Evening star., 1949-09-08
By Katherine M. Brooks

The social calender is filling
rapidly for officials of this Govern
ment and for the diplomatic re-
presentatives Of other nations in
this Capital. Already financial
talks between officials of Great
Britain, Canada and the United
States are under way, to be fol-
lowed next week by meetings of the
International Bank and Monetary
Fund and then by the confer
ences of the representatives OF
countries in the Atlantic Pact.
In connection with each group
of delegates there will be dinners,
luncheons and receptions ar
ranged to honor them and make
them welcome.
The Italian Ambassador. Signor
Alberto Tarchiani, was host today
at luncheon. having as his guests
the Minister of the Treasury Of
Italy. Signor Menichella, who has
arrived for the International Bank
conference. The party today was
small and quite informal but the
reception which the Ambassador
and Signora Tarchiani plan for
September Is, will be large and
more formal. On this occasion
Minister Menichelli will share
honors with the Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Countessa
Sforza. Count Sforza is coming
for the Atlantic Pact conferences
and with Contessa Sforza will
arrive by plane that day.
Also small and informal was
the dinner which the Canadian
Ambassador. Mr.. Hume Wrong,
gave last evening for the Canadian
officials who are here for financial
conferences with British and
United States officials.
British Envoy Host
His Britannia Majesty's Am
bassador, Sir Oliver Franks, is
entertaining this evening for his
house guests, Mr.. Ernest Bevin
and Sir Stafford Cripps. The
company at the buffet dinner will
number thirty and will include
the United States Ambassador to
London, Mr.. Lewis w. Douglas,
who accompanied the British Off
cialS to Washington, and Canadi-
an Ambassador Wrong as well
as other officials of the three
governments.
The British Ambassador will be
host again Monday evening from
6 to 7:30 o'clock at cocktails for
Mr.. Bevin and Sir Stafford, the
other guests to be the diplomatic
representatives of Commonwealth
countries.
Lady Franks will give a lunch
con Monday in honor of Mrs.
Bevin, her other guests to be the
Indian Ambassador, Mrs. Pandit,
and the wives of Commonwealth
Ambassadors in Washington.
British Clergy Guests
Sir Oliver also is planning two
festivities for visiting British
clergy. The first of these two
fetes will be given tomorrow when
he will entertain thirteen bishops
who have come for the Euchar-
istic congress of the 400th ami
versary of the Book Of Common
Prayer The second party will be
a dinner September 20 in honor
of the Archbishop of York, the
Most Rev. and Most Hon. Cyril
Forster Garbett. The Archbishop
is coming to this country for a
speaking tour. and will be in
Washington from September II
to 81 Most of that time he will
be a guest at the Embassy.
Clergy from the British Isles
who will arrive tomorrow and
will be in the dinner company to-
morrow evening include the Most
Rev. John c. H. How. primus of
the Scottish Episcopal Church,
who is accompanied by Mrs. How;
the Lord Bishop of London, the
Rt. Rev. John w. C. Wand and
Mrs. Wand; the Rt. Rev. Robert
Mcneil Boyd, Bishop of Derry and
Raphoe, who is coming to repre-
sent the Archbishop of Armagh
and Primate of All Ireland; the
Lord Bishop of oxford. the Rt.
Rev. Kenneth E. Kirk, and the
Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells,
the Rt. Rev. Harold w. Bradf1eld.
There will be many other clergy