Evening star. [volume], December 30, 1955, Page B-7, Image 28

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9r¥ EXCLUSIVELY
ly BETTY BEALE
Top Ten Stories Too Grim;
Here's a Cheerier List
Prom sheer love of life I
must say I took a dim view of
the Associated Press list of the
10 best news stories of the
year.
Here we are. one and a.l. J
dedicated to the pursuit of
happiness—but what do we ;
spend m jst of out time read
ing about?
The top story of the year j
was the President’s illness, in
cluding every single g.im de
tail and symptom plus possi
ble dire results should it in
capacitate him entirely.
The next best story was polio
immunization, with cries of
horror over who would or ;
wouldn’t get it, striking terror
in the hearts of all parents, j
The third biggest story was
the destruction caused by hur
ricanes, tornadoes, floods and
drougth. Another top was
Princess Margaret’s broken ro
mance. And still another was
about the boy who killed a
planeload of people in an ef
fort to murder his own mother.
Now X ask you—how can we
ever hope to get anywhere in :
the pursuit of happm .ss if we
don’t dwell on more joyful
subject? Instead of all these j
stories full of fear, wh" not j
have some full A cheer—
stories that are he»' with pep
or give you a yen to grin?
Instead of the painful pres
sures of a coronary attack.
I’d rather hear Perle or Lady
Astor take a whack. When Mrs. j
Mesta called Katie Malone i
down for booing Senator Neu- j
berger at the Women’s Press
Club dinner the first week in
JANUARY, 1955. men every
where rubbed their hands in
glee. There’s nothing the boys
like better than a feminine
showdown. It sets the dears !
up for years. ... (I wonder 1
what will happen at the same
dinner this coming Tuesday.)
And who else but Nancy As
tor would have started FEB
RUARY off with such a happy
thought as she gave out—“ The
only thing I like about rich
people is their money.”
Another fascinating event
took place in February. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth sat cross
legged in her brocade evening
gown at a formal party at the
Cuban Embassy, thereby in
spiring two other women to
follow suit. . . . You can read
about tornadoes any old day i
but how often does a grande |
dame adopt a Buddha posture
at. a black tie dinner? I ask !
you.
Then came that charming
tale about the President order
ing every member of his cabi
net to paint thus beginning
the world’s most famous col
lection of paintings by non
artists. ... By February of ’55
they adorned the corridor out
side Ike’s office. ... It was
Presidential Secretary Tom
Stephens who handed out the j
mechanical paint sets with
numbered canvases end asked
the honorable secretaries to
finish same, but a cabinet wife
thought the request came from
the Chief himself, because her
husband was so busy he could
hardly get his picture done by
the deadune. . . . Democrats
said they weren’t surprised at
anything the Republicans had
to do tc keep up with the
vo„’u-.
In MARCH the "bi ides of N
street” made headlines: Secre
tary Humphrey looked happy
because he had lured the star
lings away from his Treasury:
and British Ambassador Sir
Roger Makins revealed why
the one free evening he is apt
to have in early spring when
the Cafritzes ask him to din
ner is on Martn 17. . . . That’s
because hardly anyone ever
thinks of a Britisher on St.
Patrick's Day. . . . The brides
of N street were Loraine Shev
lin and Helen Woods, who took
In holy wedlock John Sherman
Cooper and ..andolph Burgess,
’respectively,.there!: giving all
other Washington widows,
grass and soc. a new lease on
life. ... No blighted romances,
these.
That was also the month in
which Secretary of Defense
Wilson finally made amends
with kernel dogs by bowing
and smiling cheerily at every
one he encountered at the Na
tional Capital Dog Show. H
nally one of man’s best friends
,miLd back and he had his
picture taken with it. It was
a bird dog.
In APRIL Vice President
Nixon went to the Hall Syndi
cate party and so pepped up
t*’e editors they were singing
Methodist hynr n s ur’fi 5
o'clock in the morning.
In JUNE. Republican Renre
sentative Katherine St. Gturge
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SUTIINTM STRUT AT I AW. i
serenaded Democratic Perle
Mesta with a snappy rendition
of ”C'est Mag’niflque” at a
party for Pc ’e before she set
! out around the world. Every
body was happy. Katherine
likes to sing and Perle likes to
be serenaded.
In June, too. an ambulance
waited hopefully outside the
British Embassy garden party
as the ultimo in British pre
paredness but nothing hap
: pened. That's the only kind of
! ambulance I v nt to see—an
empty one.
In JULY, Mrs. Ber.-nn kissed
the hand of the President at
! the airport While Mrs. Eisen
hower saw Mrs. Sinclair Weeks’
skirt get shorter and shorter
in the rain. Os rayon sheer, it
shrunk f:<>m calf length to
above her knees causing much
more friendly mirth than a
drouth.
After losing her cabinet I
mantle, Oveta Hobby was
capped in AUGUST with a
blue bonnet by Ike and Mamie ,
and all joined tn joyful singing
of “The Eyes of Texas.” Now
; Mrs. Hobby presides over a
plush new' $5 million building
in which the Houston Post
owners have a dining room
with crystal chandeliers, a
drawing room with a marble
; fireplace and a woman's de
partment with a couch, a cof
fee table and a full-length
! mirror in the offices! Ach, how
j de luxe!
In SEPTEMBER the Soviets
wrote the Spirit of Geneva
across their engagement book
and, batting their eyes flirta
tiously, started tossing party
after party. ... In OCTOBER
j the Symphony Ball raised j
$74,000. $50,000 on a car but I
know where you cap get one {
cheaper. . . In NOVEMBER
Marjorie Post and Perle Mesta
posted in the kitchen slaving
i over a hot stove whilst Mar
jorie observed under her
breath, “I can’t boil water I
without burning it.” ... A
few days later her generous
gift of $300,000 to the sym
phony was announced and
just hearing about a urn that j
size gives me the nicest feel- i
ing. . . .
In DECEMBER a new 1
Eisenhower grandchild is born
| and Adlai is hinting to Adlai, !
! jr„ that it would be nice to ■
have some small fry to coun- !
teract David’s snaggletooth
charm. ... Then came Christ
mas.
This is my idea of a pleas
ant year. You can keep j
the fear, T’ll take the chet.!
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'GRACE KELLY LOOK'
Lady-Like Look Scored
In 1955 Fashion Book
Continued From Page B-5
! into by those women who
j wanted everyone to see red....
MINK got some fur competi
tion *rom sable and chinchilla
| this year for that “hiost de
sired” kind of luxury wrapping.
. . . .And a man-made fur of
orlon and dynel O’llegro was
the hit of the budget coat de
! partments. ...
WHITE HATS in dome
! shapes and in furry textures
< were the millinery darlings.
... Fez shapes, tambourines,
j and toques topped the long and
short hairdos of women this
past year. "More Hat” was
the slogan of the millinery
fashion people and women
loved the idea of wearing a
: bulkit type hat to comple
ment their slim silhouettes....
PANTS came off the blue
jeans circuit and got a bit
of glamor in their sleek look
and ankle-bone lengths. Many
at-home costumes took on an
opulent look with glamorous
brocade pants being topped by
a split skirt worn over them....
j IN FURS pastel - colored
| beaver was the brightest sash
! ion note. The Duchess of
; Windsor bought a "Wallis”
i blue beaver coat and a sun
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> beam yellow fox cape to
brighten up her fur wardrobe.
... Tlie long cape and the
• abbreviated jacket-coat made
! their appearance. . . .
SHOE HEELS got so thin
that women took to wearing
j aluminum caps on them to
vflord greater heel protection,
j . . . Bright - colored shoes
stepped up in importance for
j day a*'d evening.... Gold and
| silver kid and lucite with
j rhinestone-studded decor took
over in the evening shoe
lineup. . . .
THE FASHION INDUSTRY
saluted youth when it awarded
Its coveted American Fashion
Critics Award to a trio of
young designers for their con
tributions to contemporary
American styles—also as rec
ognition to the -hole young
| dresa market. Herbert Kasper.
: Anne Klein and Jeanne Camp
bell were the recipients of the
BULKY KNIT sweaters worn
by petite and not-so-petite
women were popular and their
big. bold stitches looked remi
niscent of the rugged sweaters
of athletes, railroad workers.
TEEN SCENE
ly SHARON DORAN
This Year Proved a Great One
For Metropolitan Area Teens
The year 1955, which will
be gone in two days, has been
a great one for the Metropoli
tan Area teen-agers With
their fields of interest, both
national and local, here are
the TOP TEENS OF ’55!
Nancy Mitchell, 16-year-old
from Bethesda. was, and still
is, the national roller skat
ing champion of America. . . .
Two adventurous boys from
Alexandria. Alex Korns and
George Provosty, reached na
tional fame by pedaling 1,400
miles on bicycles from New Or
leans to Washington. D. C. . ..
16-year-old M’Liz McLendon,
a very successful teen free
lance writer, surprised her par
ents with her publication, “A
Teen Talks Back.” which ap
peared in a national news
paper supplement. ... A good
majority of the Nation has
seen District ieen Clay Ha;.,
the 15-year-old St. Albans stu
dent who has acted major roles
on television and appeared in
a top Broadway play.. . . Rep
resenting the YMCA on a na
tional level was 17-year-o'd
ohep Morgan who was, and
still is, president of the Cen
tral Atlantic Hi-X Council.
I’m pretty sure that the
Washington Area teens have
the most unusual hobbies in
the United States! Non..an
Viands, a 14-year-old whiz,
built a real, live, actually
and the old-fashioned shaker
knits. . . .
AND REMEMBER the lower
backlines with the high neck
lines. ... the fact that more
dresses had straps, flehui. and
halters present rather than
straplessness.... that brocades
were favored fabrics. . . . chif
fon came back in all its beauty
. . and green and brown
moved into the color spect
rum. . . . fur trims decorated
everything from sweaters to
coat collars. . . . the cashmere
sweater extended itself into a
full dress. . . and in sports
wear the dyed-to-match theme
was developed in sk<rts, swea
ters, and jersey blouses. . . .
leather fashions really went
over big. . . . and cotton knits
came out of the sweater cate
gory to fashion some of the
smartest casual dresses around.
THOUGH the word “slim”
describes 1955 It was hardly a
year of “slim pickings” for
the fashion-minded.
zooms-away rocket! ... 19-
year-old Jim Henson had a
profitable hobby as a puppeteer.
. . . Another 19-year-old,
Kathy Doyle, loves to fly.
She’s one of the few girl pilots
in the area. . . . Hunter Eyre,
a 16-year-old CAP, just had to
make pottery And 17-year
old Donald Vernon had all the
Metro Area teens interested in
his hobby as a youth hosteler.
There were tons of teen ac
tivities going full blast in ’55.
Ninety six members of Boys
Nation met m our city, so did
their counterpart, Girls Na
tion. ... Over 15,000 teen tour
; ists from all over the U.S.A.
visited D.C. . . . Big activity
this past year was the “in
dependent” move by teens in
buying their own cars, with
! family financial aid. ... All
over the countiy teens were
making mints in the new or
ganization. Junior Achieve
ment (D.C. still doesn’t have
one). . . . Fraternities and
sororities were the big issue,
to join or nc. to join? . . .
The summer of 1955 brought
that huge campaign, "Give a
Teen a Job.” . . . And as per
usual each year, student coun
cils were striving to become
even better than they were!
Os course there were hun
dreds of outstanding local
teens. Here are a few of them:
Vivacious cheerleader, Angela
Tehaan. ... A marvelous ma
gician, Carole Price. . . . April
Patterson, city-wide Y-Teen
president. . . . "The Starlight
ers,” the teen bard including
one girl with five boys. . . .
And as for brains. Metro Area
teens received millions in schol
arships to the country's col
leges and universities. For in
stance Hall received a
grand total of $20,000 for his
college career at the U. of
Rochester, Pern laurenson
won a $2,000 award to Cornell,
and Ann Baker went to Smith
with her $3,600 scholarship!
In sports, there were Danny
Torboli in football. Lawrence
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. ••
raiDAV, pECEMMa s>. ipm
Smith in basketball, Andrea
Berger and Donna Floyd In i
tennis, Don Goings in track j
and Jack Beam In golf. Bas
ketball was the most popular
as far as participation was
concerned.
There they are for 1955, but
just wait ’till ’s6—’cuz if you
all keep going at this pace it
can’t help but be an even
greater year!
Ideas Are Exchanged
At Teen Round-Up
Yesterday over 100 teen
agers attended the Teen
Round -Up sponsored by the
Montgomery County Depart
ment of Recreation. The teens,
who were represent* ti es from
the 13 teen clubs in th*
i county, met to discuss ail
phases of the recreation pro
gram; study problems in
membership, publicity, and
money. Also featured on the
| round-up. which was held in
the ballroom of the clubhouse
of the Glenbrook Golf Course, !
was a jitterbug demonstration
and a talent show.
Tue round-up really was
fabulous, and the exchange of
ideas pn teen club organiza
tion was invaluable!
** * *
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lets, “Activiteens,” are on their
way in the mail. Thank you
so much for the great re
sponse!
** * *
Since popular records are
by far “the greatest" in the
fCy $E£ YOU NEXT VEARJ
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\2S_r TEEN SCENE I
___ HHHi skate*/
minds of teen-agers, here are
the top 10 tunes of 1955. gath
ered from tne top three songs
each month by yours truly and
the WMAL music depart
ment:
U> "Davy Crockett,” <2)
Earth Angel, <3' “Tweedle-
Dee,” (4) “Hearts of Stone,”
(5) “Rock Around the Clock,”
(6) “Sincerely,” (7) "Autumn
Leaves,” <8) Yellow Rose of
Texas,” (9) “Gum Drop,” and
(10) “Play, Mr. Banjo.”
** * *
HAVE A HAPPY NEW
YEAR ALL OF YOU!
See you next Friday!
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