Evening star., 1955-05-15
Benefit
Cruise


Gaiety and color will be the
highlightS tomorrow evening
when Steamboat Information
al" brings the mission heads
of the diplomatic corps and
leaders of official and social
Washington on board the s. S.
Mount Vernon for a supper
dance cruise to benefit the
American Field Service Inter-
national Scholarship Fund.
There will be no formality
in dress or protocol as the
guests are received by the
purser at the gangplank at
1880 pm.
An array of flags will fly in
q multitude of colors along
the Pier 4 dock as the Am
bassador of Great Britain and
Lady Makins, with their
guests, Lord and Lady Della
ware, the Secretary Of the
Treasury and Mrs. Humphrey,
Mrs. Merriweather Post, Mr..
and Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst, jr., and others arrive.
With IA of the 10 countries
participating in the American
Field Services exchange schol-
arship program for high school
students repreSe e d, the
Steamboat" will be an inter-
national one. Besides the Max
inses, those of the diplomatic
corps who have reservations
for the party include the Am
bassador Of Denmark and
dor of the Netherlands and
Nine. de Kaufman, Ambassa-
Nine. van Rbijen. Ambassador
of Italy and Signora Broisio,
Ambassador of Finland and
Nine. de Kaufman, Ambassa-
dor of the Republic of West
Germany and Mrs. Krekeler
and the Minister of Luxem-
bourg and Nine. lie Calais,
all of whom have students
studying in this country now
on ATS scholarships.
Gala Floor Show
Mrs. Perle Mesta. entertain
ment chairman for the bene-
fit, has spent the past six weeks
arranging for the floor show
which will be a high point Of
the evenings entertainment.
Morton Downy, with his Irish
ballads and instrumental trio,
will headline the show and
introduce other performers
such as Johnny Standley, the
comic monologist of the Hor-
ace Heidi Tv program, and
Songstress Composer Hank
Fort. who will present for the
first time publicly the song
"Our Little World" written as
a theme song for the party
and for the work of the Ameri-
can Field Service.
Mrs. Curtis B. Munson and
Mrs. Griffith Warfield, CO.
chairmen of this years AFS
benefit, chartered the Wilson
Lines newly-redecorated yell
low and white-striped cruiser
for a trip down the Potomac
River to Mount Vernon. Full
meal sized box suppers for the
500 guests will be supplied,
and Meyer Davis has been
hired to be on the bandstand
in person to conduct his own
10-piece orchestra from New
York for dancing and for the
floor show.
Honorary Chairmen
There to enjoy the festivi-
ties as well as to lend their
names as honorary chairmen
for the event will be Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss and
Mr.. Joseph Grew. Mr.. Stephen
Gallatti, general director of
the American Field Service In
ternational Scholarships since
its beginning 6 years ago, will
be coming in from New York
to join the party of Capt.
(retired) and Mrs. Edwin w.
Graves, jr. Mrs. Graves is
chairman Of the AFS Wash
ington Committee.
Serving as walters, watt
resses and escorts, and taking
part in the floor show will be
the Gobs and Goblettes, IL
members Of the AFS Junior
Committee in Washington, all
sons and daughters Of diplo- :
mats involved in the scholar
ship program or Of members
Of the Senior Committee.
Miss Lisa de Kaufman.
daughter Of the Ambassador
of Denmark and Mrs. de
Kaufman, is chairman Of
the Gohc oy,d Hoh1a<tns