Evening star., 1951-11-08
By Ann Cline

A lot of people were at the
Soviet Embassy last evening, at
tending the reception in celebra-
ton of the anniversary of the
Great October Socialist Revolu-
ton. But great majority of the
faces were unfamiliar.
One person receiving much at
tention at the time of his arrival
and departure was Premier MosSa-
degh of Iran. When he approached
the three-man receiving line
consisting of Soviet Ambassador
Alexander S. Panyushkin; the
Military Attache. Mai. Gen. Alex
Sandr F. Sizov, and the Naval At
tache. Commodore Nikolai I. Fedo-
sov-there was much picture TAX
ing by the battery of photograph
ers lined up in the gold hallway.
And the other guests arriving at
the time were held up during the
hand shaking, smiling and posing.
AS the ageing visitor moved
into the high-ceilinged, gilt-en-
cruSted ballroom, he was sur
rounded by large group of peo-
pie and was warmly greeted by
all. When he departed, he bid
his hosts farewell. and again
guests were delayed.
The highest United States Gov
ernment official seen was Chief of
Protocol John Farr Simmons. who
came in alone. Quite a few dip
lomatic representatives were in
the gathering, particularly from
the Asiatic countries.
Morqenstiernes Attend
The dean of the diplomatic
corps, Norwegian Ambassador Will
helm Munthe de Morgenstierne,
and Mrs. Munthe de Morgen-
stierne were there. Other heads
of missions stopping by were the
British Ambassador and Lady
Franks, the Canadian Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Hume Wrong, who
didn't stay long; Swedish Ambas-
sador Erik Bohemian. Indonesian
Ambassador and Nine. Sastroa-
midjojo, the Ambassador of Paki-
stan and Mrs. Ispahani-the latter
wearing lovely gold and pale
green Sari; Australian Ambassa-
dor Percy Spender, Nine. van
Roijen, wife of the Netherlands
Ambassador. who was too busy to
get aWay-probably helping with
arrangements for the visit Of
Queen Juliana; Danish Ambassa-
dor Henrik de Kaufman; Egyp-
tan Ambassador Mohamed Kamil
Bey Abdul Rahim and the Israel
Ambassador and Mrs. Eban.
Still other members of the Dip
lomatic Corps there were the Ven-
ezuelan Ambassador and Sonora
de Araujoj Polish Ambassador
Jozef WirdeWicz; the Minister of
Finland and Nine. Nykopp; the
Austrian Minister and Mrs. Klein
Waectter: the Ethiopian Ambas-
saGor and Nine. Imru; Greek
ambassador Athanase G.. Politis;
Luxembourg Minister and Nine.
lie Gallais-she wore a red velvet
hat and black crepe dress; the
Counselor of the Italian Embassy,
Signor Mario Luciolli. and the
Minister Counselor of the French
Embassy. Mr.. Jean Daridan.
The Ambassador and his two
attaches didn't seem to mind the
glaring kleig lights that were on
them almost constantly as pic
ture after picture was taken of
them-in full uniform bedecked
with numerous medals, while they
greeted the guests.
In the hallway were moderate
sized portraits of Molotov and
Shvernik, the Soviet Unions
president" In the ballroom, which
is ornate with its Corinthian COL
umns, rocco gilt trimming and
huge mirrors, is four or five
times life-size portrait of Stain.
Another enormous painting of
Stain is in the small paneled
room off the hallway, and in the
dining room is a large one of
Lenin.
Flowers in Profusion
Flowers. predominately red roses
and red carnations were in abun-
dance throughout. the embassy.
In the hallway was an arrange