Evening star., 1953-04-30
Society News

The dean Of diplomats, Nor
wegian Ambassador and Mrs.
Munthe de Morgensteirne gave
another in their series Of spring
time dinners last evening. Their
guest Of honor was Speaker
Joseph w. Martin, jr., and the
company numbered 80.
Ambassador and Mrs. Morgan
stierne will entertain again
Saturday evening when they will
have a buffet supper for some
$50 members Of the Norwegian
Chapter of the League Of Morse
men. The group is making the
trip from New York to see the
beauties of the National Capital
and will be here only for the day.
Emperor's Birthday Fete
japanese Emperor Hirohito
observed another birthday ami
versary yesterday and his AM
basSador in Washington, Eikichi
Araki, celebrated the day in the
Embassy here. The Chancery was
closed but the handsome En-
bassy was the scene Of a large
and very lovely reception from
6 to 8 o'clock.
The party was the first such
activity the Ambassador has
given in the reopened Embassy
as he was received by the Presi-
dent in June of last year after
the Emperor's birthday. A year
ago the Embassy buildings had
been turned over to the japanese
government after being occupied
by the United States Govern
ment since Immediately after the
attack on Pearl Harbor.
japanese Minister Ryuji Take
uchi, who was Charge d'Affaires
q year ago, and Nine. Takeuchi
received with the Ambassador
and his daughter, Miss Tomiko
Araki. The fourSome stood in
the handsome drawing room on
the west side of the house where
typically Japanese arrangements
of flowers were on the tables.
Miss Araki and Miss Miyoko
Mori, daughter of the Press At
tache and Nine. Mori, arranged
the flowers in the halls and other
rooms as well.
Miss Araki wore a white XII
mona with sprays of pale pink
peach blossoms and Nine. Take
uchi's kimona was cafe-au-lait
with sprays of white blossoms.
Other ladies of the Embassy cir
Gle were in handsomely embroid-
cred kimonas which, more than
one of them declared, were a
little too warm for indoors.
Nine. Kamimura, wife of the
former Minister, now Ambassa-
dor-designate to Turkey, in a
very becoming shade Of pale blue
kimona, was just beyond the door
of the smaller drawing room to
greet guests. It was a chance
also for her to bid farewell as
she will leave Saturday for Tur-
key. The former minister has
been in Tokyo for consultations
and will be back tomorrow to
pick up his family for the long
journay to Ankara and his new
duties.
Terrace Used
Passing through the small,
center drawing room some of the
guests went on into the dining
room on the east end Of the
building, others went onto the
terrace where there were small
tables and chairs and a bar at
one end. Many sat around the
tables or on the wide divan and
watched the light fade out Of
the sky and the twinkle of the
lights of passing automobiles on
Riverside drive at the foot of the
hill.
The buffet table was laid in
the dining room with two low
bowls in the center connected
with a high, arched bit of birch
wood. In each bowl were sew
eral sprays of azaleas of white
and deep pink. Chaf1ng dishes at
each end of the table kept the
sukiyaki, famous Japanese dish
of meat, bamboo sticks and
onions, hot and about the table
there were large plates Of tenn
pura, which are fried shrimp
after a japanese recipe, put on
sticks. A delightful innovation
were the large round platters Of
melon balls, with small squares
of pineapple.
In addition baked hams and
salmon in Jelly with fruit and
vegetable salads as well as ice
cream, small sandwiches and
cakes we're to be mad. At the