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The Republican., 1963-12-03
Handbags Help Her To Carry
YuIe Joy Throughout The Year

Yuletide pleasure to carry with
her through the year is hers when
Santa gifts her with a fashionable
handbag
This holiday season, the selec-
tion of textures, colors and styles
in handbags is calculated to please
every woman on Santa's list. In
cluded are handsome grains, CLOS
sy smooth and velvety suede
feathers, delicate lustre and gleam-
ing patent feathers.
With the sportive look the big
trend in fashion these days, a
smart gift choice would be a cas-
ual style-pouch, tote or satchel-
in grained, brushed, WaXy or an
tiqued feathers and deep rich col
ors.
If she prefers her handbags with
| out handles, disarming gift is a
good-looking leather envelope or
clutch Especially effective with
latc-day costumes, this handbag
style comes in smooth, suede, lus-
ire and other beautiful leather
finishes and is most often trimmed
with a simple FURNISHED flOren-
tine gold closing or other orna-
ment.
For a really gala gift, choose one
of the new evening bags in suede
or lustre leather, either simply
styled or with a jewel ornament.
Santa can be certain she'll put it
to immediate use during all the
festivities of the holidays.
The Republican., 1963-12-03

Since toys can be among the
most influential gifts child re-
ceives at Christmas. they deserve
high priority when adult shopping
time and energy - is allocated.
Paytime important
Shoppers should keep in mind
that play is the serious business
of childhood and toys are funda-
mentally tools which help children
discover their capabilities and
adapt themselves to the world
around them.
This advice comes from DIR. En-
ma Sheehy, chairman of the Edu-
Gator Advisory Committee of Toy
Guidance Council, who notes that
some toys highly entertaining to
adults personally can be, and often
are, serious stumbling block
when the grownups attempt to make
a hasty eleventh hour choice for the
children on their Yule lists.
To be of prime value, toys Sc
lected should fit the interests and
capabilities of the child who will
actually use them. DR.. Sheehy
points out Impulse buying is fine
for some types of gift selection
but toy purchases deserve thought
Another drawback to last minute
shopping is that the stocks of toys
are depleted and often the play
things which would be most ap-
propriate may be unavailble
So, plan we'll ahead to give
prime attention to shopping for
toys this Yuletide. Begin by draw
ing together accurate profiles of
the youngsters on your gift list.
The first rule is to double check
age level and not to rely on men,
ory. The cute toddler in that dog
cared photograph can be a dedi-
Gated young scientist in brief
span of years. Adults who do not
see a child frequently should be
particularly vigilant in this area.
1t is winning strategy for as
sistant Santas to take time to read
up bit on childrcn's play inter-
csts at different age levels before
they go shopping. 1t should be
remembered that balanced variety
of appropriate toys can be a tre-
mcndous inspiration to every
youngster in developing their capa-
bilities and preparing for careers.
Safety is a first essential of a
good toy and here age level plays
vital role. The toys purchased
for babies require a careful double
check to make sure that they have
The Republican., 1963-12-03

RIGHT ON THE JOB is this toy
hydraulic bumper with mod
ern cab for the junior construc-
ton engineer. Structo Manufac-
turing Company.
both cattle and horses.
New in the career toy sector is
an amusement park which provides
replica of the carnival scene, in
Guiding musical merry-go-round,
a take-a-part choo choo, and minia-
ture version of many popular
amusement park rides.
Stimulates Experiments
A move, kit satisfies little girls
UNIVERSAL urge to experiment with
makeup without raiding mothers
supplies. This new beauty bar
comes equipped with useful fem
mime head which can be washed
clean with a damp cloth, no matter
how profusely the harmless cos
metics from the accompanying kit
have been applied.
A new facet for the young artist
is a ceremonial African tribal mask
which the youngster constructs in
toto. In completed form this and
other ceremonial mask kits, in
spired by primitive design, provide
decorative wall plaques.
This is the Christmas when the
digital computer for children will
arrive under the tree.
The Republican., 1963-12-03
ChiId's Interests And Capabilities
Important When Selecting Toys

no rough edges or loose parts and
that they are both safe for suck
ing and easy to keep clean, DR..
Sheehy said. The science set or
tool that is safe for a school age
child, would be an unwise gift
for a Kindergarten.
Common sense is a helpful guide
to choosing toys that will be safe
for a particular age Many manu-
facturers indicate age interest on
their box tops and instruction tags
The Republican., 1963-12-03

room Hockey Game which also has
the convenience of being mounted
on aluminium legs which fold
away in a small space when not
in use. To achieve the ultimate in
realism, fans are provided with
paints and brush so they can
dress up their players in the exact
uniforms of their favorite teams.
This new electric hockey game has
a slide action which exactly re-
produces the tempo of expert ice
rink competition.
Home front strategists will get
the feeling of real ice rink COM
petition from the playing surface,
too, which is mounted with multi
gloss laminated plastic for extra
realism. Red and blue goal lights
add to the authentic atmosphere of
big league competition. The puck
is magnetic.
A new convenience in the small
home billiard sets is model for
table top use which has retractable
legs.
New in the electric game cate
CORY is a tank battle, table size,
which reproduces war time maneu-
vers with unusual realism and fea-
lures mobile anti-tank guns.
Baseball and auto racing games
draw large numbers OF armchair
fans. The significant trend in all
replays of sports this Yule season,
more and more realism"
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The Republican., 1963-12-03

to provide guidance in this area.
The top department can be a
helpful shopping spot for teenagers
as we'll as younger children on
gift lists this year, DR.. Sheehy
notes.
There is wide range of science
and hobby kits that are very in
teresting to teenagers and also
have great educational value.
Games keyed to teenage interests
are another area where a wider
than ever choice of suitable items
is available for older children.
Particularly when substantial
gifts are planned, it is a good idea
to communicate with the parents
to double check.
The Republican., 1963-12-03
Lingerie FIutters Her
In New Fashion Hues

Lingerie gifts flatter her fem
ininity, and even though she's the
tailored type, she will probably
appreciate few frills at Christ
mas
Safest course, however, is to
steer clear of an overabundance
of lace and rufflcs. Even the sim
plest lingerie styles acquire a fcs-
tive air when Santa selects them
in new fashion hues, rather than
white or black.
The Republican., 1963-12-03
HEART WARMING

For heart-warming giving, there's
a wide variety of fireplace sets
available-among them, monogram
med screens.
The Republican., 1963-12-03

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-31

" ashington tradition, has
whomped up q Halloween par
ty, starting tonight at Q. In addi-
ton to music by the Joe Nardi
Trio, there will be free hats,
horns and other noise makers . g.
Art Farmer and flugehorn
continue through Saturday night
at the Showboat Lounge. Wes
Montgomery, the guitarist who
has been making a habit of win
ming jazz polls, brings his trio in
NJ on day night to rem a in
through November Is Jerry
White, the popular and virtually
unbelievable honky-tonk pianist
at Basins, will be an added
attraction at the concert sched-
uled for Saturday night at 8 at
Lisner Auditorium. The Letter
men, Capitol recording stars,
will be featured Georgetown
University will have its concert
on Saturday night, too, this one
featuring Ray Charles, in the
McDOnOugh Gym, starting at
$3.50.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
7 French Artists
In Happy Recital

equal partner, exhibiting the
greatest versatility both as a
pianist and as a harpsichordist.
His harpsichord playing is char
acterized by extreme variety Of
instrumental color. He was
playing a large Sperrhake harp
sichOrd supple d by the Ii
brary; and if-aS l suspect he
found its German design unfa-
miliar, it is a special tribute to
his musicianship that the purely
mechanical hazards involved
were not reflecte d in his
playing.
The greatest musical rewards
came in the Couperin Concert
royal, the Bach Partita and the
Poulenc sonata.
The Couperin was immeasur-
ably enhanced by Veyron-La-
crOix's elegant filling In OF what
Couperin left only as a sort Of
blueprint in the form of a fig
ured bass.
AS for the Bach, the experts
are in doubt about its authentic
ity; but l found it a very solid
piece indeed-quite good enough
to have been by Bach.
The Poulenc Sonata, dedicat-
ed to the memory of Mrs. Cool
idge, is one of his most-imag-
NATIVE and beSt-contrived late
and a particularly
strong candidate for survival.
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It would have been the 99th
birthday Of the late Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge, and her
memory was honored at the Ii
brary Of Congress with a singu-
larry happy recital by two su-
perb French artists. The fam
GUS flutist, Jean-Pierre Rampal,
was perfectly paired with the
younger keyboard virtuoso, Rob
ert Veyron-Lacroix.
Their program was uncom-
monty lively from the stand
point Of musical substance, and
was subtly designed to show a
kaleidoscope of congressional
and instrumental styles.
For Rampal, it was a steady
progress from the impid grace
of Couperin'S court music to the
correct classiciSm of the child
Mozart to the flOrid BarOque,
and from there to the increas-
ingly treacherous and snowy
writing of our own time. In a
program as varied as this,
R a mpal demOnstrated-with
ease and authOrity-just about
everything that a flute can do.
His most dazzling playing came
in Arma's transcription of the
Bartok suite-a piece in which
technical display tends to take
precedence over musical con-
tent.
In the Bartok, Veyron-Lacroix
became an expert accompanist.
Until then, he had been an
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AFTER DARK
1t Is q Time
For Comedy

This may not be a might club
town." whatever that is, but
this is headquarters right now
for the best in night club COM
edy. The elder statesman of sa-
loon funSterS, Joe E. Lewis, is
at the Shoreham Blue Room
and a new pair named Jerry
Stiller and Anne Meara, virtual
ly certain to attain elder states
manhood, are at The Shadows.
Mr.. Stiller and Miss Meara
(who is really Mrs. Stiller) are
refugees from Shakespeare and
the Phoenix Theater and it is
ShakeSpeare's and the Phoenix
Theater's loss. A team for little
more than a year, they are the
funniest cabaret performers to
turn up in many a year.
There is nothing stereotyped
about anything they do. Percep-
tive chroniclers of the human
COMEDY and affectionate SYM
pathizerS with its victims, they
base their witty sketches solidly
in pure truth.
They usually start so close to
life, in act, that you can scarce
ly detect the moment when they
depart from it and take off into
fantasy.
Miss Meara is a probably at
tractive girl who has gone out
of her way to achieve the beat
mix look and she has achieved
it. Mr.. Stiller is rumpled type
who plays-by a really far
fetched comparison-a sort of
George Burns to her sort of Ora
Gle Allen.
Come to think of it, that COM
parison is not merely far
fetched, it's misleading. They
don't resemble Burns and Allen
or anyone else specifically.
They just resemble people gen.
orally and at any moment you
may see, not yourself of course,
but somebody you know well.
Or, if not that, some Illustration
you know well.
The aspects of life they re-
gard with comically raised eye
brows probably vary from show
to show, but whatever they do
you can't lose. Miss Meara is
wonderful in an opening lecture
on the beauties of communicate
ing with your fellow man or wo-
man and then they get funnier.
y
TV commercials take quite a
beating in one of the Stiller-
Meara skitS and egghead Sun
day TV shows in another. They
are equally effective operating
on less vulnerable targets. One
of their best is a routine detail
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HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD NANA).-.
Hugh O'Brian is calling his au-
photography 1.-THE Erotic Ezra
tic" But can't tell you what he
is calling the producers of his
Assassination in Italy" pic
ture. I'VE may drop them and
it on Russia" said Hugh. The
company went bankrupt before
Hugh and co-star Cyd Charlse
could collect their salaries. q.
Friends are wondering about
the Tony Richardson's. He's the
great director of Luther" and
tom Jones'" She's Vanessa
Redgrave, actress daughter of
Sir Michael Redgrave. Will
liam Holden is giving more
hope for a reconciliation with his
wife. He has taken off on a lei
surely jaunt around the world
with their son West. And he has
left Capucine holding the
proverbial French bag. l hope
so, for Mrs. H oil d e n s sake.
There has never been anyone in
her life except Bill. -. And
the rumors are still all over the
place about Shirley MacLaine
being interested in a recent lead
ing man, or vice versa. My first
reaction is to say, mot true"
but have never known smoke
in Hollywood without some fire
behind it. I'll be surprised how
ever, if they leave their reSpec-
tive mates.
Claudia Mcneil called to tell
me she is organizing an award
for Ross Hunter. "Colored girls
do not 60 to Vogue for their ide-
as about Clothes" said Claudia;
''they get them from Ross
Hunters pictures. It's tim e
he received some recognition
from u.s." Claudia, when she is
not giving great performances,
runs Medicines beauty shops
in the East. The award for Ross
is planned for December.
Stop him, someone. Robert
BEDFORD signed for a picture in
Europe and plans to leave his
smash stage hit, "Borefoot in
the Park" in May. l advised
him to stay with the show for a
year at least. When Hollywood
producers see him in this COM
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town. version is hard to beat.
The same goes for its sweet and
sour pork.
But back to the Mandarins
versus the Cantonese.
The Picking, being Mandarin,
offers what it calls authentic
versions Of such Chinese delica-
cies as our shrimp with snow
peas and water ch estnuts,
chicken velvet, chicke n kew
with vegetables, eight precious
whole chicken, eight precious
duck, Picking duck with
steamed pancakes, the SLICED
beef with snow peas, sliced
abalOne with vegetables, anc
BuddhiSt-style combination veg
etables.
'The Cantonese can't cook
these old, traditional dishes, "
our friend says. "MoSt Can
tOneSe-style restaurants don't
even try. Part of the secret is
knowing the recipes. They just
don't"
Since that was the case, we
thought this a good place to
drop the discussion. In any
case, the Picking has been max
ing a 60 of it for II years,
W hich says considerable for
Mandarin-style cuisine.
The Picking (Uptown) was
opened off a little arcade at
5522 Connecticut in 1916 by John
Liu, C. M. Lo, C. H. Chao and a
Mr.. Wang. 1t is still located off
the quaint arcade and still
owned by DR.. Liu, Mr.. Lo, Mr..
Chao and Mr.. Wang's son, jim.
At first it consisted of one large
room. 1t now boasts an addi-
tional room, smaller and more
coy than the first.
You enter the arcade from
Connecticut. The big room is
straight ahead. The little one,
which we prefer, is found on the
right. The kitchen, of course, is
the same for both.
Don't, we might add, expect
much from the decor. The little
room has atmosphere but the
big one is stark. But so what?
The food makes up for it.
The Liu-Lo-Cha wang COM
DO also owns the Picking Down.
town., at I'll Thirteenth street
NV, a Spot-we a d m tive
have yet to visit.
The Picking (Uptown) seats
about us. 1t is open 1870 am,
to midnight seven days a week.
Mrs. Marjory Hendricks says
it'll be both tricks and treats al
the Water Gate Inn tonight.
This means surprise entertain.
ment," the natureof which she
is keeping secret, the boss
woman explains.
Don't feel left out. She won't
tell us either, but if we know
Mrs. Hendricks it'll be good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-31
By HARRY MaeARTHUR

ing all the confusion that can go
into a Telstar relay.
They also are both daft and
penetrating as a couple achiev-
ing no meeting of the minds aft
er seeing an Ingmar Bergman
movie, as another couple argu-
ing while watching a TV show
called Divorce Court" and as
still another couple meeting via
a telephone wrong number.
The Stiller-Meara act is one
of the freshest to come along in
a long time and they should be
around delighting audiences for
a long time.
Mr.. Lewis, to get back to
him, continues to be one of the
funniest men at large and I'M
challenged holder of the crown
of the king of night club comics.
He is funny when he pauses
briefly at the table en- route
from Shoreham suit to Blue
Room stage, because man can
only 60 without a drink for so
long.
He continues and even gets
funnier when he gets out there
in the spotlight and plunges into
that rambling mOnologue, after
admoniShing his applauding ad-
mirers with, Enough of this
hero worship, just treat me as
if l was an ordinary god"
He touches on a variety of
subjectS-hiS longtime accom-
PIANIST, Austin Mack; politics,
current events such as Christine
Keeler'S affairs, music, horses,
his affinity for the native drink
of the Highlands, etc. He COM
ments Of a recent cabaret CO.
star, Eddie Fisher, "This kid
had more fun losing than I've
had winning" He observes in
passing that, 81 always thought
Hyannis Port was a sweet kosh-
er wine"
Mr.. Lewis is a first rate de-
flater, too, as when he gets to
that point in every entertainers
show when polite acknowledge
ment of the resident orcheStra's
contribution is indicated. The
Lewis version: 81 have worked
with bands before all my life
and / can truthfully say-this is
one of them"
He goes on and on from laugh
to laugh and a man with a fast
notebook could write a hilarious
column merely by quoting him.
It's much funnier when it comes,
fighting its way past the Scotch,
from the lips of Mr.. Lewis, as
the horde of his admirers that
crowds into the Blue Room ev-
cry racing season well knows.
= +
OFF THE CUFF-The Nep-
tune Room, clinging to old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-31
Amid Mundurins
And Cantonese
By John N. RossoN

could be involved. But it can,
and is, even among the Chinese
living in the United States.
According to an informant, il
works like this: The North Chi.
neSe prepare their dishes in the
Mandarin style. That is, their
recipes come from the odd, ira
ditional families, the aristocrats
of China.
The South Chinese, we are
told, cook in what is known as
the Cantonese style, allegedly
using newer" recipes, recipes
drawn from the taste buds of
many and varied clans-cer-
tainly not the pure" dishes
known and relished by the an
clients.
Mandarin cooking is every
thing and Cantonese cooking is
nothing" our friend explains.
at is so nothing that even the
Cantonese admit it."
Whether the latter is true or
not, we can't at the moment
say. We can say, however, that
this week we put the high-mind-
ed Mandarins to the test and
found them far from wanting.
The occasion for the chat
grew out of a visit to the Picking
Restaurant Uptown, at 5522
Connecticut venue NV, a
block south Of Chevy Chase Cir
Gle.
We had been to the Picking
often but never for column pur-
poses, so we were still among
the anonymous. AS usual we
had a meal to remember: Won
ton soup, shrimp with snow
peas and water c h e stnuts,
shredded pork with tsien tsai,
diced chicken with walnuts and
almonds, bowls of S t e a min {
rice, jasmin tea, and almond
cookies. There we're three of us
each ordering a main dish. The
total bill came to just over $40
including a cocktail each.
Notice there was a seafooC
selection, a poultry selection
and one of pork. Therein lies
the advantage of going to a Chi
nese restaurant in groups; g
variety Of main dishes, each
diner helping himself to a bill
of each. A logical fourth entree
would be one of the beef selec.
tons, such as sliced beef with
snow peas, which we had on ar
earlier visit. The Picking CUP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-31
Assassination
Hugh Complains
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

edy, he will finally get the
breaks he has been waiting for
in Hollywood. Co-Star Elizabeth
Ashley has already started to
get hers. She has a cool role in
THE Carpetbaggers."
They have a long word for
Vivien Leighs' illness. l hope
she will be sensible and take a
long rest. Down Mexico
way they are saying that there
is something going on with
Richard Burton and Sue Lyon.
| must borrow Ray MilIand's
X-ray eyes. Olivia de HaviI-
land describes her Lady in a
Cage" as "the shocker of the
year" The screaming caused
her to lose her voice for three
days. This picture, during which
she grew chummy with Luther
Adler, could also cause her to
lose her marriage. -. Burt
L anc aster's picture, "The
Train," will be part of the 10th
anniversary next year of the Ii.
beration of France from the Ma.
ziS. And Paul Newman told
Ely Landau that he would turn
Italian if he would let him star
as Leonardo da Vinci.' Apart
from being a great painter and
sculptor, Da Vinci invented the
first refrigeration and air condi.
tioning, the first sewage SyS.
tenn, and the first idea for g
plane, among many other prac'
teal dreams.
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DINING OUT

Who would have thought that
the Chinese give vent to preju-
dice where their food is con-
cerned-like a native of
North China thinking the food
served in South China is inedi-
bic. Or a native of South China
t thinking the food served in
North China is wanting.
Restaurant columniSt or no,
we rather thought that Chinese
food was Chinese food. It never
occurred to US that sectionalism
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-31
By ROBERT EVETT
Contributing Critic

Founders Day Concert Jean
Pierre RamDaL. flute: Robert Vey-
ron-Laeroix. harpsichord and piano.
At the Library Of CONGRESS. Pro
gram Concert royal No. 4. ?. Coup
erin. Sonata IN c. K Il. Mozart;
Sonata in A. X. II. Mozart. Partita
IN c Minor. Bach; Sonata. Poulenc:
Suite Paysanne hongroise, Bartok-
Anna
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