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drama and invited members oil
the cast to stay with her il
Washington at her home" "Nat.
urally, we accepted" Mrs. Long
says.
The seasoned performer says
that she wrote a skit for the
group which covered the mar.
riage between Ananias Dare
and Eleanor White, to be played
by Marjalene Thomas and Tom
Hull. "The real problem came
| when we tried to find some
props which were reasonably
authentic" she says. A. Q. Bell
suggested that the bridal cake
should resemble a scone, which
he explained was bread filled
with currants, dates and other
tid-bits.
Mrs. Long explained to him
that she had never seen, let
alone cooked scone and asked
eff an old pan of Bisquick
wouldn't do just as WE'LL" Mr..
Bell didn't see why not and
the problem was solved. The fin
ished product was placed on a
wooden board and put in her
car. A sprig of rosemary was
snatched from the Elizabethan
Gardens, as a nosegay for the
groom, and on the car trip to
Washington batch of wheat
was BORROWED" from a farm
er's field in Rock Hill, S. c.,
which research revealed was
just the sort of thing to be
used as brides bouquet.
The whole trip was a success,
according to members of the
cast, until just before time for
the wedding. The group was en-
tertained by Mrs. Morrison, Sem
ator and Mrs. Sam Erwin, Jr.,
Senator and Mrs. B. Everett
Jordan, Mrs. Luther Hodges and
Mrs. Herbert Bonner.
"There were newsmen and
photographers everyw h r e."
says Mrs. Long. "Our photo
graphs were carried by the AP
and UPI wire services and stor-
les were written by staff mem
bers of "The Washington Post"
and a dozen other big papers,"
she said.
"Our costumes, which were
worn at all times, seemed to
create quite a STIR" Mrs. Long
states. She explains that an in
cident in the Senate Restaurant
caused quite a laugh from every
one when Senator Wiley of Wis
consin walked over to the table
where they were dining to ask
who the costumed folks were.
"Some of the Wisconsin people
at his table wanted to know if
we were from Candid Camera"
Zone of the walters asked Sem
ator Jordan if we were real
monarchs from a foreign coun-
try" she chuckled.
The resourcefulness came in
to play at the garden party at
the Brazilian embassy. when
we arrived at the embassy, we
remembered that the nosegay
had been left in water at Mrs.
Morrison's." Mrs. Long said
that someone snuck over near
hedge and gave a yank on
what must have been box
wood. The twigs were used as a
nosegay.
eve were getting over that
panic, when someone discovered
that the 'Bisquick scone' was
missing" Mrs. Long says that
they looked everywhere on
| the lawn under trees .
everywhere "In a last desperate
effort to find the thing we even
looked into the kitchen at the
embassy, and there sure enough
was the scone," she says. "Some
attendant had thought that il
was part of the food which was
to be used as refreshment fol
the ambassadors and dignitar.
ies," says the performer.
| Mrs. Long says that the fina
traumatic moment came when 9
guest at the party walked by
"super" feats by their supervis
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