The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-26
Social Minded Tar Heels Consult
Date Book For Capitol Parties
JULIA McNINCHs E

Utopia, for the social 51lnoe'
Tar Heels this week woHld b.
Washington, Of course. Parties o
very description dot the calendar
:or instead of a waning socla
season.. that's to be expected
come vacation time, the party
Uhirl has ~splurged ahead witt
greater variation and verve thar
ave before. It has become def
aitely necessary to consult ones
''date-book," or crowd IN a couple
If affairs-to decide between par
ties and the choice of entertain
ment. Else there is the possibility
Of having to partake of the several
different courses at the dinner
hour, at the homes Of as many
different friends.
That is just what Mana and
"Windy'' Simms did the other
night, when the personable young
FLYER had accepted an invitation
10 dine with the Truman Shapes
at seven, only to find that his
charming wife had promised the
Murray Longs to join their dinner
partv around eight-thirty. So
there was SOUP and steaks IN the
oak-enc1rcledd home of MIR. and
Mrs. Sharpe; salads and luscious
dessert with the merry group over
at the gray stone house recently
purchased by the Longs. Fortu-
nately enough both parties con
verged at the Statler for after-din-
ner dancing with Jerry Galley,
home from the war, and n o.
the Capitals most eligible young
bachelors, as host. Another NORTH
Carolina party at the Statler thai
evening included Mr.. and Mrs
Davis Ramsay, Miss Ruth E. Mey'
ers, Miss Doris Mills and Mel
H. Graham, Hugh Henderson anc
Mills Woodward.
Mrs. Warren Lovely Hostess :,
The simple, cordial cas- with
which Mrs. Lindsay Warren, wife
Of the United States Comptroller
General entertains has won her
stellar rating as a Capital hostess.
Wednesdays luncheon at which
she entertained at the Congress.
slonal club was particularly de-
lightful with twelve congenial
souls tossing the conversational
ball lightly across the table from
one to another. There was much
talk about this and that, and some
mention that Mrs. Preston Wilkes,
North Cardinals State Regent,
OAR, was being "boomed' fol-
Vice-president General next year.
Mrs. o. Max Gardner, wife of the
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury, was seated at the right Of
the hostess. Other guests included
Mrs. Hal Turnage, wife of Major
General Turnage of Farmville;
Mrs. Otis Bland, Mrs. Yates, Mrs
Fred Morrison, Mrs. Dudley Bag
lev, and Mrs. Clifford Davis.
Mrs. Thomas A. Walden, sveltt
and handsome in all-black, CUES
at a luncheon in another section
of the lovely club dining room
leaned over our shoulder to an
swer a question and to say tina
her daughter, Edwina, who, Incl
dentally is one of Washington
: INST popular 1916 debutantes, il
= away at the moment. Later We
learned that she is in Chapel Hill
for the dances, with handsome
Kenneth Cooper, who so recently
returned from overseas. Ruby col
ored roses and golden iris from
Mrs. Warren's garden, centerec
her table and called forth many
compliments. Also winning the
plaudits of the group was the at
tractive hat that topped the hos
tess smart costume-a medium
sized, crowniess affair, with az
off-the-face roll that was fashioned
just for lovely Mrs. Warren.
Jolly Fellows
The Conference of United State.
District Attorneys was not givel
over entirely to the dull, and Otter
dusty questions of law-and Law
enforcement. A~fter-session gather
ings proved beyond a doubt tina
lawyers are jolly fe1lows-and cal
drop their dignified mien on oc
casions. Showing a definite socia
side, many Of the legalites drol
in Wednesday afternoon at &,
garden party given for the wive
OF the visiting lawyers by the AS
sistant Attorney General and Mrs
Wendell Berge, the latter of whom
was assisted in plans for the party
Inv Mrs. r. T.agnar Candle u,ipo ~