Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-11
British Fete
Their Queen
On Birthday
Embassy Garden
Party Toosts
Young Ruler
By Daisy CIeI0nd
By Daisy cIeIond


By Daisy CIeIond
The biggest birthday party Of
the year had no one to blow out
the candles yesterday and was
in honor of q real live Queen.
The British Ambassador and
Lady Makins were hosts at q
garden party in honor Of the
birthday of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II. The Queen was not
there and in reality it was not
even her birthday.
It was, however. the lovelieSt
party of the spring in Washing
ton and Her Majesty was wished
well by all-from a large French
poodle on to most of the top
socialites Of the Nations Capt.
tai.
The festive gathering had all
the condiments Of q real success
In the mixing bowl Of this social
dish went two extremely good
hosts. a good mixture of inter-
esting and impressive guests and
Of course. refreshments supreme
Coteeories Include Strawberries
To digress through the three
eategorieS: the British AmbaSSa-
dor and Lady MakinS are two Of
Washington's most popular hosts;
the guests included diplomats
Democrats, officials, military, re-
sidential and many hearty Re-
publicans; strawberries and
champagne were the most popu-
lar refreshments of the party,
instead Of birthday cake.
The receiving line was on the
terrace Of the garden. The first
to greet the guests was Lord
Makins. then his vivacious Amer
ican-born wife, followed by Brit
ish Minister Of Supplies Duncan
Sandys. q son-in-law Of Prime
Minister Winston Churchill, here
on q visit. The line was completed
with q bit Of youth and beauty
the twin daughters Of the Am
bassador and Lady Makins-the
Misses Cynthia and Molly Ma
kinS.
The guests were so numerous
as to tie up traffic on MaSsachu-
sets avenue. They went through
the impressive Embassy and on
to the terrace. After the greet
ings they mingled in the spa
ciouS garden, which was dotted
with bars and buffets.
One unusual thing happened
for the British-it did not rain
Almost every time a most i'm
portant event happens in Eng
land, the skys open up. They
threatened to do the same in
Washington all day yesterday
but in the end bowed to the Brit
ish and the garden party took
place where it should.
PerIe SteoIs Show
The hostess with the
mostest," Mrs. Perle MeSta. was
at the party and seemed to be
almost holding court. She was
wearing a garden party hat
of aqua tulle and was surrounded
by friends and admirers from the
moment she walked in.
The pictures Of her first party
since returning to this country
are appearing in Life today and
she is not too displeaSed with
them. She entertained on May
20 for some very good friends
the ladies Of the press.
Every facet of Washington So
ciety was represented at the
party. The big and the little peo-
ple. as well as the large white
French poodle, mixed happily or
the lawn. The latter belongs to Q
member of the Embassy staff and
is named Belle. She was fash
ionably clipped for the occasion
and was almost as busy greet
ing guests as were the AmbaSsa-
dor and Lady MakinS. She also
took it upon herself to see that
all the guests were well taken
care Of.
Diplomatic Corps Present
Among the diplomatic corps
at the party were the AmbasSa-
dor of Wet Nam and Nine. Tran
Van Kah, who chatted for a mo-
ment with Mrs. McCeney Wer-
Itch: the Australian Ambassador
and Lady Spender. the Bolivian
Ambassador and Sonora de An
drade, the Spanish Ambassador
and Sonora de Lequerica and the
Ceylonese Ambassador and Mrs
Gunewardene.
United States Delegate to the
United Nations Mary Lord was
at the party and quite in the
spirit of things, since she had
Just returned from a very won
derful trip to England"
The Commandant of the Ma
rine Corps and Mrs. Shepherd
were at the party and both were
receiving compliments on their
costumes-the General Of his
glamorous whites, plus ribbons
rank and braid, and his lady or
her attractive black and white
frock and large black hat.
A very important guest there
and also q happy one was Vice
Admiral Cecil Hughes-Hallett
Our State Department called
him earlier yesterday to inform
him that he was among those
who received birthday honors
from Queen Elizabeth II. He
was made Knight Commander OF
the Bath. The news was, by some
mistake, deleted from the origi-
nal news story and came as a
great surprise to the admiral
British Minister Scott was an
other stationed in Washington
to receive honorS, but he was out
of town for the party.