Evening star., 1954-01-20

Compte, Representative and Mrs.
Arthur L. Miller. Representative
and Mrs. Sid Simpson. and Rep
resentative and Mrs. Samuel K.
Mcconnell. jr.
The Assistant to the President
and Mrs. Sherman Adams were
the ranking guests from the ex-
ecutive staff of the White House.
Others included the Deputy AS
sistant to the President and Mrs.
Wilton B. Persons, Special As
sistant to the President Robert
Cutler. and Administrative As
sistant to the President and Mrs.
Bryce N. Harlow.
Womon Officiol
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. How
ard, the latter Deputy Defense
Administrator, were in the COM
pany and also Deputy Assistant
on the Executive staff and Mrs.
Stanley Rumbough and Assist
ant Press Secretary and Mrs.
Murray Snyder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ber-
mingham, personal friends Of the
hosts from Midway, Ala, came
to Washington for the dinner
and others from out of town
included Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
w. Black, Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
High, DR.. John H. Lyon, pro-
fessor emeritus of English at
Columbia University, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles McAdam, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis D Slater and Mrs.
Harold I. Pratt. came from New
York, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
P. Mccormick came over from
Baltimore to attend the party.
Other Guests
Mrs. John Sheldon Doud.
mother of Mrs. Eisenhower was
there ands also Mr.. and Mrs.
John E. Mcclure, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Reagan McCreary. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryson B. Rash, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel B. Markell, the latter
president of the Womeh's Ma
tional Press Club: Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Blunck, Mr.. Charles P.
Tompkins, Warrant Officer Helen
E. Weaver of the secretarial
staff of the White House and
Air Force 1t. Col. William G.
Draper, aide to the President.
FomiIior Arrangements
Arrangements for the dinner
followed closely the pattern at
other such functions of the pres
ent administration. Guests were
greeted at the door of the East
Room after they had assembled
there and the President, escort
ing Mrs. Nixon, led the way to
the State Dining Room through
the red corridor followed by Mrs.
Eisenhower and the Vice Presi-
dent. The Marine Band Orches-
ira, Maj. William Santelmann.
leader, played from its post in
the main corridor as the guests
arrived and during the dinner.
After-dinner coffee was served
in the red and green parlors and
a program of songs and ballads
followed in the East Room by The
Men of Song. The group in
cludeS John Campbell and Alfred
Kunz. tenors: Roger White, BARI
tone, and Edmond Karlsrud. bass.
Charles Touchette was the ac-
companist and also arranged the
program. No additional guests
were invited for the music.
Beautiful Toble
The dinner table in the State
Dining Room was arranged in an
E shape, the President and Mrs.
Eisenhower sitting on the outside
of the straight, solid side. Thus
they could see all their guests.
The handsome gold service
was used with the famous Mon,
roe plaque and its handsome
candelabras. tall epergnes and
low compete dishes. Lucious
looking tropical fruits were in
the epergnes and candies and
mints in the compete dishes.
Low mounds Of red roses.
white snapdragons and blue iris
made an unusually pretty table
in carrying out the national
colors of this country. About
the sparkling white damask cloth
were sprays Of Southern smilax.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower
will give the last of the official
dinners for this season February
16 when they will entertain in
honor of the Speaker of the
House of Representatives -
another congressional event. The
closing ball of the season will be
the reception to the Congress
February %. The reception next
week-February 2-is for officers
of the armed services which
now also will include those in
the Air. Force