Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-19
BY BETTY BEALE

r1h AOWN . LIN "A I1AL4
what with Christmas, relief
for Hungary and visitors, from
Nehru on down to the nom
state variety.
THE WHITE HOUSE staff
will stage its party for Presi-
dent and Mrs. Eisenhower
Friday morning in the Execu-
tive Offices. but what the staff
will give them is a deep, dark
secret. 80 One year it was a
fireplace from the old White
House, another year. plants
for Gettysburg.
THE FIRST BOX for the
star-stu led performance,
Salute to Hungarians. to be
held in Constitution Hall on
Sunday. December 80, was
purchased by Archduke
Charles OF Austria and his
wife. Princess Yolande. /.
On Monday. the first day the
box Office was open, $4,000
poured in. An unnamed
out-of- towner bought i've
boxes! There never has
been quicker response to a
charitable benefit. Victor
Borge changed Florida vaca-
ton plans to perform at the
event. and Louis (Satchmo)
Armstrong Cancelled a Euro
pean engagement so he could
fly here with his band to put
on an act. This just shows
how everybody feels about the
Soviet outrage on the Hun
garian people.
THE POISED AND POL
ISHED Prime Minister Of
India Jawarhalal Nehru came
close to walking out of his
embassy last night in the
chefs coat! His black mo-
hair topcoat had been care
fully deposited in the closet
that opens onto the center hall
of the embassy. When it
was time for him to leave
Secret Servicemen opened the
closet, took out q black mohair
coat annd discovered q spot on
1t. With great embar-
rassment they tried to brush it
of. 4. Luckily someone in
tervened in time, and he left
for Blair House in his own
fnohair.
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
to Cambodia Robert McClin-
took will land in New York
on the 23rd and go to Chest
nut Hill, Mass, for a visit
with his twin brother John,
coming here the first week
In January. After that he
and Elena will move back into
their Foxhall road residence
and settle down for awhile.
Bob's new assignment is to
the State Departments Policy
Planning Staff.
HELEN MINNEGERODE
ALLEN, better know as Mimi,
will be married in Geneva,
Switzerland, during the Christ
mas holidays to her longtime
sutton, Patrick Hume, one of
the well known Washington
Humes. The daughter Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. George
Minnegerode has been living
In Geneva for the last S1a
years. She and Pat will
honeymoon in Gstaad, Switz-
erland, and Kitzbuhel, Austria,
returning to the States on the
Constitution In late January.
BRUSSELS WORLD FAIR
brought to the United States
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Robil-
TART who were entertained by
former Ambassador to Bel
GUM and Mrs. Myron Cowen
yesterday. Mr.. Robiliart's BUSH
ness is uranium mining in the
Belgian Congo. and the United
States exhibit at the fair viii
be on atomic energy.
The visitor predicted that
automobiles win be propelled
BY atomic energy, he Is sure,
within is years. Ina
CINE never running out Of
sasl That will be the end Of
mad money, girls.
Greek Ambassador and Nine.
Melas and Brazilian Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Peixoto dropped
by. along with the Andre Wis.,
sons. Helen Coolidge. Roy Left
fien and the Philip Abrams.
=. French Counselor Robert
Vsleur. whose speech on Amer
lean foreign policy to the bar