Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-18
BY BETTY BEALE

4llC IoCpuU1ICdIlS are SIlll
alive" replied one. II belong
to the League of Republican
Women and we work hard.
We all stick together socially
it seems to me. But l think
there are very few of us left
frankly"
"THE DOUGLAS Dill
Ions are still Republicans
and they had a lovely din
ner the other night. The
Chris Herters were there, the
Phil Wattses, the Pres
Bushes, the Blair ChildseS,
the Thruston Mortons and
the Stewart Alsops. I think
Stu may lean more toward
the Republicans than the
Democrats, though I am not
sure. The billions had al
ready given an earlier din
ner for the New Frontier
group"
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon
does the most entertaining
of any Republican hostess"
said another. "She gave a ter
rifle party for SO recently for
Cabot Lodge and visiting
French parliamentarians.
She had some Democrats as
we'll as Republicans. Frances
Bolton, Katherine st. George
and Kay and Ed Graves were
there but so were the Joe
Clarks Democratic Senator
from Pennsylvania. Virginia
Bacon also gave a dinner for
Italian Ambassador and Mrs.
Fenoaltea which was prob
bly, $3.50 Republicans and
Democrats. I don't remember
seeing any New Frontier
people"
1.-THE Bernard Shanleys (of
the Eisenhower administra-
tom had a dinner the other
night and had some Of each
party. But the Republican
group has shrunk very
much"
"THE HUGH d. AUCHIN-
CLOSSES," noted another
G. o. P. socialite, have
helped to shrink it some
what. They used to be among
the Republican hosts but now
they are, of course, Demo-
Gratis"
To the question - Have
the Republicans gone under
ground socially?" one popu-
lar G. o. P. hostess replied,
II think it would seem that
way because there are so few
Republicans. But the Demo-
Gratis have always been
gayer."
Said a Republican wife of
an Eisenhower official who
did not live here before the
last administration, There
seem to be gayer people
around here than there were
before. Maybe it's because
they are a younger crowd.
When we were invited to the
White House it was always
official and there were always
older people there"
Did the member Of the
League of Republican Wom-
en- agree with the other two
Republican hostesses that
the Democrats are gayer than
the Republicans? After all,
politicians say there is no
real political difference be-
tween the two parties. Was
there really a social differ
ence?
YES" she replied. IT think
De m ocra is are terribly
friendly. They are not as
stiff; they have much more
fun. They are not as close
mouthed as the Republicans.
They are less inhibited be-
cause they are not so class
conscious" Wow! What would
her sister Republicans say?
Don't quote me-" she begged.
But what about the Re-
publicans? Are they going to
do more entertaining, or are
they going to let the Ken
nedys monopolize all the
news, I asked her. II was
trying to write about Re
publicans for a change"
IF you don't know the
people who are in office, you
are simply out" she replied
with finality. So that's that.
Around the town:
SENATOR EUGENE Nc
CARTHY, Democrat of Min
nesota, saying at a dinner
the other evening that he was
going out to Tucson, Arizona
to speak and hoped someone
would ask him what he
thought of Barry Goldwater.
II will tell them that Barry
is like the entertainer Law
renee Week." he said quite
candidly. "Welk will never
add to the history of music
but he provides a pleasant
jnterlude and a lot of people
like to hear him." He
went, someone asked him and
he said it.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY
telling CAMERON President
Ahidjo at the White House
luncheon for his guests that
he understood two languages
were spoken in his country