Evening star., 1961-07-24
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FOR Cne rest OF the tOurna-
ment, the good looking Mrs.
Cross has lined UP just about
every private court in Wash
ington. She has also slapped
a $25 fee on every participant
to benefit the Tennis Patrons
organization, which teaches
the sport to underprivileged
children and fosters the game
elsewhere.
The Stewart Alsops were
on hand, and they have one
of the private courts that
will be used. Stewart will
also play in it, as will Walt
Rostow and Paul Ignatius.
Japanese Ambassador Asakai
will take part in it; so will
Tish Baldrige and dozens Of
others.
No. / contestant to be in
vited-Mrs. John Kennedy.
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THE NEW FRONTIER is
certainly the sprucing-up-
INCEST administration we've
ever had. Even when Mrs,
Kennedy is out of town the
White House beautifying and
decorating news emanates
from the East Wing with the
frequency of military dis
patches from the front dur
ing wartime.
But that's not the half of
1t. The Sprucing-up fever has
hit the State Department
with such vigor that it is
making a brave effort to keep
up with the JoneseS-i.e., the
Kennedys-in embellishing
its new entertain ent
quarters.
The White House hung
portraits of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bushrod Washington beside
portraits of Bushrod's uncle
and aunt, George and Martha
Washington, in the East
Room, and the State Depart
ment hung original Rem
brandt Peale portraits Of
President and Mrs. Washing
ton in its big new drawing
room The White House
found a French mirrored
table and French chair for
the Blue Room, and the State
Department hung French
chandeliers in it's entire suite
-. The White House grouped
Is portraits on one wall in
the Red Room for warmer ef-
feet; the State Department
hung the Flemish tapestry
"Amerika" over a marble
wall in the reception room to
give it warmth. The White
House then put on display
some of the Biddle collection
of epergnes and bowls of
vermeil, which is gilt on sill
yer and now the State De-
partment has borrowed from
the Smithsonian Institution
epergnes and candelabra of
ormolu, which is gilt on brass.
WE'RE GETTING so
POSH that one of these days
we may actually behave as If
we we're not ashamed of our
wealth.
Two Washington bellies and
social leaders who died in
1919, Mrs. B. H. Buckingham
and her sister, Miss Isabel C.
Freeman, are responsible for
States new ormolu. They
gave it to the Smithsonian
along with several other COL
lections, and everything they
gave us was of fine quality"
says Richard Howland, head
of the history department.
The French pieces, probably
Of Empress Eugenie's time,
include a two-foot-high stand
on a mirrored plateau hold
ing aloft a big oval glass
punch bowl; a pair of can
delabra, a pair of two-tiered
compotes holding glass plates,
a pair of one-tiered compotes
and four more pairs of stands
in decreasing sizes holding
glass bowls.
There are not enough
candelabra in the set to be
used at big state dinners in
the new dining room, said
Deputy Chief of Protocol
Clement Conger, but they
can be used for the Secre-
tary's dinners for 36 or less.
A loan or gift Of additional
ormolu candelabra will be
graciously received, Mr.. Con-
ger indicated.
THE TWO SOCIETY SIS
TERS also gave the Smith
sonian tickets. programs and