Evening star., 1948-04-02

be their house guests for several {
CT the British Empire and his wife
and will be at White Sulphur Spring
over the week end. They will return
Washington arriving April 10.
There will be other parties ar.
ranged in honor OF the popular
Duke and Duchess and 1t is possible
that they will remain through the
entire week.
The Ambassador and Lady Inver-
chapel will give a small and in
formal dinner party this evening in
honor Of Rebecca West, who has
come to receive the International
Award for Achievement in Journal
ism from the Women's National
Press Club. Miss West Is a well
known novelist and the award will
be presented tomorrow evening for
her work in reporting the Nurem-
burg trials.
Neac Ambassador Coming
The newly appointed Ambassador
of Czechoslovakia, Mr.. Vladimir
Outrata is expected to come to
Washington within the month. The
diplomat is only 80 but has served
his country in several other Capitals.
Coming with the Ambassador will
be Nine. Outrata, who like her hus-
band is a gifted linguist. AS Eva
Strimpl, she has written numbers of
magazine and newspaper articles
and before her marriage she lived
in Paris for some time. In fact
1t was in Paris that they met while
the Ambassador designate was serv-
ing at the CZechoslovak embassy.
Nine. Outrata's father, Josef
Strimpl, is a we'll known artist in
his country. He was one of the
intimate friends of the late Presi-
dent Thomas Garrigue Masaryk.
Mr.. Strimpl and his wife also are
close friends OF President and Nine.
Benes and Mr. Strimpl was chief OF
Protocol under the late Jan
Masaryk. Nine. strimpl lived with
the newly appointed Ambassador
and Nine. Outrata in London dur
ing their exile and returned to
Prague after the liberation Of their
country from NaZi rule.
The Ambassador represented his
country in London and Paris and
during the war was in Moscow. He
will succeed DR.. Juraj Slavik who
resigned after the recent change
in government. DR.. and Nine. Slavik
and their son, Juraj, jr., have taken
the house at 7017 Wilson Lane in
Bethesda. Young Mr.. Slavik was
graduated from Western High
School in February and is acting as
secretary to his father.
The former Counselor Of the en-
bassy, DR.. Stanislav Klima, now is
in Canada where he is Charge DAT
faires. Nine. Klima is in their
home in Prague.
Senior Soto Fefed
The Chilean Ambassador and
Sonora de Nieto del Rio were hosts
at dinner last evening entertaining
as a farewell fete for the retiring
Counselor of the embassy, Senor
Fausto Soto. The honor guest will
go to New York today. He is ex-
pected to sail tomorrow for Santi-
ago where he will assume his new
duties as chief of the. United Ma
tions division of the Chilean Foreign
Office. Senor Soto Is distin-
guished Chilean poet and has sew
eral volumes of his work to his
credit. Before entering the foreign
service he was professor of philos-
ophy at the Chilean Military Acad-
envy, and in addition is a lawyer
of some ability.
Other guests at dinner last even
ing were Mr.. and Mrs. James Res
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Porter
Butrick, and Mr.. and Mrs. James M.
Begg from the State Department
circle: Senorita Concha Romero
James of the Pan American Union;
DR.. Francisco Guilera. Of the Ii
brary of Congress and Sonora de-
Guilera; the Brazilian Minister and
Nine. Brito, and the Counselor OF
the Colombian embassy. Senor Don
Jose Camacho-Lorenzana.
Colleagues of the retiring Coun-
selor at the embassy who attended
the dinner included the Minister
Counselor and Sonora de Rodriguez,
and the Commercial Counselor and
Sonora de Illanes. Also at the party
was Senorita Inez Bolmacede, niece
of the Ambassador.
Exhibit at Pan American
Latin American diplomats and
lovers of art in other Washington
circles attended the preview yes
terday afternoon of an exhibit of
paintings by. Senor Cundo Bermu-
dez of Havana, Cuba. Invitations
to the preview were issued In the
names of the Director General of
the Pan American Union and the
Assistant Director General but both
DR.. Alberto Lleras and DR.. William
Manger are in Bogota for the Pan
American conference. In their abb
sence officials of the Union acted as
hosts for them. DR.. Jose Gomez
Sicre artistic director for the Union,
and DR.. Jorge Basadre, chief of the
cultural division Of the organization,
greeted the guests.
Senor Bermudez has exhibited his |
works at the Museum of Modern Art |
In New York, the San Francisco
Museum Of Art, and the william
Rockhill Nelson Gallery Of Art in
Kansas City. His exhibition in the |
Pan American Union Is his first one
man show in this country. Senior Ber-
mudez was present yesterday for the
preview but will 60 to New York
today. His pictures will be on view
in the exhibition room, between the
patio and the map room of the main
floor of the Pan American Union
Building through the month of
April.