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A F Pledser Hally Heighis Chanel
Blue Book on Capital Society
Shows 48 Was Scandal-Free
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff Correspondent,
WASHINGTON.—(NEA)—Last year was one of
the most scandal-free years in Washington’s social
history, it is now officially revealed,
Measure of this is the “Social List of Washing
ton for 1950,” just off the press. It's the final word
on just who is considered eligible to cavort at the
top of ihe capital’s cocktail circuit, When it hits
the street about this time each year there’s a fran
tic rusk for it to check just who's in and who's
out.
As gossip fodder this year's edition is a disap
pointment, Only 600 names were dropped, This is
the smaliest number since the war, They are all
accounted for legitimately, Most are military peo
ple whe have been transferred out of town. Nor
mal turnover of other officials, which is high in
Washington, accounts for most of the rest.
Biggest name off thg list is Perle Mesta, who
left the city to become Minister to Luxembourg.
Her leaving means a resumption of the race during
the winter season for title of the town’s number
one hostess, Mrs, Gwenn Cafritz, one of the best
dresse¢ women in the city and wife of the most
prosperous real estate man, has the inside track
for that title and is running fast,
Mrs. Carolyn Hagner Shaw, publisher of the
Social List and recognized social arbiter for the
city reveals that Barkley almost ruinei her sum
mer with his St. Louis romance, In fact, shie held
up sending the book to the printers almost a
month, until the end of August, hecause of it,
IN A QUANDARY
Probably the biggest social decision Mrs. Shaw
had t 9 make this year was whether or not to rec~
ognize Mrs. Max Truitt, Barkley's daughter, as his
official hostess. This makes a lot of difference
where Mrs, Truitt sits at formal dinners, a matter
of grest importance to her as well as to hostesses.
However, if Barkley had gotten married, this
would heve changed the picture entirely, )
At the last minute Mrs. Shaw ran out of patience
and gave Mrs. Truitt the nod. As she puts it, “I
just took a gamble that we would be off the press
before the vice president could get married.”
She has no explanation as to why so few names
were dropped this year except to say that, “the
town iust geems to be stabilizing and staying out 0f
trouble.” She adds, “There were just no big di
vorces ¢r scandals which took anybody out.” She
doesn’t decide who will be in or out. That's up to
a secret board of governors, Board membership is
secret 8¢ members won't be hounded by social
climbers,
It almeost never fails that some big congres
sional investigation will cause somebody to be
taken ¢if the list. But even the big five-percenter
probe this year only involved one person who was
listed, General Harry Vaughan, the President's
military aide. And as Mrs. Shaw explains, “No
matter what anybody says about him, as long as
he’s the President’s aide, he stays in the book.”
AUTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS DON'T COUNT
The most prominent figure in the probe, James
V. Hu@asu't on the list last year, so he couldn't
have 5 dropped this year if the board had
wanted to. Mrs. Shaw insists that the number of
autographed pictures of important people a man
has on his office wall has nothing to do with his
social standing in Washington,
Over 3,000 names were added to the list this
year. Among them, the seven most interesting
ones, according to Mrs, Shaw are: Georgia Neese
Clark, new Treasurer of the United States; Her
man W, Steinkrous, new president of the U, S.
Chambes of Commerce; Emil Gutt, chairman of
the Monetary Fund; Eugene R. Black, president of
the World Bank; Senator Foster Dulles, from New
New York; Rep. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, jr.,
from New York; and Colonel Anthony J, Drexel
Biddle, former U, S, ambassador to Poland.
In addition to the list of socially acceptable
names, the beook gives the word on points of eti
quette. For instance, here is the correct procedure
upon receiving an invittaion from the White
House:
“Invitaiions to luncheons or dinners must be
answered immediately., Formerly, these acknowl
ments were delivered by hand to the White House.
Today, hewever, it is considered proper that they
be placed in the mail on the sanre day as that upon
which e avitalion i reccived?
American film industry is very fine, but some
times we find the films a little foolish, — Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia,
K (Test-Hartley Act) may be one of the issues
of the 1050 campaign. but it won’t be repealed by
(t)he present Congress~—Senator Robert Taft, (R),
hio.
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Great Georgia Ball Players
Georgia, for many years, has furnished the
world with a number of the greatest baseball
players of all times. No attempt can be made to
record all of those who have achieved fame as
ball players. But just now at least three of them
have made names for themselves that rank high
in the basecball story of the world.
ihere are many who wili have iheir piaces
among the great baseball players of all time, but
probably the greatest of all the players is Ty Cobb.
Unquestionably Cobb is the greatest of all batters,
and in addition, the baseball game has never given
his equal as a base runner, In one of his games he
successfully stole home from first base. He was a
left handed batter and generally was able to get
off a run to first base with a lead of 25 or 30 feet.
His red hair was typical of his tenrper. :
Another great baseball player from the same
section of Northeast Georgia has now retired.
While he was on the ground he made a great rcp-l
utation, both as to pitching and batting, That |
player was Spud Chandler, born in Northeasts
Georgia and a graduate of the University of Geor- |
gia, and meriting a position among the greatest
ball players of all time. Just now another Georgia
player comes to the front, in the person of Johnny
Mize, who is a pinch hitter and enabled the New
York Yankees to win the game against the Brook
lyn Dodgers in one of the most thrilling contests
witnessed in the World Series. And there are
others. ' But Northeast Georgia seems to be the
ground from which great baseball players come
into the picture. l
Atistorical Purchase
There are more than two hundred thousand
members of the Methodist Church in South Geor
gia, and they have recently made a purchase of 42
acres of historical land on Frederica River, St,
Simons Island, which will be used for conferences,
It will be used for assemblies of pastors, super
intendents and laynren. Georgia Methodists have
been looking around for some time for such a
piece of property. Their choice was most appro
priate for up this stream, the Frederica River,
John and Charies Wesley must have sailed when
accompanying General James Oglethorpe to the
new world. Charles Wesley was chosen secretary,
and John Wesley was the chaplain of the new
colony that Oglethorpe established, which is now
the State of Georgia.
Nearby, Fort Frederica is now a national park.
Bishop Moore is very proud of the fact that Meth
odists of his native state have thus provided such
a magnificent assembly ground for all their con
ferences. The commission in charge of arrange
ments for these conferences will probably use a
program from May to September, The work of the
church in this day is promoted to a large degree
by conferences, assemblies and gatherings, for
religious inspiration and instruction,
The commission to supply this need is composed
of quite a number of leading Georgia Methodists.
At the present time there is a small church used
by the people of tne Hamilton Plantation of Sea
Island which stands under a huge tree. Each year
there will be thousands of young people meeting
in different conferences, especially the Young
Women oi Christian Service and layman’s groups,
for study, inspiration, fellowship and recreation, A
number of summer conferences will be scheduled
each year from May to September according to
plans of this commission. On this place there will
be satisfactory &rrangements for housing and con
ventions.
When the day comes that Russia begins her pro
duction of atomic weapons, we will still rely upon
an overwhelnringly larger stockpile of our own as
the principal warning to aggressors — Senator
Brien McMahon (D), Connecticut, chairman of
the Joint Atomic Energy Committee,
In this shrunken world in which we live we
cannot afford to permit our friends to remain sQ
weak that they will invite aggression and be
picked off one by one like pigeons in a shooting
gallery.—Senator Tom Connally (D), Texas.
We have done a lot of uniting lately (but) it is
my hone opinion that there will be a great deal
more done before we reach the state of purposeful
unity. — Navy Secretary Matthews, on armed
forces unification,
We don't consider that there is any actual dan
ger of war (with Russia) now, but the situation
calls for working toward strengthening the peace.
—Yugoslav Foreign Minister Edward Kardelj,
It's not the most palatable thing for the British
peopie, bul we've got to square oif to our commer-
Ciar position~—liiccior McoNeil, Diilish naluisier of
state, on devaluation of the pound. g
A nation posing as civilized has jusi given one
of the most shocking peacetime exhibitions of
mass indifference, recklessness and insatiable cra
ving to show off that the world has ever seen.—
Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety
Council, on traffic deaths over the Labor Da.
week-end. '
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Deal For Tall Men
By 808 THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 11—(AP)—
My first meeting with stage stac
Marlon Brando was not impres
sive. He was lying in a veterans’
hospital ward, sound asleep.
He awoke and said groggily,
“I’ll brush my teeth and get some
coffee.” He crawled out of bed
and lowered himself by his arms
into a wheelchair.
The 25-year-old sensation of
“A Streetcar Named Desire” is liv
ing with paraplegics (men with the
lower part of their bodies para
lyzed) at Birmingham Hospital.
He is preparing to fportray a
wounded veteran in a film called
“The Men.”
“You can’t understand what it's
like to be a paraplegic unless you
have lived as one,” said the actor
as he was wheeled into the hospi=
tal refreshment room for coffee.
“For instance, if you or I drop a
pack- of cigarettes, it's a simple
matter to pick them up. It isn’t to
a paraplegic.”
Nabbing Brando for the film
was a catch for Producer Stanley
Kramer. Movie offers by the
dozens have been dangled before
the young actor ever since Broad
way critics first caught “Streetcar”
and lauded his work.
Wouldn’t Sign
“The film offers I get are from
major studios,” explained Omaha=
born Brando. “I would never sign
with one of them. They dress you
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up in a tuxedo and tell you to go
to this party and do that.”
I mentioned that his pal, Mont
gomery Clift, has managed to pre
serve his independence and stay in
films.
“Yes, but Monty is the kind that
will talk up to them and tell them
where to go. I'd let myself get
pushed around.”
He signed for “The Men” be
cause he was impressed with Kra
mer’s two hits, “Champion” and
“Home of the Brave.” But he
thinks little of the general run of
Hollywood product.
“Except for something like
“The Quiet One,” he said, citing a
non-Hollywood U. S. film, “I think
the business turns out nothing to
compare with such things as ‘Bicy
cle Thieves,” the Raimu Films,
‘Open City,” ‘Children of Para
dise,’ ‘Shoe Shine’ and oihers made
in Europe.”
Brando is husky, with a sharp
face that becomes good-looking as
you watch him. He could prob
ably become a movie star if he
wanted to. But he appears to be
unwilling to be tied down to the
bother that film fame brings.
He has no future film plans, but
there are signs he is mellowing his
attitude toward Hollywood.
“You know,” he said ss I wheel
ed him back to his ward, “I've
been in Hollywood 10 days, and
this is the first time I've been
pushed around.” .
CIGAR BAND COLLECTORS |
SMOKE LITTLE ‘
PHILADELPHIA — (AP) —
There was & noticeable lack of
smoke at the annual convention of
the International Cigar Band So
ciety. President Grover Greasby,
of Waukesha, Wis., explained that
about 80 per cent of the Society’s
members don’t smoke.
President Greasby, a middle
aged mechanic, and his wife
brought along what they ecalled
their master collection, dating
back to 1900. The collection in
cludes eight complete sets bearing
the likeness of U. S. Presidents.
Mrs. Greasby also has a complete
set of German rulers, from 1714 to
the late Kaiser; a set of 89 flags
of the world, and a set of 50 state
shields. Another set displayed by
Mrs. Greasby was imprinted with
the faces of playing cards. There
was enough varlety for one com
plete deck.
Greasby said members get their
bands by swapping or writing di
rect to manufacturers. Some buy
cigars and give them away after
removing the bands. ~
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Lodge No. 790 meets
second and fourth
Thursday nights each
month,
Supper every Thurs
day night, 7:00.
The Poor Man’s Philosopher
Hal Boyle
Stage Star Brando In
Filmtown For Yet Role
NEW YORK—(AP)—Mary Wil
liam Ethelbert Appleton Burke is
an ageless girl. |
She starred back in 1907 with;
the late John Drew, played Ophe-i
lia to John Barrymore’s Hamlet,i
spent 18 glittering years. as thel
wife of Flo Ziegfield, and has act
ed in more than 100 motion pic
tures.
Yet this week this busy lass of
64 years spent four minutes
smooching with 37-year-old Milt
Berlinger.
M. W. E. A B. is better known,
of course, as Billie Burke, and
Berlinger is recognizable to many
video viewers as Milton Berle. |
Miss Burge is a living link be
tween the great theater of the past
and today’s television camera. Her
memories go way back—but no
one gets a bigger kick out of liv
ing in the present. |
I went over the other day to in
terview her-at Sardi’s restaurant,
and it was like talking to a rest
less greyhound. She was all over
the place.
On the screen Billie is famous
for playing the role of a silly, flut
tery woman. But in real life she
doesn’t flutter—she vibrates.
She burrowed for a moment in
a huge lettuce salad. She said
she’d just finished *“And Baby
Makes Three” for Columbia Pic
tures and now was looking for a
Broadway play.
Few Bites
Then she saw Producer John
Golden and whipped over to his
table, had a few bites there, and
whipped back.
“I can’t find the right kind of
play,” she said. “I don’t want to
play a crude, low woman, but it
seems like only plays about
thwarted, frustrated people are
popular now. Failure isn’t part
of my philosophy.”
l A press agent came over to ask
if she’d pose for pictures iNMustra
;ting an article on geriatrics, the
| science of old age.
“No,” she said definitely,
“that’s not for me.”
A moment later she hailed a
waiter and pointed at her salad.
? “Take it away—it’s getting in
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1949
my face.”
Magazine Photos
Suddenly she remembered g,
had to go to a studio to pose v
Milton Berle for some theats
magazine photos.
“Hope you won't mind” g,
said, putting her arm in mine 2,
lifting her cornflower blue eye
“I've quit trying to keep up wit
my schedule. I'm trying to ma
it keep up with me.”
In the cab the question arose
to whether Milion Berle wqy
wear suspenders.
“He’d better not,” said Billie
wouldn’t let my husband we
suspenders—and that was 35 yey
ago. I told him he’d just have
get something else to hold |
pants up.”
Then she remarked dreamily
“Once I wsas paid $2500 ¢
saying I liked a man who smok
a pipe.”
She said that “Mr. Ziegfel
was the nicest man she’d met |
her life—and Mark Twain v
next,
Red-Haired People
“I know people so far back
she complained. *I liked Mark }
cause he was fond of red-hair
people. The biggest regret of
life is that I never had a red-h
ed son.”
At the studio, Berle showed ;
drowsy-eyed and puffing a |
cigar.
“Didn’t sleep again last nich:
he announced. “Two men tric
hold me up. But it ended wi:
me and my -chauffeur chasiy
them in my car.”
For four minutes he kissed an
clowned with Billie as the phot
grapher, using three cameras i
relays, clicked off 48 shots.
“If I were only a few vye
younger, dear,” Milton murmure
Then he began nuzzling her ear
“Oh, Milton,” Billle squeaic
“don’t kiss me like that. That
for someone more my daught
age.”
“How old is she?”
“Thirty-one.”
“Just the age of my best jokes
sighed Berle.