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fourth floor are more bed
rooms, including the suite
Mrs. Patterson used.
The house Is fun Of exciting
detail. Each fireplace. for ex-
ample. Is In different marble.
with q motif carrying out the
theme Of the room. such as
the pipes Of Pan carved In the
fireplace In the music room.
The cornices and mouldings
are tributes to the Craftsman
ship Of years gone by. And the
beautiftA imported crystal
chandeliers belong to an era
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By SeIwo Roosevelt

BY the time : house Is worth
writing about. it has many
ghosts.
In the case Of the mansion
at Number IS Dupont Circle.
there Is only one ghost but
. very formidable one.
This magnificent town house,
home Of the late Mrs. Eleanor
@cissy' Patterson. the volatile
publisheE of the former wash
ineton Times Herald. now be-
longs 70 the washington Club.
an organization Of some 600
women Of Capital society.
since the clubs acquisition
Of the property IN 1851. the
Dupont Circle mansion has
become one Of the fayorite
spots for debuts. and during
this holiday season, hardly q
day has gone by without
luncheons, tea dances and
other gala events scheduled
there.
Few Of these gay bellies and
their beaux realize that every
room u haunted BY its former
owner.
When Cissy Patterson died
IN 1e48 she willed the house
TO the Red Cross, which later
sold It to the Washington Club
for an estimated $450.000.
This price included not only
the house, but all the furnish
ings, the china. glass and even
the monograrnmed linen.
Today. there is not q room
In the house without many
Of Ms. Patterson's former pos
sessions and 1t Is q tribute to
her good taste and great fair
for color and style that much
has been left exactly as she
arranged it.
The club also found among
its purchases q few useless
items such as pink and black
crepe de- chine sheets. The
black ones, so the story goes.
were ordered by Mrs. Patter-
son when she was in mourn-
ing for her second husband.
Mr.. Elmer Schlesinger.
Forty-Room Mansion
The 40 room, fanshaped.
marble mansion, designed In
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when people had many serv-
ants to keep them clean.
During Mrs. Patterson'syears
IN the house, she maintained
q stan Of 10 TO 10 servants.
Until the war they wore full
livery and the house was ale
ways the scene Of parties.
-She could seat as many as
40 or SO and served her guests
from q beautiful gold service.
According to her friends. the
thing she liked most was Q
good argument and she fire.
quentiy had guests who wer'
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S T. -
sure Of getting into one. CAT
one memorable party she had
six Or seven presidential candi-
dates together.
..But she was 10 gracious
and charming hostess said
one Of her friends. Every one
felt at home there. and each
was made to feel as II he were
the one person she especially
wanted to see"
Before she decided to win
the home to the Red Gross,
tsee MANSIONS on DID
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The Mansions Of Washington
The WASHINGTON
Cssy Potersons Home Nov Belongs to the Washington Club

the Florentine style BY STAN
ford White, was built In 1902
By Cissy,s mother, Mrs. Robert
w Patterson. It was there that
Cissy made her lavish debut.
During me subsequent years,
she married D Polish count,
had q daughter CHOW Countess
Felicia Gizycka Of New York; !,
was divorced and remarked,
but she always maintained the
Dupont Circle house as her.
home.
It Was never rented 10 any
one during her nearly so years
Of occupancy. But during the
Coolidge Administration. 1T
served Is 3 temporary White
House when Mrs. Patterson
offered it 10 the President
while repairs were Being made
at the Executive Mansion.
f 4 =.
Today there Il ! group Of
rooms known Is the Coolidge
suite. Another room Is called
the Lindbergh room because
the famous flyer stayed there
as . guest Of the Coolidges
when he returned in triumph
from his flight across the
Atlantic.
According 70 those who knew
her. Mrs. Patterson was very
interested In antiques and
beautiful furnishings. In the
house today are many ex-
amples Of the period Of Louis
XIV and XIV. The walls are
covered with fine tapestries
and portraits and on the
floors are lovely examples Of
oriental and Aubusson rugs.
The club Is rich with bihelots
and objets dart AL chosen
by Mrs. Patterson. But the
total eject is not rocco.
Well Suited for Club
Although the club had to
make $50 900 worth Of altera-
tons In the house to comply
with the district fire regula-
tions. the mansion ID well
suited for o club.
As one enters there Is o
large foyer with 4 library on
one side and q reception room
on the other. A large. beau
tifully proportioned double
staircase leads to the second
floor. which includes the din
ing room. the music room
tnow called the hallrooni) and
q large paneled drawing room.
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On the third moor are coy.
intime parlors. some In Eng
lish. some In French decor. as
well as the Coolidge and Lind
bergh rooms. And on the
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tsee MANsIoNs on D-l7D
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Citizens Group
Hits Gray Plan

The Gray plan has been at
tackled as "precipitous. unlawful
unnecessary and ill-conceived,
by group Of Falls Church citi.
zens who formed the Save Oul
Schools Committee of Falls
Church.
In its announcement. the COM
mittee's executive board said
that Falls Church, with 1900
white children and 80 colored, is
one of the areas in the State
where under local option an ad-
Ijustment to the Supreme Court
decision could be worked out
readily. In other areas Of the
State where more serious prob
lens Of adjustment exist, we be-
lieve that the Supreme Court will
give ample time to work out local
solutions"
Officers Of the group are Err
NEST w. Jenness. chairman: Mrs
Karl L. Anderson, vice chairman;
Samuel j. Dennis. secretary, and
Malcolm E. Smith. treasurer.
Members of the Executive
Board are Mrs. William j.
Driver. chairman Of the Falls
Church City Democratic Com
mittee:: Mrs. Fred l.. Smith.
chairman Of the Falls Church
City Republican Committee: Mrs.
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SO Released
From Prison

BALTIMORE. Dec. % (P. =
The Department Of Parole and
Probation yesterday announced
the names of 38 persons re-
leased from Maryland prisons
during November.
Those released. the charge
their county. their sentence and
the time sentenced include:
Edward M. Robinson, break
ing and entering, Frederick
County. three years, October,
1884; Herbert B. Rush, reckless
driving, driving without a IL
cense and turning of lights to
avoid Identification, Montgom-
cry. IL months. December, 1854:
Robert Allen Wilson. assault and
robbery, Prince Georges, not
more than one year. May, 1855.
Also Paul C. Knode, breaking
and entering, Washington, not
more than three years. April,
1854: Robert L. Shipe. assault
and battery, Montgomery, 10
April. 1855; Harold
Simpson. jr., HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny. Montgomery. four years.
June. 1854: James Kenneth Ser
geant. rape. Montgomery, not
more than Is months, May.
1885.
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Court Reopens Stores Window
For DRIVEN Liquor Sales

should not be granted and set
January 10 as q hearing date.
The petitioners said the liquor
board. on December Is. held that
the sale Of liquor at drive-in win
dows was illegal and ordered its
inspector to close the service at
Meads. The licensees broug h
their troubles to the court.
The petitioners held that the
drive-in window is an integral
part of the building for which the
license was issued. They said
they sought advice of counsel
before the building was erected
and were told the drive-in win
COW liquor sales we're within the
law.
Acting on that advice, they
said. they spent large sums on
the building and a paved park
ing space and have conducted
business in this manner most OF
the year.
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A Prince Georges Circuit Court
order has blocked the County
Liquor Boards attempt to halt
the sale of package liquors from
IA drive-in window in the Oxon
Hill area. at least for the Christ
mas season.
Judge Charles C. Marbury
yesterday signed an order tenn
porarily restraining the board
from interfering with business
conducted through an open space
at Meads, Inc. 1850 Livingston
road.
Through attorneys Adrian p.
Fisher and c. Calvert Lancaster,
the operators. Elgar c.. Alice A.
and James Leon Mead, asked for
"a permanent injunction against
what they called the liquor
boards fragrant violation Of
their rights as license holders"
Judge Marbury gave the board
until January S to show cause
why q perm a n e MT injunction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
|HystericuI Rush
On Groy Plan Hit

Warren Quenstedt, chairman
of the Save Our Schools Com
Imittee Of Fairfax County,
charged yesterday that adyo-
Gates Of q constitutional conven-
ton are In . "hysterical rush
because their purpose is obvious
ITO get the Constitution
amended before the people know
what is being done to them"
Gov. Stanley and other lead
ers Of the Byrd machine" Mr.,
Quenstedt said. now admit
there is no reason to rush the
radical Gray plan into law. :. .
so now they have spent thou
sands Of dollars Of taxpayers
money on a special session and
called g referendum with too lit
tile time for voters to study the
proposal, all for a purpose that
they now admit does not exist
Their real purpose Is obvious-to
Iget the Constitution amended
before the people know what is
being done to them" Mr.. Quen-
|stedt said.
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|Fuirfox Contract
Let for Sewer Pipe

A $629,530 sewer contract,
awarded by the Fairfax Board
|of County Supervisors yesterday,
includes some 10000 feet Of ass
Disbursement sewer pipe direct
from Italy.
at is a very superior pipe" ex-
Iplained Sanitary Engineer Harry
Hale. This is the first time
we've gotten q bid on It low
enough to accept. and 1t comes
ito Just a few pennies more than
Ordinary pine"
He explained that he was an.
5xious to use the Italian pipe be-
cause it is supposed to be more
resistant to seepage than ordi-
nary American-made pipe.
The sewer line Is for the In
dian Run project to serve the
Annandale business area. It is
part Of the county's current $40
million sewer improvement pro-
gram. The job was awarded to
the S. j. Bell construction Co.
The supervisors also awarded
Ia $469. 1915 contract to the Black.
well Engineering Co. for con-
|struction Of the Dogue Creek
sewage treatment plant.
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Howard C. Porter. secretary Of
the city G. o. p. committee;
Mrs. Philip Brophy. vice chair.
man Of the city Democratic
group.
Also. Mrs. Paul Walton Jones,
ljr., president of the League OF
Women Voters Of Falls Church;
Mrs. Edgar F. Vandivere, presi.
dent Of the Falls Church branch
Iof the American Association Of
University Women: j. Hugh
Rose. chairman Of the Inde-
pendent Voters Committee.
Also, Edmund Becker. chair
man Of the George Mason High
School PTA; Charles ]. Hedet-
niemi. Of the Executive Com
imittee Of Madison-Mount Dam
|iel PTA; Irving Berman. builder:
Mrs. David o. Walter. Bert
Seidmann and Parker Mauldin.
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By PAUL HOPE

Adversely Is making q crafts.
man of q 29-year-old patient al
Anderson orthopedic Hospital In
Arlington who was paralyzec
from the waist down in an auts
accident.
Jack e. Reese, q construction
worker until the accident last
May. is lying nat on his back
but although his body Is down
he has kept his spirit up.
Mr.. Reese Is learning leather
tooling and has turned out many
handsome wallets. belts. purse.
and similar items.
Works Face Down
To work on the leather, Mr.
Reese must be shifted from hi
face-up position on the hospita
bed to o face-down position or
a special piece Of equipment
called a Stryker frame. He lie
there on his stomach with arm.
dangling over the sides to reach
the leather and tools on a love-
shelf.
Adversely is not new to tn,
Reese family. Mr.. Reese said two
brothers were killed in auto &C.
cidents and a sister drowned Ii
a 3-year period, from 1873
His father has heart trouble ant
is in a veterans hospital.
After about four months IL
Alexandria Hospital. Mr.. Reess
was transferred to Anderson Hos.
pital. He has had three opera.
tons and another is scheduled
to fuse his spine together.
Hospital aides say he is one
Of their most cooperative ant
enthusiastic patients.
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that the stores in the southeast
corner of the intersection are moi
part Of the regional center or
the north side Of University
lane and that an extension Of
ca south on New Hampshire
would lie opposite churches anc
expensive homes.
She drew support from Other
spokesman Of civic groups who
presented petitions of almost 900
names in opposition to the re-
quest.
Other Centers starving"
The commissioners also APP
proved C-1 coming for q large
shopping center on q 3-acre tract
near the intersection Of Eastern
avenue and Riggs road despite
contentious that other shopping
centers in the immediate area
ARE starving to death"
The sad note was sounded by
Harry Poretsky, an owner Of
the Chillum Terrace Shopping
Center at Riggs and Chillum
roads, who said that five BUSH
nessmen who had leases in the
center have had to be relieved
of them in recent years because
Of the lack Of business.
Everybody wants shopping
centers," he stated. Its Just
like q disease" Offering to sell
his center at cost, Mr.. Poretsky
said there Is no need for more
stores in the area.
Additional opposition came
from members Of the Lamond-
Riggs Citizens Association. COM
posed Of homeowners living on
the District side Of Eastern
avenue across from the rezoned
tract.
The home owners agreed
shopping centers in the area are
struggling for survival" and
that the proposed one would de-
preciate home property values.
Agent Sees Need
Franklin B. Kahn, agent for
Melvin Gelman, who plans to
develop the new center, con-
tended the area does need more
stores with sufficient parking
space to draw shoppers from
long distances.
In other coming matters, the
commissioners approved petit
tions from:
Carl A. Heider, for a tract at the
southwest corner Of RiRgs and Sargent
roads. from R-55 to C-1. The rezoninR
was approved over opposition Of mem
q Who one thai tse aass ha
sufficient commercial property. Other
residents and store owners approved Of
the move.
Wesley NJ Roby, contract owner fol
lots 6-12 IN Block c, Beltsville HEIGHTS
Beitsville. at the intersection of Roose-
welt avenue and the Washing.
ton boulevard. from R-R TO CO..
T.. Hammond Welsh. jr,, agent, fol
part Of lot II. Ellaville, In Riverdale
Blair II. smith. attorney, and Rosslis
section OF Randall and Silver Hill roads
from R-55 to C-1, subject 70 the dedi,
s ssslSn q "a land for the WIDENING Of
Cushing Daniel, for six. acres on ths
northwest side Of Riverdale road be.
avenues and running north TO the east
boundary Of the Baltimore-Washingt
Parkway. from R-R 10 CO. The recon
ing Is subject to q restriction proyidine
that no construction be placed on the
property for two years so planners, can
determine what improvements Will be
made at the intersection Of Riverdale
road and the parkway.
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MARYLAND VIRGINIA NEWS
Paralysis Victim Learns
Leather Craftsmanship

There's no use feeling bad,
he said as he told Of future
plans. He wants to study dark.
room techniques in photography
which won't require me to move
around much" He said he woult
combine that with leather-work.
ing.
He lived in a trailer before ths
accident but had to give it up
His wife and child live with hel
mother in Hyattsville. Md.
Needed An Activity
He began working with leather
through the rehabilitation serv.
Ice at the hospital. 81 didnr
have anything to occupy myself
with. SO / decided to try leather
work to pass the time" he said
A friend sent him q small ALI
gator skin from Florida, but HI
hasn't found out yet how to MAKE
Iit SOFT enough 70 work with. HI
said he has written to q tannery
for instructions.
Doctors say he will never re.
gain control of his legs but vii
be able to get around with thu
use of crutches.
A special piece Of equipment
has been made at the hospita
SO Mr.. Reese can be strapped II
an upright position. When he'I
able to use that. it viii be easiel
for him to do the leather work.
His 21-year-old wife, Claudia
who works at q credit bureau II
Washington. gave him Q Christ.
mas present early--a leather
Itooling kit. He has put 1t to ust
already. making gifts for mem.
bers of his family, most of whom
live in the Washington area, anc
for other patients.
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Heinrich Tract Rezoned
For Homes and Shopping

The Prince Georges Count.
Commissioners yesterday CAV,
blanket approval to rezoning re
quested Monday for development
of the 376-acre Heurich tract a
Colesville and Queens Chape
roads.
Considered the largest ant
most important single rezoninl
move in the county's history, tn,
decision was the final step re.
quired before use Of the las
major undeveloped tract in tn,
metropolitan area Of Primes
Georges.
Harry A. Boswell. IT.. q devel'
oper of the area. said some con
struction is expected to begir
next year. ut will be one Of tn,
incest commercial and residen'
tial areas In the entire county.
he said.
sites Tor three SCHOOLS
The rezoning will permit con.
struction of a regional-type
shopping center on a 4o-acrt
parcel in the middle Of the tract
1t will be surrounded by 2,48i
dwelling units, TOO of which will
be one-family houses. Sites have
been reserved for two elementary
schools and one Junior high
school.
The decision came at the end
of a day-long zoning hearing
in the Hyattsville County Service
Building during which the COM
missioners approved seven ap-
plications for commercial coming
Among them was the change
from R-l8 tmulti-family resi-
dentiaD to CT Digit CONNER
ciap for a 4-acre tract extending
from the rear Of stores in the
southeast corner of University
lane and New Hampshire ave-
nue. south to Holton lane.
The petitioners. George A
Guide and Joseph P. Abrahams
had requested Ca (heavy COM
merciaD for the tract and addi-
tional tracts extending south on
New Hampshire avenue as an
extension of the vast Langley
Park shopping area.
Neighbors Protest
The commissioners baked al
this, however, when residents OF
neighboring areas said that an
extension of the heavy CONNER
cial area would eliminate the
buffer zones which at present
protect the homes from the shop
ping district.
The heavy commercial coming
was opposed by the Takoma
Park City Council, the Prince
Georges-Takoma Civic Associa-
ton, the Hampshire Greens
Community Association, Sligo
Park Terrace Citizens Associa-
ton and residents Of Carole
Highlands.
The ca coming was supported
by the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion. which held that it would be
necessary for . proper expansion
Of the areas regional shopping
center.
But Mrs. Vera Hash contended
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|StunIeys on Vacation

RICHMOND, Dec. % R.--
Gov. and Mrs. Stanley leave to-
morrow for q To-day holiday in
Florida. Were going to our lit
tie cottage down there and rest
and fish," Mrs. Stanley said,
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Private Bridge
plan Protested

BALTIMORE. Dec. ~ (R.-A
new protest from an influential
member Of the Maryland Gen.
|eral Assembly has been made
against private construction Of
10 toll bridge across Sinepuxent
Bay to Assateague Island.
Delegate Jerome Robinson,
Democrat of Baltimore. wrote
two State agencies yesterday
urging them to consider build
ing the bridge and making a
public beach on the Atlantic
Ocean.
The Assateague Island Bridge
Corp. composed Of lot owners
there. has applied for approval
to build the span. Sanction was
given by the 1865 General As
sembly.
Many lots have been sold or
the Atlantic Ocean island BY
Leon Alderman. q Washington
developer. The only way Il
reach 1t Is by q private boa,
carrying q couple Of cars at q
time.
Delegate Robinson wrote Rus
sell H. Mccain, chairman Of the
State Roads Commission, and
Joseph r. Kaylor. director OF
parks. to make q survey on the
feasibility Of public construction
Iof the bridge and q highway
running the length Of the island
TO the Virginia line.
He called on Q master plan
Iof the State Parks and Recrea-
ton Areas as encouragement
for a public ocean beach after
completion Of the Chesapeake
Bay Bridge.
All In Private Hands
Gas you know" he wrote. "the
entire Maryland ocean front from
the Delaware line to the inlet
lat the end Of Ocean City Is In
private hands.
Il am convinced that we In
Maryland must make q decision
lat this time as to whether OF
not we ought to acquire. either
by gift or purchase. ocean front
beach for public ownership and
use.
1T would seem to me. there
fore, that it is the part of wisdom
for the State now to develop
some concrete plan for the acqui-
sition Of land on Assateague
Island for a public ocean park. /"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-15

land there were more than IS
lamps to clean In another hour.
The Dumdiddy thought, This
will never do" So while Beanie
was cleaning the next lamp the
Dumdiddy climbed out Of his
pocket and sneaked into the
corner with the pile Of lamps.
| He took a rag and climbed
right into the nearest lamp.
With a few whisks of his cloth
he had polished it clean. Then
he climbed into the next lamp.
When Beanie finally finished
/ his second lamp he came to the
corner and to his aIilazement he
found all the lamps were clean,
| Just about that time the
skinny old man came In.
Look! cried Beanie. They're
all clean!"
It was hard to tell who was the
more astonished: Beanie or the
old man.
Nov I have paid for touching
your tree. I will CO." said Beanie.
But the man snatched him by
| the arm. This job was too easy
! for you" he said. You must do
another job really to pay me. "
Next: Cleaning the BARN.
| associated Press Eewsfeaturssl
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with the nine Of spades. He re
turned q high club and wher
Mrs. Keen ruffed this she hac
only one trump left. II she now
led trump Mr.. Dale would wir
and the defenders would take
three diamond tricks.
She led another good heart
and Mr.. Abel stepped IN win
the trey of trumps. Suspectine
the true situation, Mr.. Abel un.
derled his ace Of diamonds or
the theory that Mr.. Dale coule
Mr.. Dale won with the jack Of
not have bid as he did without
the king of that suit.
diamonds, cashed his ace o.
spades and the defenders go
another diamond trick for q two.
trick set.
tcopyrisht, 1855. General Features Corp