Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-01
By BETTY BEALE

shank of the evening.
The post-opera supper given
by IL of the performances
guarantors was as charming
and as smooth a production as
the opera itself. BY ! o'clock
in the morning most Of the
people had had their cham
payne, a delectable supper and
had headed for home. Indeed.
only three OF the hosts-Mr.
and Mrs. James Lawrence
Houghteling and George VIII
liams-were still there. But,
ach, what the others missed!
At / George stopped the
music in the ballroom and
brought the violinist back to
the oval room where the
Metropolitan Opera stars were
still sitting around and chat
ting after supper. No sooner
did the violinist began to play
than Lucine Amara burst into
song.
The smooth, flawless-toned.
beautifully controlled soprano
voice of the Mimi" Of Mon
days La Boheme" sang
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
"Embraceable YOU" "One
Kiss" and finally MY Hero"
like they had never been sung
before. Granted that Puccini's
music is greater. but such an
impromptu concert at close
range with no big orchestra
accompaniment to cloud the
quality. was not only the
whipped cream on the des-
sert. It was the dessert itself.
Incidentally, assistant Met
Manager Francis Robinson said
that Puccini frequently wrote
in an aria the choice of high
or lower note. Tenor Poggi.
for instance, took the high c
in his first act aria whereas,
he said, the great Caruso al
ways took the note that was
an octave lower.
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A FANCY BALL will be
staged at the Sulgrave Club
on the 18th. The final fling OF
the Waltz Groups annual
series is always something spe-
cial, usually a headdress ball
with an amusing theme. But
this years idea. dreamed up
by Scottie Lanahan. is the
most original to date.
Those accustomed to getting
copies of House of Representa-
tives bill in the mail almost
threw the invitation to the
side without reading it. An
exact duplicate Of a House bill
in printing. paper and compo-
sition, "H.R. l030-3" (party
will last from 1890 to 3 ann
reads:
A BILL. to permit members
of the Waltz Congress and
their guests to garb, or cos
tune, themselves as they may
deem appropriate within the
confines Of the subject matter
hereinafter referred to as Your
Favorite Piece of legislation"
Subsequent amendments
say: That Mr.. Meyer Davis
will WELD the gavel in the up
per chamber. while Mr.. Irwin
Devron will preside in the
lower chamber" (this means
there'll be an orchestra on
both the first and second
fioors.); that prizes will go to
costumes in these categories
most progressive, most re-
dictionary. most controversial
most middle-of-the-road. and
most socially significant; and
that the judging will be done
by one United States Senator
one Representative and one
member Of the Waltz Con.
gress."
In the next two weeks. legis-
lation that gave the vote Il
women, restored liquor anC
made numerous other things
illegal, immoral or fattenini
will be dreamed into costumes
for cavorting CAPABILITIES OF
this provocative evening.
SPEAKING OF PARTIES
the Cowles brothers-Mik'
and John-treated about 81
men from Washington to 9
day in New York last week
=. The Look magazine pub
fishers invited Senators Carl
son. Curtis. Beall. and Cas-
of South Dakota. Fedora
Communications Chairman
George McConnaughey. abou
10 Representatives and variou
other prominent Capitalites h
the Big City. There was
big party at the Waldorf full
of prominent New York men
a dinner afterwards. tickets I,
a Broadway show for those de
string same. and back :,
Washington on the midnigh
for those who wanted it-al
on the house.
GUGGENHEIM CUES Ti
dined at Firenze last night Of
a meal that started with ca
war and blini and ended witt
coupe au marrons. L
honor Of Norwegian Ambas
sador and Nine. Morgen
stierne. the dinner drel
French Ambassador Alphan
in a gray dinner jacket, Sena
tor and Mrs. John Mcclellan
Deputy Secretary of Defens
and Mrs. Donald Quarlei
Justice and Mrs. Tom Clarl
the Homer Gruenthers, Dotti
Kidder. the Morris Cafritze
Marcy Du Pont, the Jim Crom
wells. Admiral Dutch" VIII
Admiral Clark WOODWARD
Marian and Ray Henle an
the Tom Kellys.
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