Evening star., 1948-03-19

almost SUI women chdtted Slmults
or glasses of rum punch.
The second party was an at,
the Marine Corps and Mrs. Clifton
since the generals recent appointm,
officers and their wives, but there
sional and residential circles.
The conAnandants house, occu
grift before the Cateses arrived a !
as far as interior decoration was
concerned. The same gray-green
and ivory walls, the same beautiful
crystal chandeliers and the same
handsome portraits on all the walls
provide harmonious setting for the
new occupants own personal fur
nishings.
For the party yesterday Mrs.
Gates chose red roses for the draw
ing room in which she and the
general received their guests, red
tulips for the one next to it and
an unusually beautiful arrange
ment of yellow tulips, yellow snap
dragons and jonquils for the tea
table In the dining room. The
hostess herself wore no flowers, but
frightened up her smart black dress
with several strands of pearls.
Assist at Party
The generals aides, 1t. Col. Allen
Sutter and 1t. Col. John Masters,
made the introductions, and gen.
orally assisting between $50 and
7:30 were Mrs. Lemuel C. Shepherd,
jr. whose husband, the assistant
commandant of the Marine Corps,
soon will be commanding general
of Quantico; Mrs. William P. T.
Hill, wife of the quartermaSter gen.
eral; Mrs. William L. Wallace,
whose husband is the new director
of Marine Corps aviation; Mrs. Oil
yer P. Smith, Mrs. william o. Brice,
Mrs. w. T. Clement, Mrs. Merritt B.
Curtis, Mrs. r. H. Pepper, Mrs.
William E. Riley, Mrs F. S. Robil-
lard. Mrs. Ray Robinson, Mrs. M.
H. Sllverthorn, Mrs. Randolph Pate,
Mrs. w. w. Wensinger, Mrs. Har-
old E. Rosecrans and Mrs. L. B.
Cresswell, whose husband commands
the Marine Barracks In Washington.
Adding distinction to the occa-
sion were the members of the Ma
rine Corps Selection Board, now
meeting in Washington, Maj. Gen.
Samuel L. Howard, president, who
Is here from Pearl Harbor; Mai.
Gen. Alfred H. Noble, up from Par
ris Island. S. c.; Brig. Gen. William
A. Worton and Brig. Gen. Vernon
, E. Mcgee, both from Norfolk: Brig.
Gen. Schilt from Glenview, ILL.,, and
Brig. Gen. Andrew E. Creesy from
San Francisco.
Others who paid their respects
to the new commandant and his
wife were Senator and Mrs. C.
Wayland Brooks, Senator Joseph
r. Mccarthy, Senator Leverett
Saltonstall, Representative and Mrs.
Clark w. Thompson, Representative
Walter G. Andrews, Mrs. w. John
Kenney, wife of the Undersecretary
Of the Navy; Mr.. Mark E. Andrews,
newly appointed Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy; Mr.. Arthur S.
Barrows, Undersecretary of the Air
Force, and Mrs. Barrows; Mrs.
Emma c. Draper, mother of the
Undersecretary of the Army; Mrs.
Arthur w. Radford, wife of Vice
Admiral Radford; Vice Admiral and
Mrs. c. H. McMorris, Vice Admiral
and Mrs. Harry w. Hill, Col. and
Mrs. E. A. Pollock Che is chief of
staff in Quantico and is coming to
Washington for duty; Mrs. Arthur
B. Thompson of Philadelphia, Mrs.
D. Buchanan Merryman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Clagett, Mr. and Mrs.
Curt G. Schifeler, Mrs George Bar
nett, Mrs. Robert Dunlap, Mrs.
Calvin B. Matthews, Mrs. Truxtun
Beale, and Mrs Parker West and
Mrs. Frederick Mitchell Gould, who
had been to Sonora de Munillas
party and to Mr.. Clarence Hewes'
beforehand.
Hostess in Black Satin
Sonora de Munilla received entire-
ly alone yesterday but there was
sucn a steady stream of guests
coming and going, she never actually
was alone. Following the present
fashion trend, she is wearing her
dark hair lower than formerly and
yesterday had a purple orchid
pinned at one side. Her long black
satin gown had a pretty flower pat
tern which ran diagonally across
the bodice and skirt.
There were spring flowers In the
various rooms and red, white and
blue ones, representing the Cuban
and United States flags, on the tea
table. TWenty-four ladies had been
asked to pour tea, coffee and punch
and three additional ones kept tabs
on who was supposed to pour what,
where and when.
Mrs. Fred M. Vinson headed the
list of pourers and the others in
cluded Sonora de Caceres, Sonora
de Castro. Sonora de Ivanissevich,
Sonora de Thomcn. Nine F. s. Ram,
Nine. Alfred Sc. - Thor Thors,
Nine. Camille Clo IDS, Nine.
Vladimir Rybar, Senc : e Linares
Amanda. Mrs. John Z, ;-te2lman,
Mrs. Edward E. Bartlett, MI. Stanley
K. Hornbeck, Mrs. Leslie Biffle, Mrs.
Clark H. Woodward, Mrs. Parker
West, Mrs. Lorton Sims, Mrs. Tomas
Cajigas, Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman,
Mrs. Julian Gillespie, Mrs. Mario
Julia, Mrs. Nathan Hurwitz, Mrs.
Clarence Norton Goodwin, Mrs.
Charles H. McInerney. Mrs. William
H, Watson, jr.; Mrs. Edon P. King,
Mrs. Henry S. Kimberly, Mrs Hardin
Alredge and Mrs. Leigh Brite.
Prominent among the other guests
were Mrs. Tom Clark, Mrs. Conger
Pratt, Mrs. Gordon r. Young, Mrs.
William Pope Anderson III, Mrs.
Frank Morgan. Mrs. Oscar Spears,
Mrs. James J. Durnan, Mrs. Arthur
w. Vennell, Mrs. Robert Dyer, the