Evening star., 1954-01-17

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closely guarded as an atomic
secret. Probably because some
misguided souls like to think
that corned beef and cabbage
has been dished up on all these
occasions when the gold serv-
ice was trotted out.
Or it may be that there is
one particularly successful
menu which they like to re-
peat. II that's the case / can
tell you what Tuesdays honor
guests. Vice President and Mrs.
Nixon, ct al are going to eat.
This may be espionage butt a
nice ambassador smuggled out
one OF the gold crested menus
that reposed on the table at
the last official dinner. Since
what's good enough for the
President is good enough for
anybody. you local hostesses
can take note.
First course: Blue points on
half shell. cocktail sauce, lemon
wedges, saltine crackers.
Second course: Clear soup with
marrow balls, celery hearts.
assorted olives, fairy toast.
Sherry served with this. !. .
Third course: Lobster therrni-
dor, black butter sauce. Dam
ish tomatoes. Sauterne with
this. Fourth course: Roast
stuffed Long Island duckling,
appleSauce, currant jelly,
gravy, wild rice. string beans,
buttered beets, bread sticks.
And red burgundy. -. Fifth
course: Orange and Roquefort
cheese salad. herb dressing,
toasted triscuits. Champagne
poured. -. Sixth course: Span
ish cream, caramel sauce, as
sorted cupcakes, nuts. candies
and demitasse.
There it is, you can give your
own White House dinner now.
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A strictly cultural affair is in
the process of being whipped
up for the evening of January
80. You don't usually have to
pay to get into st. Johns
Church on Lafayette Square,
but you will that evening. For
that's the setting chosen for a
Scarlatti concert composed Of
a chorus and continue. Nat
urally, everybody knows what
a continue is. but just in case
there's somebody else who
didn't find out until yesterday
its an organ, cello and
string bass.
The concert will be a re-
peat performance of one given
recently at Dumbarton Oaks
for its customary limited in
vited audience. Such members
as the Undersecretary of the
Air Force and Mrs. Jim Doug
las, the Robert Woods Blisses.
Helen Woods, H Hardinge
Scholle, the Italian Counselor
and Signora Ortona and the
Daniel de Ionghs decided it
was too heavenly to have been
heard by so few on this earth.
So it will be repeated in the
beautiful historic church with
Paul Galloway conducting, the
chorus.
While on the subject Of
music, probably the best after
concert party given or to be
given by any National SYM
phony supporter all year. was
the one tossed by the Gregory
Smiths Given in their big.
frame Georgetown house that's
been luxuriously done over
from tip to toe, it easily ac-
commodated 200 people for
supper without even filling all
it's first floor space. Some of
the most attractive symphony
supporters IN town. plus
Georgetown friends. plus the
whole orchestra were treated
to champagne and q full
course buffet supper.
Later in the evening 1t
looked like the orchestra might
produce a spontaneous jam
session. The Smiths have two
grand pianos in their music
room, so a piano duet promptly
developed and the bassoon
player just happened to have
his bassoon with him and the
drummer took over a drum
that one of the Smith children
received from Santa Claus. It
was gay and amusing. Peggy
Smith, by the way, is studying
musical instrument prac-
tically obsolete today. the re-
corder, which is a type Of early
flute.