The Washington times., 1938-06-06

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sandwiches.
You might have suspected
such arrangements, but you
knew the ways of the hosts.
Therefore it was no surprise
when you found the picnic"
staged in a setting romantic
enough for a Hollywood drama
pretty ladies-very pretty
ladies-in floating chiffon and
crisp organdie and gay jacketed
peasant dresses; gentlemen in
white dinner coats plus the
usual accessories; tables set with
checkered cloths, bowls of bright
flowers and glaSS-covered can
dies on the wide lawns; Japa-
nese bride lanterns and great
wavering flares brought from
the Philippines; wandering min
StrelS moving among the tables
with guitars and banjoes;
sprightly music for indoor din
ing; chairs in small inviting
groups beside lighted foun-
tain; electric moons-of-the-eve-
ming slanting over the house
tops and an honest-to-goodneSS
moon looking down on it's make
believe sisters.
And the food! Mercy what
food and drink! A long table
with bowls and platters and
cauldrons of spaghetti, and corn
beef hash and deviled crabs and
a dozen kinds of salads and cold
meats and fruit cup and cakes
and a bar that never ran dry.
FAMOUS PAIRS
DUT to the beginning of the
- picnic supper.
There was no diagram in the
entrance hall to warn you that,
being q person of no rank, you
sat so far down the table that
you faced the tradesmen'S en-
trance, and made to look way
up the line at your betters
among the ambassadors and
other such gentry. Instead,
along with a mint julep or
cocktail, you drew from a tray
q card which showed you to be
half of some pair famous in his
tory, mythology or the modern
world of music and the theater.
Adam (the Argentine Ambas-
sador, Felipe EspiD, looking
about for his Eve, found her in
Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss, jr. Iris
tan, Senator Arthur vandenberg,
found Isolde by the card pinned
on Mrs. Sol Blooms jacket lapel.
Myron Hofer, as Hansel. discov-
cred a Gretel just in time for
supper, and Cleopatra, Mrs.
David S. Barry. was seen by
Anthony while the evening was
young. Mrs. Vandenberg was
the Lion to the Androcles OF
Sheldon Thomas, and Frederick
Sterling, minister to Latvia, was
the Goliath for whom Mrs.
David Lawrence was the David.
ONE HALF MISSING
DAMON was A. Snowden
~ Fahnestock and Pythias was
Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover. jr.
Mrs. William P. McCracken, jr.,
was God to Republican John
Hamilton's Susan. Mrs. Dean
Acheson was the Juliet for whom
Mr.. C. Matthews Dick was
Romeo. Mr.. Franklin Waltman.
IT., was Peck, of Peck and Peck,
but he never did find his other
half. Col. Edwin W. Watson was
Pyramis and Mrs. Albert B.
Dewey was Thisbe. And on and
on down the line Of such well.
known affinities as Beatrice and
Benedict, Salt and Pepper, Lord
and Taylor, Brutus and Caesar,
Paul and Virginia, Ham and
Eggs, Barnum and Bailey and
many others.
Miss Irene Boyle was Virginia
TO Ralph 8. HILLS Paul, and
senator Warren Austin was
1,ancelot to q discreet Guinevere
Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert,
If. Mr.. Harry A. Bull, the bril-
liant young editor Of Town and
Country, and his lovely blond
wife, on their way back to New
York from Haiti, were charming
guests who helped to make the
party quite special in the way
clever out-of-town guests have.
Mrs. Bull was Castor and Repre-
sentative Sol Bloom was the eve
ning'S Pollux.