Henrik de
Kaufman and Egyptian Ambas-
sador Mohamed Kamil Abdul Ra-
him, all four without their wives.
Nine Bonnet and Nine. de Kauf1-
mann were both out Of town.
Miss Frida Diamond, one Of the
leading Wallaceites in New York,
came down for the party as did
Mrs. Muriel Draper, dancer Paul
Diapers mother, who said she is
a member of the Women's Inter-
national Democratic Federation and
she would have come farther in
the interest of peace. Archbishop
Adam, the vice exarch in America
of the Russian Patriarchal Church,
was also there.
The great October Revolution is
celebrated in November because the
Russian calendar, which was for
merly behind, has now caught up,
explained the host to one OF the
guest. The big annual Soviet party
also drew yesterday the Polish Am
hassador and Mrs. WinieWicZ, DIR.
Mica Trbojevic of the Yugoslovian
Embassy, the Finish Minister and
Nine. Jutila, the Argentine Am
bassador, DR.. Jeronimo Remorino,
the Swiss Counselor and Nine.
Fuchss, Irish Minister Sean Nunan,
Ethiopian Minister Ras H. S. 1mru,
the Minister of Luxembourg and
Nine. LIE Calais. the Indian Min
lister and Nine Nehru, the British
Minister and Mrs. Hoyer Millar and
the French Minister and Nine.
Berard