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toned here, or Of bachelor
Harry Stone, Eric Johnston's
representative for the motion
picture association in Rio.
Walther Moreira SALES and
his beautiful bride Elyzinha
live in the most exotic resi-
dence in Rio. A modern-Styled
palace, its glass walls surround
gardens of lush jungle foliage,
a. rushing stream, swimming
pool, mosaic masterpiece by
artist Burle Marx. On its
walls inside are RenoirS and
murals by Brazil's great Por-
tinari who did the Hispanic
Room in the Library of Con-
greSS.
Handsome young Don Juan
de Orleans Braganca, son
of the once ruling house of
Brazil, and his wife Dona Fa-
TINA, the former Egyptian
Princess Hassan Toussoun,
were among Rios top society
at a party there the other eve
ming. Unlike Washington's So
ciety where you have more fun
than a debutante if you're over
SO, Rios elegant Socialites are
young. the men amusing, the
women beautiful, dripping in
diamonds and dressed by Dior.
At the dinner given by the
young Carlos Guinies. from
one of the richest families in
Brazil, the beauties gathered
in their Paris gowns - Irene
Guinle, Celia Singery. Lourdes
Catao, Teresa de Souza Cam
pos, the Marquesa Belmonte.
daughter of Brazilian Ambas-
sador to the United States
Muniz, and so forth. Life pho
tographer Leonard McCombe
had a field day. The party. by
the way, lasted till 6 in the
morning.
Avo's Choice
Ava Gardner's choice, good
looking Ibraim Sued, leading
carioca columnist, twirled the
girls around. When Ava
cycloned into town recently
she took one look at Ibraim
and said, Hes my type. I
would like to get to know him
better" I guess she did. They
did the town till 6 am.
Strictly on the official side
was the formal dinner given
by American Ambassador and
Mrs. Kemper for Assistant
Secretary of State and Mrs.
Henry Holland on their South
American tour. The Ambas- :
sador's residence is the larg-
est United States Embassy
yours truly has ever seen.
The dining room table seats 40
without elongation, the draw
ing rooms are huge, the ball
room bigger than you'll find
In Washington town clubs.
In toasting Mr.. Holland, ,
Ambassador Kemper said he
looked and talked like a min
ister-was referring, no doubt,
to his sincerity and zeal.
Henry Holland made a good
impression on Brazilians, and
American businessmen down
here were positively enthu-
siastic over what he had to
say in his quiet, easy flowing
style. The dinner was no gay,
mad, hey-hey affair. Bra
lillian singer Doloro Bueno
offered a peppy program, but
the special American mission
was comforting in the draw
ing room, in the ballroom, on
the terrace, before dinner.
after dinner and into the
night.
Brazilian businessmen have
to have the strongest consti-
tutions in the world. They
frequently HE off to a night
club, after a dinner party-to
the chic Copacabana's Meia-
Noite or the Vogue, or the
Casablanca and the Begun.
where the shows are as good
as anything in Paris-beauti-
full chorines in spectacular
costumes and black bodies
doing wild native dances. The
clubs don't even open until
after midnight and their or
chestras play that easy, even
samba on and on and on until
dawn. Until Rios in your
h1ood