Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24
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How Important Is q PurtY?
Bachelor to South Pole
By BETTY BEALE

The perennial scoffers at
official parties who are won't
to state that affairs of state
are never really transacted on
the scene Of merriment-can
wipe the sneers right of their
faces.
Having written for years
that steps of great import
have been taken around the
best dressed tables, l decided
to test this boast on two am
basSadors who were chatting
together at a party-Yugo-
slav Ambassador Mates and
Syrian Ambassador Zeined-
dine. Both said it was true
and each gave an example.
Ambassador Mates example
was sensational. 1t was a
United Nations cocktail party
where the Soviet representa-
tive said a few words to the
American representative which
in turn led to. further talks,
which in turn led to the truce
in Korea. which in turn led
to the end of the Korean War!
There's nothing, friends,
like a party.
ONE OF THE DEBUT STAG
LINE, young man about town
and the son of a well known
family here, has been selected
to go to the South Pole for
the International Geo-physi-
cal year. Fresh out of the
University of Virginia two
weeks ago, Walter Willard
Boyd, jr., 81 years old, is prob
ably (the lists are not COM
pleted yeti the youngest sci
enlist invited to live for IA
months buried under snow in
an area where the tempera-
lures go down to something
close to 100 below.
He's been chilly before. At
the age of Is he went on Ad-
miral Donald D. MacMillan's
expedition to the Arctic. And
on August l. he. along with
14Nother American scientists,
will go to Thule, Greenland for
a months study. Already
a knowledgeable geologist and
paleontologist, by the time
Walter leaves Thule, he will
be an expert glaciologist.
What will the goodlooking
Virginia graduate dislike about
being buried under snow for
IA months? Nothing except
being separated from his Mer-
cedes Benz 300 ST.. . Last
year he had an NIB. 100 which
literally blew its top and
caused him to crash in No
vember. He broke his back in
two places, continued at COL
lege in a cast. and finished
with a B standing instead of
on the customary honorS list.
:. AS soon as he got well, he
bought the newer and faster
NIB. which will go 142 miles
an hour. Apparently this
is the most normal thing a
young man can do because he
passed his psychological as
well as physical tests for the
Geo-physical expedition with
flying colors.
YOU NEVER KNOW what's
going to turn up in this burg.
Take a look at the regular
monthly meeting of the Adj
ministration Liaison Com
mittee a fortnight ago :.
That's the label for the wives
of key administration men
who bring reports from their
husbands to read to the other
ladies. After that the reports
are sent out to the Kitchen
Kabinets in National Fedora
ton Of Republican Clubs all
over the country so the wom-
en- in the hinterland can keep
abreast of what's cooking in
Washington It's the dis
taff side, don't forget, that
will pick the next president.
The last meeting heard re-
ports from top Defense wives
and White House wives. Each
read her report limited to
three minutes about the latest
important accomplishment,
etc., in her husbands depart
ment Then UP stepped
Mrs. Lewis Strauss and created
a bigger sensation than if she
had been wearing next
seasons Dior. The wife of
the Atomic Energy Commits
sioner was calmly swinging a
n,or;c1'. n