Evening star., 1952-01-18
Society News:
By Peaoy piekey

BY Peggy Dickey
Two aspiring actresses got q
real lesson In how to hold an audi
ence yesterday from the old mas
ter Winston Churchill.
The actresses were Margaret
Truman and Sarah Churchill
(Mrs. Anthony Beauchamp) who
sat spellbound In the Executive
Gallery of the House Of Repre-
sentatives while the latter's father
charmed Q joint meeting Of Con-
gress with his silver-tongued ora
tory.
There may have been those In
the audience opposed to the ideas
Prime Minister Churchill es-
poused. but the sometimes humor-
Gus. more often dramatic manner
Of their presentation left this
country's legislators applauding
the veteran statesman long after
he slowly made his way from the
podium to his awaiting limousine.
Until Mr.. Churchill's arrival on
the House floor, all eyes were di-
rected to the gallery where his
stunning daughter sat in the front
row with Mrs. Truman and Mar
garet.
Early Bird GcIIeyite
Margaret arrived before the
rest Of her party. She wore a
simple black wool suit, white kid
gloves and a close fitting white
feather hat. Pearl earrings and
q choker of pearls were her only
jewelry.
AS she made her way down
the five steps to her front row
seat, she stopped time and again
to extend her hand to different
cabinet wives already seated in the
gallery and several times smiled
out over the floor of the House
In answer to the appreciative
murml1r that greeted her arrival.
Before taking a seat Margaret
paused for an animated talk with
Mrs. Alben Barkley who sat in
solitary splendor in the one seat
In the front row separated from
the rest by the aisle.
Then the Presidents daughter
took q seat beside the United
States Ambassador to the Court
of st. James's, Mr.. Walter S. Gif-
ford. She leaned over him for a |
few words with the lovely Mrs.
Walter Clifford, who sat on his
right, and then greeted Fleet Ad-
miral William D. Leahy, a long
time White House intimate, who
sat on Mrs. Gifford's right.
With only q few moments to
adjust to the pleasant surprise
Of Margaret's being in the audi
ence. spectators had another sur
prise In the unheralded appear
ance Of Sarah Churchill Beau
champ who came into the gallery
Immediately after Mrs. Truman.
An audible whisper went through
the House and galleries as the
patrician daughter of England's
Prime Minister unobtrusively fol-
lowed Mrs. Truman to her seat.
Quiet Charm Coptivotes
The quiet modesty of her en-
trance heightened the effect she
created on her audience. Every
where people turned to their
neighbors to remark on her
beauty and. as she took her seat,
Mrs. Beauchamp finally succumbedI
to the obvious acclaim and pro-
duced q radiant smile for her
admirers.
She greeted Margaret warmly
and the latter gave up her seat
next to Ambassador Clifford so
that Mrs. Beauchamp could sit
between Mrs. Truman and Mr..
Clifford. Margaret then took q
seat on her mothers left and the
seat on her other side was claimed
by the handsome Mr.. Beauchamp.
Q well-known New York photog-
rapher. who met his actress-wife
when he did publicity pictures for
her.
Mrs. Beauchamp arrived in a
short Persian lamb jacket which
she soon removed to reveal a very
low cut black crepe dress. For q
short time this decolletage re-
manned to enchant observers, but
then she demurely tucked a hmy
gray and rust silk scarf around
the low neck and transformed the
dress, with the skill Of one prac-
ticed at quick costume changes,
into very modest afternoon dress.
A close-f1tting black cloche all
but covered Mrs. Beauchamp's
burnished-gold hair. It was high
lighted on one side with rhine
stones which sparkled almost as
brightly as her diamond and pearl
necklace and her diamond brace
let. Mr.. Churchill's daughter ap-
peared here several years ago in
"The Philadelphia Story"
Both Sarah and Margaret have