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Smyrna times., 1950-03-23

Dairymen to Hold School
Kent County dairymen have been
asked to attend a Dairy Feeding
and Management School at the
Harrington High School on March
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
Farm Implements

Including Farmall 'H' tractor,
II. H. power lift cultivators, I. H.
Little Genius plows, I. H. disc, I. H.
side-delivery rake, nearly new;
II. H. tractor corn planter with
wire and fertilizer attachments,
used one season; I. H. culti-
packer, Kutter Kulter, New
Idea tractor mower, 3-section
spring-tooth harrow, rubber tire
wagon, Coates manure loader, two
manure spreaders, car trailer with
steel body, knap-sack sprayer.
Most of this machinery is new and
all is in good working condition.
Also, other articles too numerous
to mention.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
DAIRY EQUIPMENT

Scan Esco milk cooler, hot water
heater, 2 Starline wash tubs, EN-
pire milking machine with two
single units, surge motor, vacuum
pump and one unit. Pipe line and
stall cocks for Is stalls, IA milk
cans, 3 buckets and strainer.
HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES
Large kitchen cabinet, 2 beds
and springs, converted kitchen
range with hot water attachments
and tank, bucket-a-day stove with
hot water tank, and other articles
too numerous to mention.
TERMS: Cash Day of Sale
-. CHARLES e. ALDERSON,. :.
Owner
Eugene Racine, Auctioneer
I. G. Ellison, Outside Clerk
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II Dairy Cattle

Including IA milk cows consist
ing of young Guernsey and Hol-
stems, 9 of these have freshened
since January 1st.; 1S heifers rang
ing from 2 years to months. Most
of these COWS and heifers have
been vaccinated and this is T.B.
Accredited Herd.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23

Spring Cleanup Week
April 16 to %
Fourth Clubs, Home Demonstra-
tion Clubs, and Farmers groups
Evening star., 1950-05-04
Town dnd Country Folk

where he had been headed home
ward, but good-naturedly drove
Tunney to his destination. Any
way, we wonder if the wife who
was waiting up for her husband
in that suburb, thought something
new in alibis had been invented
when he came home and explained
that he's been out with Gene Tun-
ney!
Capital confetti: Ray Clapper's s
lovely widow. Olive. has just sold
an article to the Saturday Evening
Post-on widows. Wahwee
Barkley Macarthur will give a
luncheon for Beatrice Littlefield
and Beatie herself will give a
cocktail party before returning
to Florida. Her rattlesnake cana
pes, she says. will be clearly
marked for those who don't like
snake steak Donald Downs
has booked passage for Europe
on the 18th and British Treasury
Official and Mrs. Noel Trentham
will leave on July 7 for Bermuda,
which will become their perma-
nent residence.
A delightful old lady in George
town. living in reduced circum-
stances. has been renting. rooms
away, the first to a Austrian baron,
and then to John, Prince Arenberg.
Now" she exclaimed, Il must
have a king to complete my royal
circle" And she got one-only
it was q Miss King.
Evening star., 1950-05-04
Tom C|ogetts Are Hosts

Washington socialites flocked
by the hundreds to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett,
jr.. yesterday afternoon for their
big annual spring party. A gay
mint julep and champagne affair,
this years gathering followed the
christening of their infant son.
At o'clock in the afternoon,
little Charles Thomas Clagett, III
was baptized at All Saints Church
by DR.. Charles Lowry. Wearing
the beautiful christening robe that
his paternal grandmother made
for his father, he assumed his
christian names with equanimity
and nonchalance, yawning gustily
before his admirers.
His godparents are Mr.. John r.
Mclean. Mr.. Joseph Addison. jr.;
Mrs. Gale Mclean and Mrs. r. P.
Altemus of Newport.
From 5 o'clock on, guests filed
into the spacious Clagett home on
East Melrose street in Chevy
Chase. A large tent-like marquee
erected over the garden terraces
added still more space for
their hundreds of friends who
dropped by.
Erwin Devron played his &C
Gordon, with a guitarist to assist
him. A supper that included
lobster salad, Virginia ham, turkey,
vegetable salad and many other
delicious dishes was served to the
guests, many of whom were still
there around midnight.
Evening star., 1950-05-04

Among those In the gathering
were Mr.. and Mrs. Middleton
Train, Mr.. and Mrs. Cuthbert
Train, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. B.
Clagett of Upper Marlboro, Md;
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whit
ney, Mr.. and Mrs. Amory Car
hart, jr., of Warrenton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Frelinghuysen, Mrs
George Homes, the UnderSecre-
tary of the Treasury and Mrs
Edward H. Foley, jr.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Landry Pratt, Mr.. and Mrs
Stephen Dorsey, Mrs. William
MacCracken, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
MacCracken, Mr.. and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Kaufman II, Mr.. and
Mrs. Godfrey Kaufman. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Thorvald Sol
berg and Mr.. and Mrs. Millard
West.
Also, Mrs. Philip Graham, Mr..
and Mrs. George Wheeler, Mr. and
Mrs. James McSherry Wimsatt.
Mr.. William Boose, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hamilton Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Huidekoper, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Dixon, Comdr. and Mrs. Edes
Talman, Mrs. Frances Barry
Dickey, Mr.. Nathaniel Luttrell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Orme, jr.; Mr..
and Mrs. Wiley Buchanan, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Carroll Morgan.
Mrs. Kent Legare, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Conger Pratt, Mr.. Herman
Sartorius and Maj. Taylor Sim
mons.
Evening star., 1950-05-04
GeUys Are Hosts
ToMr. Beaumont.

Capt. and Mrs. George B. Gelly
were hosts at a dinner Wednes-
day night in honor of Mr.. Arthur
Beaumont, noted marine artist
who was the guest for a week OF
Comdr. and Mrs. Boyd S. Brooks
The other guests were Comdr
and Mrs. Brooks, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Theodore c. conquest
Capt. and Mrs. William H. Won
Dreele. Capt. and Mrs. Neil K
Dietrich. Capt. and Mrs. Anton
L. Mare. Capt. and Mrs. Thomas
j. Kelly and Comdr. and Mrs. W.
II. Keighley.
Evening star., 1950-05-04
Items

Maj. Gen. E. P. Parker, Provost
Marshal General of the Army. and
Mrs. Parker head the guest list
for the annual Corps of Military
Police dance, to be held tomorrow
evening at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club. Invitations to attend
the buffet dinner dance have
been extended to all MP officers
and their wives in the Washing
ton Baltimore area.
Mrs, O. O., Gutekunst of st
Martinsville. La. is visiting ir
Washington. She was accom-
panied by her son-in-law anc
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Badon of New Iberia, La, who are
here for the Chamber of Com
merce convention. They were en-
tertained at luncheon at the
House Office restaurant by Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Edwin E
Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Hessian
were hosts at dinner last eve.
ming at Normandy Farm. enter.
tanning Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Lowry, Mrs. Lowry's mother, Mrs
Mildred Dudley, and Mrs. Annie
Madrell.
Evening star., 1950-05-04
Chief


The Italian Ambassador and
Signora Tarchiani attended the
dinner given last evening by the
Chief of Naval Operations and
Mrs. Forrest P. Sherman in honor
of the Chief Of Staff of the Ital-
ian Navy, Vice Admiral Emilio
Ferreri.
The other guests were Fear
Admiral Carlo Francesca Tai
largo. who accompanied Admiral
Ferreri to this country; the AS
sistant Secretary Of the Navy for
Air and Mrs. John F. Floberg
Vice Admiral and Mrs. John w.
Roper. Rear Admiral and Mrs
Henry S. Kendall, Mrs. Peter
Belin and Mr.. Brooks Parker.
Evening star., 1950-05-04
By Nike Anderson

Anton Chekov nephew Of the
celebrated Russian playwright
whose name he bears, now lives
outside of Belgrade, a victim OF
tuberculosis contracted while in
a concentration camp. Recently
he wrote a letter, as moving and
affecting as any from The Cherry
Orchard scenes, to his old friend
Nine. Illarion Mishtowt, herself a
cousin of composer Rimsky-Kor-
sakoff. Chekov described an old
man whom he had befriended
blinded by cataracts, but whose
sight could be saved. surgeons said
if sixty grams of streptomycir
could only be obtained.
The writer would gladly pay for
his friends surgery and hospital
ization, if they could but get the
precious drug. Nine. Mishtowt, as
President of the Tolstoy Founda-
ton which exists to help victims
of communism, was able to pay
for and dispatch the medicine
through Foundation funds, and SO
the story has a very un-Chekoves-
que ending-the happy old man
now can see again!
Secretary of the Senate Les BIZ
f1e might also make a good Secre-
tary of the Treasury; not only did
he mop up recently at the races.
but he was also tipped a quarter in
a hotel by lady who mistook him
for one of the staff! What did
you do with the quarter2" a friend
asked. IT kept it," grinned Les, II
earned it didn't II" Mrs. B., by the
way, when they 60 to the races
together, just quietly folds the
money her husband gives her for
betting, and puts it in her pocket
book-and the next day goes shop
ping.
Gene Tunney, dashing away
from a dinner at the Army and
Navy Club, was unable to get a
taxi to the airport, where his plane
was about to take off. A motoriSt,
recognizing the former champ and
his dilemma, offered him q lift:
The good samaritan. however. was
a little dismayed to find that his
passenger wanted to 90 in the
direction from Bethesda,
Evening star., 1950-05-04
Society News
Pokiston Prime Minister and Wife
Arrive for Brief Official Visit

private secretary to the Prime
Minister; Mr.. Maid Malik, prin-
cipal information officer. and Mr..
Raymond D. Muir, chief cere-
monial officer, and Mr.. Frank
Standley, press officer, both Of
the State Department.
The Prime Minister and the
Begun held a joint press confer
ence this morning at Prospect
House. The Begun then received
women members of the press,
chatting with them in the library
at the Georgetown residence.
Mrs. George c. McGhee, wife
of the Assistant Secretary of
State, was hostess at luncheon
today in her home on Kalorama
road in honor Of the Begun, who
not only Is the. wife Of dis
tinguished official of hef home
land but is a brilliant leader in
her own right.
Dinner Honors OfficioI
The dean of the diplomatic
corps, the Norwegian Ambassador
and Mrs. Munthe de Morgen-
stierne, entertained at dinner last
evening in honor of the Vice
President and Mrs. Alben w.
Barkley. The hosts greeted their
guests in the charming drawing
room of the embassy and dinner
was served in the handsome din
ing room adjoining.
The retiring Netherlands Am
bassador and Nine. van Kleffens
were the ranking guests asked to
meet the Vice President and Mrs.
Barkley and others included Sena-
tor Burnet r. Maybank, chairman
of the Banking and Currency
Committee, and Mrs. Maybank;
the Chief of Staff of the Air Force
and Mrs. Hoyt s. Vandenberg, the
Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
and Mrs. Wade H. Haislip, Signora
RoSso, wife of the former Italian
Ambassador to Washington; Mr..
and Mrs. Douglas Macarthur,
II, and Mrs. Max O'Rell Truitt,
son and daughters-in-law of the
Vice President; Col. and Mrs. M.
Robert Guggenheim. and from
New York the Norwegian Consul
and Mrs. Lars Christensen and
! Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Lie.
Evening star., 1950-05-04
Emily Post

1t seems to me quite logical that
prospective bridegroom should
ask: My fiancee is having two
attendants of honor-one married
and one not-so ! don't see why
she objects TO my having TWO
best men. I have brother Id
like to have serve and ! also have
a lifelong friend, One is married
and the other not? What say
you?"
Having two girls is only a little
less SenSeleSS than having two
best men. the possible differences
being that the dresses OF the girls
at least may contribute something
to the general effectiveness. TWO
honor attendants not only create
awkwardneSS but it certainly
makes the honor" doubtful.
There cannot possibly be two best
men and it should be taken for
granted that your brother will be
the best man and the best friend
one of your usherS. or your head
usher if you wish.
Avoiding the Age Old Question
Dear Mrs, Post; What would
you suggest doing If a friend asks:
Just how old are you?" Thinking
1t none of her business said.
Too old" and tried changing the
subject. But she pursued it and
asked, Why don't you want to
tell your age? Are you ashamed
of it?' She could easily find out
but I've made up my mind TO let
her do it the hard way!
Answer: She's incredibly rude
in the first place. You might try
evading further; Well. frankly.
I can think of other subjects I'd
rather talk about. For instance.
the play you and John saw the
other night. How did you like it?"
The Lemon in Teo
Dear Mrs. Post; What happens
to the lemon in my tea cup? II I
leave it in the tea in little
while, l have lemon with a little
tea flavor, and l don't care for
that much lemon. / do like a
little. But I've been told once 1t
is put in the cup there is no
chance to remove 1t TO the side
on the saucer. Why not?
Answer: Because it is a very
sloppy maneuver to try and fish
it out and transfer it to the
saucer. Furthermore. it is not as
a rule necessary. II you don't
press out any of the juice with
your teaspoon l don't see how
there could be much lemon flavor.
Any less and 1t seems to me that
you might just as well eliminate
the lemon altogether
Evening star., 1950-05-04
By Betty Murphy

Apparently even the President
of the United States can be slowed
up by traffic. Yesterday when
word came from the White House
that Mr.. Truman and his family
were about to leave for the Con-
gressional Club. Associate Justice
and Mrs. Harold Burton. who
were giving party for Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Austin. Immediately
left the receiving line and went
down to the door to be there when
the Chief Executive arrived.
They waited and waited. So
did the guests and the Secret
Service, and the police outside who
were engineering traffic along
Sixteenth street at the height of
the rush hour.
Finally a White House car drove
up to the entrance. In it were
the President and his wife. their
daughter. Margaret. the latter's
singing teacher. Helen Traubel,
and her husband. Mr.. William
Bass. They were Immediately
ushered into the Hawaiian room
to have their pictures taken with
the hosts and honor guests.
Mrs. Truman was wearing a
two-piece black silk dress and
most becoming pastel flower hat
Margaret, who had come down
from New York for the week S
festivities. looked smart in navy
blue with a big soft pink hat
trimmed with navy yelling which
was tied under her chin.
Wear Morquisette Gowns
Mrs. Burton and Mrs. Austin
whose husband is United States
Representative to the United Ma
tionS, were dressed similarly in
full-skirted ballet-length dresses
of marquisette. The hostess was
of navy blue, belted in blue-green
velvet which matched her slippers
and orchids; Mrs. Austin's black
with jeweled clips and white Or
chids at the square neckline.
The presence Of the Chief Exec
utive and his family in any gather
ing always attracts attention. The
curious just stand and stare, others
pay their respects and go on about
their business. So to Offset a jam
of any kind. Mrs. Burton had
asked a number of friends to
assist her.
Traffic in the clubhouse was
handled just as expertly as it was
outside. Miss Ruth Brial, who
had been secretary to Justice Bur-
ton when he was Senator, and
Mrs. Harvey Levin and Mrs. Nor
man Colquhoun. whose husbands
are the Justices law clerks, were
posted at the front door to greet
the guests and to steer them
upstairs to the ballroom.
Mrs. Homer Ferguson. Mrs.
Leverett Saltonstall, Mrs. John j.
Williams and Mrs. Clifford Davis
were rowing aides" who assisted
generally. Mrs. Williams small
granddaughter, Janet Baker. in a
party frock that reached to the
floor. attracted almost as much
attention as the President. Taking
her in tow for a while. was pretty
Louise Steinnhan, daughter " the
James Hale Steinmans.
Pour Tee und Coffee
The wives Of the other Supreme
Court Justices took their turns
pouring tea and coffee in the din
ing room under the supervision
of Mrs. Clarence Hancock. And
Evening star., 1950-05-04
Warren Austins Are Feted
.By Burtons and Thomens

serving the same beverages in ar
alcove adjoining the ballroom
were Senator Margaret Chase
Smith. Mrs. Robert Taft. Mrs
Eugene Millikin, Mrs. John
Bricker. Mrs. Edward Martin anC
Mrs. Owen Brewster. Mrs. Charles
Dewey had charge of these
pourers.
Mrs. Robert Hale and Mrs. Wal
ter Brehm were responsible fol
seeiEg that a dozen other ladies
served punch at certain specified
times. ano in their charge were
Representative Edith NourSe
Rogers, Mrs. John Taber. Mrs
w. Sterling Cole. Mrs, Lawrence
H Smith, Mrs. Frank A. Barrett
Mrs. Hal Holmes, Mrs, John
Phillips, Mrs. Dean Taylor. Mrs
Wesley D'Ewart, Mrs. Edward
Everett Gam. Mrs. Charles Nc
Laughlin and Mrs. Albert E
Carter.
Mrs. Perle Mesta. in a becoming
lavender felt hat with lilacS under
the wide brim and a silver mink
stole. never Strayed far from the
receiving line after she'd greeted
the hosts and honor guests. Ir
fact, she held a court of her owr
as the guests filed by.
Spotted here and there around
the ballroom. where the Candle
light Trio. a group of womer
musicians provided a program OF
music. were the Italian Ambas-
sador and Signora Tarchiani, the
Australian Ambassador. Mr.. Nor.
man Maxim; the Ecuadorean Am
bassador and Sonora de Dillon
the Egyptian Ambassador anc
Nine. Abdul Rahim, the Swedish
Ambassador and Nine. Bohemar
and the New Zealand Ambassador
and Lady Berendsen.
Many Copitolites Present
Clad in a most becoming blacl
taffeta dress designed by Marusis
and a tiny little black hat anc
veil with white dots. Mrs. Roy st
Lewis and her husband chattee
with Vice Admiral and Mrs
Emory Land. Mrs. Wade Haislir
and the Ray Henles. And othel
guests included Maj. Gen. anc
Mrs. Conger Pratt, Brig. Gen. anc
Mrs. Gordon Young. Col. and Mrs
Robert Guggenheim, M. and Nine
Camille Chautemps, Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Wyatt. Mr.. and Mrs
Robert E. Freer. former Ambas-
sador Joseph E. Davies. Lady
Welsh, Mrs. Robert Low Bacon
Mrs. McCeney Werlich. Mrs. Nor
ris Cafritz. Mrs. Guy Gillette. Mrs
Dennis Chavez, Mrs. Parker West
Mrs. Jesse Saugstad. Mrs. Burks
Summers, Miss Florence Berry
man, Miss Eta Mai Russell. Miss
Marguerite Griffin, Miss Carolyn
Nash, Mrs. Emil Huria, Mr.. John
Merkle and Mr.. o. c. Kerns, jr
Another party yesterday for Mr.
and Mrs. Austin was the dinner
given by the Dominican Ambas.
sador and Sonora de Thomen
Justice and Mrs. Burton also were
guests, as were Ambassador
Maxim. the Indian Ambassador
Nine. Pandit; ! former Senatn
John Sherman Cooper. the AS
sistant Secretary of State ant
Mrs. Edward G. Miller, jr.: tn
Governor of the Central Bank o
the Dominican Republic, Dr.
Jesus Maria Troncoso;. Mrs
Bacon. the Minister Counselor o.
the Embassy and Sonora de Vegs
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dudley
Evening star., 1950-05-04
By Katherine M. Brooks

The President and Mrs. Tru-
man were hosts at dinner last
evening, entertaining in honor OF
the Prime Minister of PakiStan
and the Begun Liaquat Ali Khan.
The visiting official and his wife
arrived yesterday afternoon and
were guests of the President and
Mrs. Truman at Blair House over
night. This morning they Joined
others in their party at Prospect
House to remain until Saturday.
Dining with the distinguished
visitors last evening were the
Foreign Secretary Of Pakistan,
Mr.. M. Ikramullah, who accom-
panied the Prime Minister to
Washington; the Chief Justice OF
the United States and Mrs. Fred
M. Vinson, the Pakistan Ambas-
sador to this country and Mrs
M. A. H. Ispahani, the Speaker OF
the House. Representative Sam
Rayburn; the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Dean Acheson, the
Chairman of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, Senator Tom
Connally, and Mrs. Connally; the
newly appointed United States
Ambassador to Canada and Mrs
Stanley Woodward, the United
States Minister to Luxembourg
Mrs. Perle Mesta; and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bass of New York
Mrs. Bass Is the famous Wagner
ian soprano, Helen Traubel
teacher of Miss Margaret Tru-
man, who also was at the dinner,
Guests were received in Blair
House and dinner was served in
the dining room of Blair Lee
House. Pink roses with blue and
white iris and white snapdragons
formed the floral decoration on
the beautifully appointed table.
offieioI Porty
The official party of the Prime
Minister includes in addition to
the Foreign Secretary and the
Ambassador, Mr.. Ispahani, Mr.
Ghulam Ahmad, officer on special
duty; Professor Ahmed S. Box
hari, civil aide; Brig. N. A. K.
Raza. Military and Air Attache OF
the Embassy; Mr.. A. A. Hamid
Evening star., 1950-10-11
BiIinguoI
Joke

EYE WITNESS" an Eagle Lion Classics
release. produced by Joan Harrison, !di-
rected by Robert Montgomery, screenplay
BY Hugo Butler and Ian Hunter. At the
Trans-LuX.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
BY Harry Macarthur

The spectacle of a brash Amer
lean clumsily at large in British
law and customs IS responsible for
some fine comedy effects in Eye
Witness" which yesterday turned
UP to bring the Trans-Lux down
to earth. Eye Witness" made in
England, is another in that line
of pictures in which Robert Mont
gomery has directed himself and
| it is another in which he has
every right to take pride.
Mr.. Montgomery is completely
the director when he casts a film
and nothing of the star seeking
to insure a large share of the
attention. He has surrounded
himself with a superb set of Brit
ish actors, including Felix Aylmer,
Leslie Banks, Wylie Watson and
a beguiling newcomer named Pa
tricia Wayne. Mr.. Montgomery,
of course. has justifiable con-
fidence in his ability to hold his
own in a scene with Mr.. Aylmer,
which another star might, justif1-
ably, fail to have.
Eye Witness" which was pro-
Evening star., 1950-10-11

play turns on his probing Of the
family's emotional history and his
discovery of the triangular rela-
tionship between mother, father
and son. 1t resolves in her deci-
sion to plead guilty to simple
shoplifting rather than face the
unjust and narrowing exposures
involved in a psychiatric defense.
Miss Robson Is a remarkable
actress who can face up to the
complexity Of this situation and
come through it with a touching.
untarnished, dramatic and digni-
fled disclosure of the ramifications
of mother love. She is a good
woman and a wise one. She is
honest and there is enough Of
humor in her to find wry comedy
as well as tragedy in her plight.
Hers is the kind Of performance
that of itself often keeps slight
plays going. 1t is bulwarked by a
number of other praiseworthy per-
formances among the English cast
Of BLACK Chiffon"
Actor Ireland gives the second
most impressive of these as the
psychiatrist. Agreeably close is
Robert Christie as the chilly
father; Patricia Marmont as the
normal daughter who has lived in
the cross-flre of the Christie fam
ily's emotions: Richard Gale as
the troubled young son; Patricia
Hicks as his finance and Janet
Barrow as the family's old and
faithful servant.
Charles Hickman's direction is
an intelligent reinforcement with
out which Miss Storms play really
might have blown away. Larry
Eggleton's set viii be a pleasant
frame for Miss Robson and her
lplay, when she returns from the
hospital October %.
Evening star., 1950-10-11

chiffon nightgown when he was
young and human.
This gives patient, or a
theatergoer, confidence.
X X X
The women with whom this
journeyman reviewer goes to the
theater found BLACK Chiffon" a
much more satisfying work than
he did, a Judgment which may
suggest that Miss Storms is a
woman's play.
In writing this mother -of-the-
groom play. Miss Storm inverted
the theme of that great American
entertainment success, Father of
the Bride" Her setting is equally
domestic, but there the resem-
blance ends.
Her handsome boy for whom she
sacrificed the love of her husband
who has turned into a cake of
dry ice-is about to be married.
The mother played by Miss Rob-
son is not talking this well, but
there is no real suggestion of ugli-
ness in it; merely that the son who
has made family life most attrac-
tive is on his way elsewhere.
The older woman is making an
intelligent, honorable effort to ad-
just to the changed prospect when
a single aberrant action over
whelmS her. She steals that black
chiffon nightgown. is arrested,
and faces a prison sentence the
day before her sons nuptialS. The
drama of this act is that it is in
explicable. She does not need a
black chiffon nightgown, the fam
ily's position is such that she could
buy a dozen if she did, and fur
thermore a woman Of her impec-
cable taste would be outraged at
the thought Of wearing such a
garment.
This is where the shocked fam
lily calls in the psychiatrist. The