Evening star., 1960-01-04
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WoshingtonsHosts
At Dancing Party

when agency CHIEF ClluOrQ
was reminded they had for
gotten Symington. "Who?"
asked Clark with a puzzled
look. He is, of course, Sen
ator Symington's closest ad-
wiser. For Stuart they
dreamed up some foreign in
dorsements: "Confucius say
Symington like gentle rain
on mountain. Likely to cause
landslide"
Seated on the crowded
floor or in a few chairs
around the edge of the room
were Senator and Mrs. Bill
Fulbright, Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman, Justice and Mrs.
Brennan, Gen. and Mrs. Ira
Eaker. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
H. Kaufman, the Justin
BowerSockS, Mr.. and Mrs.
Crosby Boyd, Undersecretary
of State and Mrs. Douglas
Dillon, Janet Auchincloss,
mother-in-law of Jack Ken
nedy. and her husband Hugh
D., the Walter Lippmanns,
Gwen Cafritz, Oscar Chap
man, the Bill Goes, the Leslie
Glenns, the Arthur Krocks
and the Jack LanahanS.
Perle Mesta was enjoying
the show thoroughly. Incl
dentally, Perle had a real
surprise this year. She lee
tured against Communist
Russia for two years after
visiting it and she's never
entertained the Soviet Am
bassador, but she received a
beautiful color picture book
of Moscow Gin RusSian)
from Ambassador MenShikov,
along with several tins Of
fresh caviar and a bottle of
Russian champagne for
Christmas.
THE HOWARD SMITHS
dance for debutante daughter
Lucinda at the Sulgrave
Club was a great success.
1t was a sensational evening
for dancing. Sidney and his
relocated orchestra poured
out hot rhythms in the ball
room and they never played
better. The excess of dane
ers we're drawn downstairs,
where a tropical Cuban band
kept on playing even after
Sidney left.
Speaking of orchestraS,
this writer owes Meyer Davis
a great big apology. When I
wrote how superbly he played
at the Randolph Kidders'
dance, I said it was all the
more remarkable that he
could keep it up for we'll over
7 hours at the age of 70. ...
Alas, my informantS misin-
formed me. Meyer is not even
pushing 70. He's in his early
COS.
But to get back to the
Smiths party, where every
one danced as If they were as
young as the New Year.
Maybe the abundance Of pink
dogwood trees put spring in
their feet!
Gene Martin. a virtuoso on
his feet at everything includ-
ing rock n roll, was definite
ly cutting a rug with his wife
Bella. =. Even the Bowdoin
Craighills. who know a thing
or two about dancing. stop
ped to watch. Burton
Wood was doing an expert
cha-cha- cha.
The former Marcia O'Brien
and her husband Jack Day
were down from Chestnut
Hill, Pa, where they live.
Jack said he commutes daily
all the way to New York.
BUS" FLEMING, squir-
ing his pretty wife Martha,
was being congratulated by
his friends. He was recently
elected the new president of
the Chevy Chase Club.
The Glen Congers were
there. and Bill and Peggy
Moncure, George and Eve
lyn Horkan. Jack Scott,
Charles Hooffs,. Hugh and
Marianne Smith, Jim Mann,
the Jim Clarks, "Juny" and
Lalla Dodge and Mary Lord
Coppedge, who had come up
from Norfolk just for the
party. A close friend of
Marion and Howard'S, she
wouldn't miss it, though Tom
Coppedge was at sea.
The debutante's aunts and
uncles came here for the
dance-Peter Norris Syming-
ton and Jim, from Wilton,
Conn, and Laura Mae Norris
Rohrback and Herbert from
New York. The debutante's
grandmother. Mrs. Leo Bri-
son Norris, gave a dinner for
20 beforehand.
And among the young set
was an attractive bachelor
who came all the way from
England because Mrs. Het-
eel put me on her list" War
rem Smith, formerly of
Washington, who now attends
Cambridge University, de-
cided that being on Lanette
Hetzers list for Washington
debut parties during the
Christmas season was well
worth the trip across the
ocean.