Evening star., 1953-03-15

Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey was re-
Gently given his choice of max
ing a speech or judging a
horse show. Miss Charlotte
holland, well known head
mistress of fashionable Fox
croft School in Middleburg and
a long time friend of the new
Treasury chief, told him that
he would simply have to come
down there on one occasion
this spring, and she gave him
his choice of functions.
The attractive Secretary,
who never walks on two feet
if he can ride on four, chose,
of course, the horse show on
May 10.
Perle Mesta writes that she
can't help wondering when she
reads positive statements in
the press about her future ac-
tivitieS when she, herself,
doesn't know what she's going
to do. She only knows def
nitely that she is going to the
coronation, and that she will
not return to America this
summer" Even if her job as
United States Minister to Lux
embourg has ended by corona
ton time, she will stay over
there for a while.
II will probably remain in
England part of the time, as
I love it there" Perle advises,
cor at least I will be in Europe
some place"
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Good-looking Senator Barry
Goldwater, Republican from
Phoenix, Arizona, is the only
newcomer to town who says he
finds Washington no gayer
than his home city. Contem-
plation of the fantastic enter
tanning pace in the Capital
doesn't faze the new Senator
in the slightest. In Phoenix
there were always three parties
day to go to and Mr.. Gold
water could go to them because
he had his own business and
it didn't make any difference
how late he showed up at the
office. In Washington, he says,
he will skip most of them be-
cause he has to be at his Office
early to get all the work done.
Why is Phoenix so gay? For
the opposite reason Washing
ton is. Phoenix is a resort
town. Here the whole business
of the world transpires.
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Congressional Unity - SEN
ator and Mrs. Everett DirkSen'S
daughter is married to Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Howard
Bakers son, and the young
couple are awaiting a visit from
the stork. AS Senator Dirksen
is a twin and Mrs. Dirksen's
mother is twin, the bundle of
joy they are expecting may be
twice as joyful as they are
really anticipating.
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A new type of party will take
place in Washington this after
noon. Most hostesses wouldn't
dream of tossing a to-do until
the rugs were down and the
draperies were up, but, in this
case, there's not only no fur
niture installed but neither
heat nor electricity can yet be
turned on. Notwithstanding
this state of total unprepared-
ness. some of Washington's
most noted hostesses will be on
hand to receive guests.
From 3 till $50 this after
noon - it has to be early
so people can see who they're
talking to-the people in
Georgetown most concerned
with preserving it's historic
charm will receive in three old
stores that were on the verge
of being demolished not so long
ago. A group of prominent
Georgetownites formed Historic
Georgetown, Inc. to save them,
and the three excellent ex-
ampleS of pre- Revolutionary
architecture are now being
renovated into picturesque
stores topped by apartments.
The earliest record that's been
dug up about the houses con-
Germs their transfer in the
1790s to Thomas Sim Lee, Gov
ernor of Maryland and a close
friend of Gen. Washington.