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5. Table of Contents Vol. 6 No. 2 July 1980
FEATURES
12 The Geography of Power By William Garland
Choosing the right location
17 Carla Hills
Opting for excellence
18 Playing the Male Skin Game By David Hubler
The revolution in men's sk.in care
DEPARTMENTS
7 Annabell's File
INVESTMENT
Your purchase of a fine Oriental
9 Art and Artists By Viola Drath rug from the collection at
Pogo's progress to the silver screen
11 . Books by Neighbors
Mr. Jefferson's Upland Virginia, The Blair-Lee House HECHT'S
offers more than meets the eye.
22 Along Party Lines It is a superbly wise investment
Pokety bid, Fashions by Dior, Folger's Benefit, at an unus•Jally attractive price.
the Commandant's Parade and other events Oriental rugs increase in value
as they mature. Offering you a
34 The Educated Palate By Bette Taylor
Savoring the culinary joys of a country inn
lifetime of reward as you reap
the pleasures of their beauty.
46 Letters to the Editor Our rugs are of
unequalled quality and excellence
52 Real Estate Transactions Examine them for their
craftsmanship. Fascinating design.
54 Social Calendar By Maggie Wimsatt
Intricate hand woven detail. These
are touchstones to quality of
beautiful Oriental rugs.
COVER We invite you to our gallery to
select a fine rug from our
collection.
Carla Hills, former Secretary of the Office of Hou ing and Urban
Development und er President Ford, is shown in her new office at 1333 -~·
New Hampshire Ave. , buill by the Geo rge Hym a n onstruction o .
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7. AnnabellS File ~
THE DOSSIER OF WASHINGTON COMMENT
PIAG T
Master Watchmakers and }Lwe//ers
Odd Images: are planning to jump ship-even if Jim-
Those vaunted Concordes are flying my wins ... But the rats, the four legged
over half full, or half-empty ... That variety, plan to stay aboard forever.
baby shower that Elna Barros, wife of Reporters were startled recently by a
the Chilean Ambassador was to throw number of "rat" sightings on the White
for Effie Barry, called off at the last House front lawn. They're big and fat
rnoment for political reasons, has and apparently, like politicians, tough
resulted in a freezer full of little blue to run out of town ... Enriguillo del
and pink cakes. Elna plans to leave Rosario, the popular widowed Am-
them there until another happy event bassador from the Dominican Republic
~equires their services .. .Those Clydes' is planning to revolutionize
amburgers, once the best-in-town, Washington entertaining with a start
seem to be shrinking rapidly in inverse late, eat late and dance late policy, just
Proportion to their prices ... the as in the D.R. Unfortunately, we have
9eorgetown explosion is spawning an no siestas in our town ... Tongsun Park,
Invasion of ethnic New York foods and miffed by Korean government's bann-
restaurants. Pronto, a trendy east side ing of his concert hall is reportedly
~~sta place is applying ... The bagel, and coming back to Washington for
laly too, are on its way ... Most another visit. Time flows continuously.
~Uching visual vignette is the sight of From engine-turned
ose Narva, dynamic manager of the Best Partygivers: textured bracelet into case,
~heraton Carlton, saving the last dance That lawn wedding party thrown by into bracelet. The gold dial
Rr Chef Violante of the posh Carlton Anne and Charlie Camalier for their is marked by 60 dots. The
oom every Saturday night.Rose's daughter Deborah and her groom electronic quartz movement
?~bby, Capt. (Dr.) Bill has just been in- Richard, was the most spectacular ever is accurate to within
lllated into inner sanctum of top Der- seen in the memory of the 60 seconds a year. Totally
~atologists in U.S. guests ... meriting Anne the undisputed
hand-crafted in Switzerland by
'YIOre Dirt title of the best party-giver in town ... in-
Piaget. $9,600.
A. soon-to-be-published book by an dicative of the detailed attention was
ex-maitre d'hotel of the Senate dining the brand new white tent flown in by
room seems to dish up more dirt than commercial airliner the night before
khat offered by non-typist Liz when the tent people couldn't come up
ay ... The Washington Post in- with a clean tent from local stock.
~st~gative team is crawling all over the Peopling:
atJonal Bank of Washington, talking Djamchid Tavallali. former number
to ex-employees and depositor s two to Ardeshir Zahedi, and former
s·Something big in the wind at the Iranian Ambassador to Argentina re-
tar ... Miffed by U.S. policy on the joining his family after months of har-
human rights issue, the Argentine rowing separation in Tehran . . . the Diamond Brokers • Appraisers
Government seems to be foolishly (and phone company has finally gotten
~ossibly illiegally) subsidizing a around to take out John Connally's Monday-Friday 10 to 5:30
Panish language newspaper in New campaign watts phones, all 200 of 1710 M Street, N.W.
't'ork published by a dubious religious them ... Susan Hurley no longer work- Washington, DC 20036
C .. incidentally, those cult recruiters
Ult. ing for United Arab Emirates ... Deecy 202·872·171 0
Using a "personality test" as a come-on Stevens back from Orientation tour of
Ploy, still using Hectors as a theater of Defense Establishment for top women
~erations. They stand on the corner of in and out of government...The Don FREE PARKING
and Wisconsin hawking their wares Bonkers from Washington State adop-
~0 the unwary. Forewarn your kids. ting their first child ... that Polish joke Major ' rcdil ards Acccplcd
Ols and Dips! silliness by Nancy Reynolds, Nancy
Many loyal Carterites now on board Reagan's "advisor", thankfully didn't
Do sier/July 198017

8. spill over to spoil Mrs. Reagan' s first
press conference, but it wasn't verY
bright and hopefully not indicative of
what might happen in the future.
Different Strokes!
The manufacturers of Joy, ($330 an
ounce) Jean Patou, are ~oming out with
a scent for men called Patou pour
Homme ... also going first class is World
Airways, honcho of cheapie flights to
Europe. They've got a cut-rate First
Class passage now that sounds lush and
plush ... New craze in wacky Marin
County, Calfornia, is to dip yourself in
Coca Cola. Supposed to give you a bet·
ter tan ... The Denver Boot on the wron&
cars is spelling more trouble for Marioll
Barry ... The Big Apple girding for the
demo convention expected to be one of
the hottest in years ... That eleven-year
old gelding cla.i med by Hermell
Greenberg recently is the hit of the
Bowie meet, turning in remarkable per·
formances. Last two times out it won
both times .. .Charles · Cerami, dapper
At last arestaurant with amenu as eclectic as )Wr tastes. foreign affairs editor for the Kiplinger
The joy of Ashby's is that no matter whether you suddenly feel Iike Potted Quai I, publications is suffering the ribbing of
Scottish Salmon, Medallions of Veal Oscar, a New York Strip, Dutch coffee, Irish coffee or friends who caught his picture in thiS
Mrs. Kent's Rum Topf, Ashby's serves the best in town.
You'll find this many splendored feast 7 days a week, for lunch and dinner in a unique month's Playboy ... all quite proper, of
set of period rooms, in the Washington Hilton. Please cal1483-3000for reservations. course, in connection with an article
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Charles wrote .. .Betty Mize just bought
a farm circa 1700's on the Eastern
Shore .. .Leo Bernstein sold his interest
in National Savings and Trust to Johll
Mason .. . Prominent builder Maurice
Berk's daughter Debby hitched to Jifll•
my Greenwald of the roofing family in
Mayflower extravaganza.
Expect government consulting to go
down in next administration regardless
of who is President. .. tax cutters getting
ready for big push early next year
... financial experts betting that prirne
starts moving up again come October
despite elections .. . regardless of what
face the Russians put on the OlympicS
set to be massive disappointment to
Russkys ... with Baker out of VEEP
contention some say Reagan will look
for a governor instead, but someone
with national clout. .. betting odds are
that Egyptian/Israeli peace talks will
make some move toward resolution
before election as a favor to Carter but
Carter inside polsters acknowledge the
President is still in trouble.
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9. Art &Artists
THE PAINSTAKING ART OF THREE-D ANIMATION
Kerry Stowell , president of Stowmar Enterprises, production manager Francesca Drath and Mark Chinoy, director and creator
Of the Flexiform 3-D animation film process, with Pogo, newest and brightest star of the Silver Screen.
t is hardly an accident that Pogo, studio of Stowmar Enterpri es in poken word, the tiny Fanta y creature
I
.
the gentle possum from Okefeno-
kee swamp i coming out of re-
ltrement in this election year. When
Cry tal City, a film production com-
pany specia lizing in animation. Here
hundred s of the intriguing three to four
are moved and twi ted by c peri need
a nimator -one frame at a time. on-
idering that 24 individual frame yield
Pogo and his comic strip gang emerge inch high, super-supple, bendablc om- no more than one e ond of film, it i a
~ the lovable heroes in the sinister ic strip characters arc designed, pain takingly low and cxa tin g pro-
•vtolester P. Mole' s evil plot to take adapted for the creen, culpted in ces . If the five team working imul-
Control of the White House, it will be in "Plexiform" and brought to life before taneou ly in five tudio on five dif-
a major motion picture in glorious the movie camera . ferent table top cene co me up with 60
three-dimensiona l technicolor this fall. The invention of film maker Mark econd of film a day, they on ider
As the precursor of "Doonesbury," Chinoy, Plexiform i a unique com- them elve lu ky. very haracter,
~e popular comic strip by the late Walt bination of plasticine, clay, magnetic every etting, every prop- from hat ,
elly has enchanted pogophiles for metal and other components, which hou e and hamburger to car , tree
0 Ver two decades. Carried by some 450 was developed some 14 years ago while and pinball machine - ha to be de-
newspapers here and abroad. it has Chinoy was working on the' Muppets" signed and sculpted to cale. The proj-
been a favorite of the intelligent reader. and ''Sesame Street." This material has ect has been underway nearly a year .
. The location of Pogo's artful three- the advantage of being completely flex- "It' like cu lpting a tat ue, ' ay
dimensional reincarnation is the crowded ible. For each gesture, each step, each Continued on Page 43
Dossier/July /980/9

10. ARAM/5900
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Arst, "F" Street, and all stores.
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11. Books by Neighbors
VIRGINIA'S GENllEMEN
MR. JEFFERSON'S UPLAND THE BLAIR-LEE HOU E- GUE T
VIRGINIA. HOU E OF THE PRE IDENT.
By Robert Llewellyn. Charlottesville: By Eleanor Lee Templeman. McLean.
Upland Publishing Co. Virginia: EPM Publications, Inc.
$15.95.
For at least a dozen years, Thomas
Jefferson had to be far away from his This hand omely illustrated, com-
beloved Monticello. Throughout two pactly written book i the story of the
terms in the White House and four Blair and Lee familie and their land-
Years duty in Paris, he was unabashedly mark home on Penn ylvania Avenue
homesick for the white-columned man- aero from the White Hou e which
sion with its glistening Palladian roof- ince 1942 have been joined together to
top and fertile acres surrounding it. erve a our pre ident' s official
Later, he also yearned for the university gue thouse.
he had established nearby, to live up to Ever ince Franci Pre ton Blair ar-
his ideals of equal opportunities for all. rived here from Kentucky in 1830 to
The reader /viewer senses this bril- launch a pro-Andrew' Jack on adminis-
liant man's devotion to home and fami- tration new paper, the Blair family and
ly, and can't but realize the sacrifices he the Lees of Virginia with whom they in -
illade in h'is nation's behalf, when he tion of Monticello's sheltering walls termarried have been a moving force in
left behind all that he held most dear. and fences. the capital city.
Bow he must have longed for terra- Mr. Jefferson's Upland Virginia in- And not only in Washington. Soon
cotta sunsets beyond blue mountain troduces us to our tall, red-haired, in- after the April 1843 marriage of young
ranges, for springtime furrows turned tellectual and fun-loving third Presi- Elizabeth Blair and Lt. Samuel Phillip!:
to welcome the seeds of summer, for dent in a new and poignant way and Lee in the garden of Blair Hou e, Fran-
snowy shadow patterns across fields gives us a deeper understanding of the ci Preston Blair completed hi ummer
and brooks. He loved the songbirds, the stirring words he penned for us long residence, Silver Spring; more than 200
rabbits and baby deer on the farm and ago-especially those that describe our acres on what i now Georgia Avenue
Wanted always to be near to his inalienable right for life, liberty and the and the Maryland boundary. Hi on,
daughters and grandchildren. He never pursuit of happiness. Montgomery Blair, gave his fir t name
found contentment far from the protec- - ANNE DENTON BLAIR Continued on Page 42
An autumn in upland Virginia
Dossier/July 1980/ 11

12. Michael Sullivan/Opus FotografiK5

13. CHOOSING
s anyone who goes to movies ground in Washington," say J&C Ent-
A knows with certainty, every
Washington office overlooks
erprises Pre ident Jeff Cohen explain-
ing the bur t in office pace demand.
the White House, the Capitol, the
Washington Monument or the Jeff-
erson Memorial. Except for a lucky
THE So, what make a prestige office in
Wa hington?
All brokers agree, as Phil arr with
few, it is not that way in real life.
Most have to settle for a somewhat
less prestigious view, but proximity to
RIGHT Oliver arr o. put it, that the an wer
can be found in the leasing proverb:
"Location, location, location."
these symbols of power still govern the
Pecking order of the elite and they are
11-illi ng to pay a premium for the privi-
lOOOION Mo t agreed, too, with hi axiom that
place the White House a a ort of axi
out of which the poke of pre tige
lege. Now that Washington has been emanate.
''discovered" by big business and all by William Garland "Working from the White Hou e a
the geegaws of their satellite sub- the center of the circle, the clo er you
tulture, the premium gets higher and are to the center, the higher the price ;
~igher . the farther you get away, the demand
Indeed, the demand is expanding at and the price ometime get lower,"
lo rapid a rate that the market for said Carr.
~ashington area office space has never And what range of price i he talk-
een better. Like an in flux of refugees ing about?
from the hinterlands, lawyers, associa- Depending on lo ation, the price for
tion executives, accountants, lobbyists new or renovated office s pace run
tld businesses of all sizes are spilling from $14 to $20 per square foot/year,
to town at a rapid rate. and will ri e consi tently over the ne t
"This is the nation's capital, and I one to two years, according to . Duke
hink people are beginning to believe it. Brannock, president of Brannock
hey're not making any more new A ociate , a Wa hington leasing and
Dossier/July 19801/J

14. 1.
Office of Alan Kay, a partner in Rozan·
sky & Kay, developers on 7979 Old
Georgetown Rd. in Bethesda was
designed by OBI.
2.
Conference room at the corporation
headquarters of Garfinckel's, Brook'S
Brothers, Miller and Rhodes, Inc., 1629
K Street. A OBI design.
Courthouse Office Building in Old
Town Alexandria, developed by Donald
Brown, Lawrence Brandt, Joseph
Gildenhorn and Benjamin Jacobs.
4.
Rockledge Executive Plaza off
Democracy Boulevard In Bethesda
developed by Spaulding and Slye
Corporation.
5.
Reception area at State Department
Federal Credit Union, 2020 N. 14th
Street, Arlington, Va. A OBI design.
management consulting firm. Preleas·
ing agreements are running higher than
the $20 figure, as much as $25, several
brokers pointed out.
There are few disputes amon g
brokers about the best general office
locations in Washington, D.C . TheY
agree also that the choice is subjective.
Lawyers, for example, who deal with a
specific agency like the FCC or the FTC
prefer to be as close as possible to their
bureaucratic opposites.
Fred Ezra, Senior Vice-President
with Julien J. Studley, Inc., provides a
succinct summary of the general pal·
terns of premier office space in Wash·
ington. He listed, in order of their
desirability, downtown, Georgetown.
the "West End" and the Pennsylvania
Avenue Corridor as prime presti ge
locations.
It's taken almost for granted among
brokers and office les sees that the
center of it all (Ezra offhandedly called
it "the center of the universe") is Con·
necticut Avenue and K Street.
Neil J. Simon, vice president with
Carey Winston Co., noted that mosl
leases in the prime area average be·
tween $17 to $18 per square foot ,
though "quotes are up now to $25.''
U/Ju/y 1980/Dossier

15. l'he quoted price per foot is an annual
co t, payable monthly.
De cribing the area of downtown,
ezra says that 16th Street traditionally
has been the ea tern border for the be t
space, though there's been a tendency
recently for that boundary to move
east. The centra l district generally ex-
lends north and, with the Connecticut
an d K center, west of the White Hou c,
bordered by Mas achusett Avenue on
the nonh, ew Hampshire Avenue on
the we t and Pennsylvania Avenue on
the outh.
But ary Lawrence, of Barne , Mor-
ris & Pardoe, note the apparent trend
or an acceptable area for office lea ing
to move ea twa rd. "I see the trend of a
ll1ovement downtown between 16th and
l ith treet and eat to Pennsylvania
venue in that whole quadrant."
The building of the Convention
Center will pur the ea tward migra-
tion he ay , foreca ting that the 16th
o II th treet area could eventually
teal orne of the pre tige from the
'golden triangle" area north and most-
ly west of the White House.
Several brokers indicated that out-
Of-tow ner. might be more imprc sed
lhan re idents of Washington with the
Dossier/July 1980115

16. fices don't have the same quality as
downtown." But Courthouse Square
appeals to those who appreciate tradi·
tiona! architecture.
The building has been done with the
same quality as a building downtown.
including a marble lobby.
"I think the thing that makes il
special is that it's in the center of Old
Town," he says, noting that space is
leased in the building for $12 to $14 per
square foot.
Neil Simon lists the primary suburbS
as the Tyson's Corner area of Fairfa~
County, followed closely by Bethesda·
He said that office space in the Tyson's
area ran from $11 .50 per sq uare foot 10
$13.50, and that space in the besl
Bethesda locations costs from $11 .50 to
$12.50 per square foot. To many, the
suburban locations are equally pres·
tigious especially to long-term Wash·
ington area residents.
Scott Ross, vice president of
The law office of Bill Long, partner at Latham,Watkins & Hills, overlooks Dupont Donohoe Construction, offers a sub·
Circle and is designed by Ruben deSaavedra. jective view of what gives an office
building prestige. "It's a combination
Pennsylvania Avenue location, and that "think tanks" of all kinds were of the air, the crispness of the design.
also that the market for Georgetown finding it desirable to move to the bet- the quality that goes into it." Accord·
property was deliberately diluted by the ter suburban office locations, which he ing to Ross, quality is reflected in such
decision of Georgetowners not to allow considered, in the order of their accept- areas as the style and decor of tht
subway service, a factor which all ability, Tyson's Corner, Bethesda, elevator and the types of retail outlets
brokers cited as a salability factor . Montrose Road, Arlington and Fairfax. that surround the entrance to the
"Nothing compares with downtown Computer firms, associations and building.
in terms of prestige office space,'' Ezra other types of firms have recently "You can't rule out areas lik e
says. "Basically, people who do moved there, rather than downtown. Capitol Hill with a view. Anything with
business downtown are going to stay Kay calls the corner of Old George- a view of the Capitol demands a higher
downtown." town Road and Wisconsin Avenue, a dollar. Just like anything within throw·
But, he added, not everybody needs half block from the subway, the busiest ing distance of the White House," saY
it. "A lot of people don't want to be intersection in Bethesda. He points out Jim Eichberg with Braedon CompanY·
downtown," he points out, referring to that a building on the corner being built "If it overlooks a park downtown
the burgeoning office building com- by Rozansky & Kay will bring a price of (such as the office of well-known
plexes in areas like Old Town Alexan- $13 per square foot, but that a building lawyer Edward Bennett William s,
dria, Bethesda and the nearby counties scheduled for leasing in the 1983 whose office overlooks Farragul
where executives are closer to their market is expected to bring a price Square) or any of the monuments, then
residences. closer to $17 per square foot. it's a plus," offers Jay D. Franklin·
Alan Kay of Rozansky & Kay reveals Donald Brown, a partner with J.B.G. senior vice president of commercia·
Associates, is currently leasing Court- leasing and management with H. 0
Federal Center Plaza, 500 C Street, house Square in Old Town Alexandria. Smithy Co.
S.W., built by The Donohoe Company. "Typically," he says, "suburban of- Continued on Page 4~
161July 1980/Dossier

17. CARlA HillS:
Optil}g for
EXcellence
It's a matter more of excellence than
lrestige, said former Housing and Urban
~evelopment Secretary Carla Anderson
~ills as she looked out at the Washing-
on Monument from her new 12th floor
lffice on New Hampshire Avenue, one
lf Washington's prime office toea-
ions.
"It's not important where you prac-
ice law," said Hills, now a partner in
he Los Angeles-based law firm of
-atham, Watkins and Hills, "but how
~ell."
She occupies the corner office on the
tighest floor of the building, and broad
~indows along both the south and west
~ails allow a 180 degree view of prime
larts of Washington. Her desk is
eparated from the seating area-deep
Ushioned chairs around a glass-topped
able-and is made of well-polished
~ood shaped in a wide oval and sup-
lorted by bright silver legs.
On two walls are reflections of her
tigh-level government past: pictures
~ith President Ford; a formal portrait
~ith high-ranking members of the
lustice Department (she was United
;tates assistant attorney general before
ter 1975 to 1977 stint as HUD secre-
ary); honorary certificates signed by
)residents Nixon and Ford noting her
Carla Hills in her office overlooking the city.
tppointments to the Department of
lustice and as secretary of HUD. In the
lffice is her cabinet chair, a traditional amount of work in New York and like the president, and other cabinet of-
~ift for a department cabinet officer. Boston, as well as the Southeast." ficers. That's the external point of view.
"I've come a full circle. I'm back to Though she works primarily out of You'd pick up a newspaper and see
loing what I was before," she said with her office in Washington, the work what I was doing. But I still ee people
1slight laugh, explaining that she was a takes her often outside the city. "I of cabinet level," he aid.
lartner in a law firm soon after she travel very frequently to California and Law in Washington is different, also,
:raduated. elsewhere. Tomorrow, I leave for New from law elsewhere, she added. "The
Her husband Roderick, who served York. Wednesday I'll be in San Fran- questions often involve policy nuances
ts counsel to the president in the Ford cisco. Thursday in Los Angeles. Friday in addition to legal tangles. You get a
tdministration, is also a partner in the in San Diego, then back here." third dimension. It's very common to
'irm. The couple have four children. There are 13 attorneys currently in have a difficult legal problem that has,
Wearing a mauve jacket over a the Washington office of the firm, one in addition to it, a policy nuance that
llouse with a matching tint, she sat of the largest in California. may be a compHcating factor," she ex-
lehind the oval desk and explained the "If you understand government, and plained.
teed for the presence of her firm, and you have established credentials, then She has experienced many differ-
terself, in Washington. "We have a you can render a service," she pointed ences between her new role as lawyer
tumber of national concerns we repre- out. and her old role as a cabinet officer.
ent as a firm and they all have She said that her life, "from an exter- As secretary of HUD, she worked 16
~ashington problems. In addition, nal point of view," lacks the attention hours a day, six days a week. "There
ve're an East Coast window for a West and the glamor of a member of the cab- are very few clients who can push me to
~oast firm. We also do a considerable inet, "in terms of contact with people that," she said smiling. 0
Dossier/July 1980117

18. f you believe the girl behind the male to look young. How young? sees aggressive sales trends on the East
I Woodie's cosmetics counter-and
it's hard to imagine such a shining,
blemish-free face lying to you-then
Somewhere between teenage acne and
that first sag under the eye.
Although they won't reveal any
and West Coasts and throughout the
sun-belt area.
And it's the same all over Washing·
you'll accept it when she tells you that figures, the cosmetics houses, most of ton. David Milbrandt of Garfinckel's
more and more of her customers are which are privately owned, do admit attributes the industry's takeoff to men
men buying products for themselves. that men's sales are booming. They getting over what he calls "the
And before you raise an unplucked concede their men's products are still psychological barrier" of treating their
eyebrow, take a look around the counter only a fraction of the women-domin- skin. Three or four years ago, he points
at the array of lotions and creams for ated business, but they confidently out, you wouldn't see a man sit down at
men. predict a very healthy future, despite a cosmetics counter and ask about hiS
Yes, men's cosmetics (a term the in- current economic woes. Candy skin. "But as men have become more
dustry assiduously avoids) has become Neiman, the cosmetics manager at aware of their appearance, they realize
big business here in Washington, as it Bloomingdale's at Tyson's Corner, these products are aids, and they decide
has elsewhere around the country. It's says she's seen a forty percent sales to use them."
already one of America's biggest growth growth in just the past six months. At the Key West Shop in White Flint,
industries, producing highly profitable "The growth has been phenomenal, manager Joyce Kearney judges that one
returns for such formerly distaff houses but this is just the tip of the iceberg." third of her sales now are to men,
as Chane!, Estee Lauder, Irma Shorell She adds that Bloomingdale's is now although she admits their initial reac·
and Clinique. giving more store area to men's skin tion is resistance. Key West features
Only a few short years ago cosmetics products. "The lines are selling well," compounds containing aloe, a tropical
for men were the exclusive province of she says, "and men are slowly getting medicinal plant used for centuries to
the gay community. But in the late into treatment, too. But going beyond treat burns and skin ulcers . It is also a
1970's -and primarily during the past moisturizer is still very daring for popular moisturizer. Joyce says hef
three years-the straights have come them." Liz Wozniak of Aramis' says male customers often are reticent at
out of the closet. They're in the bath- about seventy percent of men "are still first because they know only the tradi·
room now, laden with shaving gels, not ready to accept skin care, although tiona! male products-shaving crea!TI.
aftershaves, moisturizers, scruffing lo- it is becoming okay to pay attention to aftershave and deodorant. But, she
tions, astringents and skin creams-all yourself." Aramis is so confident adds, many men who purchase the
purported to hide wrinkles, soften skin, about the trend toward men's skin care, small sizes initially come back for the
retard aging and replace lost moisture. it has three brands on the market- larger sizes. "I can't ever remember a
Whatever it takes for the American Aramis, Aramis 900 and Devin. She man returning something. They just
by David E. Hubler
IJ'BE
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20. don't do it." She says she reorders her mers seem to be the athletic type, into place was in the market. And it took off
men's lines about twice a month. Her some sport or another. That's the op- about two years ago." But Lightman
stock turn over every sixty days. posite of women. Overweight women traces the beginnings of men's groom-
Joyce is somewhat of a marketing love cosmetics and scents." ing products to the advent of suntan lo-
analyst when it comes to drawing up a The jargon of the trade demands that tion used visibly on the beach. Once a
composite picture of her White Flint you distinguish between skin care prod- man found that he could slop on the
men. "The typical man who uses skin ucts, the alleged fountains of youth, grease and not arouse a sea of shoreline
care products is confident, decisive, and the "scents," the aftershaves, col- snickers, he quickly moved on to other
does well in business, and he knows ognes and the fragrance shampoos. grooming aids-hair creams, after-
who he is." He is somewhere between Most manufacturers are very careful shaves and now face and body prepara-
his late 20's and mid 50's, has a high in- not to include even the slightest hint of tions. Lightman claims many Holly-
come, and "he makes quick decisions. mint or lime or whatever in their men's wood stars and Washington politician
A man finds a product he likes, he skin care lines. The smelly stuff is okay are devoted skin care users. He mention-
sticks with it. It becomes part of his for aftershaves, but no macho man ed the late Gary Cooper, Tony Curtis
self-image." worth his hard-milled soap would be and Martin Balsam, but when pre sed
Candy Neiman says the typical caught smelling from his cleanser! The to share the intimate secrets of Capitol
Bloomingdale's male is between 35 and fragrances serve another purpose too. Hill, he demurred. "Someofthosepeo-
55, usually a professional type. She also Like the Sirens luring sailors to the ple wouldn't like it to get around. It's
sees many airline personnel because of shoals, the "scents" lure the buyer an image thing, you know." It seems
the excessive dryness of commercial toward newer and costlier grooming our legislators believe it's okay to share
airliners. Joyce says she rarely sells to products by capitalizing on consumer power, but not powder, with women.
overweight men. "All the men custo- identification. The old ushers in the Aides to Senators William Cohen,
new sans fragrance.
One of the few firms to deal exclu-
sively with the face is Clinique. Gloria
Plaut is quick to admit that the only dif-
ference between her firm's products for
men and women is that the men's line is
a bit stronger, because a man's skin is
tougher. Gloria says men traditionally
have drier skin than women, but at the
same time they have fewer skin prob-
lems because shaving helps remove the
dead skin cells from the face, a pro-
Henry's bold new venture in- cedure women help along by scruffing Now comes a good "scruff"
cludes a cleansing treatment us- with an abrasive. using Scruffing Lotion from
ing Irma Shorell's Formula for Clinique, like other men's skin care Clinique to tighten the pores
Cleansing to prime the skin. manufacturers, sticks very close to and refine the skin.
what is called a basic regimen. Men are
used to showering, shaving and an
aftershave. So most products for men
are designed to fit into a man's routine
without adding extra time.
Irma Shorell's husband, H. Allen
Lightman, explains that a man gets into
skin care "when it's simple and
straight, and when it fits in with his nor-
mal routine." Light man estimates that
a man spends three to four minutes
each morning and evening before the
bathroom mirror. That's why, he says,
Irma Shorell products for men feature a
shave cream/ skin cleanser and an after-
shave that has a skin conditioner added
to it. "We also found that men do not
like to use jars-too similar to women's
cosmetics. So we package ours in tubes
and plastic bottles. That way there's no
stigma." If you can't have a stigma in
the privacy of your own bathroom,
where can you?
Clinique's Gloria Plaut says the
men's line was introduced in December
1976. "There was no advertising, no
promotions. We wanted to see where its
20/Ju/y 1980/Dossier

21. William Proxmire and John Warner probably why l have so many lo of kin cia ticity. Dr. Narva e -
were quite in istent that their bosses use wrinkles," he adds quickly. plain that the oil- cretin g ebac ou
nothing on their face, not even a little Yet despite booming sa les and grow- glands, the weat gland , and th e elastic
moisturizer after a long hot, arid floor ing acceptance, don't expect to see fibers of the kin are all located below
debate. And two of Washington' best men's skin care products advertised the epidermal layer of kin. Many prod-
known newsmen were equally unreserved much in the major men's magazines. It ucts, he say , don't penetrate thi layer.
in their replies. W JLA Channel 7's just ha n't happened. At Chane! a Thus, Dr. Narva explain , 'a lot of
David Shoumacher says he uses spokeswoman explained: "Our adver- called kin care i an optical illu ion."
nothing but Dial soap-"and a little tising philosophy is sedate, under- Which, a many of tho e interviewed
Powder to cut the glare on my high stated-laid back if you will." Chane! eemed to suggest is the point of the ex-
forehead when I'm on camera." But does some promotional work at the ercise. As for endorsing the u e of over-
men's skin care products don't surprise stores-Bloomingdale's, Woodward & the-counter product , he demurs. ' If it
him. "In a town like this, where there is Lothrop, Garfinckel's. But the doesn't harm you, fine." Many men
so much profiling, you'd expect a lot of spokeswoman said "we rely on our who have tried the new product think
men to use the stuff." estab lished lines to create customer they look and feel better. That, after
Gordon Peterson of WDVM Channel recognition for new product . And we all, ha a great deal to do with the
9 uses the same regimen. "The makeup don't come out with products too phenomenal uccess of the cosmetic
guy puts a little powder on my fore- often. Lightman says Irma Shorell industry. Judging from the copiou
head . Other than that, I don't use wants to sell to both men and women. amount of male vanity encountered in
anything. When I'm out sai ling I use "With costs what they are today, we Washington, one can expect to see the
some suntan lotion, the stuff my wife have to get the most out of our advertis- masculine cosmetic indu try spurt
has lying around the house. That's ing dollar. We have to go with the ahead in the year to come. 0
magazine_ that reach both sexes."
s
What all this means of course is that
it's st ill the woman who knows what's
what when it comes to those squeeze
bottles and tubes, and that's where the
advertising dollar will be spent.
If you think wading through the
brand names is a chore, try separating
the moisturizers with so luble collagen
and sodium ribonucleic acid from clari-
fying lotion with SO alcohol 40, puri-
fied water, witch hazel, etc. and face
Henry takes a good face scrub conditioner with walnut oil, octyl Final touches: Aramis Moisture
recommended for once a week dimethyl paba, myristyl myristate and Concentrate with bronzer and
use to further tighten the several other equally impressive names. sunscreen, a Clinique wrinkle stick
skin with another Clinique But before you run over to Georgetown around the eyes, and a Clinique
preparation. University for a refresher course in Concealer to hide dark circles.
chemistry, listen to what one of the
area's most prominent dermatologists
has to say .
"There's a good deal of mytho logy
about ski n care these days," says Dr.
William Narva. He is a professor and
chairman of the department of derma-
tology at the Uniformed Services
University School of Medicine,
Bethesda. And he is the consu ltant to
the White House and Congressional
physicians. "Basically, good skin
comes from being genetically blessed
with it at birth. It's just one of
thousands of predetermined genet ic
traits."
Dr. Narva notes that the proces by
which the skin rejuvenates itself and
gets rid of it dead cell is ca lled
keratinization. "Dead cells come off
naturally, as imperceptible dust." Skin
"ages" because it loses its elasticity-a
process that is speeded up by ultraviolet
radiation. Normally, the darker the
ski n , the greater the barrier there i to
ultraviolet radiation and the slower the
Dossier/July 1980121

22. Along Party Lines
SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN THE WORLD OF WASHINGTON
Old hands said the French Embassy
hadn't glittered as much since chic
Madame Alp hand left. But French Am-
bassador and Mrs. de Laboulaye outdid
even her with a Christian Dior benefit
for Cambodian children. Dance com-
bined with fashion created a luscious
theatrical confection that won the
hearts of even the most stoic male
guests.
Ballet dancers Valentina Kozlovia
and Leonard Kozlov, recent defectors
from the Soviet Union, illustrated a
thematic fantasy in dance. But the em-
phasis was on fashion as the spell-
binding show unfolded in the grand
foyer of the embassy, ending to the sus-
tained applause of the audience.
The guests were as fashionable as the
show. Among them were Rose Marie
Bogley, Monica Greenberg, Ann Hand,
Eliane Gautrat, and Nuah Alhegelan.
Chairman of the Board
Rouet with his wife
white tiered Dior.
22/Ju/y 1980/Dossier

23. Applause and red roses to ballerina
Valentina Kozlovia and artistic
designer to Christian Dior, Marc
Bohan , whose spring collection
showed nautical styles in red , white
and navy with low-heeled shoes for
daytime topped with Russian sailor
hats, lots of pleats and stripes, one
shoulder styles, petal necklines,
flame hems, ribbons and jewelry in
the hair and at the waist and opulent
furs .
Dossier/July 1980/ 13

24. 20 FOR THE MONOCLE
~HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY
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Commentator John Scali , one of Connie and Helen Valanos' first customers at
the Monocle, signs the huge 20th Anniversary card at a party sponsored by their
loyal customers. Hundreds of prominent Washingtonians came to pay homage to
the Valanos whose Hill pub club has been the scene of many an important
backstage pol itical event.
l 0 FORW OLF TRAP TALL SHIP DOCKS
Wolf Trap's 10th Anniversary Gala (Above) Australian Ambassador
defied the weather to offer guests a Parkinson and Danish Ambassador
star-studded evening of entertain- and Mrs. Barch flank Captain Vilhelm
ment put together by Chairman Eliza- Hansen, skipper, on the deck of the
beth Taylor Warner. (Left) Cecil An- Danish training ship, Danmark, a full·
drus, secretary of the department of rigged three master. The tall ship
the interior, which runs the Park, pulled into pier four on the Potomac, a
escorts the indomitable guiding force living tribute to men who go down to
of Wolf Trap, Kay Shouse, to the Gala the sea in ships. (Below) William
reception. (Below) Liz Warner stands Miller, secretary of the treasury,
on-stage with some of the stars who holds the wheel of the ship in a re-
made the evening memorable. (L to A) enactment of the days he trained on it
Paul Williams, Liz, Liza Minnelli with one month each year as a cadet at the
Sen. John Warner and June Carter. Coast Guard Academy. Guests toured
Many stayed for the balance of the the ship, drank Tuborg beer and mun·
show which lasted until two a.m. ched Danish delicacies.
24/ July 1980/Dossier

25. C OMMANDANT
HONORS W ILSON
Retiring Congressman Bob Wilson,
ranking Republican on the House Armed
Services Committee and recent winner
of the Forrestal Award and his wife
Shirley, were honored by the Marine
Corps Commandant with a parade in
their honor at the Marine Barracks.
Attended by hundreds of well-
Wishers and their friends, the parade,
hosted by Marine Commandant
General Robert Barrow, is one of the
Prized invitations in town. It is held
every Friday night from mid-May to
tnid-September. The Commandant and
his wife host a reception preceding it 6
or 7 times a season in the rose-filled Honored guests Representative Bob Wilson and hi s wife Shirley are greeted by
gardens of their exquisite period home. Major Jim Secrist and hi s fiance Myong whil e the Marine Commandant General
ihe honorarium for Congressman Robert Barrow looks on. Throngs of close friends joined the reception .
Wilson was the first of the season.
According to the Commandant:
"When we found out that Bob was not
seeking reelection after 28 years of serv-
ice, we decided to honor him for the role
he played to support the Corps."
Appearing with his father at the
Parade was Robert Barrow, Jr. who had
just been commissioned a second lieute-
nant. The Barrows two daughters also
are married to marines.
Congressman Wilson, known as "Mr.
Navy," retired recently as a Lt. Col. in
the Marine Corps Reserve. Ironically,
running for his vacated seat as a
Democrat is another fellow named Bob
Wilson.
Former Commandant Leonard Chap- General Barrow proudly poses with the family of Col. Donald C. Cooke who receiv-
man tells Mrs. Barrow about his own ex- ed the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously the day of the Wilson's
Periences when he occupied the Com- reception. Col. Cooke was a POW in Vietnam who gave his life to help his fellow
mandant's house. prisoners.
Dossier/ July / 980/ 15

26. C ORCORAN SURPRIZE
The Corcoran's spring "Surprize
Party" was dreamed up and chaired by
the indefatigable Nancy Dutton in
response to a $100,000 challenge grant
offered the Corcoran School of Art by
the Cafritz Foundation.
Some 1,200 people streamed through
the balloon-filled atrium in the hope of
winning one of 107 doorprizes, with an
appraised value of $105,000, donated
by Corcoran trustees and well-wishers
ljke the Chrysler and Toyota folk, Liz
and John Warner, and Corcoran
School faculty members and artists.
M.C. Roger Mudd declared Mar-
garet Jay, winner of a Haitian painting
of owls; M.C. Peggy Cooper announced
the Abe Fortases had won a pair of
season tickets to Arena Stage and M.C.
Lee Kimche shouted out the name of the
Post's Bob Woodward as winner of a
Paul Jenkins watercolor.
Sally Finney, who bought ten tickets
just hours before the party, won five
prizes including the Chrysler LeBaron.
Corcoran Trustee Frank Saul, who had
also purchased 10 tickets, won the
$10,000 Gene Davis painting. The
James McKim Symingtons (he's with
the Smithsonian) were overwhelmed
when their $100 ticket produced the
$9,000 Russian silver samovar, dated
1858, a gift of Corcoran trustee William MC's Roger Mudd, Lee Kimche and Peggy Cooper go over the order of prize awards
G. Fitzgerald and his wife Annelise. as Frieda Arth and Betsy Rea look on. The colorful balloon centerpieces provided
- DOROTHY MARKS an especially festive note to the occasion.
JAKE AND JOE MARKING SEA MARKS
Senator Jake Javits shoulders Joe Hirshhorn at the opening Joy Sundlun and Nuala Pell, wife of the senator, flanK
of: The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York. Javits, a author Gardner McKay at a reception given by the Sundluns
collector of contemporary art, lent Larry Rivers' "Second after the opening of Sea Marks, a production of the Trinity ~
Avenue" to the Hirshhorn show. Square Players at the Kennedy Center. '
26/Ju/y 1980/ Dossier

27. ~lement Conger, White House curator, is welcomed by New Three well-known Folger Library supporters greet each other
~ealand Ambassador Merwyn Norrish and Sotheby Parke- at the benefit. {Left to right} Mrs. David Bruce, Mrs. John
Bernet Chairman, the Earl of Westmoreland. Auchincloss and Mrs. Peter Belin.
FOR SHAKES~ 1ND SOTNEBY
Even in this party-prone town, it was cil of the Friends of the Folger came, in-
a night to remember- The White-On- cluding: Jane Weinberger from San
White Ball chaired by Joan Tobin, Francisco (her husband former HEW
underwritten by Sotheby Parke-Bernet Secretary Caspar was out toiling for
and hosted by departing Ambas ador Ronald Reagan), the John Slocums
Merv Norrish of New Zealand and hi from Newport and Jean Lindsay down
wife, Francoise, to benefit the Folger from New York. Dancing to Peter
Shakespeare Library. Duchin's Orchestra, the Roger Mudds
Vintage art, porcelains and furniture, chatted with the Alhegelans. Sotheby
later auctioned at the Garbisch's Poke- executives, John Marion and Fred
ty estate on the Eastern Shore, made a Scholtz, were deluged with questions
colorful backdrop for the all-wh ite about the art objects on view.
tables centered with white daisies. Francoise Norrish, who has used her
Title abounded: Sotheby Chairman, country's architecturally striking new
the Earl of Westmoreland, making the embassy as a showcase for New Zealand
first of several Wa hington appear- artists, served as a docent for more than
ances, Sir Peter and Lady Ramsbotham a year at the Folger Library and is a
in from Bermuda for the annual Peter serious Shakespeare scholar.
Ram sbotham Lecture at the Folger and Folger Director Dr. 0. B. Hardison
Sotheby executive, Sir Michael and his wife Marifrances, were cele-
Famed author Herman Wouk and his Stewart, who once served a Mini ter. brating his new appointment. He will be
wife take a respite from greeting A score of former Washingtonian , a visiting lecturer in New Zealand for six
friends at the reception. all members of the International Coun- weeks next fall. -DOROTHY MARKS
Jim Elder of the Folger shares a light moment with Sir Peter Mr. Samuel Beach, Jr., vice-president of S.P.B.'s Realty Corp-
and Lady Ramsbotham. Sir Peter has long been a supporter oration and his wife, Kate, admire an English painting from
Of the Folger Library and was in town for his annual lecture. an upcoming auction exhibited for the benefit.
Dossier/July 1980117

28. last December within hours of each at top prices; fine old Staffordshire,
lAsT Pa<ElY PMTY other, after a lifetime love affair. splendid pieces of Chinese export por·
The I 500 "guests" from all over the celain; European ceramics, a Canton
Col. Edgar William Garbisch and his world validated their exquisite taste a nd enamel snuff box, circa 1800, with the
wife Bernice, an heiress to the Chrysler proved it with their do ll ars grossing the charm in g river view inside its lid, and
fortune, would have enjoyed their last estate more than $20,000,000 through the rare pieces of Engli sh si lver, among
party at Pokety, their summer place o n an a u ct ion supervised by Sot h eby them twelve George Ill pisto l-ha nd led
the Eastern Shore. The Garbischs d ied Parke-Bernet. Everyt hing was bo ught cheese k nives, made in Londo n bY
~. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hahn look over St; ftor(
shire dinner service during the pre-auction exh i~
tion. They later purchased some of It at auctiO
2. The carved wood bannisters offered one of t~
special visual delights. At the head of the Iand i~
are Mrs. William McCormick Blair and her gue 5,
3. Mrs. Frank Saul admires a canopied bed in o~
of Pokety's many guest rooms.
18/Ju/y /980/Dossier

29. --~1....---
IVilliam Abdy in 1765 and lightly
damaged during the centuries, as well a
he "important" American furniture.
Of course, in an auction everything is
deemed "important" by the auction-
ers, or at least "extremely rare."
~owever, in the related decorative arts
Uepartment, the pair of decoy ducks
Enjoying ~ifes finer things
~as not quite a rare as the carved and
P ainted wood American eagle wall
requires money.
P laque, attributed to John Bellamy of
~ew England, circa 1860, which sold
for $39,000 or the glorious piece de re-
•istance: the Chippendale block-and- Enjoying lifes finest things
1
C
hell-carved kneehole desk of shining
uban mahogany attributed to Ed- requrres
lllund Townsend of Newport, Rhode
Island (1860-80), which made history as
the most expensive piece of American
discernrnent4
furniture eve r auctioned. The
G arbisch's acquired the des k at auction
tn 1972 for a "mere" $120,000. An
1rnerican collector shelled out a record-
breaking $250,000. Haute cuisine in the European tradition of service.
Furnished entirely with American an- In the Madison Hotel
tiques and the works of America 's 15th and M Sts., .W., Washington, D.C. 2 5
~ative artists, Pokety became the
Reservations suggested (202) 862-1600 Free interior parking
Marshall B. Coyne, Proprietor
favorite home of the Garbisch 's. Its in-
formal atmo s phere was a perfect
tounterpart to the gold and white
~rench opulence of their Manhattan
IPartment where their famed collection
D impressionists adorned the panelled
f
1lalls, imported from France with the
rest of the furnishings.
The Garbisch's possessions were
~Ornpared to those accumulated by the
tar I of Rosebery, a Rothschild, at
Mentmore, which fetched over $10
llli!Jion; topped by the $34 million from
1
he Robert von Hirsch collection.
Nevertheless, Mentmore remained a
ttiJestone in auction history. With its
~0.3 million, the Garbisch estate easily
toke that record. This does not in-
tlude the residences estimated at $4
illillion.
The four-day sale at Pokety brought
early twice as much as the Louis XV
1 Louis XVI d elights from their New
nd
Y ork apartment which totaled $ 1.4
~illi on. Among the Monets, Cezannes,
an Goghs, Bonnards and Matisses,
~icasso's neo-classical "Saltimbanque
~Ux bras croises," painted in 1923, had
ee n the s tar attraction. Pi casso's
•ngaging acrobat, once in the collection
~r Averell Harriman and pianist Vladi-
tnir Horowitz, was purchased for
tokyo's Bridgeport Museum for an un-
~tecedented $3 million. Jn all the Gar-
lisch' s impressionist collection netted
1 impressive $14.8 million.
n
- VI OLA 0RATH
DEADLINE:SEPTEMBER 4TH
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Woman's Committee of the Cathe-
Sen red in the dining dral Choral Society is congratulated
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1. Chairman Dr. Barbara Podp
welcomes Honorary Chairper-1
Senator and Mrs. Edward Zorins;1
Retiring Congressman Ch 8
Vanik spins his wife in a pol ~/
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Washington, D.C. Joseph Francis Thorning, Soni~ (
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of the Czech Opera in the Dil l
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301July 1980/Dossier

31. PEALING FOR MUSIC
It was truly a merry evening in May.
Upporters of the Cathedral Choral
~iety arrived in the Bishop's Garden
top Mount Saint Alban. Welcomed by
special peal of bells from the
athedral's carillon, guests sipped wine
is they admired the spectacular view of
lhe city. Devron and his 'merry' men
Played for dancing, and the Augmented
~ight (a popular local group who were
Indoctrinated during college days by
SUch organizations as Yale's Whiffen-
lloof and Princeton's Triangle Club),
Presented old favorites.
Lucky prize winners went home with
1Uch treasures as a lambs-wool ruglet
from Australia, donated by Honorary
Sponsors Sir Nicholas and Lady
Parkinson, and a bumper box of Swiss
Chocolates, a gift of Swiss Ambassador
and Mrs. Probst. Applause and
~Ughter greeted Gerson Nordlinger, a
~teless supporter of everything musical
In Washington, when he won tickets to
a series of concerts supplied by im-
Presario Patrick Hayes, who with his
Pianist wife Evelyn Swarthout were
there with the Chairman of the evening
and her husband, Janie and Bob Evans.
AHAPPY MAJALES PERFECTION IS NOT AN
''Majales" means 'May Ball' in ACCIDENT
~zech and Washington's annual "Ma-
lales" (at least its 20th!) for the benefit
Of the fund for Czechoslovak Refugees
lnct the cultural, charitable programs of
lhe Czechoslovak National Council of
1.rnerica, drew an international crowd
0 well-wishers that filled the Shore-
hf
am's Palladian Room decorated for
the evening with small white Czech lions
0n each table. On the power for one light
Ball Chairman Dr. Barbara Lee bulb, it can make a room at 78°
~Odoski, waltzing with Dr. Vladimir J.
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'· feel like 70°.
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. ational Council of America's Wash- choice of motor and blade
~&ton Chapter, officially opened the finishes; 5-Year warranty;
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all, and Honorary Chairmen Senator
and Mrs. Edward Zorinsky and Rep.
and Mrs. Lionel Van Deerlin, along
IVith Rep. and Mrs. Charles Vanik,
lllacte up the Capitol Hill supporters of
~he annual event. The Nick Coolidges
act two tables of 'young' guests.
citnong the enthusiastic dancers were
t erue d' Amecourt, the Jerry Lords,
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32. 1. Co-chairman Milou Blinoff of the 1980 Eye Ball
discusses the Ball with Dr. and Mrs. Harry King, Jr., senior
Medical Director of the International Eye Foundation.
2. Capucine Renoir, M. Debakey, Dr. Surya Goswami and
Morton Renoir added an international flavor. 3. Co-
chairman Sharon Smith and Stephen Montgomery enjoy a
private toast.
1. Douglas Smith gives Dorothy Marsh a well-deserved hug
at the cocktail reception preceding the gala luncheon for
the Visiting Nurse Association. 2. Harold Fangboner, Mark
Sullivan, Jr., Andy (Mrs. Potter) Stewart and Gerson Nord-
linger reminisce about their long VNA association. 3. A
string ensemble serenades Mark Sullivan, Jr., Mrs. Marsh,
Father Joshua Mundell and Dr. Roselyn Epps.
Jl/July 1980/Dossier