Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
By Lee Welsh

Two very pretty girls walked
down the stairway Of the Philip
pine Embassy yesterday, and
spoke to their mothers and
fathers in the, receiving line at
q reception.
Miss Maria Linda Garcia.
daughter of the Vice President
Of the Philippines and Mrs. Car
los Garcia. who were guests OF
honor at the reception. and Miss
Lydia Leuterio, daughter Of the
new Charge d'Affaires Of the
Embassy. Mr.. Raul Luterio, and
Mrs. Luterio, who were host and
hostess at the reception, were
the center Of attention wherever
they moved.
Miss Garcia, 90, and her
mother. accompanied the Vice
President, who is also the Philip
pine foreign minister, to the
Geneva Conference They are re-
turning by way Of the United
States to Manila, and are stay
ing in washington through to-
day.
First Reception
The reception yesterday was
the first official entertainment
given by the new Charge DAFT
flares. who recently replaced DIR.
Melquiades Gamboa who is now
with the U.N.a. in New York.
Both Miss Garcia and Miss
Leuterio chose Western dress for
the reception. while their
mothers preferred the Philip
pine terno. Miss Garcia wore
an off-shoulder black organza.
dotted with seuuins, and with it
. sheer black stole. Miss Leu
terio. 81. also wore an off-shoul-
der dress IN black, embroidered
with pink and blue flowers. The
two young ladies stayed to-
gether most of the evening. al
though they were often Joined
by the younger, unattached
members of the Embassy staff.
Another Philippines beauty.
Miss Mary Lou Romero, daugh-
ter Of the former Philippine AM
bassador to the Court of st.
James, wore Q ballerina-len
dress in orchid faille. All three
young ladies chose the fashion
able modified Ondine hair-do.
Visits General
Mr.. Garcia was telling Of his
visits with Gen. Macarthur on
Wednesday at the Waldorf Tow T
ers IN New York. The general
came down from Connecticut to
see his old friend, and the talk
was both political and OF the
past. Throwing his arms around
the Vice President, the general
said:
Carlos, you don't look a day
older than when / saw you on
Leyte 10 years ago-except that
you're cleaner-then you were
covered with mud!" The Vice
President was then guerilla gov
ernor Of Bohol. near Leyte, and
the japanese had a price of 50,-
600 pesos on his head.
The receiving line was COM
posed Of the Vice President and
Mrs. Garcia, the Philippines,
Special Ambassador and Mrs.
Carlos Romulo and the Charge
d'Affaires and Mrs. Leuterio.
AS Chinese Ambassador Well
lngton Koo came down the re- h
ceiving line, the Vice President,
Gen. Romulo and Mr.. Leuterio
all held long conversations with
him. Mr.. Koo also engaged in q
o n g-for-a-party conversation
with Gen. and Mrs. Matthew
Ridgeway in the dining room.
Buffet Supper
In fact, the dining room drew
q steady stream of guests, for it
was here that an excellent buffet
supper was being served. A hot
f1nasiere Of breast of chicken,
beef tongue, sweetbreads, mush-
rooms and green olives cooked
In wine was served over rice.
Pheasant in gelatin. cold salmon
with sauce, a pheasant poitrine
with fois gras, wonderful gela-
tine Of capon with truff1es and
pistachio nuts. cold roast veal,
tartlets filled with foie gras, cold
ham and a cool pineapple salad
we're on the beautifully decorated
table.
DR.. Luis Moreno Salcedo. who