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Show IT HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON By Mrs. Wallace F. Bennett For weeks, members of the Congressional Club look forward for-ward to the annual Spring Breakfast in honor of the First Lady of our land. This affair has become, over the years, the most important event on the social calendar of the Club. Metropolitan stars, Broadway stars, and even some foreign celebrities have appeared as gi'e:t artists on these occasions. occa-sions. This year, the guest star was Alfred Drake, who turned out to be one of Mrs. Kennedy's favorites. She was hoping he would sing something from "Kismet." which he did, along with selections from "Oklahoma!" "Okla-homa!" and "Kiss Me, Kate," He completely charmed his audience. Utahns will remember him as the guest star in "Promised Valley" when it was first performed per-formed at the Centennial Celebration Cele-bration in 1947, and again in "Kiss Me, Kate" when It was given at the University of Utah stadium. Members ot tne Congressional Congression-al Club Board have been working work-ing for over a year on the new Congressional Club register regis-ter and history. The book made its first appearance at the breakfast, at which time copies of it were presented to all those present. Mrs. Kennedy received a leather bound volume,' vol-ume,' and she said it would be one of her greatest treasures. As the books held the place of honor at each table, the table decor carried out the gold and blue colors on the cover of the book. Large blue styrofoam balls with a Congressional Con-gressional Club seal on top centered each of the round tables seating ten. Light blue ribbon streamers twined with blue corn flowers reached from the center ball to the books at each place, making a very unusual effect. In addition to Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Johnson, wife of the Vice-President, Vice-President, wives of members of the Supreme Court, and the Cabinet were honor guests. They were escorted to their places by members of the Marine Ma-rine Band, dressed in their colorful red coats, who then returned to the stage to play delightful background music while the 12 o'clock "breakfast" was being served. Mrs Kennedy was stunning in a raspberry flecked wool suit. She wore a navy blue velvet bow in her hair in place of a hat, and navy blue pumps. She is a former active member mem-ber of the Club, having joined during the time that her husband hus-band was the Senator from Massachusetts. It was a great pleasure for me to sit next to her and be brought up to date on the most recent antics of Caroline and young John. As one mother to another it pleased me very much to have her say, "Caroline "Caro-line is really a very nice little girl." |