Evening star., 1952-05-14
Society News:
Society News:
Austrian Chancellor
And Mrs. Fig| Feted
luncheons, Tea and Dinner Are Given
For Them on First Full Day of Stay
By Kothorine M. Brooks

BY Katharine N. Brooks
The first full day of the brie
visit Of the Austrian Chancellor
and Mrs. Leopold Figl included
lunch parties. a large afternoon
reception and dinner party. Ths
Chancellor was entertained at the
White House by the President
while Mrs. Figl had luncheon al
the Capitol with members of the
feminine bloc in Congress.
The afternoon reception, which
was the largest by many hundreds
of the festivities yesterday, was
given by the Ambassador and Mrs
Max Loewenthal. The dinner which
was small and informal as well as
very personal was given by Mr.
and Mrs. Allen w. Dulles in their
home on Twenty-fou street.
President Truman's guests in
addition to the Chancellor were
Speaker Of the House Sam Ray
burn, Secretary of State Dean
Acheson, Secretary of Defense
Robert A. Lovett. Secretary of Ag-
riculture Charles F. Brannan and
Secretary of Commerce Charles
Sawyer.
Senator Tom Connally and SEN
ator Alexander Wiley, chairman
and minority member of the For
eign Relations Committee, Rep
reSentative Charles A. Eaton and
Representative Thomas S. Cor
don of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee were at the luncheon.
Others in the company included
Assistant Secretary of State
George w. Perkins. jr. and Rear
Admiral Robert L. Dennison, the
Presidents Naval Aide.
Mrs. FieI Received
Mrs. Figl also was a guest at
the White House but later in the
day. Mrs. Truman received her at
3:45 O'Clock in the Blue Room.
Mrs. Figl was accompanied by
Mrs. Loewenthal and Mrs. Tru-
man was assisted by Mrs. Ache
son, Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. John
F. Simmons, wife of the Chief of
Protocol.
The dinner last evening was
given by personal friends of long
standing, Mr.. and Mrs. Dulles
having met the Figls in Vienna
some years ago. Invited to dine
with them were the Ambassador
and Mrs. Loewenthal, DR.. Martin
Fuchs, counselor of the Foreign
Office in Vienna: Senator and
Mrs. Paul H. Douglas, Secretary of
the Air Force and Mrs. Thomas K.
Finletter, United States Ambassa-
dor and l01s. Philip c. Jessup, the
Director Of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency and Mrs. Walter
Bedell Smith. Admiral and Mrs.
Thomas c. Kinkaid, Chief Of Pro-
tocol and Mrs. Simmons, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Krock, Col. Godfrey
T. McHugh and Mrs. Eleanor Lam
sing Dulles. sister of the host.
Reception at Club
The Ambassador and Mrs. Loew-
enthal gave their $50 to 1880
O'Clock reception at the Army
Navy Country Club where there is
ample room for 1000 guests. The
hosts and their honor guests stood
In the main lounge facing the en-
trance door to greet the callers.
Tall palms and white blossoms
f1anked by the Stars and Stripes
and the Austrian flag made an
attractive background and guests
went on into the dining room
where dainty refreshments were
on long tables and bars offered
highballs and cocktails as we'll as
orange and tomato juice. Similar
tables were set up in two other
nearby rooms as well as the SUM-
porch overlooking the Potomac
and the Maryland hills beyond.
The Chancellor stood beside the
Ambassador. Mrs. Figl next to her
husband and Mrs. Loewenthal at
the end. Mrs. Figl wore beige lace
over q skirt Of silk made in panels
OF beige and cocoa-brown. A mar
row belt and sash of cocoa-brown
velvet fell almost to the hemline
and tucked in at one side was a
spray of gardenias. Her hat was
cocoa-brown lacey straw with wide
and graceful brim. About her
shoulders she wore a cape of silver
sable. Mrs. Loewenthal's frock was
q print in red and gray with which
she wore a. wide very becoming
brimmed black hat.
The Ambassador and the Chan
cellor followed their European
training and kissed the hands of
the ladies and when the Apostolic
Delegate. the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanna Cicognani was greeted
both Mrs. Figl and Mrs. Loewen-
thai made deep curtsies. There
were numbers Of the clergy pres
ent yesterday. In addition to the
Apostolic Delegate there were
Archbishop Patrick j. O'Boyle and
Msgr. John K. Cartwright of st.
Matthew'S Cathedral.
Mrs. Acheson went on from the
White House reception to the
Army Navy Country Club for the
larger festivity. She was dressed
in a becoming dark blue taffeta
suit with a small round white hat
edged with daisies sparkling with
tiny crystal dew-drops. Several
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