Evening star., 1954-04-15
Society News

II you were q QlplOmaC, your
life yesterday was likely to re-
semble a three ring circus. Many
statesmen and their wives were
entertaining all about the town
from 4 in the afternoon far into
the night.
Former United States Ambas-
sador to the Philippines and
Mrs. Myron Cowen entertained
at a reception; the Brazilians
came up with two afternoon
parties, one for the Army and
one for the Navy; the Colom-
bians took over the dinner hour
and other countries getting into
the social swim included Turkey,
Israel, the Netherlands and
Panama.
To top this all of, yesterday
also marked Pan American day
and so If you were an official
of the United States or South
America your day was further
complicated.
The Governs party was in
honor of Gen. and Mrs. Carlos
Romulo. Gen. Romulo Is now
President Magsaysay's special
representative to the United
States, with the rank of Am
basSador.
Party at F Street Club
The hosts and the Romulos
formed q receiving line in the
drawing room of the 1925 F
Street Club, which itself had
taken on the party air by being
bedecked with Brandywine roses.
Mrs. Cowen chose a gray
taffeta cocktail dress. fashioned
with a full skirt, and with it
she wore gold and diamond clips
and matching earrings. Mrs.
Romulo's costume was typical
Of her country. She wore a
terno Of pima cloth which was
exquisitely embroidered. The
over skirt was q long tunic effect
and the embroidery resembled
lace panels.
The guests turned out in
hordes on the lovely spring
afternoon. Among those accept
ing were the Attorney General
and Mrs. Brownell, Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Anderson,
Deputy to the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. w. Randolph
Burgess, Assistant Secretary of
Defense and Mrs. Struve Hensel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Murphy
and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Phleger.
Others expected were the
Treasurer Of the United States
and her husband, Mr.. Roy F.
Priest; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P.
Howard, Chairman Of the Board
Of the international Monetary
Fund and Mrs. Ivar Rooth,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of
Staff and Mrs. Radford, Com
mandant Of the Marine Corps
and Mrs. Shepherd and United
States Representative to NATO
and Mrs. j. Lawton Collins.
Congressional Guests
The lawmakers were also rep
resented and said how-do-you-
do to the popular Philippine
couple. Among those included
were Senator and Mrs. Alex
ander Smith, Senator and Mrs.
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Senator
and Mrs. Homer Ferguson. Sen
ator and Mrs. Guy M. Gillette,
Senator and Mrs. Hubert H.
Humphrey, Senator A. S. Mon
roney and his vivacious wife,
Senator and Mrs. Estes Kefauver,
Senator John Sherman Cooper
and Senator Theodore Francis
Green.
Invited from residential circles
were the Cyrus ChingS, former
Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph E.
Davies, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H.
Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam McChesney Martin. jr.,
former Senator and Mrs. Millard
Tydings and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Lawrence Houghteling.
There were many fellow dip
lomatS expected including Brit
ish Ambassador and Lady Ma
kins, Chinese Ambassador and
Nine. Koo, Netherlands Ambas-
sador and Nine. van Roijen, and
scores more.
The Brazilians caused quite a
bit of confusion among them
selves by having two parties
on the same afternoon and
at the same hour. Also,
since both fetes were fare
wells to members Of the Embassy.
the staff and Brazilian commu-
nifty in Washington were asked