Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Society News 81
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Dine Together at Embassy

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Martha of Norway, who is mar.
ried to a commoner and has re.
nounced her succession to the
throne but retains her title. She
and her husband. Capt. Erling
Lorentzen. a young Norwegian
ship owner. arrived in Washing,
ton yesterday morning and left
again this morning for New York
whence they will depart for Rio
to make their home for several
years. They were married only
two months ago.
Finonce Experts There
The other guests were in a
position to give Capt. Lorentzen
some expert advice on finance in
general and business in Brazil
in particular should he have so
desired.
Seated around the table were
the Chairman of the Interna-
tional Monetary Fund Ivar
Rooth and his wife-the Rooths
are Swedish and so Is the Prin-
cess mother who is first cousin
to the Swedish King; Mr.. Quar-
tin Barbosa. director of the
largest bank in Sac Paulo. and
Nine. Barbosa; and Mr.. Egydio
Souza Cafnara who has been
chief of the Brazilian Trade Bu-
reau in New York and member
of the visiting treasury delega-
ton.
Others at the dinner were Mai.
Gen. and Mrs. Glen Edgerton
and her sister, Miss Louise Hes
sin; Mr.. Alfred Donohoe, an OUT :
of-town friend of the host; and
the brand-new Third Secretary
Of the Embassy Mr.. Lauro Sou.
tello Alves who has been sta
toned at the Brazilian Consulate
in New York. Nine. Alves was
also there. -
This was prevacation dinner
for the Rooths who leave on
Monday for a three-week vaca-
ton. They're going by train to
Seattle and from there by boat
to Victoria and Vancouver. then
on to beautiful Lake Louise. Next
they will fly to Toronto and then
to Niagara Falls. stopping at
Buffalo, N. Y. on the way home. ;
Sounds like they will be on the
move constantly. s..
Morrow Escape
Conversation at dinner touched
upon the recent narrow escape
of noted Brazilian publisher AS )
sis Chateubriand, who was in
Washington for the editors con-,
ference in April The owner Of
80 newspapers in Brazil, Is radio
stations and two television sta
tions he was President Vargas
personal representative to the,
coronation. .Afterward he went,
to France to attend to the ex-
hibit of his large private art coll
lection scheduled for the Louvre
in August, and to check on the
restoration of a Brazilian owned
castle in France. d,
He flew back from Paris on
the plane destined for Sac Paulo.
When it stopped at Rio, he got
off temporarily then boarded the
plane again but something made
him get off again. He probably
thought his attitude was silly SO
he got back on but finally got
of and stayed off. The plane
crashed en- route to Sac Paulo
and everybody was killed.
The chateau in France, incl
dentally, was once the home of
Count d'Eu who married Princess
Isabel, daughter of Brazil's last
emperor. Count d'Eu subse-
quently became a great national
hero during the war with Para
quay in 1864. The Brazilian
government has TOW acquired
the chateau. is restoring it and
will turn it into a sort of inter-;
national museum. Mr.. Chateau
BRAND is one of the moving
spirits in its restoration.
Wrongs Honored
Indian Ambassador and Mrs.
Mehta were hosts at dinner last
evening, honoring the retiring
Canadian Ambassador and Mrs..
Hume Wrong. g:-~
Invited to the 8 o'clock elmer
at the Embassy were the Aus
tralian Ambassador and ady
Spender, the Swiss Minister and?
Nine. Bruggmann, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Estabrook, Mr.. Robert L.
Garner, Indian Financial Coun-
selor B. K. Nehru, the Counselor
and Mrs. Singh, and the two
daughters Of the hosts, Mrs.
Nilanjana Dhar and Miss Aparna
Mehta. --z,