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Syrian Legation Scene of Fete
In Honor of. National Holiday
By Libby Maguire
Syria is a country of great inter
est, and yesterday an outstanding
and delightful reception was given
at the Legation. The occasion was
to celebrate a new national holiday
inspired by the withdrawal of for
eign troops from Syrian territory.
Diplomats were there from the Far
East, Near East, Down Under and
most of Europe, and members of of
ficial and residential Washington
also attended.
The Legation is charmingly done
in cool colors. One of the drawing
rooms, with green walls, pale char
treuse draperies and gold framed
mirrors, looks as though it were de
signed for spring. The dining room
has Williamsburg blue walls and
natural straw with band of grey
and black chiffon. She and the
Ambassador of the Netherlands and
Mme. Loudon were being photo
graphed.
Tlie Ambassador of Cuba and
Senora de Belt talked with the Am
bassador of Portugal and Mme. de
Bianchi. Dr. Bianchi said that only
10 years ago he had aspired to fly
across the ocean as Ambassador, and
today emigrants were booking pas
sage that way. A day or so ago in
New York he received a call at
his office from the airport, asking
his assistance with some Portuguese
who had just arrived by plane from
Madeira. They had to be tagged to
be sure they would reach their desti
HIGH LIGHT OF RECEPTION.
The Minister of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Asad Al Faqih (left) pic
tured with the Charge d’Affaires of Syria and Mme. Surayk at
the delightful party they gave yesterday to celebrate a new
national holiday of their country. —Heqsler Photo.
wine red draperies, and the mantel
was banked with Easter lilies. All
the floors are covered with Persian
rugs.
The buffet, centered with a large
bouquet of tulips and carnations,
offered the widest and most delicious
choice of food. A lamb, cooked all
in one piece and lying on its side,
was served with rice and pine seeds.
The pine seeds tasted like freshly
picked mint from the garden, and
the lamb was cooked to perfection.
Another special dish was the kibbeh
—pounded meat and cracked wheat
nerved up in squares. Highly
polished grape leaves were stuffed
with rice, and two pink salmons
looked so decorative they weren t
touched for over an hour.
The Charge d’Affaires and Mme.
Zurayk received the guests in the
large drawing room. Among the
early arrivals were the Minister of
New' Zealand and Lady Berendsen.
the Minister of Ireland and Mrs.
Brennan, Senator Theodore Francis
Green and Senator and Mrs. Elmer
Thomas. Mrs. Robert Patterson,
chatting with the Australian Charge
d'Affaires, Mr. John Oldham, was
costumed m a black suit and hat
trimmed in buttercup yellow.
Mme. Bonnet, wife of the French
Ambassador, wore a striking hat of
nation somewhere in Virginia, as
they couldn't speak a word of Eng
lish, and were still dressed in na
tive costume. Signora Tarchiani
said the Italian Ambassador w’ho
was in New York had a slight cold
because the weather had changed
so often in his flight back from Italy
via Newfoundland.
Among those from the Near East
were the Minister of Saudi Arabia,
Mr. Asad A1 Faqih, dressed in his
flowing robes, the Minister of Leb
anon. Dr. Charles Malik, and Mr.
and Mrs. Mahmoud Hafez.
Forming an interesting group by
the fireplace were the Ambassador
of Turkey, Mr. Huseyin Ragip Bay
dur, the Ambassador of China, Dr.
Wei Tao-ming, the Minister of
Egypt, Mr. Mahmoud Hassan, and
the Minister of Afghanistan, Mr.
Abdol Hosayn Aziz.
Other guests were the Minister of
Luxembourg, Mr. Hugues Le Gallais,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Ross, Sen
ator and Mrs. Alexander Wiley, Mrs.
Karl Mundt. Representative Frances
P. Bolton, Mrs. Clinton P. Anderson,
Mr. and Mrs. Loy W. Henderson.
Associate Justice and Mrs. Harold
H. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Penrose, Mr. and Mrs. George Mor
ris, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jones, and
Mrs. Evan Wilson.
Nuptial Events
Are Forecast
The engagement of Miss Shirley
Ann Kipps to Mr. William Allison
Brunswick of Wakefield, Mass., is
announced by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles G. Kipps of Kensing
ton. No date has been set for the
wedding.
The bride-elect will graduate in
June from the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase High School. Mr. Brunswick,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William A.
Brunswick of Wakefield, recently was
released from the Marines after serv
ing two and a half years with the
5th Division Marine Corps in the
Pacific area. He attended Boston
University before entering the serv
ice and is now with a company in
Wakefield.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Solomon of
Chevy Chase announce the engage
ment of (their daughter, Miss Phyllis
Deloris Solomon, to Mr. Jerome
Gallun, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Gallun of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for
merly of this city.
The wedding will take place June
lfi in Adas Israel Congregation, with
Miss Solomon’s cousin, Mrs. Betty
Seigel. as matron of honor and Mr.
Jack Gallun as best man for his
brother.
The prospective bride is a grad
uate of Woodrow Wilson High
School. Mr. Gallun who is a grad
uate of G. A. R. Memorial High
School returned in January from two
years’ service in the Pacific theater
He is employed in Washington.
The Date Book
The Congressional Club has is
sued invitations for one of their en
viable parties in honor of well
known persons. On May 15 Miss
Helen Hayes will be the honor guest
at a brunch at 10:30 a.m.
Ml. and Mrs. Yungjeung Kim
will be hosts at an afternoon recep
tion on Thursday, April 25, in hon
or of visiting educators from Korea.
Mr. Martin Vogel, jr., will enter
tain at cocktails on May 4 at his
estate in Warrenton, Va., Broadview
Farm.
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Farewell Party
For Army Wives
Wives of some of the Capital's top i
Army officials met yesterday for a
gay farewell luncheon in the Chi- j
nese Room of the Mayflower Hotel.
The party was for the ladies df
the Judge Advocate General's De
partment, whose husbands have
served here during the war and
are now returning to civilian life.
Mrs. Thomas H. Green, wife of
the Judge Advocate General, acted
as hostess at this luncheon which
was attended by about 130 women.
Guests of honor were Mrs. Rob
ert P. Patterson, wife of the Sec
retary of War; Mrs. Kenneth C.
Royall, wife of the Undersecretary
of War; Mrs. Howard C. Petersen,
wife of the Assistant Secretary of
War; Mrs. W. Stuart Symington,
wife of the Assistant Secretary of
War for Air, and Mrs. Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
Presentation Made
The Belgian Ambassador, Baron
Silvercruys, yesterday presented tc
Maj. William Wickham Hoffman,
president of the Belgian War Relief
Society, Inc., the Grand Cross of the
Order of Leopold II, on behalf of
the Prince Regent.
Following the presentation the
envoy was host at a small luncheon
in honor of Maj. Hoffman and his
daughter. Miss Ann Wickham Hoff
man, who are here from New York.
Leaves for China
The Danish Minister. Mr. Henrik
de Kauffmann, left yesterday for
China where he has been assigned
on a special mission. In his absence
Mr. Povl Bang-Jensen, counselor of
the Legation, will be charge
d’affaires.
Mrs. de Kauffman expects to stay
at the Legation until the return of
the Minister. Should he be detained
through the hot weather, however,
she and the younger members of the
family will go North.
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| Col. and Mrs. Walter Bryte were
hosts at a cocktail party yesterday,
entertaining about a hundred of
their friends at the Army and Navy
Club in town.
The Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. J. A. Krug were among the
guests invited to this informal party.
Also cn the list were Senator and Mrs.
Claude Pepper, Lt. Gen. and Mrs.
Carl A. Spaatz, Lt. Gen. and Mrs.
Harold George, Lt. Gen. and Mrs.
Ira Eaker, Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Hoyt
Vandenberg, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Frederick L. Anderson, jr„ Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Lauris Norstad, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Robert L. Walsh, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Earl Partridge, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Curtis Le May, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. St. Clair Street, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Charles Chauncey and
Commodore and Mrs. John Small.
Still others invited to the cocktail
fete were. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Leon
W. Johnson, Brig. Gen. George
Schulgen, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Charles P. Cabell, with Miss Sarah
l*ee Cabell: Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
John A. Samford, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Silas Marriner, Brig, Gen. and
Mrs. Frank Everest, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Truman H. Landon, Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. A. Jenkins, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Alvin R. Luedcke, Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. A. Beebe and Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. G. A. Lincoln.
Bachelors9 Party
For Mrs. Mesta
The amazing thing about this
town is that it never loses its re
freshingly eager attitude toward
parties. Despite the constant heavy
dose of entertaining, each new party
is looked forward to with as much or
more enthusiasm as the last. And if
there is a novel idea in back of a
particular gathering, it creates a
definite stir.
Latest to fall into this category is
the dinner which Messrs. Henry
Ashurst, Allen Gullion and George
Williams will give for Mrs. George
Mesta on Thursday, April 25, in the
private dining room at the Army
and Navy Club. The competition at
this affair, which might be called
the Lonesome Trail Club, should be
terrific. The hosts and every man
invited are strictly unattached and
eligible, and every feminine guest
is either a bachelor girl (never say
old maid), widow or divorcee.
In the News
The Norwegian Ambassador. Mr.
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne,
took off from La Guardia Field yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock en
route to Europe. He is due to ar
rive in less than 24 hours and will
be absent from the Capital only a
week, returning via a similar trans
continental plane.
Mrs. William D. Connor was hostess
at a luncheon yesterday, entertain
ing in compliment to Mrs. Charlotte
Ogle of Fairfield, Conn., house guest
of Mrs. John Allan Dougherty.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gault arrived
this week from England and are
spending a few days as the guests of
Gen. and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisen
hower at Fort Myer. Mr. Gault, a
colonel of the Scots Guards, was
British military assistant to Gen.
Eisenhower during the war.
Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah
and his fiance, Miss Ethel Evans,
were' the guests in whose honor Mr.
Peter H. Bergson entertained at
dinner Wednesday evening. The
party was given in the home of the
host at 2315 Massachusetts avenue.
The marriage of Miss Evans and
Senator Thomas is planned for No
vember.
Mrs. Gilbert M. Hitchock has as
her guest her nephew. Mr. Mallory
Kountz of Omaha, who has just re
turned from three years’ service in
the Navy.
MRS. NUSBAUM.
The former Miss Clare Stein,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mor
ris Stein, is the bride of Capt.
Max Nusbaum, A. U. S., son of
Mr. David Nusbaum. Their
marriage took place in B’Nai
Israel Synagogue and the
couple is residing temporari
ly with the bride’s parents.
—Stuckey Photo.
Just About
W ashingt on
By Hope Ridings Miller
The new British Ambassador to
the United States, who has long
been known as Sir Archibald Clark
Kerr, won’t use that name when he
arrives in Washington next month.
His new baronial title is Lord Inver
chapel, and that is what he wants to
be called from now on. . . . One of
the most generous women in Capital
officialdom is Mrs. Lewis Schwellen
bacli, wife of the Secretary of Labor.
When she leaves a luncheon or tea
she always asks three or four other
guests if she can take them home.
"My husband's automobile belongs
to the Government, after all,” she
said. "I wouldn’t feel right driving
off from any Washington party
alone.”
No matter what you've heard to
the contrary, Patrick J. Hurley is
still toying with the idea of running
for the Senate from New Mexico.
. . . Forrest Davis, who recently re
signed as Washington editor of the
Saturday Evening Post, is now writ
ing a book at his Maryland farm.
. .. Brilliant Isaiah Berlin, the Brit
ish economist who has been on
duty at the British Embassy for
some time, plans to return soon to
the faculty at Oxford. He came to
Washington to spend three months;
stayed five years.
Mrs. Brien McMahon, wife of the
Connecticut Senator and one of the
most beautiful women in Washing
ton, continues to get offers to go in
the movies. "Nothing doing,” says
her husband, bursting with pride.
"She’s got a good job already.” . . .
Ebullient Blevins Davis, who divides
his time between New York and
Washington, said on his most recent
visit here that he hopes to produce
“An Amazing Woman.” the new play
about Victoria Woodhull, who hit
the headlines sensationally at the
turn of the century when she
preached free love at Carnegie Hall.
Mr. Davis, bv the way, hails from
the same Missouri town as Mrs.
Truman and attended high school
with her.
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Chevy Chase Tea
Planned in Honor
Of Mrs. Truman
Mrs. Harry S. Truman will be
guest of honor at a tea to be given
by the Woman’s Club of Chevy
Chase from 3 pjn. to 5 p.m. Wednes
day.
Mrs. Truman will be greeted by
Mrs. Mason B. Leming, president,
and officers of the club. Mrs. Wil
liam E. Yost is chairman of ar
rangements.
The affair is exclusively for club
members and admission will be by
membership cards only.
The club's international relations
section will have as guest speaker
at its meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday
Miss Angela N. M. Jurdak, attache
to the Lebanon Legation; Mrs. Earl
Trager, section chairman, has an
nounced.
Miss Jurdak, who received her
education in Beirut and this coun
try, has been secretary to the dean
of the School of Arts and Science
at the University of Beirut, instruc
tor of sociology and psychology, and
assistant director of the radio poll
in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon.
She was recently appointed to the
Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations.
Tea will be served following the
meeting.
A fiesta will be held by the Span
ish section at 11:15 a.m. Thursday
in the home of the section leader,
Mrs. Dwight Windenburg, 611 Pick
wick lane, Rollingswood.
Mrs. Susan Alburtes, world trav
eler, will give a talk on her collec
tion of colorful costumes from the
Latin - American countries, from
which she has recently returned.
Mrs. Dorothy Plummer will sing
a number of Spanish songs in cos
tume and members of the section
will sing a group of Latin-American
songs under the direction of Mrs.
Myron B. Witters. They will con
clude the program with a Mexican
clap dance in costume.
Arts Society Elects
The announcement of the election
of Mrs. Franklin Miller of Chicago,
as national president of the Na
tional Society of Arts and Letters
has been made this week.
Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson of Chevy
Chase, Md„ and retiring national
president, was elected honorary
president.
Other officers elected were:
First vice president. Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Whitney; second
vice president, Mrs. Dorothy Nich
olson Bates; third vice president,
Mrs. Phylura Skalinder of Houston!
Tex.; fourth vice president, Mrs
Emma W. P. Slack of Washington,
D. C.: fifth vice president, Mrs. Rob
ert C. Horner of Petersburg, 111.;
sixth vice president, Mrs. Alex
Adams of San Antonio, Tex.;
recording secretary, Mrs. Ralph W
Roseberry of Louisville, Ky.; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth
Stevens of Chicago; treasurer, Mrs.
W. W. Tarr of Chicago; auditor. Mrs.
Emma S. Forster of Little Rock,
Ark.; registrar, Mrs. Florence r!
Werum of Columbus, Ohio; his
torian, Mrs. Edward S. Taylor of
Minot, N. Dak.; librarian. Mrs. Lola
Smale of Los Angeles; chaplain.
Mrs. Carrie Abbot Guio of Indiana!
and parliamentarian, Mrs. Minnie
Starr Goodwin of Chicago.
Sisterhood Party
Members of the Agudath Achim
Sisterhood will hold a membership
party at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the
Jewish War Veterans home, 3147
Sixteenth street N.W. '
Mrs. Gertrude F. Pollack is chair
man of the committee in charge,
assisted by Mrs. Lil Katz, Mrs. Joe
Freedman, Mrs. Betty Sugar. Mrs.
Evelyn Waldman, Mrs. Rae Wert
lieb, Mrs. Ida Schwartz, Mrs. Minnie
Cohen. Mrs. Iris Brodie, Mrs. Frltzi
King and Mrs. Edda Wittenberg.
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NEW OFFICERS.
The Quota Club of Washington held annual installation of
Officers last night. Shown presiding over the meeting are (left)
Miss Bess Glenn, first vice president, and Miss Kate Tancill,
second vice president. —Star Staff Photo.
Soroptimists Plan
Award Luncheon
A silver medal will be awarded to
the woman in the District who has!
done outstanding work for the ad
vancement of women in Washing
ton, at the Public Affairs Commit
tee award luncheon being given by|
the Soroptimist Club of Washing
ton May 1 at the Willard Hotel.
Mrs. Eleanor Austin, president of
the club, will make the presentation.
The program is being planned by
Miss Mary Judge, chairman of the
Public Affairs Committee of the
club.
The program ties in with a proj
ect sponsored by the American
Federation of Soroptimist Clubs. At
their biennial convention to be held
at Estes Park, Colo., June 28 to July
1, the federation will confer an
award to the most outstanding
woman in the United States and
Canada for her work for the ad
vancement of women.
Many members of the local club
plan to attend the regional confer
ence on May 4 and 5 at Natural
Bridge. Va. The Staunton club will
be hostess and the meeting will take
place at the Natural Bridge Hotel.
The opening session will begin Sat
urday afternoon, followed by a
banquet and a night trip to Natural
Bridge.
Easter Monday
Program Planned
The annual Easter Monday cele
bration of the American Society
of Music and Pine Arts, formerly
the Slavic-American Society of
Music and Pine Arts, will be held
at 8 pjn. Monday at the American
Newspaper Women's Club, 1604
Twentieth street N.W.
A one-act play will be presented
by players from the Washington
Academy of Speech and Drama
followed by a reception and refresh
ments which will include Russian
specialties traditional at Easter
time.
Miss Elena de Sayn, president of
the society, will welcome the guests,
including William Jarvis, director
of the Washington Academy of
Speech and Drama. She will be
assisted by Mrs. Margaret Burstow,
chairman of the committee in charge
of arrangements and Mrs. John
Ryan and Mme. E. I. Krynitzky,*
hostesses.
Farm and Garden
Speakers Listed
Mrs. Neve Scarborough of Eng
land and a representative of the
International Land Club, will be
one of the guest speakers at the
monthly luncheon meeting of the
Capital Division of the Woman’s
National Farm and Garden Asso
ciation at 12:30 p.m. Monday at
the YWCA.
Mrs. Scarborough is in this coun
try to arrange exchange groups be
tween English and American gnis.
Other guest speakers will be Mile.
Christiane Boulloche of the French
Mission, who worked with the un
derground movement in Paris dur
ing the war, and Mrs. Karel van
Zonneveld, American representa
tive of the Farm Women of the
World.
Their common topic will be the
adaptation of present world condi
tions.
Advance registrations of Capital
Division members for the National
Conference, to be held May 1 and 2
at the Willard Hotel, will be taken
at the meeting by Mrs. R. Winston
Holt.
Convent Alumnae
To Hold Benefit
The annual benefit card party
sponsored by the Board of the Visi
tation Convent Alumnae Association
and Msgr. Edward L. Buckey, former
rector of St. Matthew's Cathedral,
will be held at 8 p.m. May 14 at the
Sulgrave Club. *
Proceeds will go towards the Cath
olic Home for Aged Ladies estab
lished in 1911 to care for elderly
women who through misfortune are
unable to support themselves.
Once a month, the Georgetown
Visitation Convent Glee Club enter
tains at the home with an evening
of song, an entertaining skit or a
"party” with ice cream and cake.
Members of the board who are
assisting with this year’s phrty in
clude Mrs. Craig King, Mrs. Francis
W. Hfll, Miss Elizabeth Pace, Miss
Mary Blaniord, Miss Helen Shea,
Miss Genevieve Wimsatt, Mrs. David
Hayes, Mrs. Louis Peak, Mrs.. Paul
May, Mrs. Laurance Baldwin, Miss
May Fenwick. Miss Arline Fenwick,
Mrs. Gurynn Gardiner, jr., and Miss
Isabel Johnson.
Ushers will be girls from the grad
uating class of the Georgetown Visi
tation Junior College and from the
Alumnae Association.
Quota Club Holds1
Installation With
President Absent
The Quota Club of Washington
installed new officers last night but
the ceremony was conducted with
out its principal officer, the presi
dent, Miss Margaret Ellis who is
recuperating at Emergency Hospital
from an accident. Miss Ellis, who
is with the Research and Statistics
Division of the Federal Reserve
System, was struck by a car two
weeks ago and sustained a bruised
eye.
The installation was conducted
of Miss Edith Barnett of Bethesda.
Governor of the 10th District of
Quota International, at the home
of one of its members, Miss Kath
erine Tancill, who was installed as
second vice president.
Miss Tancill found a happy so
lution for the club to a very difficult
“meeting place” situation during
the past year. Accustomed to meet
at a local hotel, the members found
it impossible to always guarantee
as many people at the dinner meet
ings as were required by the man
agement, so Miss Tancill offered
her commodious home at 909 Massa
chusetts avenue N.E, for the weekly
affairs. A buffett dinner is served
with one of the club's members
; specially experienced in such things
doing the catering,
j Following tthe installaton cere
; monies last night another Quota
i member, Miss Wilhelmina Hamilton
i who has recently returned from
j Holland, told of her experiences
abroad.
Officers installed included Miss
Bess Glenn, first vice president:
Miss Tancill, Miss Mary V. Marks,
corresponding secretary: Mrs. Mar
garet Taylor, recording secretary,
and Miss Lillian Keathley, treasurer.
Sodality Jubilee
A silver jubilee card party and
dance will be held by the Sanctu
ary Sodality of the Most 31essed
Sacrament Church at 8 p.m. Mon
day at the Shoreham Hotel in com
memoration of the founding of the
shrine 25 years ago.
Music will be featured by Leon
Brusiloff and hfc Orchestra and an
attractive floor show will be in
cluded in the evening's festivities.
The entertainment committee in
cludes Mrs. James Oliver, Mr?.
Maurice J. Colbert and Mrs. Max
well Stokes. The Right Rev. Thomas
G. Smith, pastor of the church, will
be guest of honor.
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