Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

had to vacate the furnished
house they had been renting,
and a month before their
new house was ready, added
to the logistical problem for
the whole family.
We've been living like
gypSies for the past month"
said Mrs. Ribicoff the other
day as she relaxed in the liv-
ing room of the house into
which they have finally
moved.
For a time both families
and also the Ribicoffs'
daughter Jane. Just back
from a summer in Europe,
r moved into the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
That's where they ran
afoul of Advise and Con-
sent" Mrs. Ribicoff did, at
least.
1t was hot, and I was
spending most of my time
with the workmen in the new
house." she said. Every day
I'd go through the lobby,
wearing eakers and a
sleeveless dress. I had to 60
right by where the filming
was taking place. Everybody
was dressed to the teeth.
Finally I couldn't stand it
any longer"
They Moved
So they moved to the
Shoreham's motel, where we
could come and go as we
pleased. without going
through a lobby. No one paid
any attention to U.S."
While she was supervising
the workmen here, Mrs. Ribi-
coff also was keeping a long
distance watch on work being
done in their permanent
home in New London, Conn.
Used only as a summer resi-
dence during the years Mr..
Ribicoff was in the Cover
nor's Mansion and otherwise
politically active in Hartford,
Conn, the oceanside house
now is being converted for
year-round use.
That's where Hurricane
Esther comes in.
Although the full force Of
the hurricane missed the
astern coastline, waves
whipped up by the high winds
washed up and around and
under the Ribicoffs' house.
The just-installed furnace
had to be completely disman-
tied and cleaned out. The
lawn, on which Mrs. Ribicoff
had labored lovingly this
summer. now looks like the
beach moved in-and in fact
it did, the cabinet wife said
despairingly.
A six or eight inch layer of
sand, complete with muscles,
sand crabs and other deni-
zens of the sea, have covered
what used to be the lawn.
Mrs. Ribicoff was planning
to go to New London this
week end to survey the
damage.
New House Here
At least. her Washington
abode is now in order.
The family finally moved
into the new house, which Is
on @ street in Georgetown,
last Wednesday. The Secre-
tary managed to stay there
one night, then flew off to
California to make a speech.
Jane, 10, who boarded at
Pine Manor Junior College
last year, now is living home
with her parents and attend
ing George Washington Uni
versity, where she is a sopho-
more.
Peter and his bride Mer-
=. cedes have taken an apart
nnent just a few blocks from
his parents house.
Mrs. Ribicoff has sorted
her way through furniture
stored seven years while they
were in the Governors man
sion, crates sent East by
Peter, James luggage back
from Europe, and impedi-
menta she and the Secre-
tary have collected living in a
rented house since January.
Remarkably, she had man.
aged in two days to get the
lower floor of the small, at
tractive house completely or
gained. Rugs are down, dra-
peries are up. furniture and
lamps and bric-a-brac and
books are in place. All of the
pictures are hung.
The house has a large liv-
ing room running across the
back, overlooking a bricked
patio through two windows
and double French doors. A
huge mirror, composed Of
eparate diamond shaped
panes, covers most of one
wall of the dining room. max
ing the room look larger thar
it is.
Below the mirror Mrs. Rib.
icoff has had heavy wooden
shelf installed, to use al
a serving table for buffet
suppers. The shelf is above
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