Evening star., 1947-03-09
Betty Beak


last nights dinner at the Alexis
Obolensky's, or the Art Landas
slipping a preluncheon cocktail with
the Kenneth jenkins.
Sooner or later at the Bath and
Tennis or the Everglades Club or
any one of the favorite rendezvous
spots in this famed resort you would
run into the Donald Shepards, who
have a house there, or the Stewart
McDonalds, who ditto, or the Henry
Joneses who likewise have their own
shelter for the swank season.
# you headed further south look
ing for warmer weather in Coconut
Grove, you would probably run right
smack into the Melville Bell Gros-
veflors. They left Washington FRI
day to spend two weeks IN the Gill
bert Grosyenors' house there and
whenever they go South the weather
turns perfect, Mrs. q. herself says.
They can use q vacation after all
the excitement involved in the cerl-
tennial celebration OF the birthday
of Mr.. G,s grandfather, Alexander
Graham Bell. Twenty-eight MEM
bers Of the late inventors family,
ranging in age from to in the 70s,
were on one floor of the Waldorf
Astoria. Fifteen-year-old Gil
bert Grosvenor, jr., will hy down to
Coconut Grove Saturday to join his
parents for his vacation from Lam
don School.
The Hugh D. Auchinclosses an
nounce the addition Of a brand-new
miniature Auchincloss. Janet Is at
Doctors Hospital and the little one
made his appearance a few. days
ago. Attractive Sunny Rob
bins Forbes leaves tomorrow after
a weeks visit with her mother,
Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, who
entertained for her at cocktails and
dinner. Sunny, whose name came
from her infectious smile, will 60
back to her home in Westport,
Mass, and her mother will stay
right where she most wants to be-
in the cheerful white French house
she built on the corner Of Garfield
and Woodland drive. Mrs. Ran
dolph Huntington Miner will have
an innovation at her party on the
18th that may be the beginning
of a new fad. One Of the best
loved and most fascinating dowagers
in Washington says that she is going
to have just "boys'' to assist her.
Sounds like nice idea.
The first entertaining for Barbara
Baxter and Bob Irwin, who'll be
standing before the altar soon,
took place yesterday afternoon.
Mary and Bob Cleveland gave q
cocktail party for them that drew
a number of their mutual friends
and garnered the latest news.
Mrs. Benjamin Thoron was there,
and the william Clagetts, who came
up from Berryville, the Grosvenor
Chapmans, the Brackley Shaws,
Andy and Sittie Parker and the
Eugene Swigarts. Handsome John
Amory was there with his attractive
looking, red d-headed wife, Judy. He
met her in Australia and now
they're going back there; John is
being sent to Canberra by the State
Department. Ted and Mary Lamp
son were on hand, too-Ted being
Congratulated for having been &C
cepted by the Foreign Service. His
tirst assignment hasn't come through
yet, so they haven't the vaguest
idea where they'll be this time next
year.
Little Nan Thompson is probably
the youngest person alive to- discover
that rose by any 1ame smells just
as sweet. The 9-month-old daugh-
ter of Cassie and Lawn Thompson
has had her name changed so often
that she is beginning to wonder
what the score is. Her grandparents,
MFR. and Mrs. Brainard Parker, have
started calling her Whoozie and you
can't blame them. First her mother
named her Carrie. but she got so
tired Of spelling it that after four
months she changed it to Deborah.
This brought a panied expression to
everyNone's faces including her hus-
bands, so she changed 1t to Nan
Now everyone is highly amused be-
because Lawn doesn't know what to
call his own child when he comes
home from work. In the meantime,
Carrie -Deborah-Nan looks at the
grinning grown-ups-and sits and
wonders.