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Evening star., 1950-04-26

E. Hits, Deputy Commissioner of
Public Roads and Mr.. William A.
B. Tiff, loan director of the Inter-
national Bank. Others from the
Bank were Mr.. G. Stewart
Nathan, Mr.. Lester Merrick, Mr..
Jean Villechasse and DR.. E. W.
Rembert.
Mr.. John D. Jernegan, director
Of Greek, Turkish and Iranian
affairs in the State Department,
was there and from the ECA were
Mr.. Edward T. Dickinson, director
Of program coordination: Mr..
Joseph M. Mcdaniel, jr., assist
ant to deputy administrator and
Mir. James A. Mccullough, direc-
tor fiscal and trade policy. Gen.
Raymond Wheeler. consultant to
the International Bank, was in
the company and others were Mr..
George Knutson Martin, director
ECA; the Financial Counselor Of
the Turkish Embassy, Mr.. Nahit
Alpar and Mr.. Melih Esenbel,
first secretary.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Exclusively Yours
One Woman Attends Luncheon With 43 Capital Gent|ene,
Eligible Woshnqton Mon Acquires Dream House Here

seven enlisted men were on hand.
When the gentlemen had made
their speeches, Perle told them
that the Luxembourgians will
never forget what the Americans
did for. them, and what they did
then makes her job easier now.
-. Wonder if there are any OPEN
ings left for officials?
Nat Luttrell, Lothrop heir and
one of the few eligible unattached
men in the Capital. has just
bought Bonnie Brae, said by many
to be "the most beautiful house
in Washington" Frances Powell
Hill ran a picture of it in this
months issue Of Town and Coun-
try
At 6036 Oregon avenue facing
Rock Creek Park, it boasts eight
gorgeous acres handicapped by
Rose Greeley, lovely white field
stone house, lush lawns, gardens,
fine old oak trees, a tennis court
and a two-bedroom guest house.
The question his friends are
asking is-why would q single
man be getting such a spacious
dream house unless, Of course, he
is planning to renounce his single
status. Frances Barry Dickey
helped him select 1t.
Nat will move in within 80 days,
is going to sell his present abode,
Hillcrest Farm, in Falls Church.
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Speaking of houses. the Thomas
K. Finletters will not attempt to
find a place in Washington till
next Fall. Mrs. Finletter, who was
in town the first part of the
week to see her husband sworn
in as the new Secretary of the
Air Force, said that she will be
in and out of town frequently till
then. Mr.. Finletter has been stay
Evening star., 1950-04-26
By Ann Cline

A reception. dinner and cocktail
party were a few OF the events
that kept members of the Dip
lomatic Corps busy during the
party hours yesterday.
Ii. Gen. Willis G. Crittenberger.
chairman of the nter-American
Defense Board. and Mrs. Critten-
berger entertained at reception
for the Mexican Secretary Of De-
fenSe and Sonora de Llmon. In
dian Ambassador Mime. Pandit was
hostess to Is at dinner. and Brig.
Gen. Mohamed Bey Khalifa. Air
Attache of the Egyptian Embassy.
gave a cocktail party at the Con-
gressional Hotel.
About 125 persons. including
Gen. and Mrs. Omar Bradley,
dropped by the Defense Board S
headquarters on 18th street to
meet the distinguished Mexican
visitors. who are here at the in
vitation of our Department of the
Army.
Turkey. ham, tongue and a va
riety of hors d'oeuvres were served
the guests. Of course the Mexi-
can Ambassador and Sonora de
la Colina we're in the throng as
was the Counselor of the Embassy
Senor Don Rafael Nieto. Also in
the group were the Judge Advo-
cate General and Mrs. Reginald
c. Harmon. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. o. B. Hardison. Col. and
Mrs. Raymond Freeman and Capt.
and Mrs. Bennett S. Coping.
Service Attoches Attend
Present at the gathering were
the air. military or naval attaches
and their wives from the Embas-
sizes of Colombia, Brazil, Peru
Paraguay, Cuba, Honduras. Uru-
quay, Haiti, Dominican Republic
Nicaragua, Bolivia. Argentina and
Ecuador.
Members of the Mexican En-
bassy staff who stopped by to
greet their countrymen included
the Counselor. Senor Don Carlos
Peon del Vale; the Financial
Counselor and Sonora de Cortina
the Assistant Military Attache
Brig. Gen. P. A. Alberto Salinas
Carranza; the Economic Attache
and Sonora de Ochoa. the First
Secretary and Sonora de Sierra,
the Naval Attache and Sonora de
Vazquez del Mercado, the First
Secretary. Senor Don Julian Saenz
Hinojosa. and the Assistant Agri-
cultural Attache and Sonora de
Andrade Alcocer.
Envoy Welcomed Bock
Gen. Khalifa's party served as
a means to welcome back the AM
bassador, Mohamed Kamil Bey
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Reception for Mexicons;;
Other Events on Calendar

4 Abdul Rahim. after his extended
vacation in Egypt, The PreSiden-
tial Room of the Congressional
Hotel was decorated attractively
and all sorts of fancy dishes and
horS doeuvres were available.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs, Robert B.
Landry and Maj, Gen. and Mrs.
Harry H Vaughan were among
those accepting the invitation and
others were the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State and Mrs. Ray
mond A Hare. Mr. and Mrs, Sam
uel Hopper, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Sparks, Justice and Mrs. Matthew
F. Mcguire. DR.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Hess, Capt and Mrs Floyd
Ferris, Brig. Gen, and Mrs Bonner
FellerS and Col, and Mrs Anthony
J. Drexel Biddle,
Col, Forrest G. Allen. head OF
the Policy Division of the United
States Air Force Intelligence. came
accompanied by his wife. Col.
Jack Saunders. Foreign LiaiSon
Officer. was there and so were Col.
and Mrs. Charles J. Long. Col. Ed
winston Robbins, Col. Mary Louise
Milliean, Capt, Helen Roy. Col.
and Mrs Alva Fem. Col. and
Mrs. William Kirby, the Canadian
Air Attache and Mrs NJ NJ. Hem
bricks. the Counselor of the Cana
dian Embassy and Mrs, John H.
English, Sir George and Lady
Prie, Group Captain r. c. Jonas,
the Dean of the Air Attaches. Mai.
Gen. c. c. J. ForSlev OF Denmark,
and Nine, ForSlev; Mr.. Albert
Lodwick Of Lakeland, Fla; Mr..
George Kilt of Miami. Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Ellis, and many other
officers and their wives.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Emily Post

A readers absent -mindedness
has placed her in this quite obvi-
ously uncomfortable position: cat
a large party about a month ago
I inadvertently picked up a ciga-
rette lighter belonging to one of
the women and walked off with
1t. I didn't discover it in my bag
for a day or so and then tele-
phoned the hostess. She said
none Of the guests (many of
whom we're strangers to me) had
reported the loss and that she'd
let me know as soon as one did.
I feel terribly about keeping this
lighter which certainly does not
belong to me. Should I send it to
the hostess, or what am I sup
posed to do with it?"
If it is valuable you should, of
course, make every effort you can
to find the owner of the lighter
who very possibly doesn't realize
where she lost it. For example,
you could telephone those who
were sitting near you and, de-
scribing the lighter, ask if they
had lost it, or if they know to
whom it belongs.
Unrelated Questions
Dear Mrs. Post: Please answer
these unrelated questions for us:
Cd In going upstairs, does the
lady or gentleman go first; ~ At
the table, is the convex or the
concave side of the fork held up
in carrying food to the mouth
with the left hand? 60 In send
ing the plate down the table for
a second helping. are the knife
and fork left on the plate or not?
"a What is the correct way to
eat a soft-boiled egg If it is
served in the shell?
Answer: Cd Lady. CD Prongs
down. 90 They are left on the
plate close together at one side
of the plate but not so near the
rim as to endanger their falling
off. a. You either eat it Ameri-
can fashion by breaking it into
an egg cup or European fashion
by breaking away the top of the
shell and eating it from the shell
itself with a small spoon.
mrs. Post is sorry she cannot
dnSDer personal mail. One of
her leaflets, E-26, cocktail
PdrtieS," giUeS suggestions for
the inpitdtion and Dhat to SerDe.
To obtain a copy, send cents
in coin and a stamped, SELF
addressed enUelope to her, care
OF The EDening Star. P. O. Boz
90, Station G. NeW York 19,
N. ~
Evening star., 1950-04-26

The time-honored custom of the
Senate Red Cross Ladies to enter
tain the wife of the President was
carried out yesterday. The lunch
con was held in the Senate Caucus
Room with Mrs. Alben w. Barkley
now president of the group, act
ing as hostess.
Much regret and disappoint-
ment was expressed when it be-
came known that Mrs. Truman
would be unable to be present be-
cause of a slight attack of flu anc
was remaining in bed under orders
OF the doctor.
Mrs. Styles Bridges, Mrs. Spes-
sard L. Holland and Mrs. John
j. Williams are the vice presi-
dents; Mrs. John C. Stennis, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. James P
Ken, corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. Ernest w. Mcfarland, treas
urer. The members of the Exec
utive Committee are Mrs. John w
Bricker and Mrs. Homer Fergu-
son for the minority and Mrs
John L. Mcclellan and Mrs. Guy
M. Gillette for the majority
Serving on the surgical dressings
committee are Mrs. Elmer Thomas
and Mrs. Chan Gurney, co-chair-
men, and Mrs. A. Owsley Stanley,
assistant. The sewing committee
Is headed by Mrs. Edward r.
Burke and Mrs. Walter F. George,
co-chairmen. Mrs. Eugene D. Mil
likin and Mrs. j. Allen Frear, jr.,
are co-chairmen of the knitting
committee and Mrs. Gillette has
charge of supplies.
Once a member of this enter
prising group. always member
and so notices were sent to Mrs.
Calvin Coolidge. who at one time
presided over the membership,
and others such as Mrs. Hugo L.
Black, Mrs. Harold H. Burton
and Mrs. Cordell Hull, who joined
them when their husbands were
members of the Upper House of
Congress.
Other Honor Guests
Hostesses in the Cabinet circle
and wives of the Secretaries of
the Army, Navy and Air Force
were invited to yesterdays lunch
con. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
Evening star., 1950-04-26

ing at the Hay Adams Hotel,
will probably have little chance
to spend much time this summer
with his wife. daughters. and
their families at the Finletter
place in Bar Harbor. Me.
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The heavenly pink net petal
dress Ruth Buchanan wore at the
Buchanan Orme dance Satur-
day night is one of five in the
whole blooming world that Dior
designed in that model. The very
first was done in white net, sold
for the nice round sum of $4,000.
The other four are in this coun-
try but Ruth isn't apt to run into
a duplicate; they're scattered to
the four corners of the U. S. A.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Wilson
of Bethesda announce the en-
gagement of their daughter. Vir-
ginia Elaine. to Mr.. Winfield Har-
rison Smith. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Merritt P. Smith of Silver Spring.
The wedding will take place in
June.
Miss Wilson is attending Ben
jamin Franklin University and
Mr.. Smith is a student at the Uni
verSity of Maryland.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Visitor Comma

Mrs. Roswell Colt of Newport
and New York will arrive tomor-
row to visit Mrs. Frederick
Mitchell Gould. Mrs. Gould has
cards out for a luncheon Friday
in honor of her house guest.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
This and That

How to get rid of pigeons at bird
feeding station is detailed by L. F. p.
writing from Tenth street, who says:
t'There was a comical song not too
long ago which gives tipof on how to
protect bird feedery from assaults by
pigeons.
"The refrain of the song went for a
pigeon has no thumbs on his feet
GAS most of us have known-but forget
pigeons cannot grip limb or perch,
but must walk or stand on fiat surface.
"If your correspondent who wishes to
save his food donations for the smaller
birds and keep off the pigeons will re-
move any fiat landing platform from his
feedery and substitute small perches.
such as can be made from doWell rod,
he will find that the small bird can grasp
the perch and peck his dinner in COM
fort whereas the pigeon cannot even land
on the small perch.
"I wish my own problem was as simple
to solve.
Mine has to do with squirrels.
.Our block in Edgemoor has four lines
of oak trees which must draw most OF
the squirrels from Montgomery County.
The more food we put out for the
birds, the more squirrels we get and the
less food the birds get.
IT admire the darn little rascals, but
they are playing hob with my ego be-
cause they have outsmarted me at every
turn.
"They can jump. climb or swim to any