Evening star., 1954-12-18

Nine. Bonnet wore 3 snort
white lace dress by Dior to add
bright note to her own dismal
feelings. She and the Ambassa-
dor stood side by side at the
entrance Of the formal drawing
room and they never stopped
shaking hands from $50 to 1880.
Afterwards they went on to a
dinner party given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph E. Davies in their
honor.
French Delicocies
Two buffets drew considerable
concentration of appreciation.
The dining room table was COW
cred with mountaineering deli
cacies for which the French are
so famous-hot fried scallops
with a special sauce, hot fried
shrimp ditto. small meatballs
with an out-of -this-world flavor;
rolled thin ham stuffed with
garlic c-flavored cream cheese:
lobster mayonnaise in little
pastries, chicken salad ditto and
pastries with a chocolate cream
filling. It was all pleasantly
washed down with French cham
payne.
There were Central Intelli-
gence Director and Mrs. Allen
Dulles who are entertaining for
the Bonnets today; the German
Ambassador; the British Am
bassador and Lady Makins; the
Italian Ambassador and Signora
Tarchiani who are leaving too
about January 8; Mrs. Buchanan
Merryman, who was telling Maj :.
Gen. Howard Davidson what a
wonderful time she had during
her recent six weeks visit with
her niece, the Duchess of Wind
sor; the Archduke Charles Of
Hapsburg and his wife; Assist
ant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Saltzman, and the Austrian AM
bassador and Nine. Gruber, who
leave Tuesday for Haiti where he
will present his credentials, spend
a sunny Christmas and return
on the 7th.
Perle ond Gwen There
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
was there and Mrs. Perle Mesta,
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Cafritz, Mrs.
Robert Low Bacon, Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Mrs. Mike Mon
roney. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Foster, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Carroll Glover. Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
coran Thorn, Assistant Secretary
Of Defense and Mrs. Struve Hen
sci, Chief of Protocol and Mrs.
Jack Simmons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Lippmann, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Foley with the lat
ter's cousin. Mrs. Harry Bandy
of Montgomery. Ala.
Recently reelected Senator
Joseph O'Mahoney dropped by
to say goodby and so did Sena-
tor and Mrs. John Sparkman.
Senator and Mrs. Estes Kefauver,
Senator Theodore Francis Green
and Representative and Mrs.
Hale Boggs. And shades of a
past administration - former
Postmaster General and Mrs.
Jesse Donaldson, former Secre-
tary of the Navy and Mrs. John
l.. Sullivan and Mrs. James Helm.
Assistant Secretary of State
for Inter-American Affairs
Henry Holland rushed off in a
plane from New York to meet
his wife there. And he was sur
rounded by so many Latin am
bassadors he called it a con-
tinuation of the Rio Conference.
In the south of the border group
were the Brazilian Ambassador
and Nine. Muniz, the Argentine
Ambassador and Sonora de Paz.
the Chilean Ambassador and
Sonora de lara and the Cuban.
Mexican, Costa Rican and Ecua-
dor Ambassadors.
Walter Robertsons'
Hosts at Bloir House
While the French party was
going on, Assistant Secretary OF
State for Asian Affairs and Mrs,
Walter Robertson were enter
tanning ENJOYS from the II coun-
tries in Mr.. Robertson's baili-
wick. Their 6-to-8 reception was
held at Blair House with the
connecting doors adjoining Lee
House thrown open so that the
$50 or so guests could be COM
fortably accommodated.
One man who went on with his
wife to this party from the
French Embassy was paying his
first visit to Blair House in 1C
years though 1t was his mothers
home. He is Mr.. Franklin Ellis
Maj. Gist Blair was his STEP
fofhoY.