Evening star., 1953-11-21

Washington parties yesterday
f1guratively speaking covered the
globe. They Spotlighted nation
alitieS from Bolivia, Cuba, Italy,
Thailand and countries north
and south of the Rio Grande.
The Bolivian Ambassador and
Sonora de Andrade entertained
over 200 at a 6 to 8 reception in
honor of Bolivia's Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Sonora de
Guevara Arbe. Secretary of State
and Mrs. Dulles accepted this
invitation along with the Di-
rector of the Monetary Fund and
Mrs. Ivar Rooth. and ambassa-
dors from Brazil. Chile. Colom-
bia. Mexico. Argentina. Uruguay.
Nicaragua and other Latin
American nations. Representing
the Soviet Embassy were First
Secretary and Mrs. Kazantsev.
The Bolivian Foreign Minister
and his wife arrived here a week
ago. will probably be here an
other week.
Sonora de Batista, energetic,
popular wife of the President of
Cuba. had another full day. In
addition to visits to Washington
welfare centers, Goodwill Indus
tries and the Georgetown Neigh
borhood House, she was the guest
Of honor at luncheon given
by Mrs. John M. Cabot, wife of
the Assistant Secretary of State
for Inter A meri rican Affairs.
Twenty-Five ladies were invited
to the Cabots' handsome home
on S street.
Mrs. John Foster Dulles was
the ranking American at this
gathering. which also included
these wives of Latin Ambassa-
dors-Senora de Concheso, Cuba;
Sonora de Castro, Ell Salvador;
Sonora de Vale, Honduras;
Sonora de Gonzalez, Venezuela;
Sonora de Zuleta- Angel, Colom-
bia; Sonora de Moya, Dominican
Republic; Sonora de Leper-
vanche, wife of the Venezuelan
Ambassador to the Organization
OF American States, and Sonora
de Baron, Cuba, to the OAS.
Mrs. Oscar Ahlgren, president
OF the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, was there and
DR.. Martha Eliot, chief of the
Federal Children's Bureau; Mrs.
John F. Simmons. wife of the
chief Of protocol; Mrs. Selden
Chaplin, wife of our newly ap-
pointed Ambassador to Panama:
Mrs. Burke Elbrick and Mrs.
Robert Woodward, wives of State
Department officials: Mrs. Eric
Johnston and Mrs. Sherlock
Davis. Members of the Cuban
First Lady's party were also
present-Senorita Cecilia Fer
nandez Miranda, her sister:
Sonora de Garcia Pedroso and
Sonora Elena Pollack de
Aguilera.
Gorettis Soy Farewell
Count and Countess Luca
Goretti de'Flamini gathered as
many Washington friends as
they could in their Rowland
place house yesterday to bid
them farewell. The popular and
handsome Italian Naval Attache
and his wife leave Washington
on December l and sail for italy
on the 5th aboard the Vulcania.
Capt. Goretti will be assigned to
the Navy Department in Rome.
The Chief of Naval Operations
and Mrs. Robert B. Carney.
fresh back from their Pacific |
tour. were guests at the party, |
and Deputy Chief. Vice Admiral |
and Mrs. Matthias B. Gardner
Vice Admiral and Mrs. Roscoe |
F. Good. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Carl F. ESpey, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Bernard L. Austin and Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Lewis S. Parks.
The Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency and Mrs.
Allen Dulles were among those
invited as were Mr.. and Mrs.
John F. Simmons, Mr.. and Mrs
Lansing Collins. Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Byington and Mr.. and /
Mrs. Fritz Jandrey of the State
Department.
The Italian Ambassador and
Signora Tarchiani, the Minister
a