Evening star., 1951-03-26
Society News
Hundreds of CopitoIites Celebrate
Easter Parade at Cofritz, Mack Parties
By Betty BeoIe

py perry oeoiS
Washington donned its most
cheerful mood yesterday for a
bright, sunshiney if somewhat
chilly Easter. Smiles beamed from
every face from early morning
hours to late afternoon party time.
There was almost a fiesta air
about the large gay gathering in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Cafritz. Fully 300 friends flocked
to their Foxhall road residence
where glasses clinked, champagne
flowed, bonnets bobbed and the
laughter and conversation contin-
ued from until 10 o'clock.
AS guests streamed into the hall
the first seasonal touch that
caught the eye was large egg
shaped wire pen covered with
lavender tulle and ribbon and
containing two little white rabbits
huddled together on their grassy
floor. Inside the spacious modern
drawing room. with it's wall of
glass through which the lights Of
the City of Washington shone in
the distance. the mantel was
banked with Easter lilies. The
hosts stood near the entrance of
the room to greet their guests,
Mrs. Cafritz in a white print
shantung floor length gown SPAR
king with pink and green sequins.
kefouvers Arrive
Senator and Mrs. Estes Kefau-
yer arrived when the party was
at its height and Immediately
drew crowd Of congratulating
friends who have been following
the Crime Committees investi-
cation with interest. The Senator
modestly refused to take credit
for the success of the Committee.
while his pretty. redhaired wife.
Nancy, said that she was so fas-
cinated by the whole affair in
New York she almost never left
the hearing. Nearby, Drew Pear
son, who had just nominated Sen
ator Kefauver for President over
the air, stood chatting to the Am
bassador of Chile and Sonora de
Nieto del Rio. Mrs. Pearson said
that she not only accompanied
her husband on the European trip
from which they have just re-
turned, but she drove the jeep
that took them all over Yugoslavla.
"RFC personalities" were there,
but not in group: Senator Bill
Fulbright, chairman of the COM
mittee investigating the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation,
with his goodlooking wife and
Messrs. Joseph Casey and Robert
Dudley who have testified before
1t.
There was Indian Ambassador
Nine. Pandit, the Norwegian Am
bassador and Nine. Munthe de
Morgenstierne-she in a pretty
new natural straw with black veil,
Admiral Forrest Sherman. the
Chief of Naval Operations; JUS
tice Tom Clark who said he had
just been out to Bethesda Naval
Hospital to see Senator Lyndon
johnson and the patient is so
much better that he expects to be
back in the Senate in a few days;
Rear Admiral and Mrs. James <.
Foskett, British Minister and Mrs.
Empson, the Peruvian Ambassador
and Nine. Berckemeyer, Assistant
Secretary of State Edward I. Mil
Ter, jr. with his beautiful wife
whose brunette locks were in
closed in a crown of pink roses;
Treasurer of the United States
Georgia Neese Clark, the Italian
Press Counselor and Signora Par
esce, former Cuban Ambassador
and Sonora de Belt and Mrs. Eu-
gene Meyer.
Mrs. McCeney Werlich, Mr.. Ar
thur Middleton Hill and Miss
Martha Rountree paused in the
television room long enough to
watch the latter's program, Leave
It To The Girls, while the buffet
in the adjoining dining room at
tracted a goodly number.
Tydings' Dance
More gaiety reigned in the
downstairs playroom and bar
where Devron's music held forth.
1t was peppy enough to inspire
former Senator and Mrs. Millard
Tydings to try a few jitterbug
steps. Judge and Mrs. Evan Howell
were down there chatting with Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Pittman, and
glimpsed around were Secretary
of the Army and Mrs. Frank Pace,
Mr.. Eugene Carusi, movie actor
Joe Allen down from New York
and squirting Mrs. Robert Olds,
Senator and Mrs. Thomas Hen
nings, Mr.. and Mrs. George Abel
who will say goodbye to Washing
ton on Wednesday; Mr.. Tom
Blake in a bright red corduroy
vest with bow tie to match, Mrs.
Rahel Davies Fitch, Mr.. Marvin
Bravevman with bunnies rampant
on his cravat, and seated around