Evening star., 1951-02-23
Society
News
Holiday Fetes
Fill Calendar
OF Diplomats
By Ann Cline

py AMI StiHS
Although most of the diploma
tic missions in the Capital OBJ
served Washington's birthday hol-
iday by working skeleton stats,
several of them found it an ap-
propriate day to entertain. And
two Of them used a red, white and
blue color scheme!
The largest of yesterdays func-
tions was the reception hosted by
Caoan Ambassador Luis Machado
in honor of the Cuban Chief of
Staff, Maj. Gen. Ruperto Cabrera,
and the inspector general of the
Cuban army, Brig. Gen. Quirino
Uria.
Hundreds of capitalites flocked
to the west ballroom of the Shore
ham Hotel where the o'clock
party was held. This location was
selected because the Embassy is
having a complete face lifting
new paint, new furniture, new
plumbing. etc.
Fittingly, red. white and blue
are the national colors of Cuba. so
of course they predominated. Two
separate buffets were set up-one
American food and the other
Cuban. The latter was prepared
by a Cuban chef and the dishes
were arranged around whole,
stuffed pig. The American table
boasted the usual turkey, ham.
salads, shrimp and so forth.
In the receiving line with the
Ambassador and his honor guests
were Senorita Elena Machado, the
Enjoys daughter, who took the
place of her mother, now in Ha-
vana. and Gen. Cabrera's daugh-
ter, Senorita Andrea Cabrera, a
student at Mount Vernon Semi
nary. Senorita Machado wore an
Off ff-the-shoulder black velvet din
ner dress and Senorita Cabrera
was in green silk.
Distinguished Guests
The Vice Chief of Staff of the
United States Army. Gen. Wade
H. Haislip, was there with his wife
and other high ranking American
officers who stopped by. included
the Chief of Staff of the Air Force
and Mrs. Hoyt S. Vandenberg.
The Secretary of the Army and
Mrs. Frank C. Pace. jr., the Sec
retary of the Navy and Mrs. Fran
els P. Matthews and the Secretary
of the Air Force and Mrs. Thomas
K. Finletter were among those ac-
cepuing the invitation of DR..
Machado.
Others on hand to meet the
distinguished visitors were the
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Charles Brannan, the Assistant
Secretary of State for Public At
fairs and Mrs. Edward w. Barrett,
the Franch Ambassador and Nine.
Bonnet, the Italian Ambassador
and Nine. Tarchiani, Mr.. Eugene
Black, president of the Interna-
tional Bank: Col. and Mrs. Robert
Guggenheim, the former Ambassa-
dor to Guatemala and Mrs. Rich
ard Patterson, MIR. Robert Butler,
former Ambassador to Cuba. who
resigned a few days ago; Mrs.
Peter Ansberry, Miss Anita Bari
bar, daughter of the former Span
ish Minister here and now Minis
ter to Cuba; Miss Margret Thors
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Davies.
Also on the invitation lists were
all the other chiefs of missions,
officers of the 1nter-American
Defense Board, members of Con-
gress. all the Air. Naval and Mil
itary Attaches. members OF the
Cuban colony and friends OF the
Ambassador.
Voried Itinerary
Today. the visitors will have a
special parley with Army Chief
of Staff j. LaWton Collins and
other officers at the Pentagon on
closer military cooperation be-
tween Cuba and the United
States. Cuba is now training a
combat team of 1000 men to send
to Korea. The visiting Army offl-
GERS will hold press conference
after the meeting.
Gen. Cabrera and Gen. Uria
arrived in Washington on Wednes-
day and will leave tomorrow for
New York. returning here Tues
day. Sunday, they will be given
a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria
by the Bolivarian Society. Mon
day, they will go to West Point
and, upon arriving in the Capital
Tuesday morning, will visit Ar
lington.
Tuesday afternoon, Gen. Ca
brera will preside at a special
meeting of the Inter-American
Defense Board and that evening
will be eI73..ertained at reception
to be given by Gen. Collins at
Fort Lesley ]. McNair.
On the 28th, the generals and
their party will arrive at Fort
Knox, KY, on the first leg of
a tour of military installations.
This will include visits to Fort
Sill, st. Louis, Fort Benning and
other locations. The group will
be in this country until March
II, when they will return to
Havana.
FAC OfficioI Host
Sir Herbert and Lady Broadley
had George Washington in mind
when they selected the. flowers
for their to 8 o'clock party yes
terday at the Woman's National
Democratic Club An abundance
of red, white and blue carnations,
mixed with ferns, were placed
about the club and an extra large
bouquet centered the buffet table,
on which tasty hors d'oeuvres
were arranged.
Sir Herbert, deputy director of
the Food and Agricultural Organ
ization, will sail March l with
Lady Broadley for Rome to take