Evening star., 1952-02-24

President Truman and his family
reinstalled In the White House
than Mrs. Victoria Qeaney.
This small, blue.eyed, gray.
hatred little lady was housekeeper,
then hostess, Of Blair House fof
30 years until shortly after the
Truf11Afis moved there late In i04o
She entertained princes, prime
ministers ana miscellaneous pos
tenates, first as housekeeper fof
the socially prominent Biaif
family, then % ofiieiai hostess
manager for the State Departu
tneht, which took ever the house
In ie49,
By now che ID "simpiy dylnE 10
oct back home ana 90 10 WoFia
aaaln"=Whieh she viii as soon
As the 1'fuHaAi1s 30 back 10 the
White HOUSE, probably around
April / By "h0ineD she means
BlAiF House, OF course "Why
shouldn't Il after 30 yeafsP" she
ABhBl
Mrs aeahey STAYED on At Blair
House Tor several months after
the FfuIhAIla meved In, but moved
20 prospect House when the State
Department acquired the latter 70
replace Blair House "A a guestu
house fep distinguished Vlsltepsr
Keeper Without q i0use
When the State Department peu
lhgulehed Prospect House last
July IN anticipation OF FeaegHiVu
INC Blair House a. a gHesth0HRe
Mga, deRney temporarily beeRMe
Q hevsekeepeF without o house Ia
keep,
Without aa efllelal house, thai
"a, She has q little brick huRga.
low OF her own, on q half aeFe In
oxen Hill, Mdu and she spent
most OF the summer on an 0-foot
ladder, painting the red brick
house white and the shutters
green,
In between she transplanted
flowers, moved the lawn and put,
tered around In the kitchen, She
kept her hand In the hostess bust.
ness BY occasionally coming tC
town TO supervise an ofticial din.
ner given by Secretary of State
Acheson at Anderson House,
But seven months 10 q long va.
catton--even to one who hasn'I
had q vacation In 10 years-ant
BY now she Is "just itching" Il
get back In harness.
PIons for O Queen
She already Is making tentative
plans for the dinner she presume,
Secretary Acheson will give fol
Queen Juliana Of Holland, who 4!
expected here April 2. Actually
she isn't sure where the dinner
will be held, and nobody at TIN
State Department has even tolc
her there will be one. Details o,
Juliana'S, visit are pretty indefinite
because OF the uncertainty about
whether--as President Truman
hopes-the White House will b
finished In time for the Dutch
Queen TO be his hrst guest there
II the Tfuf1ans do ret back Il
the White House In time, ant
the stats Department asks hel
10 plan thu Aeheson dinner Al
Blair House. she could manage
With only O couple OF days notice
she says.
After oil, the downstairs reeInl
IN Blair House have been pFAe.
tieally unchanged while the FFu.
mans have lived there" she peintl
out, In adjoining Blalr.LeC
House, which the State Depart
meht added % q secondary cues
house In ie44, many OF the Fegu,
laF plalFsLee furnishings have air
ready been moved back, she says
White Heuse pieces, with whief
MFe, Truman GOT up miniature
Feplleas OF the famed red Ant
green rooms, have been sent Oul
10 be reuphelstered,
Buys Food Wholesale
Planning O Blair Mouse dinner
TOR Mrs, ueAney, means lnAkinl
0ut n menu, usually consulting I'M
wife OF the OfiiOlal hosting thC
dinner tunleAh the dinner 10 stag
and then getting up about 3 am
ths day OF the party, W perAonAl'
" DO oil the shopping,
ghe goeS down 10 the whafI
and savss Tn tjhSie II saia'a MI fsnSISI nsrfSiI
BY buying her meat, ffesh isroduei
ahd other ljems IN the WkoIsSaiI,'
district "ft'S jISt line beins
buyel IeF 0 restaurant she says
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