Evening star., 1953-04-30
Society News
Entertaining Is Gay
Along Embassy Row
Dean Of Corps and Wife Dinner Hosts;
japanese Ambassador Gives Reception
By Katherine M. Brooks

bars with the usual cocktails,
orange and tomato juice. sake,
the famous Japanese drink was
to be had.
Representative Company
Norwegian Ambassador VIII
helm Munthe de Morgenstierne
was among the early callers and
went home in time to dress for
dinner and Speaker Martin, who
was honor guest at the dinner.
called late at the Japanese EN-
bassy on his way to the Norwe-
gians' several blocks up Massa-
chusetts avenue.
Cuban Ambassador and Sonora
de Concheso were telling that
they will be on the middle of
May for Paris and then to Lon
don for the coronation. They
plan to be back in early July.
The CeyloneSe Ambassador, Sir
Claude Corea, also will be of
to London the middle of May
and will join Lady Corea for the
coronation. She will return with
him the middle Of June, after
staying in London for. some
months to be near their sons who
are in school there.
French Ambassador and Nine.
Bonnet were at the party, the
latter looking particularly smart
in black with sparkling black
sequins on her hat of stiffened
tulle. Belgian Ambassador, Baron
Silvercruys, arrived rather late
and stopped to greet the Costa
Rican Ambassador and Sonora
de Oreamuno as they were
leaving.
Chinese Ambassador Yelling
ton Koo was alone and another
without his wife was Spanish
Ambassador Felix Lequerica.
Others from the corps in the
large company were Honduran
Ambassador and Sonora de Vale,
South African Ambassador and
Mrs. j. P. Jooste, 1ndoneSian
Ambassador and Nine. Sastroa-
midjojo, Greek Ambassador
Athanese Politis, Haitian Am
bassador Jacques Leger, Wet
Nam Ambassador and Nine.
Tran Van Kha, Bolivian Ambas-
sador and Sonora de Andrade
and Ecuador Ambassador Jose R.
Chiriboga.
Chilean Ambassador and Sen
ora de lara were attending one
of the first large parties since
he took up his post here. She
was without a hat and wore q
black satin frock trimmed with
diamond clips at the becoming
neckline. Swiss Minister and
Mime. Bruggmann were among
the earlier arrivals. the latter
wearing a graceful wide brimmed
white hat bound with black and
a platinum mink stole around
her shoulders. over a black dress.
Supreme Court, Congress There
Associate Justice and Mrs.
Harold H. Burton were among
those from the Supreme Court
circle and among those from the
Hill were Senator and Mrs.
Homer Ferguson and Senator
Theodore Francis Green. Others
from official circles included
Chief Of Protocol and Mrs. John
F. Simmons, Deputy Chief Ray
mond D. Muir and former
United States Ambassadors to
Japan Joseph c. Grew and Will
liam r. Castle also were there.
Mrs. Castle accompanied her
husband. Former Ambassador
Robert Woods Bliss was alone
and also former Ambassador Jo-
seph E. Davies. Others from
"old" Washington who have
been stationed in Japan or had
close contacts with it's represent
atives in Washington were Mrs.
Arthur Macarthur and Mrs.
George Barnett, whose husband
was the major general Com
mandant of the Marine Corps
during World War I, and had
duty in the Far East. Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel H. Kaufman were
there as well as Mrs. George
c. Thorpe, Mrs. George Maurice
Morris, Mrs. Parker w. West,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon P. King,
Mrs. Frederick Mitchell Gould,
Mrs. McCeney Werlich and MIR.