Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30
BY BETTY BEALE

It's now been two weeks
since America was stunned by
the story of Ambassador Clare
Luce being poisoned by arsenic
dust falling from the paint on
her ceiling to her breakfast
tray. Frankly, hate to tell on
members of my own sex Git
says here), but I have yet to
find a female of the species
who accepts without question
the beautiful Clare's story,
It's not that we women
aren't trusting souls! 1t could
be the discrepancies between
the Time magazine story, the
State Department story. the
doctors story and Clare's
story. Or maybe it's because
women. who were once busted
off with the vitriol of Clare's
play 1.-THE Women, know that
it takes more than arsenic to
weaken the weaker sex.
If only the arsenated paint
had fallen from a snail motif
on the ceiling. Nary a doubt
would have prevailed then.
But that it should have drifted
down from beauteous romantic
roses seems to have tested girl
gullibility to the utmost.
Anyhow, the ladies have
had numerous reactions to the
strange story of poison by
paint published by Henry Luce
a year after the episode. In
case Mrs. Luce may be looking
for some material for a sequel
to 1.-THE Women" here goes:
Imagine putting paint on
your eggs. 1 always use salt"
:. Dust on her tray? How
untidy." Henry was hard
up for a good story that week,
so Glare helped him out with
a corker." my dear, the
rest of us have tooth trouble
and falling hair and that's
it; and we sound dreadfully
unattractive. But not Clare.
She's smart enough to call it
roses on the ceiling and make
it all frightfully glamorous.
Darling. You know those
Italians never did want a
woman as an ambassador. It's
just an old Borgia trick" &.
81 tell you a woman who's
beautiful, brainy. rich and
important can't afford to stay
out of the news for long"
II think it was Com
munistS and the story was
published to see how they will
strike next" Don't be a
child. My husbands in the
foreign service so I know.
Clare wanted to have the CELL
ing painted and she couldn't
get the money from the State
Department any other way"
4 - X
SWISS MINISTER Henry
de Torrente was at home yes
terday to members of the
Swiss colony here to celebrate
Swiss National Day which
falls on August l. Since you
rarely, if ever, hear of Swiss
mmigran is, you wouldn't
think there would be even 300
in the area. But there are and
were. Some are descendants
of immigrants but hold onto
ties with the mother country.
Apparently, once near an Alp,
it's never forgotten.
Guests arrived at 8 o'clock
were greeted by the Minister
whose wife is in Switzerland,
and were then sold a special
insignia to wear as a bout
toniere. A program of sing
ing, flag twirling (an old Swiss
CUSTOM, a speech by the host,
and the Swiss hymn by Swiss
chorus ensued after $3.50.
The climax of the evening
was big bonfire on the lawn,
the Swiss symbol of revolt
against the Holy Roman En-
pire on August l, 1891. The
first three cantons to over
throw the rule of foreign bal
lifts signaled their revolt by
lighting bonflireS on high
mountain peaks. In the al
most 700 years since, the Swiss
have celebrated August l with
bonfireS on mountain peaks
1t must be an impressive sight
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WASHINGTON WILDLIFE