Evening star., 1949-03-06
Embassy RoV
Social affairs
FMPartyLog
Functions Small
And Informal
By Katharine NJ. Brooks

Lenten lethargy is nonexistent
on the social calendars of diplo
mats at this Capital. The parties,
however. are smaller and less for
NAL than before Ash Wednesday.
The dean of the corps. the Nor
wegian Ambassador, Mr.. Wilhelm
Munthe de Morgenstierne, will be
host at dinner Thursday evening,
entertaining the members Of the
taxation mission who are meeting
here.
Another small party will be that
Of His Britannia Majesty's Am
bassador and Lady Franks, who
will entertain tomorrow evening.
Their guests will include Mr.. Bur-
CESS Meredith, who has come from
Hollywood to attend the premiere
of the motion picture, "A Yank
Comes Back in which Mr.. Mer-
edith is the star. Other guests at
dinner who will accompany the
Ambassador and Lady Franks to
the premiere in the auditorium
of the Interior Department will
be- the former Attorney General
and Mrs. Francis Biddle.
Also tomorrow the Argentine
Ambassador, DR.. Jeronimo Reno
rino, will be host to members OF
the Embassy staff, which will be
farewell to the retiring Air Dele
gate from Argentina to the Inter-
American Defense Board and
Sonora de Reyes. Brig. and
Sonora de Reyes will leave the
end of the week for New York
preparatory to sailing aboard the
S. S. Argentina for their home
land.
The Swedish Ambassador and
Nine. Bohemian will be others en-
tertaining tomorrow when they
will have guests at dinner.
The Ecuador Ambassador and
Sonora de Dillon, who are box
holders for the Wednesday sub
scription concerts of the National
Symphony Orchestra, will enter
tain at dinner March 16 preceding
the last of the series for this sea-
son.
Two afternoon parties in the
future are those of the 1celandic
Minister and Mrs. Thor Thors
Friday from 6 to 8 o'clock, and
next week the Hungarian Minister
and Nine. Six will celebrate the
101st anniversary of Hungary's
revolution.
In the future is the annual party
of the Iran Ambassador and Nine.
Ala on the first day of spring for
merly the first day of the Persian
new year. The plans are not COM
plete except that they will give a
party that day.
The new president of the Coun-
Gil of the Organization of Ameri-
can States and Sonora de Coro-
minas have issued invitations for
q, reception Thursday evening
from $50 to $50 o'clock. The
Ambassador and Sonora de Coro-
minas will entertain in their new
home at 1900 S street.
Senor and Sonora de Corominas
came to Washington last sum-
mer when he was appointed Ar
gentine Ambassador to the OAS
and lived for a few months
on r street where they gave a
number of very delightful parties.
Shortly before Senor CorominaS
went abroad on special mission
they moved to the S street house.
The reception Thursday will be
in honor of the Nicaraguan Am
bassador and Sonora de Sevilla-
Sacasa and the Costa Rican Am
bassador and Sonora de Esquivel.
The Naval Attache of the Ca
madam Embassy and Mrs. V. S.
Godfrey will entertain at cock
tails Tuesday afternoon in their
attractive Georgetown home. The
festivity will celebrate the silver
wedding anniversary of the hosts.
The Netherlands Naval Attache
and Nine. STAN will be hosts at
dinner March 10 when the Am
bassador and Nine. van Kleffens
will be the ranking guests.