Evening star., 1954-11-07
Drug Store Varieties
Stir Mild Wonder in
Queen Mother Here

The varied wares Of an Ameri-
can drugstore drew some mild
amazement from Britain's Queen
Mother Elizabeth here yesterday.
"They have absolutely every
thing" she said.
Accompanied by Mrs. Eisen-
hover. the Queen Mother paused
in front of a drugstore window
while strolling through the PEN
tagon concourse.
Would you like to go in?"
Mrs. Eisenhower asked her.
"We'l just look in" the Queen
replied. Although the store was
closed to customers, employees
quickly opened up.
To Attend Cathedral.
The Queen takes time out to-
day to attend religious services
at National Cathedral.
The royal lady and her suite,
in company with the British
Ambassador, Sir Roger Makins,
Lady Makins and their daugh-
ters, Molly and Cynthia, will go
to the Cathedral for worship
beginning at IL am. today.
Afterward. she will have lunch
at the British Embassy, where
she is staying after spending
two days in the White House as
the guest of President and Mrs.
Eisenhower.
The Sunday afternoon plans
of Her Majesty were not an
nounced in advance. They will
be decided during the day.
Honored at Dinner.
The Queen Mother was hon
ored last night at a formal din
ner given at the Australian En-
bassy by Sir Percy Spender, the
Australian Ambassador, and
Lady Spender. Sir Percy was
host in his capacity as dean of
the British Commonwealth Am
bassadors.
On the guest list with the
Queen Mother were Lady Jean
Rankin and the Hon. Mrs. John
Mulholland. ladies in waiting;
Air Chief Marshal Sir William
Elliot. Capt. Oliver Dawnay, Sir
Roger and Lady Makins. the
Ambassador of New Zealand and
Mrs. Leslie Munro, the Ambas-
sador of India and Madame
Mehta, the Ambassador of Can
ada and Mrs. A. D. P. Heeney.
the Ambassador of Pakistan,
Syed Amjad Ali, the Ambassa-
dor Of Ceylon and Mrs. r. S. S.
Gunewardene, and the Anbas-
sador of the Union of South
Africa and Mrs. j. E. Holloway.
The dinner climaxed a day
in which the Queen Mother and
Mrs. Eisenhower did considerable
sightseeing.
Visit Library Of Congress.
They went first to the Library
of Congress, for the specific pur-
pose of seeing the letter Queen
Victoria wrote to Mrs. Abraham
Lincoln in 1865 to express con-
dolences on the assassination of
President Lincoln, and to see a
banner presented to Gen. Eisen-
hover as Supreme Commander
of the Allied Forces during World
War II. The tour was conducted
by L. Quincy Mumford. Librar-
ian of Congress, and Werner w.
Clapp, chief assistant. ~
The Queen Mother and Mrs.
Eisenhower again caused women
spectators to stare admiringly at
their snartly- tailored clothes.
Her Majesty wore a gray moire
ensemble and little red hat
trimmed in gray fur. She carried
silver fox. Mrs. Eisenhower's
purple wool outfit and mink
coat evoked just as much favor
able comment.
Stop at PentagOn.
From the Library, the First
Lady and her guest motored to
the Pentagon, where they were
greeted by Col. Robert L. Schultz,
military aide to the President.
They took a long walk in the
endless corridors and went to the
shopping center. Most of the
stores were closed but the dis
tinguished visitors were admitted
to several shops by Saturday
staffs and people taking inven-
tories.
They seemed intrigued by such