Evening star., 1948-04-25
Ne1V Env0vs
Due mCabital
InFeu Weeks
Other Changes
In the Corps
Bv Katharine M. Brooks

Washington has lost two charming
hosteSses in Nine. Martins and Sc
nora de Ivanissevich, who kept So
cial activities at their embassies
Brazil and Argentina-very lively.
Their husbands successors are bach
elors. Mr.. Marcio Nabuco, from Bra
zil. and Senor Jeronimo Remorino,
from the Argentine, are expected to
reach the Capital the middle OF
May to assume their new duties.
Senor Remorino was appointed
last week to succeed DR.. Oscar Ivan
issevich, and this will be his first
diplomatic post. However, he has
had wide experience in foreign coun-
tries. He was graduated in diplo-
macy from the University OF Paris,
where he was member OF the Au-
dition de Droite. Also he served as
legal representative of creditors OF
the external debt of Peru and spent
some time in Lima. Since COM
pleting this work he has edlteo LIE
Lev c'Tne Law'D and served as neao
of the Argentine Postal Savings
Rank. His home is in Cordova.
The duties of charge d'affalres 1or
the Argentine are being ably carried
o,,t bv the counsellor, Senor Don
Martin Luis Drago, and as the Am
bassador- designate has no hoSIess'
charming Sonora de Drago VIII acI
in that capacity for him. Both Senof
and Sonora de Drago are very pop
ular in Washington, having mace
manv friends since they came III Iiie
autumn of 1916.
should DR.. Nabuco come to WASH
;neton alone. it is expected that MS
sister. Miss Caroline Nabuco' prop
ably will join him in the autumn;
The arrival of the newly appointed
Ambassador has been delayed pc
cause of the recent death OF ms
mother. Mrs. Joaquin Nabuco, IN Rlo
de .Janiero. The late Mrs. Naouco
was in Washington 40-odd years ago
whom her husband was Brazll's nrst
Ambassador to this country, ana tne
Ambassador designate was young
lad in his teens.
With the departure last week OF
the former Brazilian Ambassador,
Mr. Carlos Martins, the honors OF
dean of the corps fell to the Oru-
p,lavan Ambassador, DR.. Juan Car
los Blanco. DR.. Blanco, however, has
been in his homeland Tor several
months and there is no time SET iof
his return. Therefore the ranking
Ambassador at this post Is the pop
ular Mr.. Wilhelm Munthe de Nor
genstierne, who represents the hlng
of Norway.
Diplomatic row in Washington
will welcome another old friend very
shorty when Mr.. Hugo Gouthler
comes to serve as First Secretary OF
the Brazilian Embassy. He will come
from Paris where the retiring First
Secretary of the Embassy there, Mr..
Fernando Saboia, will take over MS
duties. Mr.. Saboia will leave wash
ington tomorrow and will be in New
York until May 5, when he will take
off by plane for Lisbon. He will visit
his brother -in-law and sister, 1or-
mer Portuguese Ambassador to Paris
and Mrs. Fernandez. Mr.. Fernan-
dez is now on duty in the Portu-
guese Foreign Office. Mr.. Sabola
probably will not reach Paris before
early June but he will join the for
mer Brazilian Ambassador and
Nine. Mathis, who are en- route by
boat to the French capital.
Mr.. Gouthier was Second Secre-
tary of the Embassy in Washington
for several years and in 1s43 was
transferred to the Foreign Once,
then to London, thence to Paris
where he has been for the past two
years. He will be accompanied by
Nine. Gouthier, who like her hus-
band has many friends in the Capt.
tai.
The Chilean Embassy also has
newcomer, the Assistant Military At
tache, 1t. Col. Enrique Falcon, who
arrived early last week. Coming with
him were Sonora de Falcon and their
daughter, Senorita Wilma Falcon.
They have taken the house at 522S
Nebraska avenue.