Evening star., 1961-02-21

blue pinstripe, and makes al
= Margaret does with a sheen
: Dick Steen sick with envy. H,
Z would be buying shirts from u
& If he really knew about Mar
Z garet.
= After the wardrobe surve!
there is the car inspection
z Ours is white, about which WI
Z have a vague theory to tht
Y effect that it does something
q TO ease that Subterranear
) sense of sin which afflict:
: some Irish. Not all Irish. Mo-
even all those Irish names thai
S end in "y."
=. Well, after those two-pluS
months of SHOWS, the car was
! not white. It had to be
= = washed. Not that Helen would
= see it, or the State Depart
ment man. One simply would
4 feel guilty driving to a lunch
con with the two of them in
q dirty car, no matter how
far away it might be parked
. So, the car was washed anc
Ncame out looking like an over
d all halo, one of the great tri-
Z umphs of the Industrial age
5 Was one now ready for the
: luncheon?
u Not quite. Critics have
wives and wives have instants
y of querulousnesS - infrequent
y and fugitive. But they love
: Helen and wonder why they
@too, are not invited to all
: luncheons with her, even the
: smallest and most abrupt.
So, they ask why not? On,
q explains that this is State
( Department luncheon, a quick
little thing really: just thrown
together on the spur Of a mo
Z ment. One explains further tina
the State Departments ap
! preparation frequently exclude.
!. wives-even wives who onct
Z were in the foreign service o
4 the S. D., and should know
more about such things thar
rtheir husbands.
= It looks settled, but decep'
: lively. It could actually be set
Z tied only by a note, like ar
+ sexcuse to teacher, from Secre'
tary of State Dean Rusk
! Patiently he has other thing!
on his mind.
z So, one drives away shining
: but a little dismayed that az
sinfelicitous atmosphere has en-
veloped the luncheon.
One arrives at the jefferson
Ewhere everyone Except critics
pwiyes and the rest of the popu.
lation) is to dine with Helen
y Edith Morgan is at the desl
and we tell her, well. here w
sare and ready for luncheon
with Helen Hayes. Her reply il
an account Of a really infelici
~tous atmosphere.
"Everybody's SO sorry" Shi
says, but Miss Hayes jus
Npassed over Washington on he
sway to Columbus, Ga. (ShC
ereally said Georgia" but it Il
newspaper style to abbrevist'
Estate names. Couldn't lanC
Shere-the fog, you know. TIL,
sState Department just called
SIt's sorry. Miss Hayes Is sorry.
2 We said we were sorry, too
AThis was because we had in
Ntended to use that Saturday
Nnoon wasn't it foggyO to ge'
material for this column.
y Which, Of course, would hav'
Ebeen about Helen Hayes-anC
.the repertory company which
s.she will bring to Washington
Anext week, en- route abroad
with three American plays. AL
@three will be performed at tht
National, so official and unoffi'
scial Washington will know
@what 1t is we are sending over.
sseas as O sample Of our dra'
smatic art.
= But there can't be a column
aabout Helen Hayes if Heller
sHayeS never got here.
y %&
MOREO YER: Dir ecto
George Stevens has come VI
with the actor to play the roll
sof Jesus in what will be tn
ScostlieSt picture ever made
s"The Greatest Story Eve
Told" :. The actor is Sweden
sMax Won Sydow, currentl
splaying the father in "Th
sVirgin Spring" at the Mac
SsArthur Theater He is tn
stop man in famed Directo
@Ingmar Bergman's acting com
spany Speaking Of Georges
sthe Seaton one has just beel