Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-17
BY BETTY BEAtE

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separated the men from the
mice. socially speaking.
The city may have gone
into q tailspin Saturday
night, but hundreds Of people
invited to parties paid no
more attention to the. knee
deep snow than If it were q
slight drizzle and not only
showed UP at the proper place
but showed UP on time. !.
Actually. 1t is not fair to call
those who failed to keep their
engagements mice. Inacessi-
bility due to lack of snow tires
or chains was q good enough
reason.
It's interesting to note.
however, that the storm at
Its height did not keep 400
or more from driving all tire
way out to the Chevy Chase
Club to dance to Lester
Lanin's orchestra. Nor did 1t
dampen the Spanish En-
bassy benefit dance where 305
kicked up their heels to
Meyer Davis melodies until
4 am.
Not q single person missed
attending Assistant Secre-
stary Of State and Mrs. Ge-
,rard Smiths and the Bern
ehanleys' dinner at the 1875
p Street Club :. Not q sin
gle person dropped out Of
Mrs. Merriweather Posts
dinner ct her home on hilly
Linnean avenue. And only
one out Of 81 guests failed
to attend Rose zalles' party
at the Sulgrave Club! . It
Is perfectly obvious that this
town is full Of people who
could have carried the mes
sage to Garcia.
Senator and Mrs. Mike
.Monroney are probably the
only people who had to put
their taxi driver up for the
night! !. Their attractive
house two doors from Secre-
tary Dulles is located on
one Of the most treacherous
hills in town, If things are
slippery.
Headed for Mrs. Posts din
ner Saturday night, the Sen
ator early tried to maneuver
his own car UP the hill but
1t became hopelessly stuck.
=. Then he tried to get a
taxi through a hotel dis
patcher, but finally had to
give up. The dispatcher said
he couldn't even get a taxi
for $40. At length he
hired q limousine which
didn't appear suntil $40 to
take them To an 8 O'Clock
dinner. Since it couldn't
navigate the hill they waded
through the knee-deep snow
to get to it. the car got stuck
once en- route and arrived at
dinner by the salad course.
On the way back they
helped Assistant Secretary Of
State Walter Robertson's car
to move on Tilden street and
their limousine got stuck
again at the top Of their own
hill. so they had to wade
through the snow again.
Concerned for the driver
marooned in the drifts, they
invited him in and he slept
through the night in a chair
In their television room!
Harold Stassen celebrated
his resignation Saturday from
Government service by brav-
ing the elements alone to go
see Katharine Hepburn play
in Much Ado About Moth
ing" Katie's from the State
In which he will run for
governor.
THE GREATEST STAR.
STUDDED, NON-PARTISAN
POLITICAL GATH ERING
ever held outside q Govern
ment building. will be wit
messed at the Statler Hotel
on February Is That's
the day Eric Johnston. chair
man Of the Committee for
International Economic De-
velopment with the rank Of
Ambassador, will emcee meet
ings. speeches, a brilliant
luncheon and a brilliant
dinner for 1900 representa-
tives or organizations inter-
ested in foreign policy.
The idea is to promote
understanding Of our foreign
policy throughout America.
With such a striking array Of
top names, the news Is bound,