Evening star., 1954-05-07

Democrats stood up to be
counted at the Jefferson
Jackson Day Dinner last night
without fear of social reper-
cussions in a Republican ad-
ministration. In some cases,
just half of a married couple
was there, the indication being
that the Republican half had
stayed home.
For instance, Gwen Cafritz
was there with Senator and
Mrs. Russell Long, but Nor
ris was absent. Former Am
bassador George Garrett was
there but not Mrs. Garrett.
Oatsey Letter was present with
the Claiborne Pells but minus
Tommy. And Mrs. Gerard
Smith sat at Table 43 but Mr..
Smith was not listed. In
some cases, of course, only one
member of a family went be-
cause the price was the not
to-be-sneeZed-at sum Of $l00.
1t was interesting to note
how many well-known WASH
ington hostesses were there
either in person or in spirit.
Perle Mesta sat at a table with
Senator Guy Gillette. Mrs.
Dwight Davis was listed but
couldn't be present. Mrs. Ed
ward H. Foley was there with
her husband, and Mrs. Clark
Clifford, Mrs. Mike Monroney,
Mrs. Stuart Symington, Mrs.
George McGhee, Mrs. Paul
MagnuSon, Mrs. James Hough-
telling and Mrs. James Barnes
were all on hand with respec-
tive spouses. Mrs. Joseph E.
Davies was in New York but
her husband and his two
daughters, Eleanor Tydings
and Rahel Fitch, were both
present.
Adlai Stevenson's sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest ives, were there But
don't, for heavens sake" said
Buffie Ives, "say that Adlai's
i'll. He's fine" He simply
needed to recuperate fully be-
fore embarking on a heavy
June schedule, she explained.
His close friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ronald Tree, who are pictured
in their Barbados home in the
current Harper's Bazaar. were
also in the huge gathering.
Widows of Senators who've
been in a stew for fear they
weren't being invited to Mrs.
EisenhoWer's luncheon on the
18th can relax. They didn't
get their invitations when Sem
ators' wives did simply because
their list was being checked
and double checked for ad-
dresses, etc. You would have
thought that the roof had
caved in, from the howl that
went up. It just goes to show
that you have to think of
everything in the White House.
Eddie Russell, now in Eng
land visiting his mother. the
Dowager Lady Ampthill, writes
Barbara that London has its
traffic barricadeS up and that
people are already gathering
for the return of the Queen
from her world tour on the
18th. He also writes that the
best story out of the world
tour now going the rounds
concerns the time Elizabeth
had to get upon a platform
to address a group of deaf
mutes. Apparently the thought
of speaking to deaf people
caused her to stand there sadly
for a minute, as If she didn't
know what to do. Observing
same up on the platform with
her, her husband Philip spoke
to her, Come, come, my little
cabbage, don't look so gloomy"
Whereupon the entire audi
ence broke into peals of
laughter. They had read his
lips.
Lady Neutrality-suspicious., the
former Ida Cantacuzene and
great granddaughter of Ulysses
S. Grant, was the reason for
the Bill Ritchies' cocktail
party Wednesday afternoon.
The one-time Washington deb
utante who has been visiting
her mother here for the past
week, will leave tomorrow to
rejoin her husband in New
York before returning to Eng
land. Sir John Hanbury-Wil-
liams, chairman of Courtauld.
Ltd. and director of the Bank