Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-21
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also his Chief Of Police Es-
trada, whereas some OF the
ofiicials In the present Ven
ezuelan government had been
denied visas. On top Of all
that the U. s. even deco
rated Jimenez 1t was not
a Communist outburst, he
said.
Other guests at the Rus
sian Embassy. where every
thing from vodka TO orange
Juice was served plus an
ample Russian buffet. were
Senator and Mrs. Dick Neu-
berger. Representative and
Mrs. John Robson Of Ken
lucky, U. s. Information Di-
rector and Mrs. George E.
Allen. Deputy Director Alb
bolt Washburn, another dep
uty Bill Clark. Norwegian
Ambassador Paul Koht, Fin
nish Ambassador Johan Ny
kopp, the Bill Laceys and
the Freddie Merrills of the
State Department, the Jack
Simmonses and a flock Of the
Fourth Estate.
Two years ago when he
was invited to the October
Revolution party at the Rus
sian Embassy, Jim Carey
wrote back to Ambassador
Zaroubin, "You have Moth
ing to celebrate" Then he
saw to it that the windows
of the labor building across
the street were lighted in the
form of a cross.
Whatever else may be the
same, at least the atmosphere
has improved enormously
under Mikhail Menshikov
and his wife.
49,
TUDOR PLACE, the home
Martha Washington's grand
daughter, Martha Parke Gus
It's, who married Thomas
Peter, was also the scene Of
a party yesterday.
To go from the Soviet
Embassy to the Georgetown
showplace where Gen. La
fayette and Gen. Robert E.
Lee visited, seemed some
thing Of an historical hurdle.
The beautiful. treasure
filed yellow mansion on top
Of the hill at Thirty-first and
@, which was designed by
william Thornton, architect
Of the Capitol, is still owned
by the Peter family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armistead
Peter III were entertaining
friends before leaving next
week for three months in
Europe. They will spend all
that time in Italy and most
Of it in Venice, which Mr..
Peter, an artist, has never
visited before.
Their guests drank in the
beauty of the extensive gar
dens of Tudor Place, and the
loneliness of the interior
the exquisite gold and enam-
ell French clock. the Nielsen
figurines and the Sevres
vases, the beautiful crystal
chandeliers and original fine
mantels, the gilded wall
brackets that were once in
Mt. Vernon and we're willed
to Mrs. Washington's grand
daughter.
Mrs. Walter Peter, who is
an authority on Georgetown,
was there, and the hosts
daughter and son-in-law,
Anne and Worthingto on
Pearre and their small son.
=. Senator and Mrs. Salton-
stall dropped by, so did Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll Morgan,
Eva Hinton, Mrs. Randall
Hagner, the James Pomeroy
Hendricks and the James
Mcmillan Gibsons.
DIR. AND MRS. DANIEL
BORDEN we're also hosts
during the hors d'oeuvres
hour. Their party in their
new house on Kalorama Cir
Gle, with its utterly charming
garden, drew District Com
missioner and Mrs. David
Karrick, the Corrin Strongs,
Helen Macondray, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Goodwin Rhett, and
such neighbors as DR.. and
Mrs. c. Leslie Glenn (from
next door, Senator and Mrs.
Bill Fulbright, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Bill Richie, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Aspinwall and
DR.. and Mrs. John Burke.