Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19

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Great Britain and Mrs. John
Hay Whitney. Mrs. Whitney
looked beautiful in q raspberry
red print gown and . diamond
and ruby necklace and match
ing earrings.
| President Of the Board Of the
District Commissioners and
Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin were
there. IS were the Episcopal
Bishop Of Washington and Mrs.
Dun. Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Nor
ris. she al in gold; the Eric
Johnstons and former United
States Ambassadors to Great
Britain Walter clifford and
Lewis Douglas and their wives.
Mrs. Hobby Attend
New York former Governor
and Mrs. Thomas Dewey were
there. the latter looking very
chic in . slim white brocade
dress. Mr.. Dewey was seated
next to former Welfare Secre-
tary oveta culp Hobby ct din
ner.
The guests assembled in the
Aztec Garden on the lower floor
for cocktails before the Queen
and Prince Philip arrived. The
host was warmly chatting with
Mrs. Ogden Reid, ST.. Of New
York and an old friend Of the
Dulleses. She was all In white
and wore q circlet Of diamonds
around her head. The Secre-
tary slipped q bourbon on the
rocks.
Others on the list were Mrs.
Kenneth NJ. Seggerman Of New
York, Mr.. and Mrs. william
Randolph Hearst, tr., (she was
most elegant looking guest in a
creation Of bottle green tulle
and velvet over whitel; Mrs.
Polk Guest from Front Royal.
Va, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Had
ley of New York and Mrs. II.
Alexander Walker Of Honolulu.
Hawaii.
Another beautiful gown was
worn by Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
ir.. who was at the dinner with
her husband. former Undersee-
rotary Of State. II was satin
print in shades Of green's and
puppies.
Also there were the Herman
Phlegers. on from San Fran
cisco: Admiral and Mrs. Jerauld
Wright up from Norfolk. Mr..
and Mrs. John J. McCloy Of
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Percy OF Illinois. and Mrs. and
Mrs. Harold Boeschenstein Of
Toledo. Ohio.
From State Department
From the State Department
were Deputy Undersecretary
and Mrs. Robert Murphy, Dep
uty Undersecretary and Mrs.
10y Henderson, she also wear
ing a tiara; Deputy Undersec-
rotary and Mrs. Walter Rob-
ertSon. Assistant Secretary and
Mrs. c. Burke Elbrick, Chief Of
Protocol and Mrs. Wiley
Buchanan and Mrs. Eleanor
Dulles.
Others were Mr.. william b.
Macomber. jr.. special assist
ant to the Secretary: Deputy
Chief OF Protocol and Mrs.
Victor Purse and Assistant
Chief Of Protocol and Mrs.
Clement conger.
From the Fourth Estate
were Mr.. Warren Rogers. As
ISOLATED Press. and Mrs. Rog-
ers; Mr.. John Heffernan,
Reuters, and Mrs. Heffernan:
Mr.. George Kitchen. Canadian
Press. and Mrs. Kitchen: Mr..
Donald Gonzales, United Press.
and Mrs. Gonzales, and Mr..
Robert @. Nixon. Interna-
tional News Service. and Mrs.
Nixon.
Also at the dinner we're Mr..
and Mrs. Cover Champion
and Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Ner-
ney. The former couple. better
known in the entertainment
field as Marge and Cover
Champion. danced for the
group after dinner. Mrs. Ner-
ney. who is Jane Powell. sang
for the guests.
The dining table was color
fully decorated with red. white
and blue flowers in tall
stemmed vases so that all could
see well.
Carrying out the theme were
small clusters Of candles in
tree shapes. They alternated
down the table from red to
white to blue. The china was
the State Departments own.
which has a deep blue and
gold boarder and the gold de-
partment's seal in the center.
Guests left the table at
1920. The Queen and Prince
Philip stayed for another 20
minutes to chat with some of
the guests and arrived back
at the White House just a
few minutes before the WITCH
ing hour only to face another
hectic day on the Washington
scene today.
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