Evening star., 1951-10-24
President and Mrs. truman
Hear National Symphony

ing to many who are subscribers
to the Wednesday evening series.
The moving of the date was be-
cause of the expected arrival
today of Princess Elizabeth and
her husband, the Duke of Edin-
burgh before they delayed their
visit. Because of the change for
mer United States Ambassador
and Mrs. George Angus Garrett
missed the opening as they had a
previous engagement to dine with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Clifford
Folger. The dinner was given at
the 1925 F Street Club for off,
cials who assisted today in the
laying of the cornerstone for the
new District of Columbia Chap
ter House Of the American Red
Cross. The Folgers will entertain
again today. with tea at their
home for 300 Red Cross officials.
Guests in Box
Representative Elizabeth Kee
Iof West Virginia. who is the
widow of Representative John
Kee for some years chairman of
the Foreign Affairs Committee,
was hostess in her box. Her
guests were the newly appointed
United States Ambassador to
Venezuela and Mrs. Fletcher War
ren who will leave shortly for
South America.
Representative Frances P. Boil
ton was obliged to miss the first
program as she is a regent of
Mount Vernon for Ohio and is
meeting with the other regents
at Mount Vernon this week.
Former president of the Sym
|phony Association and Mrs. Ray
mond E. Cox entertained Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Clifford in their box
and with Mrs. Howard Mitchell
were her daughters and son Lor-
raine and Martha and Glenn who
we're interested spectators and
listeners to the work of their
father.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Maurice
Morris are in town between
foreign visits and had with them
in their box last evening their SON
in-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Todd Young, jr., and Mrs.
Stephen Bonsal Hunt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris will leave November
10 for South America where they
will attend the meeting of the
Inter American Bar Association at
Montevideo. Following those meet
ings they will visit in other South
countries among them
Brazil where they will be enter
tanned by Mr.. Jose Nabuco,
brother of the Ambassador, who is
a lawyer of note. Mr.. and Nine |
Nabuco were recent guests of the
retiring Ambassador. Mr.. MauricioI
Nabuco and their sister, Miss
Carolina Nabuco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Posner
were hosts in their box to DR.. and
Mrs. David Gushner and their
house guest Mrs. B. E. Lehman Of
New York.
Others in Boxes
The Philippine Charge d'Affaires
and Mrs. Melquiades J. Gamboa
occupied the box of the Ambassa-
dor, Mr.. Joaquin M. Elizalde.
Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman
was a guest Of Mrs. Frederic A.
Keep and Mrs. Edwin B. Parker
was hostess to Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone.
Mrs. William H. King, widow of
the Senator from Utah, was a
guest Of Mrs. Huron w. Lawson.
Mrs. King is visiting her son and
-in-law, Maj. and Mrs.
John King at Boiling Field and
plans to stay until after Christ
mas before returning to Cali
fornia.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawrence
Houghteling were there and 9TH
ers present included Col. and Mrs.
Curt c. Schiffeler, Mrs. Bennett
Champ Clark. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Monet, who are just back from a
trip around the world: Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Rietzke. Mrs. Arthur
Mason Chichester. the Director of
the Mint, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross,
Mrs. Matthew John Whittall and
Miss Ruth Brown.
Not the least interested person
in the audience which filled Con-
stitution Hall last evening was
Gladys Swarthout, who fingered
to applaud even after DR.. Nit
chell's third recall.