Evening star., 1948-10-17

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home a few days ago to renew her
acquaintance with the many friends
she made during the years that she
lived here. -.
Mrs. Chu went back to China a
little more than year ago to join
Gen. Chu and to re-establish their
home there; but as she laughingly
told her friends here, she has been
in this country more than she has
been in China during the past year
When she leaves Bethesda, Mrs.
Chu will visit her sister DR.. N'gai in
Toronto and will spend the Thanks
giving holiday with another sister
Miss Ruth Zia in Syracuse. Both
DR.. N'gai and Miss Zia have visited
Mrs. Chu a number of times when
she lived in Edgemoor and have
many friends here. Miss zia is now
doing graduate work in home
economics in Syracuse University
and she expects to return to China
at the end of the college year
Mrs. Chu will spend the winter in
Hanover, N. H., where her oldest
boy Samuel is a student at Dart
mouth. Her younger son, Danny, is
in a boys school in Massachusetts
not so far away from Hanover.
Next week Mrs. Chu will visit one
of her Wellesley College friends, Mrs.
Donald F. Roberts, on Seven Locks
Road and next Friday Mrs. Roberts
will give luncheon for her with
some of their mutual Wellesley
friends as guests.
Mrs. Chu spent last week with
Mrs. Milton Miles in Kenwood, who
entertained at luncheon for her
Thursday. Guests at the luncheon
were Mrs. Nelson Johnson, wife of
former United States Ambassador to
China; Mrs. william Mayer, Mrs.
Donald F. Roberts, Mrs. Joseph
Balantine, Mrs. Tan, wife of the
Chinese Minister: Mrs. Ku, wife of
the First Secretary of the Embassy;
Mrs. S. c. Wang, wife of the Coun-
selor of the Embassy; Mrs. S. F.
Huang, wife of the attache of the
Embassy, and Mrs. Tan's sister, who
is here from New York to be her
guest for a few days.
One other guest at the luncheon
who shared honors with Mrs. Chu
was Mrs. T. F. Tsiang, whose hus-
band is DR.. Tsiang, chief representa-
tive of the Chinese delegation to the
United Nations and at the present
time a delegate to the United Ma
tions General Assembly in Paris.
Mrs. Tsiang, an old friend of Mrs.
Chu, came down from New York TO
be guest Of Mrs. Miles while Mrs.
Chu was at her home, and also to
be a guest at the luncheon Thurs
day. She returned to New York
Friday morning.
A graduate of Ginling College,
China, Mrs. Tsiang, then Miss Nyok-
Zoe Dong, came to this country,
was graduated from Smith College
and did graduate work at Columbia
and Byrn Mawr. Mrs. Tsiang has
become known both here and In
China for her work with and for the
women of China. During the war
she was connected with the Wom-
ems Advisory Committee in Chung
king, and she has made a name for
herself as writer and lecturer.
At the party Thursday, however
Mrs. Tsiang appeared not as a lee
turer and writer on sociological
problems but as the mother of foul
children. Her oldest daughter, Mrs
Alexander Ma, she said, has beer
doing graduate work in agriculture
at Purdue University; the second
daughter, Marie, is at Barnard; the
oldest boy, Chu-Jen Tsiang, is In
the Chinese Navy, and Shu-Jen
Tsiang is at Horace Mann School In
New York.
The First Secretary of the Greek
Embassy, Mr.. Alexis S. Liatis, and
Mrs. Liatis, also onetime residents
Of Lower Montgomery County, were
back in their old neighborhood yes
terday when they were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Kent at an
outdoor luncheon a steak fry to
put it more correctly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kent had 20 or more
guests at their party which was o
farewell for the Secretary and Mrs.
Liatis who are leaving Washington
after four years for an assignment
in the Near East.
According to their present plans.
the Secretary and Mrs. Liatis will
leave Washington on the 29th and
after few days in New York with
Mrs. Liatis' sister, Miss Marcia
Maris, they will sail on November
for Athens.
Among other guests at the lunch
con were the Secretary of the En-
bassy, Mr.. Anthony Poumpouras
the Second Secretary of the EN-
baSsy, MIR. Menelas Alexandrakis; !;
Miss Lena Vansamio, sister Of Nine.
Dendramis, wife of the Ambassador; =;
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thomson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gardiner, Mrs.
Robert Huse, 1t. and Mrs. Howard
Grubb, Mr.. and Mrs. Livingston
Blair, Mr.. Ivor Thomas, DR.. E. P.
Phillip, head of the liaison office of
South Africa; Mrs. John Reed,
and the Minister Counselor of the
Cuban Embassy and Sonora de
Baron.
Interesting additions to the guest
list were two young girls, Miss Sally
Reed, daughter of Mrs. Reed, and
Catalina Baron, daughter of Senor
and Sonora de Baron, who were
guests of Miss Joyce Kent. daughter
of the hosts, at a smaller party
while the older guests were enjoying
the steak fry.
Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Holmes
are spending several days in Balti-
more with Mr.. Holmes son-in-law
and daughter, MIR. and Mrs. Her.
man Russell.
Miss Lurelle Horning has as her
weekend guests Miss Dorothy Flint,
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