Evening star., 1947-03-30
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Capitalites Collect at F Street Club
For Reunion of Various Vandenbergs

the State Department, and Jimmie
Parks, who already has invitations
out for a small dance at the F
Street Club on the 26th.
Another hors d'oeuvres affair yes
terday afternoon was the congenial
convening at Dorothy Wizards
house. The abode is typically
Georgetown, couldn't be more at
tractive, but has top guest ca
pacity of 30. Those on hand were
chiefly friends of Mary and Henry
Willard, who are down from Long
Island for the week end.
Garrison Norton, the brand-neW
Assistant Secretary of State who
was sworn in Wednesday morning,
and his attractive brunette wife
were invited to this party, and so
were the Thatcher Winslows, Peggy
and Gerhardt Gesell, bachelor
Wayne jackson, amusing Celeste
Miller, the Frank Wrights, Helen
and James Taylor and the Richard
Smyths, who are new and nice addi-
tions to the Capital scene. He is
with the State Department. She
is the former Noel Morgan of New
York.
Mrs. Paul Bartlett is the seventh
child Of seventh child of sew
enth child, so, she says, she was
bound to travel a lot. Her adven-
turesome spirit would, if it could,
have taken her to the South Pole
on the Byrd expedition. 1t kept
her in France even after it was in
vaded. by the Germans and it sent
her dashing back to Europe as soon
as it was possible last year. Now
it's the reason why she doesn't know
what's in store for her and her
granddaughter, Anne Gusts Peter,
in the months ahead.
Mrs. B. and Anne will sail May 8
on the United States finest luxury
liner, the America. They will go to
the formers eXquisitely furnished
apartment in Paris and to her farm
in Brittany and will be gone the
entire summer at least. Beyond
that Mrs. Bartlett will not make any
plans, but she thinks Anne is brave
to leave the land of plenty for the
uncertain comforts of French living.
Considering that adventure is her
grandm0ther's dish of tea, maybe
she is.
The Southern regions are still
news. Betty Burton left Friday for
fling in Palm Beach and won't be
back until after Easter. Jack Meikle
is still leading the CONNIE il faut'
life of this social resort, but will be
back Monday. And fresh from two
and half months in Delray, Fla,
are couple of sun-tanned Bu-
chanans, Ruth and Wiley.
They no sooner returned than they
started whipping up some excite
ment in the entertainment line.
They are planning a fine affair
the afternoon of April IL, which just
happens to be their seventh wedding
anniversary. The real reason for
the party, though, is the unveiling
of the portrait of Ruth by Bjorn
Egeli, that good-looking blond artist
whose talents are fabulous. He not
only paints beautifully, but sings,
too, runs a farm, his own,, in St.
Marys County in Maryland, is an
expert sailor, must have carpentry
down cold because he's building a
boat nova 4O-foot schooner-and,
on top of all that, he is a former
amateur wrestling champion.
Back on the Capital scene for
some time to come are Virginia and
Bob Woodward. Bob has been
transferred to the State Depart
ment from Havana, where he was
Counselor at our Embassy there.
They were ordered here the day
after Jennie got back to Havana
from visit in Washington. They
are staying with her mother, Mrs.
Levi Cooke, who looks very chic and
sunburned following her recently two
months stay in Havana. The Cuba
! Capital traffic sounds kind of heavy.