Evening star., 1961-02-06
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Gen. Gavin Studying French;
Johnsons Pep Up Party Life

HOUSE OIL GOAIldII IOaQ Willie
the Kidders continue to serve
at our Embassy in Paris ;.
They will move in next
month.
MRS. NEWBOLD WALMS-
LEY postponing her depart
ure for Tunisia, where her
husband Is United States
Ambassador. until February
IA. She will attend the fare
well dinner on ths 9Th of
Ambassador Mongi Slim who
will also give q farewell re-
ception on the 18th before
he retires to be succeeded by
Habib Bourguiba, son Of Tu-
nisia'S President Says
Teresa WalmSley Of her hus-
bands post, the Tunisians
are nice, the climate is won
derful, the American resi-
dence in Carthage is close to
the sea, there is good theater
by French companies that
come over from Paris, and
there is an attractive diplo-
matte corps. She brought
back to one or two friends a
silver trimmed burnoose such
as Tunisian men wear and
which make chic evening
wraps for Western women.
JAN PIERCE, whose still
thrilling voice charmed lis
teners at Constitution Hall
yesterday, stating fatty at
Desmond Wilson'S cocktail
party afterward that "the
best music that Is made in
the world and the best musi-
clans are in America" The
quality Of the opera and SYM
phony music in Italy, Austria
and Germany or anywhere
else. he said. is not equal to
the quality here. Next to the
Met, he puts San Francisco
and Chicago Opera Cos. in
second place and Dallas
Opera Co. in third.
GEORGE ABEL reading
palms at the Finnish EN-
bassy the other evening. He
studied under a noted palm
ist IN Paris once and he's so
good he can read you like a
book-just what you are and
have been. not your future.
THE GEORGE-WASHING-
TON-SLEPT-HERE attrac-
ton Of historic spots Is rap
idly being outdone by the
lure "A Kennedy was here"
The publicist promoting
interest in the Opera Soci-
ety's production this Thurs
day, Friday and Sunday of
Mozart's "Idomeneo" notes
that Admiral and Mrs. Neill
Phillips will afterwards give
the first party they have had
IN their house since 1t was
leased by the Joseph Ken
nedys during Inauguration
-. privately one can't help
wondering II the Kennedys
left some tell-tale mark in
the house that the Phillipses
can't cover UP. ,4;
And the publicist drumming
up trade for the House and
Embassy Tour on April 8
calls attention to the fact
that the George Wheelers'
house, where President Ken
nedy dined the night of his
Inaugural Ball, will be one of
those open to the public. :, -.
I don't suppose Jane would
allow 1t. but If they're really
hep they'll put q sign on the
chair he sat in and reset the
table the way 1t looked that
night.
To get back to the opera, it
seems that the Treasury De-
partment and the Washing
ton Opera Society have an
affinity for each other. The
new Undersecretary Of the
Treasury for Monetary At
fairs, Robert v. Roosa (pro-
nounced Rosa) loves opera
and will attend the opening
at Lisner Thursday night;
his predecessors wife, Mrs.
Julian Baird, was on the
Woman's Board Of the Opera
Society, and Mr.. Baird's pred
ecessor. Ralph Burgess, was
a supporter Of the society.
And to get back to the
House and Embassy Tour,
along with the Wheelers'
house. and the Parke Bradys',
the Morris Cafritzes', Eliza
beth Houghton's and the
k Charles RhettS, the en-
bassies Of Belgium. Britain.
Iran, Denmark and Germany
will be shown.