Evening star., 1951-06-07
Society News
Ambassador and Lody Franks Celebrate
Their Kings Birthday at Garden Porty
By Katherine M. Brooks

By Katherine M. Brooks
This is how well America treat,
u.s. was the British Ambassador
reply to guest who spoke of thu
ideal weather at the garden party
yesterday celebrating the birth.
day of King George VI. It is al
annual event at the British em.
bassy although the actual date oi
birth is December II.
The Ambassador and Lady
Franks stood on the lawn in front
OF a clump of trees. The hostess
wore very graceful and becoming
gown Of white chiffon with small
black figures. The skirt had con-
siderable fullness and the bodice
short sleeves. Their two very
active daughters, Caroline and
Alison, enjoyed the party as much
as any of their elders. Caroline,
wearing becoming blue dress with
matching ribbon about her head,
remembered her camera a bit late
for good sunlight and little Alison
roamed the garden wearing a
dainty white frock, her short hair
caught at one side with narrow
white ribbon.
Food Fit for Kings
Strawberries served with the
nearest to Devonshire cream as
can be had in this country were
served at long tables, one at each
side Of the lawn and the other
at the foot of the gently sloping
greensward. The Secretary of
the Senate and MS. Leslie Biff1e
approached one of the tables and
he remarked that the berries
looked good enough to have come
from his native State of Arkan-
Sas. "They look and taste like
Branch berries" replied another
guest nearby. But when Mr..
Bifie sampled them without
cream he asked the attendant
where they came from and re-
ceived the reply that 81 don't
really know, sir, but I've heard
they came from England"
Iced coffee served with coffee
ice cream, dainty sandwiches and
little cakes as well as hot tea
were at each of the three tables.
The fourth long table was the
bar.
The several hundred invited
were limited to high-ranking Of
flcials, the heads of diplomatic
missions and a number from resi-
dent Washington. Mrs. Dean
Acheson, wearing dark blue or
ganza with a matching hat
trimmed with roses, was on her
way out with Mrs. George C. Nc
Ghee, wife Of the Assistant Sec
retary when the Undersecretary
and Mrs. James e. Webb came
down the steps and stopped for
greetings. Also from the State
Department was Mr.. Edward
Platt.
Abundance Of Officiols
The Secretary of Commerce,
Mr.. Charles Sawyer, was alone and
his colleague, the Secretary of
Agriculture, came alone but joined
Mrs. Brannan who was among the
earlier arrivals.
The dean Of the corps, the Nor
wegian Ambassador, MIR. Wilhelm
Munthe de Morgenstierne, also
was without the feminine mem
bers OF his family. Also alone was
the French Ambassador, Mr.. Henri
Bonnet. who had a lengthy con-
verSation with Senator Homer
Ferguson. another unaccompanied
by his wife.
The Soviet Ambassador, Mr..
Alexander Panyushkin waited sew
eral minutes to greet his hosts
while Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman
had a conversation with them. She
later held court at small table
at one side where Mr.. Tuckerman
and their daughter, Miss Laura
Tuckerman. Joined her before the
close Of the party.
The Belgian Ambassador, Baron
SilvercruyS, was among the earlier
arrivals and went on to the Swe-
dish Embassy garden fete. The
italian Ambassador and Signora
Tarchiani stood for some time on
the lawn chatting with Senator
John j. Sparkman and Associate
Justice Felix F'rankfurter. The
Danish Ambassador, Mr.. Henrik
de Kaufman, was not far be-
hind the Turkish Ambassador and
Mime. Erkin in being received. Also
arriving about 6 o'clock was the
new Charge d'Affaires of Panama,
Senorita Anita Ramirez, smartly
dressed in aShes-of-roses suit with
matching hat and gloves.
Foshion Notes Struck
Sonora de Berckemeyer, wife of
the Peruvian Ambassador. wore
white with small figures embroid-
cred in the linen and a wide
brimmed hat of shell pink trimmed
with roses. Sonora de la Colina
wife Of the Mexican Ambassador /
also had a wide-brimmed hat.
Hers was Of leghorn covered with
fine black lace and her dress was
black. The Brazilian Ambassador /
Mr.. Mauricio Nabuco, and Miss
Carolina Nabuco, were there and