Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-11
By BETTY BEALE

man will try to duck some of
the glare while on their trip
to Europe. For instance, the
eX-President and his wife, who
sailed at noon today with the
Stanley Woodwards. requested
meals in the smaller dining
room of the SIS United States.
Instead of breaking bread
three times a day before the
curious eyes of 500 in the main
dining room of the big luxury
liner. they reserved a table
in THE Restaurant" on the
promenade deck, which can
accommodate only 80 persons.
Since the ships carrying a
capacity load, this dining room
will include others who wanted
the same treatment. The Tru-
mans did not ask for exclusive
use. The promenade deck is
just above the upper deck,
where the Trumans reserved
Staterooms 81, 83 and IS.
Democrats expect that the
man who gave the Marshall
Plan to Europe will get a ire
mendous reception in all the
countries he visits. Greece un-
doubtedly would have gone all
out for the author of the
Truman Plan, but, said Mr..
Truman, Il can't go to East
ern Mediterranean countries
because the United Nations is
trying to get peace there, and
I want that more than any,
thing" He was afraid that
his presence might stir up a
situation that is already touch
and go.
AS for the honorary degree
he will receive on June 20,
Mr.. Truman said, oxford
University three times has
asked me to come over to
receive a degree. The reason
for that is no merit on my
own part" he smiled. Lord
Halifax is head of the univer-
sity and Sir Oliver Franks is
a professor. (Sir Oliver
Franks is still an honorary
fellow of Queens College, Ok
ford. though now chairman of
Lloyds Bank.) .
THE DUKE OF SUTHER-
LAND has turned over his
Sutton Place estate, 40 miles
outside London, to Mrs. Mer-
riWeather Post again. She,
her two eldest daughters and
some of her grandchildren
will spend the month of Au-
gust there.
Mrs. Post will not set out
for England, however, till late
in July. She has to be here
to oversee the reconstruction
of Hillwood, which has
reached the wall-plastering
stage. She also needs to be
here in June for another
reaSon-the debut party she
will give her granddaughter
Melissa MacNeille on June is.
Soon after that, Melissa and
her postdebutante sister, FL
len. will set out for Europe
ending up in England in Au-
gust.
incidentally, since Marjorie
Posts round and square dance
on the 23d turned out to fall
on the same evening of the
American Field Service bene-
fit steamboat cruise, which pre-
cluded her attending the latter,
Marjorie doubled her very
handsome donation to the
cause. Changing the date for
her party was out of the ques-
ton because she couldn't get
the Army Navy Country Club
(the only one big enough) for
any other night until sometime
in July. The rumor that she
has so -of-town guests COM
ing here for the party is COM
pletely off base. There will be
only -of-toWnerS.
MAJOR AND MRS. JOSS
LIN BODLEY, a British painter
and his attractive Irish wife,
will become part-time Wash
ington residents beginning next
fall. They have just bought the
house on the corner of Twenty
third and Tracy place which
has a good-sized garden and
an ideal room with a north
light for the majors studio.
The wife of the late Arthur
Moulton Of Newport and Paris,
Geraldine became an American
citizen after her former mar
riage. She and her present hus-
band and her two sons by
Mr.. Moulton will continue to
spend half of every year in
America. the rest in England
and Europe. They chose Wash
ington after trying it out this
winter when they leased the
Percy Frazers' house on Mas
sachusetts when the latter were
in Palm Beach.
Two other houses on Tracy
place have recently changed
hands. Architect Ted Dominick,
who revamped Perle Mesta's
house, and his wife, Betty.
bought Betty and Bill Gray's
house and are now ensconced
therein. And Brig. Gen. and
Mrs, William A Rordan Y,oovad