Evening star., 1959-12-21
BY BETTY BEALE
Star star Writer

ANVIL 40 tllCy ulu IdSl EIlQdy.
=. This one may not be as
pregnant with political i'm
plications, however. as the
other, which drew former
Gov. and Mrs. Tom Dewey
all the way from New York.
Guests present noticed
that Mr.. Dewey gave Mr..
Nixon the warmest of greet
ings and in general, spread
a lot of cheer. Betting is
now rampant that Nelson
Rockefeller will consider sec
ond place on the ticket.
POLLY GUGGENHEIM
plans to make her debut"
appearance following her re-
cent illness at the Women's
National Press Club dinner
honoring the Congress. 1t
will take place on January 6,
the date Congress conveneS.
-. All the legislators present
that evening will be polled as
to the presidential choices of
their constituents and guard
ing the ballot booth will be
the top women in the Demo-
cratic and Republican Ma
tional Com mittee-Vice
Chairman Katie Louchheim
and Assistant Chairman
Glare Williams respectively.
WHATEVER ELSE PRES
lDENT EISENHOWER'S
visit to Madrid today accom-
plisheS, at least it served to
get GeneralisSimo Franco up
early this morning When
Spaniards here heard that Ell
Caudillo would breakfast at
8 with Mr.. Eisenhower, they
hooted, This will be the first
time in his life he ever had
breakfast at that hour!"
SpaniardS are famous for
their late hours-for cock
failing between 9 and mid
night, dining at midnight or
later and going to bed at 4
or 5. Naturally they sleep
late Franco generally
breakfasts. l am informed,
around IL am.
THE MOST ORIGINAL
CHRISTMAS card this writer
has ever seen is the one
Turkish Ambassador and
Nine. Urguplu sent out over
the week end . It's a large
slick postcard bearing a color
picture of the harbor of Is
tanbul A second look
reveals some fine round lines
on the card and a small hole
In the middle. Then you
realize that the rectangular
postcard is in reality a record
"a recording of a Turkish
flsherman's song, it says on
the back The music is
gay and rollicking, like the
Christmas the Urguplus are
wishing for their friends.
THE DEBUTANTE SEA-
SON is at its peak. We have
debutanteS to the right of
us, debutantes to the left of
us and even across the river.
Modelled on tonight's select
Washington Debutante Ball..
for some 20 who will make
their bow. is tomorrow nights
Holly Ball in Arlington at
which IL girls will be pre-
sented. The presentation
ceremony there involves STEP
ping through a huge holly
wreath that must be so lux
uriant the holly is being
flown in from O"esOn. Since
holly is Native to Virginia
nobody is supposed to know
this.
Roberta Downs debut
dance at the Sulgrave Club
Saturday night was a huge
success. drawing hundreds
from both her own and her
parents sets-52C, in fact,
by the checker at the door.
E. Every room in the clubs
two floors was used, with
music in three Of them and
dancing in two There was
dancing in the ballroom to
Tony Cabot's orchestra from
New York, and more twirling
In the downstairs circular
dining room to a Mexican
marlmba band.
It's chic nowadays not to
overdo red and green at
Christmas time, so the ball
room was a mass of pink and
white flowers and white doves
with a ceiling" of pink and
white ribbons tanning out
from the huge chandelier to
the four walls. 1t was meant
to resemble, and it had the
freshness of, the Gardens of
Xochimilco in Mexico. Until
this fall the debutante and
her mother, Florence Downs
Schlubach, have been living
in Mexico.
Among the flock of out
of-town guests present were
Mrs. James Russell Lowell of
New York, Mrs. Allison Bis
good also of New York, who
was twirling with Clayton
Frltchey; Mr.. and Mrs.
Brinkley SmitherS of Long
Island, who were feted at
dinner by the Assistant Sec
retary of Defense and Mrs.
Charles Finucane; the former
Ruth Hurley and her hus-
band David Hughes, who
came down from Greenwich,
Conn; the James Millses
from Middleburg: Mrs.
Lubitch Bedford, widow of
the producer, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph StrauS of New
York.
American Ambassador to
Portugal and Mrs. Burke
Elbrick were there, also their