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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-06
Society News
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NenezueIons Mark
Independent Day
Ambassador and Mrs. De GonzoIes
Entertain Hundreds at Reception
BY EIeni

About the only thing lacking
at the 1880 Independence Day
celebration of the United States.
Of Venezuela, held yesterday
from 8 to 8, were fireworks.
These appropriately enough.
were even provided for later in
the evening at the fireworks
display III .eelebration Of the
178tln anniversary u the United
States Of Americas Independ-
ence OF the Monument Grounds.
The Ambassador Of Venezuela
and Sonora de Gonzalez received
over 825 guests In their beautiful
new Embassy, located on Mas
sachusetts avenue.
It looked like the gigantic
party might be rained in COM
pletely, but the weather bright
ened and tables originally set up
IN the basement were reset in
the gardens on each side Of the
spacious Embassy.
Ear,,ar at44nm t,,e Ambas-
sador had 1articiuated Ia q
small ceremony honoring Simon
bolivar the Liberator of I'VE
Tat;n sAmericay countries. IN
a1,,i;,r rciiyio fsnIamlia Ec,,a-
-. u I,s,.,, IS, a,,siinc Il, front
~ t ~ a ,,,,,,rsssivs VA, ciI r,air,ting 81
p =. ;o 4 ~, - 1870 ssaSior de-
, nv,.aI' !. s,,o,:t sneech Joining
him i, : cnananagne toast fol-
1oH,;ng Il were M. Venezuelan Air
Tarcs f.asi;stss ana their officer ia
asa,.e,S 49, Il go, st,,dv Fnplisf1 FOR
80 {. . ~ 8. 81 sa nr,aricar TJni-
80 800, - !, "a - Z u
800 .,,;t,, f,,a r,a,,v Naval
800 49, ..,.e ss tba,s seemed
a,.sa .,sa,a,,, s =, 3nvina every
. W Nc 1920 - IA cav recentiorl
~
Every Room Filled
Guests filled every room of the
frst sfioor- of the tastefully
Iaoorated Emhassv You could
heor +her snaakinp in French.
Snao;sh Tnoiish portuguese and
49, =. +bov wandered
thro,,oh admiring the paintings.
and the lovely flower arrange
ments nlanned by the beautiful,
petite Sonora &c do .,at love,
.at;as - h.,n t,,rrav salads
s.a1, oaLas n,,ts notato salad
s S 49, S.,;nac;as feat,red q
anu vs. ae,,+a, r ~ white and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde j..
Verkerke of Alexandria have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter Sondra Hoult to Mr..
william Dial Perry, son of DR..
and Mrs. Matthew White Perry
of Washington.
In last Sundays Star, Miss
Verkerke inadvertently was re-
ported engaged to MIR. Matthew
White Perry. The Star regrets
the error.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-06

shopping for her "store- bought
black and white lace cocktail
frock. All during the party she
didn't stop once to nibble on
anything from the lavish buffet
spread. I'm dieting" said the
tiny. size Z chatelaine Of the
Venezuelan Embassy.
Towards the end OF the party,
the Ambassador slipped out into
the cool garden and had a small
talk with his cousin. Carlos
Gonzalez, who is assistant direc-
tor of the Pan-American SAM
tary Bureau here. and a former
director of health in Caracas.
Spotted In the garden also
were Admiral and Mrs. Thomas
Kelly. Judge and Mrs. George
Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Henle,
Mrs. T. Septimus Austin, Mr..
and Mrs. Sydney Graves, and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. u. Whittmore.
Col. and Mrs. Clarke Galloway.
former Costa Rican Ambassador
and Mrs. Oreamuno. Represent
alive Jack Dempsey Of New
Mexico, Representative Louis c..
Rabaut and his wife. and the
dapper DR.. Juan Bautista de
Lavalle. Peruvian Ambassador to
the GAS.
A feminine guest turned to
Senator Mundt, who was present,
and told him that she was one
Of millions who watched the
hearings. Replied the Senator,
there certainly were a lot of
people watching. Why, we're
still getting letters from house,
wives"
Perfect Party End
What does hostess who's
staged a successful party for
over 825 guests think Of when
it's all over?
/ What a lot Of housekeeping
thereIl be tomorrow" sighed the
pretty Sonora de Gonzalez.
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Is Married

Miss Betty Gene Brown, daugh.
ter of Mrs. Eleanor Brown Traub.
was married June 26 to Mr..
Raymond Smith Maddox, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie B. Maddox
Of Arlington.
The Rev. J. Hedley Williams
officiated at the wedding which
was held in st. Georges Epis-
copal Church in Arlington. A
reception followed at the home
of the Brides aunt, Mrs. Ethel v.
Hickman. as.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-06

to leave for Caracas on Thurs
day. He will receive an annual
award for having been the
North American who has done
the most for the development OF
the ter-American system Of
highways. Mrs. Holland is ac-
companying the Senator. who
along with the President Of
Venezuela. the Latin American
receiving q similar award, is
being honored on July 18th.
Visiting the Hollands and with
them at the party. was Sam
Rahim, son Of a former Egyptian
Ambassador to Washington, who
is a senior at Harvard.
Also present at the party
were MFR. and Mrs. Edward
Carney. Her father was DR..
Victor Reno Marquez. former
president of Venezuela.
July beingsvacation time from
school, many guests were not
ing that their youngsters were
due home from distant lands.
Mrs. James Moran commented
that she is expecting her daugh-
ter. Mariana, from Spain, and
Mrs. Alberto zamboni, wife of
the Italian Naval Attache, was
quite excited about the approach
ing arrival Of her young Paulo,
10, from Florence.
Helping Receive
Receiving with the Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Gonzalez were
DR.. and Mrs. Tito Gutierrez
| Alfaro. He lis the Venezuelan
Ambassador to the GAS. They
greeted warmly the many rep
resentatives from Latin Ameri-
can Embassies, plus numerous
military and naval attaches
stationed in Washington.
Diplomatic neighbors of theirs
on Massachusetts avenue. in
Guiding Greek Ambassador Poll
tbs, Lady Makins, wife Of the
British Ambassador. and Am
bassador Yang of Korea,
dropped by the reception.
From the diplomatic corps
there was the Spanish Ambas-
sador, minus Sonora de Lee
querica, who was visiting in
New York. The Ambassador OF
Lebanon and Mrs. Charles
Malik, Ambassador of Japan
Iguchi, the Ambassador OF
Pakistan and Begun Ali, with
Begun Noon. wife of the Chief
Minister of Punjab; the AM
bassador Of New Zealand and
the Ambassador of Cambodia
were also seen at the party.
| Representing official Washing
ton were Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman
Adams, the Secretary of the In
terror and Mrs. Mckay, the
Under Secretary Of Agriculture
4 and Mrs. Morse and Associate
Justice and Mrs. Harold F
Burton.
Spanish Spoken Here
| Warmly greeting their hosts If
rapid-fire Spanish were the en-
voys of Ell Salvador, the Domin.
lean Republic, Nicaragua, Hon.
duras and Colombia. They werl
accompanied by their wives.
Sonora de Gonzalez readil.
admitted to having nothing Il
wear" for the big party ant
having to do some last-minut'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-06

WOEh dt lilac OIA4FCAS4ty Va MdIy@
land.
Wiegond- Winters
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Trip
Wiegand announce the engage
ment Of their daughter Elizabeth
to the Rev. Matthew Littleton
Winters, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Matthew Littleton Winters of De-
troit, Mich. An october wedding
is planned.
Miss Wiegand is graduate Of
Wittenberg College in SPRING
field, Ohio.
Her fiance is a graduate Of
Wittenberg College and HANNA
Divinity School. The Rev.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-06

Sity of Michigan this year.
Brown-Price
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett c. Brown
Of Silver Spring announce the
engagement of their daughter.
Elizabeth Anne, to Army Pvt.
William Jack Price, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Jack Price OF
Hot Springs, NC.
The bride-elect is a graduate
Of the Academy of the Holy
Names, and Pvt. Price attended
Georgetown University. He is
now stationed at Fort Bragg,
N. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-06
Announcements Made Of Engagements

masters degree from the Univer.
sity of Michigan this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-06

work at the University Of Mary
land.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
IGlon1our Is Their Business
Jeanne Croiin-BeoutifuI Mother

HOLLYWOOD When I ar
rived at Jeanne Grains hilltop
house for tea, recently-just be-
fore she left for a picture as
signment in Europe II found her
stretched out by the pool being
photographed in a sexy leopard
skin bathing suit. She looked so
incredibly girlish it was difficult
to realize that she was the moth
er of four.
Later In the living room as
Jeanne poured tea from beauti-
ful silver service I expressed
words of praise for her figure.
DO you have to work terribly
hard" I asked, ito keep it this
Way?"
Jeanne smiled. Mature helps
you after you've had q baby to
snap back SO per cent of the
way but the rest is up to you.
like to start bed exercises the
fifth day. It isn't that you have
to do SO much but you have to
be faithful. You have to make
your exercise routine a part of
your daily living-as much Of
a habit as brushing your teeth.
Learn to Stretch
When you wake up in the
morning" Jeanne advised, learn
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Mr.. Winnsutt
I axes Bride

Miss Frances Elizabeth Kyle,
daughter Of Col. and Mrs. Reu-
ben Kyle, jr.. st. Johns, New
foundland. was married septem-
ber 8 to Mr.. William Richard
Wimsatt. SON of Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Robert w. c. Wimsatt Of
Morattico. Va.
The Rev. Robert Mooney per-
formed the ceremony, which
took place at Mitchell Air Force
Base. Long Island, N. Y. A re-
ception was held following the
ceremony.
Mrs. Wimsatt attended Duke
University. Mr.. Wimsatt at
tended Fordham University and
the University of Miami.
After a wedding trip the
couple will make their home in
the Canal Zone.
Evening star., 1954-09-19

always strive to look your best.
This is important not only for
the impression others get Of you
but for the feeling OF confidence
1t builds in you.
Clothes should be chosen to
emphasize not only your good
points but your femininity. If
you doubt your own taste. con-
suit q man. He may not know a
thing about the latest fashions
but he will be able to tell you
whether what you have on is
becoming or not
Evening star., 1954-09-19
For Holiday Wear

An East Indian effect in holi-
day jewelry. One showpiece
necklace has tiers Of massed
gold beads hung from vertical
loops in a bib effect. Matching
lusters Of beads make drop
earrings.
Evening star., 1954-09-19

to stretch. Feel yourself pulling
one leg. then another, wiggle
your shoulders, stretch your arms
get the kinks out of your mus
cles as naturally as a dog or
cat does after q nap.
| There are many ways to re-
duce," Jeanne continued. "but
my favorite is with tension type
exercises. These build a long
lean line, not a knotty bulge. It's
a matter Of stretching followed
by relaxation. This brings UP
the circulation so that nature
can help you.
"One of my favorites is to
stand with my hands above my
head and my hands clasped SO
that my palms are toward the
ceiling and stretch as far as /
can until 7 feel my waist line
lifting out of my pelvic girdle.
This, like all Of the exercises
I'm telling you about, is good
anytime. not just after preg-
nancy. Lots of people don't have
a clearly marked waistline. It's
there of course, but it's not free.
If they would really stretch like
this every night and morning
their figures couldn't help but
improve.
Another waist exercise which
I like is to get on my knees
and twist as far as can, first to
one side and then the other.
Abdomen Exercises
But the main consideration in
exercise, especially after q baby,
is to regain o fiat abdomen. No
exercise is any better than the
way you do it. The important
thing is to work SO as to feel
the pull-you must have tension
In the muscles and your mind
on your work or you are vast
ing your time.
Lifting your leg up and down
Is a classic exercise with guar
anteed results. Do these slowly
and with concentration. bringing
your heels down. almost touching
the floor but never enough to
release the tension. Do these 10
times night and morning for 10
days and you'll build muscle.
Then, as you grow stronger, in
crease this to 20 times.
Another exercise to fiatten
your stomach is to lie on the
floor, tuck your feet under the
seat of a chair or couch and
come up slowly to a sitting posi-
ton and go back slowly"
SIS that all you do?" 7 asked.
"There are many ways to
timber muscles and streamline
your figure" Jeanne confessed,
"but these four are my favor
ties"
Jeanne has combined being a
mother and a movie star to a
remarkably successful degree.
II try to keep my marriage and
my career separate-to give each
In its turn my individual atten-
tion," she told me in answer to
my comment. But o husband
must be interested in his wife's
accomplishments. Falling in
love is more than q chemical
thing. When two people really
love each other most problems
can be successfully worked out. !"
BE Rested
Jeanne's father was o profess
sor and brought her up to feel
that success had little value II it
was achieved by disregarding
human values. "7e stressed the
point that a person should never
attempt to do anything when
nervous or tired" Jeanne told me.
"And he used to say, BE rested:
be prepared; don't talk-do.'"
Didn't he ever mention the
necessity of being beautiful?" I
asked.
Jeanne smiled. "You should
Evening star., 1954-11-28

husband Morris, who remains seated-pro-
vide food for party talk for months.
Ovens appeal lies in the fact that she's
uninhibited She says what she thinks, and
her thinking is provocative, to say the least.
The fact that she has also expressed herself
on the subject of Perle Mesta as the No.
party-giver has given rise to reanls of printed
matter on four continents and in half
dozen languages. Her national and interna-
tional fame began, in fact when Perle left
Washington to go to Luxembourg.
What was cooking with Gwen before then?
went over to her ultramodern home on Fox
hall road to find out. Brunette, sloe-eyed
Gwen, wearing a sleek, chic, black velvet
hostess gown, received me in her big drawing
room with its murals of half nudes and wall
Of glass overlooking the best view in WASH
ington. A butler brought in some champagne
for the two~of us, and we began the interview.
She was born in 1910 in Budapest of an
Evening star., 1954-11-28

houses, was very CIVIC minded,
so I was asked to be on all
these boards" She would get
up to speak and express her.
self as well as she knew how
and was soon put on the
speakers bureau of several or
ganizations, says Mrs. c.
"I can speak much better
standing up than like this. !
used to go to the Library of
Congress and write my own pa
pers. I could re-massage them
and use them again and
again." observed the ingenious
Gwen.
That's how / met 'Cissie'
Patterson which made a great
change in my life. She heard
me speak somewhere" Gwen
was in her early 20s when she
met Cissie. she said. and the
late Eleanor Patterson, then
owner and publisher of the
w as hington Times-Her
started putting her picture in
the paper and having her
parties written up.
Hostess Ideo Born
Then / looked around" said
Gwen frankly, "and thought
there are more things to do
in the Capital of this world be-
sides social work and riding
horseback before breakfast"
In that one glance the future
hostess was born.
The late Mrs. Edward T.
Stotesbury was awfully nice to
her. "She gave a party for
me at Palm Beach every year
on my birthday" And she
remembers Evalyn Walsh NC
Evening star., 1954-11-28

For the fashionably
gowned wife of the multi
millionaire realtor. Morris
Cafritz, is nothing if not
colorful. She's introduced a
new form of talk in the
Capital and a new dinner
custom. The extraordinary
juxtaposition of words in
her non-sequitur-ish COM
ments-now known as
GwendolyniSms are re-
peated all over town. Her
inevitable a fter-dinne n er
speeches. full of such anus
ing phraseology and listened
to with pleased interest by
Evening star., 1954-11-28

American mother and Hungarian father The
latter was Dr. LaSzlo Detre. co-diScoverer Of
the Wasserman Test. she said. and a member
Of the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He taught
bacteriology at the University Of Budapest and
Vienna and was the AuStro- Hungarian repre-
sentative to tuberculosis congress here in
1908. when he met her mother.
Except for occasional excursions to WASH,
ington. beginning when she was 8 years old,
Gwendolyn, the eldest Of their two daughters
was raised and educated in Budapest. She
studied art in Paris when her father went
there to give course, but she received her
degree in history of art from the University
Of Budapest at the tender age Of 49, She also
won Perugia fellowship for one summer of
art study in the Italian town.
She always did technical art work, too
'but now do practically nothing except draw
pictures of platters the way want them to
come in"
In the meantime, the family went
around to all the resorts you ever hear about
Every spring we went to Italy" And they
came to the States las often as possible"
Meets Morris
It was on one Of these trips that she met
Morris Cafritz Her mother introduced them
and they were married six months later at the
Mayfower Hotel. Il was afraid Morris would
never show up, but he did thought he was
utterly divine and everybody else seemed so un-
important. The first date had with him we
went horseback riding for three hours"
Slim enough to wear bikini, she still
goes in heavily for exercise. She has gym
next to her bedroom with horizontal and ver-
tical bars and gives herself Commute work.
out daily II can swim any distance" remarked
the unmuscular Gwen, Il swan four miles
a day at Capri" And last year she startled
the Capital by padding canoe down the
Potomac every morning.
Her realtor husband, who had already
built the subdivision Petworth with its 5000
Evening star., 1954-11-28


my best friends and I am mad
for Marjorie" Does she expect
to invite Perle to any parties?
Il don't think so. ] don't ex.
pect to give any parties that
big" replies Gwen. with q
twist of the verbal knife.
II really don't know Mrs.
Mesta at all, so I can't COM
ment on her." she continued.
What did she think of having
her back on the Washington
scene? Il think it's a different
age bracket. It doesn't matter.
(See Beale on Page D-8)
Evening star., 1954-11-28

are people who are doing things
on an international scale. They
are not existing in an intellec-
tual vacuum. They are Great
ing something or other. If they
do nothing else but dance. they
are good fori. a certain circuit"
tosses off Mrs. Cafritz.. !.
N
Never Fetes PerIe
She entertains, she said, two
of the other best-known host
esses in town, Marjorie Davies
and Polly Guggenheim, but not
Perle. II hope Polly is one of
Evening star., 1954-11-28


Leans parties but she thinks
Cissie Patterson's parties were
better because she didn't have
movies. tits a personal pre-
dilection of mine. ] don't like
to watch anything She would
not think of giving a seated
luncheon for $50 as Evalyn did.
She likes the seated dinner of
%. But I'VE in Washington
are mad about each other and
have a wonderful time. mo
matter what sort of thing a
person gives"
Gwen doesn't remember
when she gave her first i'm
portant dinner. For awhile
she was busy having three
sons Calvin, now %, on Army
duty in Alaska: Carter, II, at
school in Connecticut, and
Conrad, Is, at st. Adams
School here. How come all
their names are two syllables
and begin with C? Morris
names all children. horses,
dogs, apartment houses and
everything around here. I just
make speeches" was the reply.
But her first really good
parties didn't take place until
the Cafritzes moved to their
plush Foxhan road home which
is equipped with a private
nightclub effect downstairs,
outdoor terraces, considerable
grounds and a swimming pool.
She and Morris dined at
the White House during the
Roosevelt administration, but
have not done so since. She
did not. she insisted ever say
that the Eisenhowers would
give such dull parties-always
bridge" as quoted in a national
magazine in 1862.
Washington is more fun, she
thinks, under the Democrats,
but she is. neither a Democrat
nor a Republican-"but de-
finitely a liberal, and particu-
larly an intellectual. All the
snobbery ! have is intellec-
tual," offered Gwen, who de-
scribed herself as a reader OF
the New York Times, the Man.
chester Guardian, the Chris
tian Science Monitor and the
Washington newspapers.
Entertained Weep
But it was her friendship
with the politically important
Alben Barkley that projected
her into the national picture.
She had known the Weep when
he was Senator, just as Mrs.
Mesta had known President
Truman from senatorial days.
Gwen made headlines when
Life magazine covered her
charcoal grill-mint julep"
party in July of 1949 and Vice
President Barkley was there,
Senator Taft, the Stuart Sy-
mingtons. the Cornelius Van
derbilt Whitneys and q flock
Of other officials. It was def
nitely a triumph.
She likes to tell Of her gar
den party for the Red Cross
Motor Corps during the war
which drew slew of movie
stars. Gwen has q weakness
for these. She's also q match
maker. It was her idea, she
said. To have the Boy Meets
Girl program at Grifilth sta
dunn In 1942 when 50, 900 Gov
ernment girls and servicemen
occupied alternating seats. She
tossed the baseball that opened
the game that day.
She was entertaining am
paSsadors right along too.
Asked once about a party she
was going to have, she replied
with a Gwendo dolynisna. "Oh,
there'll be millions Of anbassa-
dorS and some deSultory food
and caviar walking around"
she likes to have strategic
people" to dinner.
what ] consider attractive
Evening star., 1954-11-28
Famous Capital Fiostesses
Mrs. Cofritz: People Remember
Uninhibited 'CwendoIynisms
BY Betty BeoIe

The youngest and most controversial Of
Washington's best-known hostesses is Gwen
dolyn Cafritz Any time party conversation
here begins to lag, the mere mention Of Gwen
will set it spinning again in all directions
Evening star., 1954-11-28

(See Beale on Page D-8.)
Evening star., 1954-06-03

least two armed battalions in
hiding, awaiting the signal to
strike. Guns rumble every night
as Wet Mini raiders are fought
off near the city outskirts.
Wide boulevards, villas and
sidewalk cafes give Hanoi's
French quarter the appearance
of a provincial town in Southern
France. A little lake with a
quaint island pagoda separates
this part of the city from the
Wet Namese and Chinese Sec
ton. a tight tumble of shops
and houses.
To get in or out of the head
quarters city. the French must
take planes or travel on the
heavily guarded road and parallel
railway to the seaport of Hal
phong.
The 65-mile route is a life
line for the main French forces
in North Indo-China. All sup
plies, including millions of dol
lars in United States war ma
terial and coal for Hanoi's elec-
Evening star., 1954-06-03
German Broudcusts
Win Wide Audience
by the Associated Pros,

BONN, Germany. - Resurgent
Germany is moving into overseas
broadcasting in a big way. The
DeutSche Welle German Wave)
in operation just a year. has won
a big audience throughout the
world. It's the German equiva-
lent of the Voice of America, the
British Broadcasting Corpora
tion's overseas broadcaStS and
Russian short-wave broadcast
ing.
This year the Germans will
start building the most powerful
Short-wave tranSmitters ever
used for German overseas broad
casting-200.000 watts compared
with the two 20,000-watt trans
mitterS now in use. Broadcasts
will be added in English, French,
Spanish and Portuguese. Deutsche
Welle now broadcasts only in
German.