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Evening star., 1952-06-15

Life may begin at forty but
glamour comes with grand
children. At least an even half
dozen beauties of the Nations
Capital can claim this.
Washington's morous
grandmothers are versatile.
They come from three of the
towns different social circles
and their talents range from be-
ing hosteSses to art enthusiasts.
They are also believe-it-or-not
items in that they look as
though they should be P.T.A.
members and not of the age and
dignity to be on the city's lead
ing charity and civic boards.
One Of the beauties comes from
the Diplomatic Corps. The wife
of the Minister Counselor of
Peru, Sonora de Aramburu is
not only the mother of six but
also the grandmother of the
same number. There is a slight
reversal however. the first gen.
GRAFTON has five girls and one
boy and the second boasts five
boys and only one Of the fairer
sex.
The Francisco Olivares Ma
dros (she is the former Olga
Aramburu) have three young
ones. They are Gilda, Pancho
and Carlos Ricardo. The former
Senorita Helena Aramburu. who
married Senior Alfredo Toriello.
has two sons, Alfredo and
Eduardo. The youngest mem
ber of the clan is Christopher
German, son of the Carr Nc
VeyS.
The household of the Clark
Cliffords' is in a merry uproar
this week end. On Friday their
son-in-law and daughter. Capt.
and Mrs. William H. Lanahan,
arrived from California with the
third Margery Pepperell. If the
four-month-old Marry" takes
after her mother and her
grandmother (they are the first
and second Margery Pepper
ell's) she will have the stag
lines of the early seventies on
their ears.
Mrs. Clifford is a beautiful
blond and according to the
local theater news, gentlemen
prefer them. Her interests in
clude oil painting and charity
work with the cancer. heart and
arthritis organizations. She re-
Gently won second prize with a
painting of two clowns in a
Washington show.
Wee Peter Oliver Gilsey is a
bachelor member of the month
old set and is the grandson of
Mrs. David S. Barry. Those with
the task of keeping him in line
for the next twenty-odd years
are Mr.. and Mrs. Peter L. Gil
sey. Mrs. Gilsey, the former
Frances Barry. is also the
daughter of the late Col. David
s. Barry. U. S. M. c.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Miss Routheuu Is Wed

of this city and Mrs. H. L. Bod
man of Princeton.
Mr.. John Hume Voigt of
Pittsburgh served as best man
and the uShers were Mr.. Park
man H. Clancy of Sewickley,
Pa, and Capt. James Howard
Dallman of Fort Bragg. N. c.,
brothers-in-law of the BRIDE
groom; DR.. Goronwy Owen
Broun, jr., and the Messrs.
Philip v. r. Schuyler of Prince
ton. Matthew j. Heron of
Rochester, N. Y. and William
H. Brownlee Of New York and
Washington.
After a wedding trip to Mrs.
Arnold's summer place, Stack
Arms Cottage at Macatawa
Park, Mich, the newlyweds will
make their home in Princeton.
where Mr.. Arnold is on a fellow
ship as a cosmic ray physicist.
Mrs. Arnold was a student at
Smith College and is a graduate
of Holton Arms School. Mr..
Arnold was graduated from Cor
nell University and Georgetown
Preparatory School.
Among the out-of town guests
here for the ceremony were Miss
Janet Cooke Of st. Louis, great
aunt of the bridegroom; his two
sisters. Mrs. Clancy and Mrs.
Dallman; Mrs. Goronwy Owen
Broun, and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Mullen, jr., Of Little Rock, Ark,
brother and sister-in-law Of the
bridegroom's mother.
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Miss Josephine Routheau.
daughter of Col. and Mrs. AL
bert E. Routheau of Princeton.
N. j., and Mr.. William Howard
Arnold. jr.. son of Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Arnold, were married
Friday in the Fort Myer Chapel.
Father Walsh officiating. The re-
ception was held in the ball
room Of the Ofhcers' Club at
Fort Lesley ]. McNair.
The bridegroom's father Is
chief of the Joint American
Military Mission for Aid to
Turkey and is now in Ankara.
Mrs. Arnold. accompanied by
her young son. Joseph Cole
man, came here from Turkey
for the wedding.
The bride was escorted by her
father, who is professor Of mill
tary science at Princeton. her
gown had q lace bodice and a
nylon tulle skirt over satin. Her
lace bonnet matched the lace in
her dress and it held a fingertip
veil. She carried lilies OF the
valley and white orchids.
Miss Mary Louise Campbell OF
New Castle, Pa, was maid OF
honor and the other attendants
were the Misses Janet and Elsie
Broun Of st. Louis, twin cousins
Of the bridegroom; Ellen VAN
derbilt Of Williamstown. Mass.
Mary McBreen Of Northampton.
Mass. Anne Katharine Gibson
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Duviette Hill Makes Bow

Pretty, brunette Daviette
Clagett Hill made her debut
yesterday afternoon at a tea
dance given by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis w.
Hill. jr. Anderson house and
its lovely garden was the scene
of the party that drew scores
of Capitalites to greet the deb
utante who is the sixth in her
family to make her bow here.
Her mother made her debut in
Washington as did her aunts.
Mrs. Louis Arthur and Mrs. j.
William Roberts, and her cous-
ins, the then Misses Roberts.
Gardenias, water lilies, ferns
and quantities Of flowers sent
to the debutante decorated the
handsome headquarters of the
Society Of the Cincinnati, of
which Mr.. Hill is a member.
Sidney's orchestra played for
dancing in the ballroom and
Miss Hill and her parents re-
ceived in the adjoining room.
The debutante wore a strap
less gown of French gold bro
cade trimmed with red velvet
and she carried q rose point
lace fan with red roses. Antique
gold and garnet jewelry COM
pleted her costume.
Her slim, pretty mother wore
q dress of shell-pink brocade
with a sash of varied shades Of
pink chiffon.
Assisting the debutante were
the Misses Julie Arnold, Joan
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Exclusively Yours
Convention Plans Society's Chief Topic;
Ponyushkin Always Watched at Parties
By Betty Beole

From now on about all you'll
hear is Convention plans, and
1t won't be just among the po-
liticoes. Every other question
these days is Are you going to
the convention?" Meaning, of
course. the convention of the
political party of the person
asking. The question more
often refers to the Republican
one rather than the Democratic
for two reaSons-Q the date
of the Republican convention,
July Z, is practically upon us,
and (2) except for administra-
ton officials the majority Of the
social set are Republicans.
Chicago socialites are lining
parties up for the July invaders.
It has already been announced
in the Chicago papers that Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Linn, prom
inent members of the windy
city's carriage trade. will en-
tertain at a Sunday luncheon
on the 9Th and dinner on the
7th for ex-U. S. Ambassador to
Ireland and Mrs. George Gar
rett. The Linns will honor at
the same time Mrs. Reeve
Schley Of Far Hills. N. j.. for
mer Washington resident, who.
incidentally. is in the capital
this weekend for the wedding
of Lady Welsh's daughter.
Sharon Barbour. Mrs. Arthur
Macarthur. whose brother-in-
law the General will be the
Republican keynoter. will be
the houseguest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred O'Gara of Chicago.
The CARROTS are in Europe
now. have been there for three
weeks, but will return here on
the 22nd in time. to unpack
and pack up again for the
. political excitement. Which
brings to mind Mrs. Tom Fin
letters amusing comments re-
Gently at a party in the Drew
Pearson's Georgetown home. The
wife of the Secretary of the Air
Force said that she and her
husband were abroad during the
presidential campaign of 1948
but never again would that hap
pen. The strain was too much.
Terribly eager for the latest
news, she would turn on the
radio and search patiently,
finally pick up a voice from
B.B.C. saying. There's some
chap named Dewey running
strongly. Well now play Bach
etude." It was maddening.
Adding considerable pulchri-
tude to the Eisenhower sup
porters will be Mrs. Tracy
Barnes and Mrs. Samuel Biddle.
Both will go to Chicago as vol
unteer workers. Strawberry
blond Mrs. Floyd Rogers.
daughter of D. c. Taft delegate
Mrs. Harry G. Meem. is also
Evening star., 1952-06-15

Carson, Cecil Carusi, Louise
Clarke, Patricia Devereaux,
Alice Freer, Andrea Macdonald.
Mary Mallory Marshall. Gladys
Roberts. Franci Smith. Patricia
Wideman, Mary Winslow and
Elizabeth Kennedy Miller.
Mrs. Hills assistants included
Mrs. Clifton B. Gates, Mrs. VIII
liam F. Burdick. Mrs. William
S. Hardesty, Mrs. Robert Has
brouck. Miss Christabel Hill, her
sister-in-law; Mrs. Richard Hall
Jeschke, Mrs. Robert Jones.
Mrs. George Lipscomb. Mrs.
John E. Mcclure. Mrs. A. Fern
Myers. Mrs. Leo Brison Norris,
Mrs. David Andrew Pine. Mrs.
Donald Sheppard, Mrs. Murray
Simpson, Miss Anne Tuohy.
Mrs. Edward J. Smith. Mrs.
John p. Wetherill and Mrs.
Richard c. Zantzinger.
A host Of other parties will
be given for Daviette between
now and the Christmas season
when she will be returning
from Vassar College as a fresh
man. She has just graduated
from Sidwell Friends School
where she was awarded the
Elmira Key as the outstanding
girl in her class.
On Tuesday evening she win be
the honor guest at a dinner at
the Shoreham to be given by her
grandmother, Mrs. Francis Hill.
ST., and her aunts, Miss Hill
and Mrs. Arthur.
picture on Page D-6.)
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going. Anne's so strong for Taft
that she is customarily seen not
wearing two enormous Taft
buttons and a skirt with Taft'S
name written around it, but
she even wears a huge Taft
button on her petticoat!
4 4 + X
With the departure of Soviet
Ambassador Alexander PAN
yushkin one can't help null
ing over the hideous time he
must have had in Washington.
Most people love the life here
which is certainly all bliss and
Joy compared to Moscow, but
Panyushkin was what we would
call a mental prisoner even
when out at a Washington
party. He couldn't step out of
earshot of his interpreter"
as was so apparent at the Fin
nish Legation the day before
his recall was announced. The
Ambassador speaks perfect
English but during a long con-
versation with one of the guests,
he addressed all his remarks in
Russian to his tall, healthy
looking interpreter who relayed
them in English to the listener.
Even at official dinners-the
only kind the Soviets can at
tend-the Ambassador had to
have his interpreter with him.
The host or hostess was notified
in advance that the interpreter
would have to come also and
must be seated beside the Am
bassador. But everybody knew
Panyushkin spoke f1awless Eng
lish; many heard him including
yours exclusively.
Makes one wonder if Panyush-
kin was really the top man at
the Embassy. A friend once told
me that while stationed in a
South American capital he
looked out his window one eve
ming to find a blind up in the
Soviet Embassy across the street.
There to his amusement he saw
the chauffeur seated at the
dinner table and the Ambassa-
dor waiting on him.
Gromyko's English is so
perfect that when a U. N. in
terpreter failed in translating
from the Russian to give the
exact nuance he wanted. he cor
rected the interpreter.
Petsy Winslow Powell has OBJ
tanned her divorce in st. Thomas
from U. S. Navy Capt. Bonney
Powell. She is so crazy about
the beauteous little island that
she would like to live there
forever. That's what happens
to a lot of the wives who go
down there "for the cure" Petsy
will return to the local scene,
however, the end of this month.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
June Season
Is Popular
For Debuts
Parties Were Held
At Summer Homes
In Former Years
By Katharine M. Brooks

June debutantes in the Ma
tion's Capital are becoming
more numerous as the years
pass. Time was when society
in Washington, beginning with
the President and his family
on through offlcialdom to the
so-called cave-dwellers of Wash
ington City. went away for
the summer"
The departure of the Chief
Executive and his family to a
summer White House" wher-
ever their fancy took them was
the signal for chiefs of diplo-
matte missions to leave town
almost en- maSse. Then the.
world, or at least this country,
was at peace. There was no
need for Congress to remain in
session. Today all is changed.
The need for Congress and
officials of the executive
branch of the Government to
remain at the Capital through
the heat made it the proper
thing for ambassadors and min
listers also to stay close to their
chanceries. Thus it was that
the sweet girl graduate. just
through with school and ready
for college, if that was what
she wanted, came out in the
late spring or early summer.
Similar Fall Fetes
There were many debutantes
prominent later in Washington
society who were presented by
their parents at the family sum-
mer home. Thus Newport, Bar
Harbor, the North Shore Of
Massachusetts, and Long Island
saw the coming out of many
young ladies. These summer
debuts away from the Capital
were followed by similar parties
here in the late fall or early
winter.
Thanksgiving was a favorite
time for debut teas. That was
the day when proud parents
presented their daughter to their
friends at tea and later gave
her a dance to which the sons
and daughters of those friends
were invited. Most of these
parties were given in the home.
But the stress of war, beginning
in 1917. brought shortage of
help here at home. Buffers,
chauffeurs, maids and Wallets
went into the service or found
better pay and fewer hours
working for the Government. So
q luncheon to present a debu-
tante sometimes was resorted
to. And the use of clubs and
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Evening star., 1952-06-15
Chic Crundmothers
Talented and GTomorous Hostesses
Can Claim Fifteen Grandchildren

M:::#*M

Mrs. Barry. one of the love-
liest members of Washington's
residential society, is on the run
these days. She has just un-
packed her suitcases from her
trip to see another daughter,
Miss Barbara Barry, graduate
from Smith College, and is now
packing again for Europe. She
IS a trustee of the National
Presbyterian Church and on the
board of the National SYM
phony Orchestra.
Mrs. Pearsons Rust's summer
vacation will be a trip to An
napolis for dinner one night but
you can be sure it won't be on
a Thursday. That day and
every other Sunday she takes
over her grandson. 20-month-old
Edes Fitzhugh Talman. He is
the son of Comdr. and Mrs. Ben
jamin L. Edes Talman. Reason
for this grandmotherly duty is
that the Talmans are in Europe
-Edes on Navy duty and ROE
for fun.
Latest news Of them is that
they just spent two weeks on
the Rivera and now plan to
meet in Naples. Vivacious Mrs.
Rust is a bridge enthusiast and
a member of the Emergency
Hospital
Officialdom's glamour grand
mother is Mrs. Edward H.
Foley. jr.. wife of the Under
secretary of the Treasury. This
witty. outstanding hostess has
three grandchildren, from five
years to nine months. They are
Nancy Lyon and Emily Ligon
Travers, daughters of Mrs. Bow
doin Travers, and Josiah Angus
tus Spaulding, jr., son Of Capt.
and Mrs. Spaulding.
Chic and well-groomed Mrs.
Foley can't get away with an
old dress or her slip showing
her husband was named one
of the ten best dressed men
(the only other Westinghouse
on this list was the Secretary of
State). Her interests include
golf, canasta and painting. to
say nothing of being on the
board of the I.V.N.S. And with
all this she says with slight
Southern accent, "Oh. I'm not
very interesting"
And back TO the diplomats
you have pretty Signora Augusta
Rosso, wife of the former Italian
Ambassador to this country and
to Russia. She is the mother of
two and the grandmother of
three. Her daughter, Mrs. James
Hynes of Washington claims
all with Frances 8, Carol 6, and
Arthur 8.
A son, Mr.. George Bunker,
was married last fall to beauti-
full Promilla Coelho of Bombay.
They live in southern France
where Mr.. Bunker is an artist.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Miss Barbour
Is the Bride
OF Mr.. Rhett

Christ Church in Georgetown
was the scene yesterday Of the
marriage of Miss Sharon Bar.
bour, daughter of Lady Welsh
and the late Senator w. War;
rem Barbour of New Jersey, to
Mr.. Harry Moore Rhett, jr..
son of Mrs. Rhett and the late
Mr.. Rhett of Huntsville, Ala. The
Rev. John Anschutz officiated
at the ceremony, which was fol-
lowed by a reception at the
1925 F Street Club.
The brides step-father. Air
Marshal Sir William l.. Welsh.
gave her in marriage. She wore
an embroidered organdy dress
with a matching bonnet trim
med with white lilacs. a tulle
veil, and she carried French
bouquet of white orchids.
stephanotis and lilies of the
valley.
Mrs. Avery Faulkner was ma
tron of honor and Miss Patricia
Hurley of Boston was maid OF
honor. The bridesmaids were
the Misses Ayreslea Rowland
and Rhonda McComas of New
York City, Nancie Allen OF
Greenwich, Conn.,, and Deborah
Platt. All wore pale blue taffeta
dresses with white organdy butt
terflies appliqued along neck
line and matching Juliet caps.
The two honor attendants car
ried purple iris and pale yellow
and white snapdragons. The
others, deep yellow iris and the
same color snapdragons. The
brides niece, Elysabeth c. Hig-
gins, was the flower girl. She
wore white organdy over pale
blue taffeta appliqued with but
terf1ies, a wreath of pale blue
lIacs, and carried French
bouquet of delphinium and pink
roses.
Mr.. John H. Wallace III, Of
Huntsville, was best man and
the ushers were the Messrs.
Warren Barbour, brother of the
bride; William T. Hutchens II.
Milton H. Lanier. James M.
White, William D. Mckee, Jo-
seph Walker, jr., Winston F.
Garth II, Bolton Y. Cooper,
John S. Guest and Frank H.
Powers, jr.
The former Miss Barbour
attended the Chaplin School and
was graduated from the Po-
tomac and Westover schools.
She was studying at Sarah
Lawrence College.
Mr.. Rhett is a graduate Of
Culver Military Academy and
Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, where he was a member Of
Phi Delta Theta. He was in the
class of 1887 at the Business
School of Harvard University.
During World War II he served
four and a half years in the
Army.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rhett are 60
ing to Bermuda for their we'd
ding trip. They will make their
home in Huntsville.
picture on Page D-2J
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Capt. Patton
Is Married
In Cathedral

The son of the late Gen.
George S. Patton. World War II
hero, was married here yester-
day. Capt. George Smith Pat
ton, U. S. A., whose mother now
resides at Green Meadows,
South Hamilton, Mass, took as
his bride Miss Joanne Stanley
Holbrook, daughter of Brig. Gen.
Willard Ames Holbrook. U. S. A.,
retired, and Mrs. Holbrook of
Washington and Gibson Island.
The Bishop of Atlanta, the
Right Rev. John B. Walthour,
and Canon Luther B. Miller,
former chief of Army chaplains,
officiated at the ceremony. which
was held in the Great Choir of
the Washington Cathedral at
4::30 o'clock.
A small reception for mem
bers of the family and out-of-
town guests followed at the
Chevy Chase Club. Gen. and
Mrs. Holbrook will give a larger
reception for the couple after
they return from their wedding
trip.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a lovely
white organdy gown with a
bouffant skirt falling into a
brief train. Pearls decorated
the organdy roses around the
neckline and a bandeau of pearls
held her fingertip veil Of illu-
sion in place. She carried
cascade bouquet of white orchids
and stephanotis.
Her sister, Miss Marian Hol-
brook, was the maid Of honor
and the bridesmaids were the
Misses Gail Hall of San An
tonic. Tex. Julia r. Summerall
of Charleston. S. c.. Anne Boone
Hoagland, Mary Byrd Gesler.
Louise McManus and Mary
Clare Warrington. All were
dressed alike in light blue Or
CANDY gowns with matching
bandeaux and they carried bou-
quets of yellow roses, baby's
breath and blue delphinium.
Capt. Richard G. Newell Of
Bordentown, N. j., was best
man, and the ushers were Col.
James w. Totten Of this city
and Col. John K. Waters Of
West Point. both brothers-in-
law of the bridegroom. and
Capts. r. E. Drake, r. H. Nye,
8. o. Edwards, S. r. Martin and
Thomas Tyree of Fort Knox.
KY; Cadet Willard Holbrook,
U. S. A., brother of the bride,
and 1t. Frank A. Allen. jr.
After a Southern wedding trip
the couple will make their home
at Fort Knox where Capt. Pat
ton has been assigned to the
faculty Of the Armored School.
He attended st. Adams School
here and the Hill School and
was graduated from the United
States Military Academy in 1916.
His bride was graduated from
Mount Vernon Seminary and re-
ceived her degree from Sweet
Briar College earlier this month.
She is q member Of the Army
Daughters Of Washington.
picture on Page D-9J
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Helen Miller
AWOnnun Of
Many Talents
Candidates Wife
Journalist, Author,
Economics Expert
By lsobelle Shelton

If Francis Pickens Miller
should surprise even some of his
best friends and defeat Harry
Byrd as Senator from Virginia.
there will be an unusually tai
ented addition to the ranks Of
Senate wives.
Mrs. Miller. known profession
ally as Helen Hill Miller, has
so many accomplishments that
it requires 81 lines in Who's Who
simply to list them. And at
that the biographical sketch
skips lightly over some matters.
The seven books she has writ
ten, on various historical or for
eign policy subjects. are polished
OF in one blithe sentence which
states that she has "authored or
co-authored several books!" Net
mentioned at all are the many
publications to which she has
been regular contributor over
the years, such as the Atlantic
Monthly, the Yale Review, the
Virginia Quarterly. the Re-
porter.
For the past two years Mrs.
Miller has been a Washington
correspondent for Newsweek
magazine, covering economic.
financial and foreign policy
questions. For the 10 years prlor
to that she was American corre-
Spondent for the errudite Lon.
don Economist. one of the most
highly respected of British mag
azineS.
Formerly q Tutor
Prior to that she had been a
tutor at Bryn Mawr summer
school, a visiting lecturer at st.
Johns College (Which then
possessed. an all-male student
body, administrative secretary.
then executive director, OF the
National Policy Committee. and
a writer on the staff Of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Her educational honors in
clude a B.A. from Bryn Mawr
Q92D, a diploma in economics
and political science from OK
ford University Q922, a Ph.D.
from the University of Chicago
1929 and certificate from the
Post Graduate Institute OF
Higher International Studies IN
Geneva. Switzerland (l928.
When her husband decided
several months ago to enter the
Democratic primary against
Senator Byrd, Mrs. Miller con-
sidered taking a leave of absence
to give her full time to the cam
paign.
But I found I could do quite Q
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Evening star., 1952-04-24
Questions for Eisenhower

The strategy of one political camp bonn
harding another with questions "in the public
interest" is an old campaign device. Supporters
Of Senator Taft are employing it in barrage
currently being directed at General Eisenhower,
with the latest salvo being nationally circulated
petition containing 81 questions.
Ordinarily, acceptance of such challenge
places the other fellow on the defensive, trapped
into a discussion of issues which have been
carefully chosen by his opponent. For General
Eisenhower to rise to this challenge at this time
would have the same effect and probably would
provide full supply of new ammunition to
Senator Taft and the Ohioan's hackers. General
Eisenhower is not apt to take the bait.
OF course, when and If the general formally
enters this years presidential campaign he must
deal with most of the questions already raised.
Many of them are vital to the campaign itself
and provide in large degree the measure by
which the American public should and will
select its next President. Since the general has
not been engaged in political life heretofore, he
has not been under the compulson of taking a
public position on most of these matters.
Eventually he should do so He has right
to choose his own time and manner of answering,
but the legitimate questions are not ones that
can be filed and forgotten.