Evening star., 1960-12-11
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President Will Miss Extras;
Kennedys' intimate Friends
By BETTY BEALE

itics. will have new status in
the coming administration.
Among Jackie's New York.
Newport friends are Sylvia
Whitehouse Blake, OatSey
Letter, Ceci Kuest, Jane Akers
and Leta Mcdonnell.
THE CRACK that "the
United States won't have to
worry about .Quemoy and
Matsu anymore. The prob
lem has been solved. Papa
Joe is buying them"
THE AFTER CONCERT
PARTY for Soprano Leontyne
Price at Jean Lindsey's. The
remarkable Negro singer who
will make her debut at the
Met on January q and will
sing five roles there this sea-
son, used to be a maid in the
household Of Jeans parents,
the Alexander ChiSholms of
Laurel. Miss. They recog-
nized her talent in her teens,
financed her musical training
and now she has had brilliant
successes in La Scala. Vienna,
SalZburg, ETC.. opera houses.
At 81 she. also speaks five
languages fluently. :. Around
1890 o'clock the other eve
ming she sat down at the
piano to play and sing while
listening entranced from
chairs. sofas and even the
floor were such familiar faces
as Mrs. Paul Magnuson, the
George Wheelers, the Fred
erick Lees. Norman and Betty
Paul, Art and Joan Gardner.
Chris Merillat and the Neil
Carothers. John Lamontaine.
composer Of songs from the
Rose Of Sharon" was also
in the group that heard her
lovely voice in Thinking Of
YOU" Summertime" and one
other. !. After that Jean
and her two sisters, Margaret
and Cynthia Chisholm. took
turns at the piano playing
the show tunes of the '20s
and sos. :. This is the kind
of non-stuffy after-concert
party to have.
JUSTICE FRANKFURT-
ER'S reported comment that
he is tired of "the death
watch" being held over him.
In additian to- past Re-
publican syeine. the 10 -yeaF@
old justice is referring, no
doubt. to the appointment Of
Democratic Gov. Abe Ribi-
coh as Secretary Of Health.
Education and Welfare pend
ing his supposedly promised
promotion to the top court.
-. The only vacancy ex-
pected seems TO be Frank
furter's because he's the eld-
est. and he may just stay
there for lie.
THE SUDDEN ACCENT
on the Holy Trinity Church
in Georgetown. where Caro-
line Kennedy accompanied
her father two Sundays ago.
and landed on the front
page. Yesterday morning
Bob and Ethel Kennedy went
there to be proxy God
parents at the christening Of
Marguerite Higgins and Mai.
Gen. william Halls newest
born q girl. The Kennedys
were standing in for James
O'Donnell. who's In Berlin
as correspondent for the N. Y.
Herald Trib and Helen Lam
bert who's in Moscow where
her husband Tom Is corre-
spondent for the same.
THE FASHIONS Of Prin-
cess Emma Toussoun Mrs.
Cornelius Bretsch). Emma,
a cousin Of ex-King Farouk,
used to be dressed by Lane
win and other top Paris
couturiers. Having spent q
fortune herself on clothes
and Jewels, when she decided
to open q dress shop on
property she owned on
Seventh street. she went the
other extreme. /: !. At q
fashion show the other day
Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer.
Alice Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs.
william Mccormick. Brig
Gen. and Mrs. Charles Royce,
Nine. Illarior1 Mishtowt and
Mrs. George Holmes gasped
when they looked at the low
price list and saw the clothes
paraded. Low overhead"
explained Emma.