Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
Society News:
By Katherine M. Brooks


The President and Mrs. Truman
entertained at dinner last evening
in honor of Her Majesty the
Queen of the Netherlands and
Prince Bernhard, who arrived in
the late afternoon to be guests at
the White House until Saturday
morning.
They are the first visitors in the
Executive Mansion since it's res
toration and because the house
was finished so recently, the Off
cial dinner starting the three-day
festivities for Their Majesties, was
given last evening at the Carlton
Hotel.
Assemble in North Room
The SIS guests assembled in the
North Room where the honor
guests and their hosts greeted
them before going into the Carl
ton Room where dinner was
served. No cocktails preceded the
dinner.
Abiding to the Dutch who
helped settle the United States,
the President told the Queen:
They put on a point-four pro-
gram long before was old enough
to know what it meant. They
built railroads, ranches, buildings
one of the greatest apartments
in this area of Washington was
built by Dutch capital.
I'VE are grateful for that. We
want to show our gratefulnesS,
and we have been trying to show
that by the fact that we we're
and are-willing to help free
Europe recover and meet the
world menace east of Poland"
Mr.. Truman expressed hope and
belief that some day the whole
world would be set up on the
basis of powerful nations living
at peace with their neighbors as
does the United States now with
neighbors to the north and south
"who are not afraid of U.S."
In reply, Queen Juliana said.
''You head a great country Of
very human and kind-hearted
people, who gave us invaluable
support during and after the war;
They even liberated a part of our
country.
1.-THE graves of your soldiers
there are shrines for us. Your
Government and your people have
put us on the arduous path to
prosperity again. We are full of
gratitude to the American peo-
pie"
The table was horseshoe shaped
and decKed with silver vases and
candelabra. Silver compete and
fruit dishes alternated the length
of the table and in the vases were
Brandywine roses, white snap
dragons and blue iris, with Baker
fern about the table.
The Marine Band Orchestra,
stationed in the balcony of the
Carlton Room played as the guests
assembled and through the serv-
ing of the dinner.
White House aides were on duty
last evening, the Marine Corps
officers wearing their new dress
uniforms for the first time. The
coats are cut like civilian dress
coats with tails and with the gold
braid on the standing collar is a
fine line of red. The red is carried
out in the 9 or 10 inch satin belt
worn in place of the usual white
dress waistcoat.
RoyoI Porty ct Dinner
Members of the royal party
who were included in the dinner
guests were Baroness van Boet-
zelaer van Oosterhout, Dame du
Palais: the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Mr.. D. U. Striker: the
Netherlands Ambassador and
Nine. van Roijen, Jonkheer
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stach-
ouwer, Grand Officer of Her Maj
esty; the Chamberlain, Mr.. w.
van Tets; Miss Marie Anna Telle-
gen, Director of the Cabinet for
Her Majesty; Jonkvrouwe c. E. B.
Roell, Lady in Waiting to Her
Majesty. and 1t. Comdr. ]. G..
Stegeman, aide de camp to Her
Majesty.
Officials of the United States at
the dinner, and the guests in
cluded only officials. were the
Vice President and Mrs. Alben w.
Barkley, the Chief Justice and
Mrs. Fred M. Vinson, and the
Speaker of the House, Representa-
tive Sam Rayburn.
Cabinet Officers Present
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Dean Acheson, Attorney General
and Mrs. j. Howard McGrath,