Evening star., 1953-12-16

ana also Mexican Ambassador
and Sonora de Tello and Egyp-
tian Ambassador and handsome
Nine. Hussein. Newcomers in the
corps included Ethiopian Am
baSSador and Nine. DeresSa,
Brazilian Ambassador and Nine.
Muniz and Dominican Ambassa-
dor and Sonora de Moya.
Few Ministers
Swiss Minister and Mime.
Bruggmann who have been at the
head of their legation since 1889.
three years before the present
dean Norwegian Ambassador
Munthe de MorgenStierne came,
were in the company. Three
other Ministers were included,
Iceland and Mrs. Thor Thors,
Finland and Mime. Nykopp and
Laos Ourot r. Souvannavong.
Undersecretary of State and
Mrs. Donold B. Lourie were in
cluded and Yemen Charge DAT
faireS Sayed Abdurrahman Ibn
Abdussamed Abu-Taleb, Philip
pine Charge d'Affaires and Mrs.
Emilio Abello, Spanish Charge
d'AffaireS and Sonora de Proper
de Callejon and Afghanistan
Charge d'Affaires and Nine.
Maiwandwal.
Chief of Protocol and Mrs.
John F. Simmons were there and
Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald B. Lord,
the latter United States delegate
to the United Nations. In addi-
ton there were Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank M. Chapman, the latter
known as Gladys Swarthout; Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Eakin, parents
in-law of the Presidents brother,
DR.. Milton Eisenhower; Mrs.
Richard T. Ellis, close personal
friend of Mrs. Eisenhower; Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Holes, and Mr..
George Troville, who later
played accompaniments for Miss
Swarthout.
Dinner Arrangements
The table was as beautiful as
for the first of the two dinners
with pink carnations and deeper
pink snapdragons in low mounds,
southern smilaX about the table,
and the handsome gold service.
1t was an exact reproduction of
the first dinner even to the menu.
Black coffee was served in the
Red and Green Rooms and later
the program of music was given
in the East Room for which no
additional guests were invited.
The dinner last evening was
the last of the formal state
functions on the schedule until
after the holidays. The recep-
tion to officials of the Treasury,
Post Office. Interior, Agriculture,
Commerce and Labor Depart
ments and of Federal agencies
will be given January IL.
Christmas PIons
President and Mrs. Eisenhower
expect to spend Christmas Day
or the day after with their son
and daughter-in-law Mai. and
Mrs. John D. Eisenhower, and
their children. David, Anne and
Susan in Georgia. Mrs. Mary
Jane McCaffree told women news
writer's yesterday that although
Mrs. Eisenhower hopes to ac-
company the Chief Executive
South on Christmas Day or the
day after. she still was confined
to her bed.
Customs in the Eisenhower
family call for hanging of stock
ings by the children and the
singing of Christmas carols
Christmas eve. Mrs. Eisenhower
plays the accompaniments and
always they trim their own tree.
Presents are not opened until
Christmas morning. Mrs. Eisen-
hower'S favorite Christmas song
is Silent Night, Holy Night"
which always is on their Christ
mas eve program.
Christmas Dinner
The menu for the Christmas
dinner. should Mrs. Eisenhower
be the one to select it, would
start with half a grapefruit,
baked. The turkey would be
stuffed with oyster and cornmeal
dressing and served with jiblet
gravy. The vegetables would be
sweet potatoes. creamed onions
and green beans, and of course
there would be cranberry sauce.
Plum pudding with hard sauce
would be the dessert and COM
plete the meal.
A very tall, brightly lighted
Christmas tree will be placed in
the north end of the East Room,
with hope that its cheer will be
seen by passersby on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. A large wreath
will be hung on the front door,
facing the Avenue, and on that
portico will be two smaller trees
brightly lighted.