Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-03
By BETTy Scale

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TO the end" regarding this
business Of America being
properly armed and warned.
Though II couldn't be more
amusing with its first rate
family entertainment. the
Clifford's isn't the only un-
usual New Years Day party
that's now Q tradition.
For the past eight years,
Tim and Mare Gibson have
tossed q hat party which one
OF the feminine guests this
year read as hot" party and
couldn't wait to attend.
Originally they had about
IL friends 70 lunch wearing
any kind of strange lid that
seemed appropriate to hide
their swelled heads the
morning after the biggest
night Of the year. Word got
around. though, and each
successive year II grew until
this past Wednesday they
entertained about I25 wear
ing the oldest assortment Of
headgear ever assembled.
Even 50. everybody was in
such q lazy daze. having been
up most Of the night. II
wouldn't have caused a ripple
had the Nays very own
Vanguard sailed in on some
ones bean.
The hostess greeted her
guests wearing donkey ear
coverings (stutfed to stand
OUT from Switzerland. and
the host dispensed hospitality
IN a gnome's hat. Hospitality
included q roast pig, Smith,
field ham, Bloody Marys.
champagne. Scotch and mar
TINS.
Charlotte Plumley wore a
stove pipe topper that be-
lonGed to Fletcher's grand
father. and Fletcher wore q
basket handbag upside down
with rings over his ears that
gave him an odd look. to say
the least.
Bob Wilson sported moth
eaten gray topper he found
at the Thrift Shop. Fred Haas
showed up in a turkish towel
twisted around his head
with a Christmas ball at
tached to give him an East
ern potentate look. and Tay-
Tor Simmons arrived with
his head completely wrapped
In the furry skin OF a lynx
or some such animal. What
ever condition his head was
IN. It generated enough heat
TO magnify ii.
Harry HoSkinson sailed in
IN a red. deep-crowned
broad-brimmed Bangkok
straw that once adorned his
mother. and on his wrist he
sported the gift that every
man received at the Middle
ton Trains New Years eve
dinner.
II was a perfectly good.
nne-functioning wrist watch
no different from any other
except that every hour on 1t
was s. In short. no matter
what time of the day YOU
looked at it. 1t was time TO
have that afternoon. after
work cocktail. Needless
to say. MILDLY had them spe-
cially made. and although the
maker put his own name on
the dial. he also insisted on
putting Train" on each in
order to divide the blame. no
doubt.
The girls at the Trains din
ner, by the way. each re-
ceived tortoiseshel cases for
their cigarettes and each case
had been designed to At the
exact brand and length each
girl smoked
The Gibsons' gathering,
that also drew the Larry
Houstons, Grovy Chapmans.
Dan and Jane Gribbon. the
Tom PARROTS and the "Iggy"
Sargents. lasted until ESQ in
the afternoon. which Is fairly
long for a lunch no matter
how you look at 1t.
TWO BIG BENEFITS are
coming up this month. both
in the diplomatic category
and both film premiers.
The first is the Washing
ton premiere at Warmers Of
the new Cinerama produc-
ton Search for Paradise"
on January is. to be preceded
by q big. very chic. very State
Department dinner. Premiere
proceeds will go to American
Foreign Service Association
scholarships and Diplomatic
and Consular Ofhcers Retired
Welfare Fund.
An the second 10 the world
premiere of The Quiet
American" on January % at
the Playhouse for the bene-
At Of American Friends of
Wet Nam. 1t is chairmaned
by Mrs. Frederick Reinhardt,
wife Of the Counselor Of the
State Department and For
mer Ambassador to Wet
Nam. with Perle Mesta. the
Angy Biddle Dukes and Gen.
John Iron Nike ODaniels
as honorary chairmen.
Since the two benefits are
on successive Wednesdays,
It's going to be confusing. but
we'll take them up in chro-
biological order.
The big dinner before the
one on the 18th is a unique,
cooperative affair at Ander-
son House. staged by IA CO.
hosts Most Of them are for
mer American ambassadors
such as Robert Woods Bliss
Ambassador TO Argentina: