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Frqnk Lloyd Wright Departs;
Dance at Ituliun Embassy
By BETTY BEALE

Frank Lloyd Wright, the
worlds architectural genius,
picked today - when the
American Institute of Archi-
tects is holding it's centennial
here in Washington-to leave
for Iraq.
The SO year old "enfant
terrible" of architecture has to
go to Baghdad to design the
opera house that he has been
commissioned to do. But one
can't help feeling that the in
corrigible nonconformist prob
ably took an impish delight
in figuratively thumbing his
nose at the organization
which he has never joined-by
departing at this time.
They invited him to come
here as one of their gold medal
winners. and he was even
scheduled to speak for the In
stitute Of Contemporary Arts
this coming Friday and Sum
day. When word got
around that he would be in
Iraq, it was assumed that he
was there or en- route. But,
alas, no. His son, Llewellyn
Wright who lives here, talked
to him in New York Monday
and thought he was setting out
for the other side Of the world
today.
THERE'S NOTHING So
Getty likes so we'll as embassy
dances. Ambassadors have the
proper setting in which to give
them-the sweeping double
staircases. the inner court
yards. the private bathrooms.
-. The choicest form Of enter
tainment. they used to be more
numerous than they are to-
day. But there's one COM
ing up.
DANCE invitations have Just
been issued by Italian Ambas.
sador and Signora Brosio.
They will entertain on the
7th Of June in honor Of
the commandant and officers
Of the Second Italian Naval
Division who will travel to this
country aboard two Italian
heavy destroyers. the San
Georgia and the San Marco.
The two ships are coming
here to take part in the Inter-
national Naval Review at
Hampton Roads. Va. on June
IL, which will be feature of
the jamestown Festival.
Twenty-seven nations have
been invited to participate in
the review which will be
presided over by Supreme
Allied Commander. Atlantic,
Admiral Jerry Wright.
The Italians. who lost no
time in planning to entertain
for the IS or so officers COM
ing, have invited their friends
to "a dance" not "a small
dance" Americans are used
to including that nonsensical
small" even when the party
is for 400. For once. thank
goodness. somebody has had
the gump to leave 1t of.
June Z is the same night the
Robert Guggenheims picked
for their second dinner and
dance, the first taking place
this Friday. 5. Having checked
the calendar for a free evening
in early June. Polly had
planned TO have a large dinner
with q 100 or more coming
in afterwards to dance. Now
that the Italian invitations are
out, she will make hers q din
ner dance with music between
8 and IL so that most of her
guests can whip on to the en-
bassy afterwards.
FROM HERE ON IN the
party parade will be paced at
a fast clip. Former Italian
Ambassador and Signora Au-
gusto Rosso gave a dinner at
the 1925 F Street Club Mon
day night for her parents. the
handsome. elegant George Will
kinsons Of Evanston. H., who
are visiting them. The Nor
wegian Ambassador and Nine.
Morgenstierne headed their
list Of %. Tonight they will
take the whole club for a sec
ond dinner in honor OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilkinson.
One Of the Rossos' Monday
night guests was Count Carac- e
ciolo di Forino, an attractive
member Of the we'll known
italian family. Recently ar
rived in Washington, he will
make his home here in con-
nectiOn with his ioh with the