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Evening star., 1963-01-18
Miss Skinner's Marathon

Mrs. Paul H. Hatch, and her
husband beforehand; and Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh D. Auchin-
Gloss.
If diligent supporters Of
the arts made the benefit a
success, they got some help
from rank-and-file fans of
Miss Skinner-who didn't
bother to dress for the occa-
sion, they just turned out.
One woman who came alone,
kerchief around her head,
sighed as she was leaving,
"Oh, I could have watched
another two hours"
Evening star., 1963-01-18
CLUB
CALENDAR

TODAY
WOman's Club Of Bethesda
Couples bridge group meet
ing at 8 pm. at the club
house.
TOMORROW
Daughters of the American
Revolution - Fort McHenry
chapter meeting at the home
Of Miss Mary Lois Dillin at
2:30 pm.
Daughters of the American
Revolution - Sarah Franklin
chapter meeting at l pm.
at the chapter house.
Junior WOman's COmmu-
nifty Club Of KensingtOn -
Couples bridge section meet
ing at $3.50 pm. at the home
Of Mrs. Robert H. Meyer.
Daughters Of the American
Neutrality-suspicious. chap
ter meeting at 2 pm. at the
home of Mrs. James D. Skin
ner.
Evening star., 1963-01-18
Party Set

Eleanor Roosevelt Navy
Wives Club No. 81 extends
an invitation to all wives of
enlisted Navy personnel to
attend a social Tuesday at
8p.m.
Evening star., 1963-01-18
BY AMELIA YOUNG
star staff Writer

After her two-hour mara
thon performance at Lisner
Auditorium last night, Cor
nelia Otis Skinner kept on
going.
The 81 year = old actress
and author starred at a
black-tie supper, given by Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Logan at
Firenze House, and stayed up
till early this morning greet
ing old friends and meeting
longtime admirers.
Whisked to the dining room
as soon as she arrived (she
never eats before going on
stage), Miss Skinner was
locked there for more than
an hour as the Logans' guests
took turns in the chairs
around ner.
Benefit Program
The celebrated monologist
had presented THE Wives of
Henry VIII" also three
Modern Monologues," in a
benefit program for the Ma
tional Society Of Arts and
Letters. Addressing herself to
a full house, with only a few
props and costumes for sup
port, she delivered about 20
character sketches all Of her
own creation in an awesome
display of stamina.
Asked at the party how she
feels at the end of such a
stint, she said, VERY keen to
do something like this-and
then 1 want to die"
She has no trouble meeting
the demands of acting, writ
ing and touring (and certain
civic projects, she added
smiling, because of all the
things I don't do. For exam
pie, I don't play bridge, and I
never join women's commit
tees"
More Old Friends
Miss SINNERS supper COM
panions included Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Gates Lloyd, friends
of the actress, and the Aus
tralian Ambassador and Lady
Beale. The latter met her
when she toured their country
with Cyril Ritchard in THE
Pleasure Of His Company"
two years ago, an experience
Evening star., 1963-01-18

that left her delighted with
the Australians.
Among those who dropped
by later we're Mrs. Perle
Mesta, Mrs. Paul B. Magnu-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
B. Lee and Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Casey, also old friends.
Other guests at the party
were Senator Karl Mundt,
former Speaker Of the House
Joe Martin, the Presidents
Naval Aide and Mrs. Tazewell
T. Shepard, jr.; Gen. and
Mrs. Charles P. Cabell, Mr..
and Mrs. Myron Cowen, Mr..
and Mrs. Eric Johnston, Mrs.
Estes Kefauver. Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Becker and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Dennis.
Mrs. George Tillman Bell,
jr., president of the National
Society Of Arts and Letters,
also attended, accompanied
by her husband.
Guest Of the Mays
Miss Skinner was dressed
in her costume from the first
act, q sumptuous gold
brocade dinner suit with
mink collar. She received in
the hallway for a time after
a supper, then returned to
nearby Hillwood where she
stayed overnight as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert May.
Last nights benefit was the
national society's most am
bilious since its founding in
1914. Each year, to raise
money for its scholarship
fund, the organization pre-
sents a program on one Of
the arts. The scholarships are
awarded by competition to
young talents in ballet,
drama, literature, music and
art.
Board Member
Mrs. Logan, a member Of
the society's board, and her
husband took a group to the
theater, as did the Lloyds,
Mrs. McCook Knox, the Cow
ems, the Caseys, Mr.. and Mrs.
Garvin Tankersley and Mr..
and Mrs. Blake Clarke.
Architect Edward Durrell
Stone attended the perform
ance, also Director of the
Mint Eva Adams, who enter
tanned the benefit chairman,
Evening star., 1963-01-18
SPORTSWEAR SPECIALS

WOOL PANTS, 3.
Comparable values Sl2 and Sl3-
Fully lined wool fIonneIs, pIoids,
stripes, and herrinebones. 10 to 10.
SWEATERS, ST.
Comparable values 50 to $ll-IoveIy
colors in eosy-core Orlone ocVIic
"a to 40.
Third Floor, F Street and Falls Church,
Silver Spring, ShirIneton
Evening star., 1963-02-15

land. Tex; Mrs. Harold
Christensen Of Springville,
Utah, and Mrs. zaio Wood
ford Schroeder of Crosse
Point. Mich.
Mrs. E. Morgan Pryse Of
the District is a member Of
the Legislation Committee.
In addition to Mrs. Arnold,
the Executive Committee in
cludes Mrs. william H. Hase-
brock Of West Point, Nebr.,
Mrs. E. D. Pearce of Miami.
Fla, and Mrs. Walter v. Ma
gee of Lakewood, Ohio, vice
presidents; Mrs. Earle A.
Brown of Pittsburgh, Pa, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Guy
j. Nelson Of Calipatria. Calf,
treasurer, and Mrs. j m e s
Scarbro of Montgomery, w.
Va, director Of Junior Clubs.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Meeting

A meeting Of the steering
committee of the Brandeis
University National women's
Committee was held recently
at the home Of Mrs. Jess
Fisher.
Plans were made for the
spring luncheon and install
lation, to take place May /
at Woodmont Country Club.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Nuturulness
orSprinq

Vesper Schill, Of Alexandra
de Markoff, isn't a woman
who offers dire warnings like
beware the March winds. She
simply states it's a smart
woman who does something
about them.
In town this week at Julius
Garfinckel g. Co.. this beauty
expert Is a woman who uses
words sparingly and suggests
women do the same with
their beauty products. A lot
Of a product isn't what
produces results. It's a little
thing like using the new lip
aid by Alexandra de Markoff,
that forms a protective film
underneath your lipstick and
at the same time provides o
base that let's lipstick be ap-
piled without those little
bleeding lines that are so dis
tressing.
Miss Schill believes all
women secretly dread those
telltale wrinkles that start
around the mouth, as much
as those wrinkles around the
eyes. "The thing that wor-
ries me most" she confided,
"is getting old. withered lips"
The little stick, rich with
oils, has now become a beau
ty standby keeping good
company with a new bright
shade of lipstick.
Depth Of coloring," she
insists, "is the bold approach
to lipstick this spring and
summer" Where eye make
up is concerned she suggests.
"be all eyes" That means
foregoing "blackouts" as she
calls them, and playing UP
the natural look. For added
emphasis she suggests, "use
two or three applications Of
mascara" and lay low on too
much eye shadow and eye
liner.
Want to fool your public
and have them think you're
fresh back from Jamaica,
the Caribbean or Palm
Beach? Countess ISserlyn
95la will be your passport to
the warm, wonderful beige
coloring you might have
picked up on a sunny wintry
vacation. Vesper Schill Is full
Of makeup tricks and ready
to tell all. we discovered.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
CIVIC Officials
Plan Three-Doy
Meeting Here

Executive officers Of the
General Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs will hold a three
day meeting in Washington
February 1927 at CIVIC
headquarters, 1884 N street
NV. according to an an
nouncement by the president,
Mrs. Dexter Otis Arnold.
The Resolutions, Revisions
and Legislation Committees
also will meet at the same
time under the leadership Of
their respective chairmen,
Mrs. Joseph Perkins of East
Evening star., 1963-05-21
THE EVENING STAR
Washington, DC. A VNaUpe - a VA&e
TUesdoy, Moy n, 1858 |U~SOUtSsS

guitar. One of the guitars was
a large bass instrument.
After a while three more men
appeared. They sang.
The bald man seems TO have
been the emcee. The eight in
strumentalists are the Mariachi
Latino. l have it on excellent
authority that "mariachi" is a
corruption of the French word
marriage" Bands Of this sort
played at weddings during the
Macmillan period in Mexico
when French was the language
of the upper classes.
What they play seems to be
straight commercial pops,
though the modern mariachi
ensemble plays in bars rather
than at quaint gatherings in
the countryside.
There were two popular sing
ers on the program, both Of
them celebrated in their native
land, Pedro Vargas and Veron-
lea Logo.
In pops, the words are the
thing. The North American was
lost. The Latins were having a
fine time. And to tell the ruth
even the most banal Of the
straight commercial tunes
sounded a good deal better
than their North American
counterparts.
Evening star., 1963-05-21
NEWS OF MUSIC
Charlie Byrd Helps
Foirfox Orchestra

ers, a matter of clean regular
ity in the beat and a minimum
Of fussing around with details,
This sometimes produced a
wearying metronomic effect, as
in the Tchaikovsky waltz, a
rather tired affair. and the
Liszt rhapsody, which was any,
thing but electric. The COPELAND,
on the other hand, went we'll,
as did the accompaniment in
the Vivaldi concerto.
There was very little ele-
gance to be found among the
strings, an expected thing, but
the woodwinds never let their
leader down. and the brass
choir was adequate. Spirit OF
the group was fine.
Evening star., 1963-05-21

The Fairfax County SYM
phony Orchestra, founded In
1857 by its present conductor
is an organization Of Sc players
drawn from the community. BY
community orchestra stand
ards, which are somewhat lower
than those of professional
groups. 1t is q good one.
For its annual spring concert
the orchestra acquired a not
able soloist, guitariSt Charlie
Byrd. His presence probably
served to fill the hall to over
flowing, and when he finished
his stylish performance of the
solo work in the Vivaldi con-
certo. he was recalled for two
encores.
One got the impression that
he would have acceded to the
continuing demands. but the
oppressive heat Of the hall by
that time must have melted
him down.
Otherwise the program was
a rather commendable balance
between the war-horse reper-
toire, the unusual, and the
standard pops concert list. The
COPELAND overture qualities a,
unusual, as does the Romantic
Symphony Of Howard Hanson
unusual and a bit on the ambi-
tiouS side.
The conducting of Harve,
KraSney is tailored to his play.
Evening star., 1963-05-21
THE
LYONS DEN
By LEONARD LYONS

NEW YORK.-Marc Chagall
and his wife, Vava, are sailing
home to France after q brief
visit here. The painter had con-
ferences at the UN. and with
David Rockefeller about some
projects. They went to q gal
lery where they were shown q
Chagall gouache priced at $751;
900. The artist studied his
handiwork and gasped. Fifty
five thousand? I would never
pay it."
He has received offers to de-
sign jewelry items. the way
Braque and Dali have done,
but refused. He did design one
piece, q rooster in gold set with
gems, and gave 1t to Vava for
their 10th wedding anniversary.
They plan to move soon from
their estate in Vence because
their privacy has been violated
by the construction Of an apart
ment house nearby. The mayor,
in q Snobbish approach. said,
But these are all expensive,
luxury flats" Mrs. Chagall
told the mayor, I'VE would
have been happier II these flats
we're for poor people"
The mayor offered to name
the street Rue Chagall. The
artist frowned. Then he pro-
posed giving Chagalps name ID
the road leading to st. Paul de
Vence. The artist said II
wouldn't do. How about o Cha
gall postage stamp No, that
wouldn't restore his privacy.
Chagall mentioned this to
some friends here, with whom
he discussed his art-the fan
tasy and dream-like qualitie:
in his paintings. II believe ir
nature. And nature and the
universe are full Of improb-
abilities. Life is full Of i'm
probabilities and fantasy"
so true, so true" Sybil Burton
said to him.
YES, it's true" Olivia de-
Havilland agreed. Fantastic
improbabilities. Both she anc
her sister, Joan Fontaine, werC
born in Japan, came here anc
both won Academy Awards
And I was divorced on Angus
6. my sixth wedding anniver.
Sary," the star added. IT tolC
my lawyer it seemed wrong
somehow, to get q divorce on Z
wedding anniversary. But HI
couldn't help it."
-
Chagall turned to Carson
Kanin, who mentioned that hi
father had come from the art
Evening star., 1963-05-21

For experience safety and convenience Greyhound leads
them ALL Greyhound actually travels more miles, carries
passengers than any other company air. rail or bus
GO WITH THE LEADER GO GREYHOUND land LEAVE THE DRIVING TO U.s.
Evening star., 1963-05-21

lists native Russian town, Vi
tepsk. Another coincidence of
nature. The artist heard Ka-
nins wife. Ruth Gordon, dis
cussing Somerset Vaughan.
Vaughan? A terrible man,
he said. His listeners thought
he was referring to Maugham's
family fight.
mo. I don't know about
that" said the artist. Hes a
terrible man because he sold
all his paintings"
Chagall was particularly
pleased at meeting John Stein
beck. "Yours is a more difficult
art form, to paint with words, Z"
he told the author. I'VE have it
easier, because we can try diff
ferent colors, other materials
but you are limited to words. +"
Steinbeck said painting was
more difficult. and Chagall re-
piled, But there Is no Nobel
Prize for art"
- -
And maybe that's q good
thing, for art" said Steinbeck
A Nobel Prize for art might
have q disastrous effect upon
the artists future work. The
Peace Prize winners can't dc
much peace work after that
and the writer's often have to
stop writing. The prize money
goes, anyway.
when governments give
such prizes." Steinbeck added
Ito make it really worthwhile
something like q customs ex-
emption should go along with
it. Writers would only smuggle
q little"
Mrs. Chagall was intrigued
by william Saroyan, particu-
larly when she heard that in
his Paris apartment, as well
as in his office here, he keeps
an easel. brushes, paints and
drawing paper. "I've been doing
that for IS years." Saroyar
told her. But the truth is,
am not yet a painter who
writes; I'm still a writer who
paints"
Evening star., 1963-05-21

Chsgall turned to Carson
Kanin, who mentioned that his
father had come from the art
Evening star., 1963-05-21
Brandon to Wed
A Debutunte
By SHElLAH GRAHAM

wv
bags under his eyes. When did
that happen? ID. Sandra Dee's
next romp for Producer Ross
Hunter is THE Richest Girl in
Town" Ross Is another who
would rather be rich than right.
We were discussing some Of the
new wave pictures and he said,
I'm so sick of kitchen sinks
and degeneracy." Who isn't?.
And Bobby Darin's friends as
sure me that the singer Is de-
voted to his small son, Dodd,
and visits him whenever he
can. OF course he won't be able
to for some time now, because
he is working the nightclubs
currently at the Copa In New
York.
Tony Curtis, between Mon
sieur Cognac" takes: Some
times I'm a near genius. And
other times I'm absolutely
stupid" Make up your mind
Tony. Peter LawfOrd was
asking Jim Backus, who writes
the most interesting books?'
and Jim replied. People with
bad habits and good memories.
Rod TaylOr's fiancee vii,
be glad to learn that when Lin
da Christian was chasing him
recently, he turned a blind eye
to her Establishments. II am
bespoken," said Rollicking Rod
the Taylor. Well, that's what il
says here.
Peter Sellers buys a new cal
with every picture. He'll never
get to be the millionaire he
wants to be at that rate. He
seems to make dozens of pic
lures a year. Maybe 1t only
seems like that because HI
plays so many parts in each
one. And that brings me tt
Kirk Douglas latest-the very
suspenseful List Of Adrian
Messenger" AS mentioned, Bur
Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Rob
ert Mitchum and Frank Sina'
ira play powerfully dramatic
roles under heavy DISCUSSES.
could not figure out who wa
which, until they Individual!
tore off the makeup at th'
very end. A suggestion: Keep i
on. 1t would make a good guess,
ing game, with more talk foI
the picture.
Jayne Mansfield's divorct
and romance did not help he
career as anticipated. Alas
there is only one way-talent
Robert Cummings, who |
SIS, introduced himself to younI
Beach Party" so-star Annett,
FunicellO with, Hi. Annette
I'm Bob Cummings SON." Will
all those vitamins and his posi-
lively pure life. Bob look
younger than his son. An
other son, Dick Haynes, jr., /
cuddling and cooling with hi
new heiress wife. Stephanl
BObst, while Dick Haynes, sr
is wondering whether wife Fra
Jeffries' new expanded Elr
career will shut him out of he
life. I hope not. Dick can us
a good wife.
Evening star., 1963-05-21
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD (NANA). -
Brandon de Wilde said, will
you?" Susan Nav said YES"
And the 2l-year-old star of
stage and screen slipped a dia-
mond engagement ring on left
hand, right finger, of the pretty
l8-year7old daughter of the
rich, socially prominent Carlisle
Maws of Manhattan. MY par
ents are absolutely crazy about
her." said Brandon, just out Of
the Army and soon to be seen
in "Hud."
Robert Preston will follow
TOO True to be Good" co-star
Glynis Johns to Hollywood.
Robert and wife Catherine re-
Gently separated after % years
of marriage. After 20 years you
could usually count on a mar
riage lasting-but not today.
Princess Grace and Prince
Rainier, not only travel in sep
arate planes, but also in sepa-
rate cars. How cautious can you
get? They are thinking of
re-titling the new Regency
Hotel the Blitz- Carlton, what
with Eddie Fisher planning to
move in on the 11th Of June,
and Liz Taylor and Richard
Burton expected on tn e
18th,
A new problem for Cleo
patra." The Duke and Duchess
Of Kent, and the Duke and
Duchess Of Windsor. wish to be
among the first to see the $40
million film. AS of going to
press the delicate matter was
solved by inviting the Kents to
the June 13 charity showing.
And the Windsors the following
night. A rather sad snub, if you
ask me, which you haven't.
&
Robert Mitchum travels light,
to put it lightly. When he flew
off to London to star in THE
Winston Affairs" all he packed
was one pair of Sun-tans, one
pair of blue jeans and new
white sneakers. He'll never
make the 10-best-dreSSed men
list His co-star France
Nuyen, when last observed, was
trying to pack her new sweetie,
Photographer Jacques Low. ]
hope Jacques has lots Of lovely
money, because France was re-
Gently heard stating, I shall
remain firmly unmarried until
I find a man I can like who Is
very rich"
And while we are living
wealthily. George Hamilton has
been discovered, or vice versa
by Charlotte Ford, Henry's
pretty (rich) daughter.
With the closing of his Cal
culated Risk" play. Joseph
Gotten is finally able to rest
his vocal chords. His throat has
been giving him trouble. =.
Dean Martins buddies are
telling him he looked better
before he removed those
Evening star., 1963-05-21
BY JOHN HASKINS
Contributing Critic

,n!a;E rairfax County symDhoHy 1HInsn or or
ductor. Soloist; Charlie Byrd, guitar.
At Annandale (Va,) High School.
Program: An outdoor Overture,
COPELAND: Waltz, from The Sleeping
Beauty, Tchaikovsky; Concerto for
Guitar and Orchestra, Vivaldi: Sixth
Hungarian Rhapsody, Lis2t: SYM
Evening star., 1963-05-21

Mariachi Band Latino" Los Tres
Gallos, Veronica Logo. Pedro Vargas.
Al the Pan American Union. Pro-
gram OF Mexican popular music.
Evening star., 1963-05-21

First bald man in a business
suit came out and made a
speech. I'll vote for him.
Then eight men in sombre-
ros appeared. Two played
trumpet. three fiddle, and three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04
GNU School Gets
$25O,OOO Award

The George Washington Uni
versity School of Medicine has
been awarded $25O,OOO to adj
vance its program of attracting
and developing young teachers,
DR.. Thomas H. Carroll, presi-
dent of the university, an
nounced today.
The award is from the Rich
ard King Mellon Charitable
Trusts in Pittsburgh. The grant
- to be spread over five years
= will permit us to augment
our teaching staff as we expand
our student elective program In
basic sciences for 1884" DR.
John Parks, dean of the School
of Medicine, said.
Also sharing in $5,750,000 In
Mellon grants are the colleges
and medical schools at Johns
Hopkins, Brown, Duke, Emory
Harvard, Marquette, North
western, Stanford, Tufts, Tu-
lane, Vanderbilt, Washington
Western Reserve and Yale Uni
versities, and the Universitie:
of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Rochester and Southern Cali
fornia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04
House Unit Cuts
Agriculture Fund

The House Appropriations
Committee has cut $389, 298, 900
from new funds requested by
President Kennedy for the
Agriculture Department for the
fiscal year starting July 1.
But a large chunk-S299.4
million-of the reduction was a
bookkeeping transaction involv-
ing the Commodity Credit
Corps capital stock. The CCC
was given s2.5 billion of the
$2,799, 100000 it requested to
build back its assets depleted by
mandatory farm program pay
ments.
The $5,979.457.000 allowed
for the departments activities
was $2S,142,910 less than was
provided for the current year
and included $3.50, 924,000 for
general activities. $2,506, $50, 900
for farm-aid Government COR
porations. $3.50, 044,0O0 for
foreign assistance operations
and $52.529,OO0 for credit
agencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04
Probation Is Set
In Traffic Death

Pearl Ushry, 10, of the 400
block of N street NV, yester-
day was put on a years pro-
baton after she pleaded guilty
to negligent homicide in the
March IA traffic death Of a
l-year-old District girl.
Miss Ushry appeared before
General Sessions Court Judge
Andrew j. Howard, jr. Compan-
ion charges against her of
backing a car without caution
and driving without a license
were dismissed.
Assistant United States At
torney Martin Hoffman said
the child. Larvoris Harrod of
2410 North Capitol street. was
fatally injured when she was
pinned between two parked cars
after Miss Ushry's auto backed
into the first of the two We
hicles in front of the child's
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04
Ribicoff Demands List
Of Harmful Pesticides

which leave long-lasting resi-
dues and the substitution OF
pesticides that quickly break
down into natural substances.
She said that the Food and
Drug Administration, which
studied direct toxic effects OF
pesticides, should launch an
other study of the long-range
genetic effects of these chem
icals. She said recent studies
have shown that very small
amounts of damage to chro-
mosomes can have drastic
hereditary effects.
The biologist-author said that
many physicians are in total
ignorance Of the effects OF
some of the new pesticides. A
medical education program Is
therefore needed, she said.
Pointing out that warnings
on chemicals must be UNDER
stood to be Of any value. she
asked that illiterates ard mem
tally deficient persons be pre-
vented from buying powerful
chemicals.
Finally, she asked for full
support Of research on new
methods of pest control that
would minimize or eliminate
dangerous chemicals.