Evening star., 1961-12-31
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nigh impossible to get some
thing in the house fixed or
have something delivered,
explained the desperate Pam.
MY pet peeve is trades
people who won't show up
when they say they will or
who won't even give you a
clue as to when they expect
to get to your house." Since
nobody walks out on the
First Lady any old time Just
to wait around for the re-
pairman, Pam is in a jam.
SECRETARY OF CON-
MERGE Luther Hodges made
it short and sweet and it had
to do with his job. MY pet
peeve is the man who keeps
saying things do look good,
but He's usually the
man who wants someone else
to do things for him"
Said the top businessman in
the Government, Things
really do look good" Amen.
MRS. STRIVE HENSEL,
Washington hostess and for
mer career woman whose
lawyer husband was a mem
ber of President Eisenhower's
little cabinet, named four
pet peeves, one right after
the other.
l. All the little girls who
look as if they had washed
their hair in dishwater so it
hangs like straggly fringe
over the face. Very pretty
girls ruin their looks this
way.
2. Some of the women you
see in Georgetown who look
as if they had come from the
Atlas Mountains. They wear
heavy high socks, big wooden
scarves around their necks
and big shaggy fake fur hats
on their heads.
8. Il am sick and tired"
continued Isabel, "of the
pseudo intellectuals - the
"Franny and Zooey" Salinger
set. Their pretensions to in
tellectuality is as ephemeral
a cult as the Twist"
4. But my biggest pet peeve
is the people who think cul-
ture has just arrived in
Washington. The only thing
new about it. is that they
have just discovered it,"
She wasn't dispensing digs
at the Kennedys for pro-
noting culture in Washing
ton; just the people who
think there wasn't any cul-
ture here until the Kennedys
took over.
FEDERAL AVIATION AID.
MINISTRATOR Najeeb Ha-
laby had an unusual answer
for the aforementioned ques-
ton. my pet peeve," said the
quiet hammered fearless
flier." is the cult Of tough
ness. People mistake noisy,
ruthless and blunt men for
strong, resilient and effec-
tive types. and this seems to
be characteristic Of Washing
ton. Is he tough enough?
Is the question asked when it
should really be-is he ef-
fective enough? What a man
looks like or sounds like is
not really a test of his forti-
tude or his effectiveness"
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF LABOR Esther Peterson's
pet peeve is people who push,
who elbow their way in front
of you and then stand in the
way; the driver who gets
into an intersection and
blocks all traffic just to get
himself a little bit ahead. I
think you can get ahead
faster in life If you don't
push and life is lots nicer"
said the woman who has
reached the highest position
of her sex in this administra-
ton.
CLARK CLIFFORD, assist
ant to President Truman
and advisor to President
Kennedy, has one major
peeve. THE people who criti-
cize thunderously the poll
cies of the present admins
tration but who do not offer
any alternative. Just about
the time you get set to have
an enjoyable dinner at the
club or someone's house." up
comes one of those types and
starts sounding off IT am
always perfectly willing to
listen to someone's COM
plants if they offer an alter
native course Of action" said
the Capital lawyer. But If
they haven't one, he wishes
they would keep quiet and
let him SAVIOUR his supper.
He may not have thought
about it, but that would kill
all conversation in Washing
ton in 1862, which heaven
forbid!
MRS. AVERELL HARRI-
MAN, chatelaine Of art-filled
residences, and wife of the
former Ambassador to Rus
sia. Governor of New York
and presently Assistant Sec
retary of State for Far East.
ern Affairs. didn't hesitate in
naming the pet peeve she
can get along without in 1862.
Its anybody over 2l doing
the Twist" said Marie. They
all leer at each other. They
have a feeling they ought to
be sexy. The kids just do it
gaily."
I am so glad she didn't say
anybody over 20. I'd hate to
give it up myself.