Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-29
Society News
Travel Plans
HighIight
Week End
The DorIingtons
Going to Europe;
Dinner Party
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Society," News
BY Doisy CIeIond

Much of the local party talk
over the week end centered
around travel.
Mr.. and Mrs. McC ullough OAR
lington are planning q trip to
Europe and hope to be of around
the middle of April. although as
yet. they have not been able to
book passage.
This Of course affects their
itinerary. The one thing that is
as definite as can be under these
circumstances is q visit with the
United States Minister to Luxem-
bourg and Mrs. Wiley Buchanan.
The date for this. if all goes well.
is the first of May.
Awoy for Two Months
Mr.. and Mrs. Darlington plan
to be abroad for about two
months and will return when
their young ones finish school.
The European trip seems to be
quite a popular pastime this
year. More American tourists are
expected this year than last,
even with the Coronation. To
bear this out-2,500 requests for
passports are coming into the
State Department each day. it
is reportedl
A couple planning to skip the
Washington cherry blossom sea-
son are Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H.
Montgomery.
They will take of this Wednes-
day for a two-week trip to the
sunny Caribbean and plan to
visit the Dominican Republic,
Jamaica and Cuba.
Colo Dinner
Last evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Montgomery entertained at a
seated dinner for 100 guests. The
black-tie event took place at 8
o'clock.
For this large gathering the
hosts deserted their residence in
Georgetown and took over La
Fonda restaurant which is ordi-
narily closed on Sundays. The
tasty dinner was entirely of
Spanish dishes.
Among the guests were the
Chinese Ambassador and Nine.
Koo. Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Cafritz, former Minister to Lux
emhourg Mrs. Perle Mesta.
Senator and Mrs. George Malone
and Miss Virginia Warren,
daughter of the Chief Justice
and Mrs. Warren.
Wives There Alone
Others were Mrs. Ken Regain,
whose Representative husband
was out of town; Senator Homer
Ferguson was there without his
wife, who is the victim of a
broken foot; Director of the
World Bank Louis Machado;
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rediker and
Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert, jr.,
who was there with her mother,
Mrs. Harold Walker.
Another one-of-a-couple at
the party was Mrs. Styles
Bridges the Senator is still on
the sick lisD. as was Mrs. George
Allen. whose husband was in
Chicago.
More in the group were Mr..
and Mrs. Garvin E. Tankersley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Presbrey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell Barnes,
Representative and Mrs. Jack
Dempsey. Representative and
Mrs. Albert Thomas, Miss Frieda
H. Hennock. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Biffle, Governor j. K. Vardaman
of the board of the Federal Re-
serve System, and Mrs. Varda-
man. and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Cromwell.
Also planning to be at the
Sunday night party were the
Treasurer of the United States
and her husband, Mr.. Roy
Priest. Deputy Assistant to the
President, Maj. Gen. Wilton B.
Persons, and Mrs. Persons, Mrs.
Randall Hagner, Mrs. Marcella
Miller dupont, Senator Stuart
Symington, whose wife is in
Jamaica, Representative Sam
Rayburn, Mr.. Clayton Fritchey,
Mr.. Sid Richardson and Mr..
Clarence Hewes.
Mrs. Montgomery chose a