Evening star., 1951-10-21
Exclusively Yours
Federal Reserve Finds Itself in the Blue:
Candid CIose-Ups of CopitoIites
By Betty BeoIe

On the Capital Front:-Les Bif-'
fle dropping the word that Mike.
Disable is being mentioned as al
possible choice for the Democratic
National Committee Chairman
ship. -. -
Federal Reserve Governor Ed
Norton receiving a constant stream
Of surprised sightseers in his newly
decorated Office, the corner one
fprmerly occupied by Mariner
Eccles. Whereas the rest of the
interior of the classic Federal Re-
serve Building is done in shades
OF brown, tan. beige and the like.
MIR. Norton had decorator Leonard
Hamilton do his domain in
Wedgwood blue-not only the
walls but the carpet! Set of by
the ivory woodwork, the effect is
dreamy and draws gasps of delight
from the blue-eyed governors Wis
itors. The distinguished Alabaman,
incidentally. has taken the 1925
F Street Club for his dinner of so
Thursday night in honor of Chair
man Of the Board and Mrs. Will
liam McChesney Martin. New
York ColumniSt Inez Robb is COM
ing down for it and will be the
reason for Doris Fleeson's Fourth
Estate cocktail to-do. the next
afternoon -.
Friends of the Hugh D. Auchin-
closes who saw the races at
Laurel Tuesday getting popped up
over the unexpected performance
OF their maiden racer, Hammer
smith, a 30 to l shot that came
in third. It's not often that the
washington scene produces a race
horse but the chestnut gelding is
strictly a local product, was born
and bred on the AuchincIc IS
estate. Merrywood, which is just
across Chain Bridge. He was
trained on Dorothy Lees place in
Middleburg, was named after the
Auchincloss Newport home, Ham
mersmith Farm
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall re-
viving the wonderful, almost for
gotten custom of welcoming a.
stranger to the neighborhood. New
French Counselor Pierre Frankfort
and his family moved into 2316I
Tracy place three weeks ago and
on Friday the Massachusetts SEN
ator's wife gave a ladies tea for
Nine. Frankfort though she had
not known her before. The sur
rounding residents who have lived
there longer than Mrs. Saltonstall
said their faces were red-that's
the sort of thing they should have |
been doing right along. Mrs. Har-
Ian Flske Stone. Mrs. Carl Hin
shaw. Mys. Eliot Wadsworth, Mrs. /
Reeve Lewis, Agnes Burke and
Jessica WestWood were among the
who dropped by. Some l
OF those who had been living across
the street from each other for five
years met for The first time. There
should be more people in the
world like the Saltonstalls >. i
4 n X Il |,
Overseas Departmental card
from Dorsey Fisher written at a
party given by Marian and Ted
Achilles in London saying We're
cocktailing with the James Dunns,
the Hoyer Millars and my sister
Matha May"::s with a footnote from
the Burke Elbricks at the same to-
do, Had a, wonderful trip on theI
Queen Elizabeth. Not a ripple
all the wayI London has had q ls
week OF sunshine since we've been
here" . After their visit here &
with Italian Premier De Gasperi n
U. S. Ambassador to Rome and {
Mr.. Dunn went from New York /
10 London to Germany to seeIr
daughter Cynthia and son-in-lawl h
Charles Thayer and meet their t
new grandson {
The Homer Byingtons. who
whipped up to New York yester- s
day and are coming back today, 2
Will emplane on Wednesday for t
. comprehensive European trip. b
They will so to every important In
capitol from Lisbon to Vienna, re-
turning to d. c. on December 2.If
Homer J y going as the State Deb