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Evening star., 1949-02-06
House Of Mercy
Phantom Dinner

The annual Phantom Dinner, in
stituted some years ago as means
of raising funds for the House Of
Mercy, is in progress through the
whole month Of February, and con-
tributions may be mailed to Mrs.
Summer Kittelle at 2229 California
street at any time.
Funds derived from this dinner
for which the patron pays but does
not eat, enable the House of Mercy,
which is not a member of the Com
munity Chest, to carry on the splen.
did work 1t has been doing for un.
married mothers for the past 66
years.
The program Of the House Of
Mercy meets the standards recon-
mended for present-day maternity
homes in this country. The policies
laid down by the Trustees are fiex-
ible so that service is given according
to need and not by rigid rule. Thus
a girl enters at the time she needs
help and leaves either on COM
pletion Of convalescence or when her
plans are complete for herself and
her baby; she may need more time
and help in her struggle to regain
her self confidence and sense Of
status.
Help to those given shelter is de-
pendent to a large extent on the
staff members who have daily con-
tact with the girls and babies. These
women must be understanding, free
from judgmental attitudes, with per-
sonal serenity and security, and yet
be able to give the kind Of disciplFA
which helps a young person In Der
own development.
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guest with an orchid corsage. The
former chose for her costume q
changeable silk taffeta gown that
she bought In Paris when she and
Gen. Romulo were attending the
sessions Of the United Nations As
sembly. The brown and blue color
dress had a ballerina-length skirt
that had drape at the side. The
costume was trimmed at the waist
with flowers made Of the same ma
terial.
Among the 78-or-so guests that
Mrs. Romulo asked to drop by were
Lady Berendsen, Nine. Bonnet,
Nine. LIE Calais, Nine. El-Khouri,
Sonora de Castro, Nine. Dendramis,
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. Mrs. Rob-
ert Taft, Mrs. Kenneth Royal, Mrs.
Spencer B. Akin, Mrs. Ralph Church,
Mrs. Martha Putnam, Mrs. Joseph
Harrington, Lady Rama Rau, Nine.
Nehru and Mrs. Norman ]. Q.
Maxim.
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the Nicaraguan Ambassador and
Sonora de Sevilla-Sacasa, the South
African Minister and Mrs. Andrews,
the former Ambassador Of Yugo-
slavia and Nine. F'otitch, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Hinton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Bifile and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Montgomery.
Mrs. Romulo said her party was
lust for ladies because her husband,
Brig. Gen. Romulo is still in the
Philippines. Assisting the hostess
were Mrs. Charles Ross, Mrs. Harold
Burton, Mrs. Millard Tydings, Sonora
de la Colina, Mime. Wellington Koo
and Mrs. Abello, wife of the Philip
pine Minister.
Mrs. Romulo used spring flowers
to decorate her house and the cen
ter of attraction was the huge iced
cake topped by a ship. The insc11p-
ton on the cake read, Bon Voyage
to Nine. Belt"
The hostess presented the honor
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Late Senator Glass
Granddaughter Wed

Guests from many towns in Vir-
ginia and some from North Carolina,
Arkansas, Florida and Connecticut
were in Danville yesterday for the
wedding of Miss Nancy Carter
Boatwright and Mr.. Charles Willis
Afflick, jr., which took place in
the Church of the Epiphany.
The bride is the granddaughter
of the late Senator and Mrs. Car
ter Glass Of Lynchburg and the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Guerrant Boatwright of Danville.
She was escorted by her father
and her sister, Miss Betty Boat
wright, was her maid Of honor. The
other attendants were Miss Doris
Davis, Mrs. John B. Minor, Miss
Anne Scott of Lynchburg and Mrs.
Cecil Woods of Sewanee, Tenn.
The bridegroom is the son of MIR.
and Mrs. Afflick of Blytheville,
Ark, who were among the guests
at the wedding. Mr.. Harris Hunt
of Blytheville was his best man and
the ushers were DR.. Robert Boat
wright of Philadelphia, Mr.. Neely
Young, Mr.. Ross Dillon Hughes of
Blytheville and Mr.. Robert Thurston
of Taylorsville, N. C.
The Rev. George r. MacClintock
ohlciated at the ceremony, which
was followed by q large reception
ct the Danv3lle Golf Club.
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1t was q gay group that gathered
at the Thomas Burkes' home last
evening when they entertained in
honor of the retiring Cuban Am
bassador and Sonora de Belt. The
affair was a seated buffet, with three
individual tables.
Another party given yesterday for
Sonora de Belt was the tea at which
Mrs. Carlos P. Romulo was hostess.
The tables for Mr.. and Mrs. Burke's
party were decorated with blue, pink
and yellow table clothes, flowers and
candles, which blended with the
color scheme of their dining room.
After the dinner, the guests Joined
in a musical evening of singing and
listening to piano selections by the
talented hostess and some of her
guests.
At the Burkes' party were the
Colombian Ambassador, DR.. Con-
zalo Restrepo-Jarmillo; the Turk
ish Ambassador and Nine. Erkin,
Evening star., 1949-02-06
Cocktail Partv
This afternoon
By FecbteIers
Fewer Parties
On Calendar
By Betty Murphy

Fewer parties fill the service CAL
endar this week than last, but those
adding interest to the Capital scene
Will be the cocktail party Vice Ad-
miral and Mrs. William Morrow
Fechteler will give today in their
quarters, the dinner Col. and Mrs.
Frank Hall will have on Tuesday,
the cocktail party Col. and Mrs.
William P. Ennis will give Friday
and similar party that Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. William G. Crane are
planning for Saturday.
Admiral and Mrs. Fechteler's
daughter Joan will arrive home
Thursday night from Wellesley Col
lege with her roommate, Sissy Nor
man. With midterm exams be-
hind them, the girls will have a
long week end to recover from their
strain.
Col. and Mrs. Halls dinner Tues
day will honor Mrs. Robert Noble,
widow of Gen. Noble, who is visit
ing them on her way back to San
FRANCISCO. She has been staying
with her son and his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Sherwood, in New
York.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Francis LIE Roy
Ankenbrandt went to Charlottes-
vile yesterday to be the guests |of|
Mr.. and Mrs. Richmond Ware all
Holly Forks and were their guests
ut q dinner party last evening. To-
day the Ankenbrandts will visit
their son Jerry at Staunton Mill
tary Academy and return to Wash
tngton tonight.
Rear Admiral Jack Frank Bowl
Ing Is spending the week end in New
York with Mrs. Bowling, who went
up Monday and will return to WASH
mgton at the end of this week.
Werners Are Hosts
Col. and Mrs. Richard ]. Werner
were cocktail hosts Friday in their
quarters at Fort McNair. Mrs. Wer.
ner's mother, Mrs. A. r. Richter,
who has been visiting them since
early December, took the occasion to
say good-by to the friends she has
met while in Washington. She will
leave on the 18th to return to herI
home in San Antonio.
Both Col. and Mrs. Werner are
natives of San Antonio, and among
their guests at the party were Texas
Representative Olin E. league and
Mrs. league.
Representing the Army were Gen.
and Mrs. j. Lawton Collins, 1t. Gen.
and Mrs. Raymond s. McLain, Mai.
(See Betty Murphy, Page DID
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E~clnsrvely Yours,
Capital Men Accent Party News
Not to Mention Floor Committees

There are no parties so good as
those given by members of the
stronger sex (male, that Isl when
they really know how to give them.
They are more apt to be gourmets
than women, they certainly should
know more about the wine list, and
since they are constantly invited
out they Usually know everybody
in town from whom to choose their
guests.
On top of all that, two unattached
Frenchmen in Washington have
added an amusing new angle to
their next party. The hosts superior
are M. Jean Daridan and Capt.
Pierre Lancelot, counselor and naval
attache respectively of the French
Embassy, and on February the 25th
they will give a diner des tetes."
Sounds cannabalistic but it's the
name of a party long in the mode
in France and growing in popularity
over here, at which one dresses in
conventional evening attire from
the neck down but puts anything
one can conjure up upon ones head.
The two diplomats have invited
30 or 80 friends to a diner des
tetes" which will invoke the era of
1900 and the invitation requests that
ladies must keep their hats on.
Anything au courant at the turn
OF the century is apt to appear in
the variegated lids. Mrs. Raymond
Tartiere of Warrenton is seriously
considering putting a replica of her
farm on her head in its 1900 con-
dition. Several Warrentonians are
coming up for the party.
Judging from the past, the food
will be very tasteful-they have a
French cook-the wine will be excel
lent, and at any point during the
evening in the huge studio room in
their house, there may be some i'm
promptu singing, Capt. Lancelot
sings delightful old French folk
songs In a good baritone, M. Dari-
dan sings well, too, and it might go
on for ages . reminiscent OF the
Lapin Agile in the old Montmartre
in Paris.
And speaking of bachelor hosts,
that famous 100 who maneuvered
about the Armory as the Inaugural
Ball Floor Committee are going
to meet again. Seems like sinful
waste of masculine talent, but it's
going to be a stag party when they
Evening star., 1949-02-06
Betty Beak.

get together. Marvin Braverman,
Jack Logan and Bill McEvoy viii be
co-hosts at cocktails in Marvin's
apartment on Thursday afternoon.
Missing will be some Of the naval
officers attached to the Presidents
yacht, the Williamsburg. which is
currently getting shipshape at Nor
folk.
The lovely looking, beautifully
speaking and very intelligent Lady
Rama Rau, wife Of the retiring Am
bassador of India, will step into a
new role tomorrow. At the Fashion
Fair luncheon at the Statler, Lady
Rama Rau will take her place at
the mike to describe the Indian
saris that will be modelled by six
women from the Embassy plus her
own beautiful daughter, Premila
Wagle.
The forward thinking Ambassa-
dress found so much interest over
here in the Indian. gold embroidered
silks that get prettier every time
they're washed, that she is taking
this opportunity to show what can
be done with them. The ladies Of
the east will model them in the
different ways in which they are
worn from sun-up to sun-down in
India; a Capital girl will model
them American style,
Eleanor Flood Schoellkopf is shop
ping like mad trying to buy every
thing her family may need In Cey-
Ion during the next two years. She
and Horton arrived here about two
weeks ago from Florida where they
visited his parents, the Walter
Schoellkopfs, and last week Horton
took off for his new post as Second
Secretary at our Embassy in Co.
lombo.
Horton flew, spent one night in
London, one in Malta and arrived
in Ceylon the next day. Eleanor
will sail and get there all OF six
weeks later. She and their two
children, now ensconced at the
Shoreham, will leave Washington
on the 18th, and pull out of the
San Francisco harbor on the 25th
aboard one of the American Presi-
dents Line luxurious world cruisers.
They'll stop at Honolulu for days,
Tokyo, Singapore, etc., and finally
head for what the Schoellkopfs'
friends tell them is the garden spot
of the world.
Bob Breckenridge is whipping off
soon for foreign shores. He has
resigned from the State Department
where he has been attached to the
protocol division, and will sail on
the 22nd for Europe on the Exoc-
horda. He'll spend March In Cairo
with his sister Marvin and her hus-
band, jeff Paterson, who is coun-
selor at the American Embassy
there, and April will find him in
Rome with the Laurence Robertses.
Come June he'll head homeward.
Every man, woman and child
Gf any will get a perfume
pursette, with the compliments of
Mr.. Coty, at the Valentine Ball at
the Statler Monday evening the
14th, and every one will be pre-
sented with a program decorated
by Artist Cliff Bergman.
Yours truly has the task Cd of
looking after the Floor Committee,
who in turn will look after the
guests Headed by Assistant to the
President John Steelman, it in
cludes Attorney General Tom Clark,
Greek Ambassador Vassin Dendra-
mis-, Associate Justice Harold Bur-
ton, Senator Clinton Anderson, As
sistant Air Force Secretary Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Assist
ant Navy Secretary John Nicholas
Brown and Capt. Atherton Macon
dray.
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Patricia Emzerv
To Be Married

Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav Harold
Emery announce the engagement of
their daughter, Patricia Jean, to
Mr.. William Francis Smith, son Of
Mrs. William Frank Smith and the
late Mr. Smith of Georgetown and
Cherry Lodge, Travilah, Md.
Miss Emery, who made her debut
last winter, is a graduate Of Holton
Arms School and attended Holton
Arms Junior College.
Mr.. Smith served in the Pacific
theater during the war and now Is
a lawyer In the Department Of
Justice.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
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Corcoram Gallery Of Art
Exbibit Attracts S0cietv

sity Of Vermont; Mrs. Tom Anderson
of Houston, Texas, niece of Mr.. Will
Clayton; Miss Betty Lee Richardson
of Richmond, Mrs. Thomas j. Moody
and a number of others.
Many of those whose portraits are
in the exhibit were in the throng of
guests, most of them having friends
with them, and there also was a
large representation from the Cap
ital's art colony.
Evening star., 1949-05-01

One might conclude by reading or listen
ing to many OF the present-day CONNER
cials" In which mere things for the body
are launched on a sea OF superlatiyes. that
II you only buy the right stuff and swallow
the right panaceas or put upon your body
the adornments offered for sale. Your
personal and social worries will be over.
The body was meant TO be but a means
to a spiritual end. Wholeness is close to hoii-
ness. And how many there are with BODIES
decked with mink coats and the masculine
equivalent, who live and move in a world
Of boredom. Boredom is the ltstless state
Of mind when the II" lives no longer in
Wonderland. To be bored Is to be damned.
There is q wonder, of course. which grows
less with knowledge. But there Ii q lustrous
wonder which Is never dimmed by what We
know. On the contrary. the more We truly
know the more wonderful does everything
appear. Years ago. q great scientist came
to speak at university Long after. d stu
dent looking back upon those golden days
spoke Of the lecturers profound scholarship.
Of his perfect ease Of conscious mastery. and
yet "of arrogance there was not one trace.
Of the pride Of intellect absolutely nothing:
but through everything q certain sense Of
wonder as in the presence Of mysteries un-
fathomable"
The blight that willis our faculty of wonder
is not increased knowledge. but the familiar
ity which breeds contempt. No wonder
Ruskin said: II would rather live in a cottage
and wonder at everything than live In q
castle and wonder at nothing"
But in a balanced outlook there must be
not only wonder. but humor. A bigot is
usually funereal in his demeanor. The Book
Of Books declares: "A merry heart doeth good
like a medicine" So strangely knit are We
Of flesh and spirit that the one is always
reacting on the other. No prescription
Evening star., 1949-05-01
Letters to The Star

help our fellowmen., provided that more
individual help is to be given BY that we
mean help on the psychological problems
In which alcoholism Is rooted
The reorganization OF q vice squad may
be useful to detect those who. under certain
circumstances become 50 strained that they
fall into abnormal activities, But modern
knowledge OF human nature shows that vice.
gambling. prostitution alcoholism. ETC.. are
but expressions OF psychological problema
Why not help our felowmen In this ARIA,
them R gre a q. ..t..s.
Finally. 10 call upon the third writer's
anxious desire for hunanitarianism. modern
knowledge also agrees with considerins man
as more than o conscious thinker. There
fore. we can feel the need for more study
Of human drives and reactions In order to
understand" men better.
AUGUSTA A0UuERA. MD.
Evening star., 1949-05-01
Eosinq the Noyy's Feors

The efforts of President Truman and
Defense Secretary Johnson to dispel naval
fears regarding the future autonomy OF
naval aviation and the Marine Corps are
timely although 1t Is doubtful that the
assurances will entirely allay the mis-
givings. For the fears have become deep
rooted as q result of recurrent reports OF
proposals to transfer naval aviation to the
Air Force and to abolish the Marine Corps
or transfer 1t to the Army. That these
reports had some substance Is evidenced
by the insistence Of Congress that both
branches be specifically protected under
the merger law.
Despite the prohibition written into the
unification legislation, there has been con-
tinued uneasiness at the Navy Department.
This undercurrent surged anew with the
sudden cancellation of work on the Nays
super carrier and the ensuing resignation
of Secretary Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan's let
ter of protest to Secretary Johnson re-
f1ected the widespread Navy fears as to
the ultimate fate Of naval aviation and the
Marines. Naval and Marine spokesmen
voiced these fears openly during the hear
ings on uniflcation and some Of them have
discussed the situation privately since then
with legislators, newsmen and others.
While, as Mr.. johnson pointed out In Q
letter to the House Armed Services Com
mittee, the unification law forbids actual
alteration of the status of the naval air
arm or the Marine Corps, there Is nothing
in the law to prevent budgetary check on
their operations and development An in
stance of such control already has been
provided In the order booming the super
carrier. And the proposal to enlarge the
Defense Secretary's powers would give him
final authority over budget requests by the
three armed services. 1t Is reassurlng to
those who believe in the desirability Of
maintaining strong naval air arm and
Marine Corps to know that Mr.. Johnson
does not presently contemplate any
changes in either branch and that, in any
event, he would discuss such plans with
Congress before taking action. Great
Britain's experiment with one air force
was a failure and there Is no reason to
suppose it would work any more success
fully here. And the Marines proved their
value In most convincing manner during
World War II. The arguments for con-
tinuing both branches as vigorous and
strong arms ~ tha Navv are ovarut a Ivy, ioo
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they have approved Is simply the legti-
matization, under international Law. Of a
type OF censorship not now 20 legitimat!zed
To quote Mr.. Allen again, "a more danger
GUS encouragement for governmental con-
trols over correspondents and information
agencies can hardly be imagined"
In the circumstances 1t Is not surprising
the United States delegation to the U. n.
has served notice that 1t viii nght
all such amendments when the time comes
for the General Assembly as q whole TO
act upon them. AS stated by Mr.. Allen,
no convention containing them viii be
signed by the United States
Evening star., 1949-05-01
Sunctioninq Censorship

In effect, surface appearances to the
contrary, the Social Committee Of the
United Nations General Assembly has just
voted to bestow the blessing OF interna
tonal law on censorship of the news.
The committee-or rather . majority
made up of Asiatic, soviet-bloc and Latin
American countries-has done this by
approving a Mexican-sponsored amend
ment to the proposed Convention on the
Gathering and International Transmission
Of News.
What the amendment would do would be
to require foreign correspondents, as .
matter Of duty, to report the facts" and
further international understanding" At
first glance, this may seem to be altogether
reasonable and even desirable. However.
as pointed out by Assistant Secretary Of
State George " Allen, 1t would, II finally
adopted by the U. N, constitute major
setback for our own country% effort to
promote freedoms Of information through
out the world.
Thus, In Mr.. Aliens words, II would "in-
vite, as well as legitimatize, further restric-
tions on freedoms now enjoyed by cor
respondents and information agencies In
many countries on customary basis" For
example-again in Mr.. Aliens words-any
government could "expel correspondent,
refuse him access to news, or forbid him
access to transmission facilities, either
upon the ground that, In the opinion OF
the government, his dispatches were not
factual. or that, even II true, they did not
in the opinion of the government, further
international understanding.
In other words, stated bluntly, the Mex
ican-sponsored amendment would give
every government almost complete power
to inhibit the fiow OF factual information
and honest commentary from its territory
for dissemination to the people OF another
country" It takes no lively imagination
to visualize how Hitlers Of the left or right
could seize upon such = provision TO justify
censorship Of the most rigid kind.
The majority Of the U N Social COM
mittee has made serious mistake. What
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monument. but they have regularly failed
70 secure approval The 0rans nsesnoFsai
IN thu Mall. ssecuted By Henry Msrwin
Bhrady and Edmond n. Amssess. vas not
unveiled until April ~. isz7. the censenxsv
of Grants birth.
'-Tfrsd Of the War was ths heading sfieh
The Star smployec on April -. 1899. -
tell the peopss Of Washinxten
Aesiasl6o that Agutnaido. the riliglno
ousstsns rebel leader. had Indicated =
willingness 10 surrender. ost,
z, d. Otis cabling frcm Manila. informed
the War Department that hosfslitiss xers 70
be suspended "pendlnx nesotixsaons for TIA
termination Of the ccnfact. Gen. Arthur
Macarthur father of the present military
administrator 81 Japan. had taken caiaupss
and tfen creased th~ RIO 0Fands river -
the faee Of great obstacles. driving ths Con.
ceusrated forces Of the esa@suy back AZ th&
rnllrosd two mica" waxningt0n fxncps w@ss
partsespatsns in the nghsinx st TaxEyxs~
Ths innzrsenss seemed 20 hare bad sracsaxn
punashment But peace sstn wns dssfanS
Agutnaido maintained hts cppossiscn nnsl
hs vas eaptused ny Gen. Frederick Fssnsca
IN March. 1901. The ssruSsss efs&n - .
real wax IN . sye<n he1 ~ =
Evening star., 1949-05-01
To Reduce Human Misev

Because Its work brings 1t face to face
with human misery, the District Welfare
Department may be pardoned IL 1t re-
fuses to accept complacently reductions
in its budget that threaten to spread
further misery among its unfortunate
wards Assuming that the department is
correct in contending that every possible
economy Is being practiced and great
caution used In carrying out It's relief pro-
gram, the urgent request for additional
funds to meet increasing needs is justified.
without additional relief funds next year
there 10 grave danger that some men,
women and children In Washington may
suffer extreme hardship.
The department was forced to make cuts
totaling IL per cent in public assistance
allotments this year because Of the made
quacy Of the current $2,150,000 budget
This brought the allowance for food down
to Al cents a day for persons on relief.
The allowance for clothing is now "a
month, and 50 additional is given for mis-
cellaneous expenses. In addition, a rental
allowance Of $50 month is made for a
family of four. This total Is meager
enough at present prices Yet the Public
Assistance Division says that unless it is
granted at least $28s, ,s0s more than last
year, an additional cut in relief allowances
of IS per cent will have to be made on
July next Since rents are not flexible,
the reduction must be applied to grants
for food, clothing and similar necessities.
This means that the percentage cut for
these items will be much larger than 10
per cent.
Yet the House has declined to grant the
Welfare Department any more money than
was appropriated last year. It is to be
hoped that the Senate, when 1t considers
the local welfare budget, will ponder what
an additional cut in the 47-cent food allow
ance and the dollar-a-week clothing allow
ance will mean to the hapless victims Of
adversely in the Nations Capital. 1t Is
hard to believe that legislators who take
the time and trouble to consider the
plight OF the department and its bene-,
ficiaries will agree to any further reduc-,
tions IN the pittances meted out to deserv-
ing and destitute families. r7n 3-fa