Evening star., 1952-10-29
Society News:
Mrs. 7 runnan to Vote
In Missouri Home
Poroguoyon Foreign Minister Coming;
Entertaining Lively on Embassy Row

DR.. ArauJo left DR.. Aureliano
Otanez as Charge d'Affaires and
he went home earlier this month
to become Minister of Foreign At
faireS. Sonora de Otanez is back
in Washington supervising the
packing Of their furnishings for
shipment to Caracas. They have
occupied the house of Gen. and
Mrs. Patrick Jay Hurley who will
return next week.
Sonora de Gonzalez was in
Washington a short time ago and
spent day or so at the embassy
planning a few changes in fur
niShings and hangings. She is very
attractive, brunette, rather small
and marked contrast to her tall,
blonde husband. Sonora de Con-
zalez is native of Mexico, where
she and her husband met nearly
ten years ago when he was Am
bassador to that country.
The Ambassador, like his wife,
speaks English fuently and in ad-
dition speaks French excellently.
He was graduated from the Uni
versity of Venezuela in Caracas
and studied at the Sorbonne. He
practiced law in Caracas and was
president of the Bar Association Of
that Capital before becoming Am
baSsador to Mexico. Following that,
the newly appointed envoy was
Minister of the Interior and then
Ambassador to Ecuador before ac-
cepting his present post as chief
of the Western Hemisphere af-
fairs section of the political divi-
sion of the Security Council of
the U. N.
Porties Yesterday
French Ambassador and Nine.
Bonnet gave two parties yesterday.
In the late afternoon they were
hosts to very small company
which witnessed the presentation
by the Ambassador of the Legion
of Honor, with the rank of Off
Ger, to Mr.. Eugene Ormandy.
Those in the small company con-
graduated Mr.. Ormandy and
drank his health. that Of the
Ambassador and of France in deli
cious French champagne.
Last evening the Ambassador
and Nine. Bonnet were hosts at
dinner honoring the Wet Nam
Ambassador and Nine. Tran Van
Kha.
Mr.. Ormandy conducted the
Philadelphia Orchestra last eve
ming in his concert in Constitu-
tion Hall which marked the fifth
eth anniversary of the first con-
cert played in Washington by that
Mrs. William Croz-
ier. boxholder again this year.
was among those during the early
years of the Philadelphians' visits
to the Capital, who served on the
local committee. The late Miss
Laura Harlan, daughter of an As
sociate Justice of the Supreme |
Court and leading social secre-
tary in Washington, was secretary.
Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, also a |
boxholder again this year, was a |
member of the local committee in |
earlier years. She and her mother,
the late Mrs. Calderon Carlisle,
served together on the commit
tee.
Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller is
chairman of the Washington COM
nittee again this year and newly
group is the Washington
League for the Philadelphia Or
chestra of which Mrs. James Pom
eroy Hendrick is chairman.
I Trochionis Give Luncheon
Italian Ambassador and Signora
Tarchiani were hosts yesterday to
their Minister of Posts and Tele-
communications and Signora Spa
taro who returned to New York
later in the afternoon.
Postmaster General and Mrs.
Jesse M. Donaldson were the rank
ing United States guests and 9TH
ers in the company included AS
Sistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. George w. Perkins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harlan Cleveland, Col. and
Mrs. Percy Black, Gen. Cesare
Iandini and Signora Gandini, the
italian Minister and Signora Lu-
,iolli and DR.. and Signora Galssi,
Who accompanied the Minister and
Signora Spataro to the country.