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Highlights of the New Season A compendium of cultural events for 1979-80 32 Opening Night: Glamour Makes a Comeback The new season's first nights are "dress-up" events 38

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Commentary Running against Washington is old ploy 4 Annabelle's Dossier File

Our Town by Warren Adler What to do when a reporter calls

Art and Artists by Viola Drath Hirshhorn and Lerner are still a compatible duo 11 Along Party Lines New ambassadors check in; Bill Blass beats heat 44 Real Estate Transactions Fashion Calendar A slimmed-down maestro munches

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After decades of dormancy, Washington theatre has burst forth with an incredible vigor, yet integrity. Playwrights range from the established to the experimental. .. one-person-cast productions play next door to the Vienna Opera . .. touring companies are imported and exported. Dossier profiles Roger Stevens (cover), Zelda Fichandler (left) and other impresarios who have helped ignite the capital's "theatre explosion." (Cover Photo by Fred Ward/Black Star)

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Running Against Washington Running against "Washington" is represented in the Congress and, nothing new in American politics. It therefore, cannot participate in the was Andrew Jackson who first mined great American game of trade-off and this vein, discovering that an election mutual back-scratching which is at the ploy that castigated Washington was heart of state, regional and specialan effective votegetter in cranky times. interest budget allocations. Indeed, the people of Washington An apocryphal story is told by Washington publisher, raconteur and are actually penalized for living in a gentleman Austin Kiplinger about a place that is also a symbol. Without the certain Robert R. Reynolds, a North political clout of other clearly-defined Carolinian running for the Senate. political domains, Washingtonians, Reynolds campaigned around his state like all manufactured stereotypes, can on the single theme of Washington sin- only scowl and suffer. Imagine the President castigating fulness and chicanery. "Do you know what they eat up California or Texas as centers of profthere in Washington?" the candidate ligacy and materialism or railing would ask his rapt audience. (Kiplinger against Atlanta, with biblical fervor, does it with gifted mimicry.) for its crime rate. Or teeing off on "Kaveeyar. ... and do you know what Manhattan for being an "island," Kaveeyar is? Fish eggs. F-i-s-h E-g-g-s .. which it is, but not in the sense Carter I ask you, how can anyone allow the would have us believe Washington is. If Washington is anything that can fate of the nation to rest on the shoulders of people who eat fish eggs? be caught in a single image, it is a mirKaveeyar. It is a sin, a disgrace. No one ror, a mirror of America. Nowhere else in their right mind can eat fish eggs and in the country can one find such a vast array of "bits" of American psyche. It govern this land ..... " Reynolds was elected to the Senate. is all here, every special interest, every He later married the daughter of shade of opinion that is existent in Evelyn Walsh McLean, the eccentric American life, indeed-when one conmulti-millionaire Washington hostess siders the diplomatic communitywhose husband, among other things, possibly in the world. It is also a city, diverse, complicated, once owned The Washington Post. Reynolds, finally ensconced in wrestling with the practical consideraWashington, is reputed to have become tions of twentieth-century life. one of the city's most prodigious conPerhaps the mirror itself does capture more light, defining its images too sumers of fish eggs. When "Washington" is used as an . glaringly. Perhaps the rejection does election-inspired metaphor for "evil," point up our more blatant human as Jimmy Carter now uses it, a vanities, our deeper ambitions and Washingtonian can only shudder at the obsessions, our odd humors and deficynicism. To a Washingtonian, it is not ciencies. Maybe our good points seem a harmless joke. Whether it is intended "gooder" in Washington and our bad to be or not, it is an indictment of points "badder." Unfortunately, with the present oceveryone who lives and works in the Washington area, particularly those cupants of that real estate contiguous who live within the city's diamond- to Pennsylvania A venue, more light doesn't mean more insight. shaped borders. We will, as always, survive such Forget about it's being a slur on the capital city of a great nation which, mindless cynical imagery. Washington, symbolically at least, belongs to every like Georgia, is, after all, the sum total American. Think of it only in human of the people who live here ... or there. terms. The District of Columbia still We Washingtonians promise one must govern itself with one figurative thing. We won't blame the State of hand tied behind its back. It is not fully Georgia for what they sent us.

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Organized 14 years ago in New York, Hare Krishnas pass themselves off as a 5,000-year-old church and send armies of young women to hustle bucks at airports and other public places, including the Ken Cen ... The bucks are used to build gold and marble palaces in the U.S. and other parts of the world and capture devotees, mostly from upper middle class American families, whose minds can be beat into submission by self-hypnotizing, endless dancing and chanting which could eventual-

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bl ed eggs ... Families injured by the Moon cult appalled by movie "Inchon" being shot in Korea with Moonie money hustling big names like Larry Olivier and Jackie Bisset, with an inexplicable push by realtor Jean Dixon. Worst offender: The U.S. Defense Dept., cooperating fully. One wonders how it affects the Moonie's tax exempt status.

NOT A PUT-ON: Call it a very deft diplomatic maneuver, but when the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates threw a super bash in honor of the Crown Prince of that country, the charming visitor greeted guests and answered questions through an English-Arabic interpreter. Intelligent, urbane, British educated, Englishspeaking, the handsome Prince, perhaps, needed the extra time to Phrase sensitive answers about a country that few outsiders know much about. One of his principal missions was to reassure, rally and show the flag to the many Emirate students in the

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Five Years Later, Hirshhorn/Lerner Duo Still Works By Viola Drath

bile it may be al most impossible to evaluate precisely the impact on Washington's thriving art scene of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in its five Years of existence, there can be no doubt that it has substantially helped to put the capital on the nation's cultural map. Actually, the museum was created-on paper-by Congress in 1966 in response to a gift from Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It certainly is open to debate whether Washington, notwithstanding the Hirshhorn's most spirited and enterprising exhibitions, may be able to lure the arts from New York as was suggested in The New York Times. But among the city's art collectors and art dealers, there is a consensus about the major part this Young and lively museum has played in raising the interest level in the fine arts under the steady guidance of director

Abram L. Lerner and his staff of able and enthusiastic curators. "The echo of our exhibitions on contemporary art extends well beyond the traditional confines of the art circles," comments AI Lerner. For the 80-year-old collector Joe Hirshhorn, the rugged self-made man and entrepreneur from Lithuania who donated his vast collection of some 6,000 works of modern art to the Smithsonian, the museum's birthday on October 4th is an ambitious immigrant's dream come true. Yet nobody at the Hirshhorn rests on past laurels. "Our foremost task was to show the nation what kind of a collection it actually had received as a gift in terms of chronology and quality," Lerner explains. As Joe Hirshhorn's longtime curator, he helped to build the extraordinary collection with its accent on sculpture. Interestingly, the cool, professional Lerner, a native of New York with a broad background in the arts as artist, instructor, dealer, curator and critic, has "no desire" to be a collector. "The selection from Joseph Hirshhorn's collection of 6,000 works was most difficult," Lerner emphasizes. "While the public has not seen everything yet, we are reaching the stage where we can focus on certain

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this two-pronged approach which provided the Hirshhorn with its current profile: an institution equally as devoted to the examination of certain aspects of the fine arts in historical perspective as to explorations of the avant-garde. Exhibitions like ''The Golden Door-Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976," organized by Cynthia Jaffee McCabe; the memorable Princeton import "Els Quatre Gats," which familiarized the viewer with the ''Art in Barcelona around 1900," when the young Picasso burst onto the art scene; and its bold "Directions," in which curator Howard Fox explored the tendencies in contemporary American art, all can be regarded as milestones in the annals of exhibitions that enrich the mind along with the eye. Time and again, the museum has surprised its friends with shows culled from its own tremendous resources. In special exhibitions, imposing arrays of sculpture by Henry Moore and David Smith have been featured together with comprehensive overviews of the works (and sometimes lives) of Thomas Eakins, Louis Eilshemus, George Grosz, Alfred Maurer .and Philip Evergood, to name a few. Furthermore, Lerner managed to accentuate the collection's pockets of strength by unveiling numerous works by Josef Albers, Willem de Kooning and the Italian sculptor Manzu as well as Larry Rivers' splendid assemblage about the "History of the Russian Revolution from Marx to Mayakovsky. '' lthough not all of the exhibitions originate at the Hirshhorn, the museum puts on as many as 14 of them annually. Lerner, who talks of "new dimensions of culture" in Washington, is delighted with the

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of directions in the current development of the arts does not mean that good and important art is not being created, even though there is no homogenization.'' Lerner has not forgotten that the arts scene around 1900 seemed stagnant when suddenly, in 1907, Picasso set it spinning with his "Desmoiselles d 'Avignon." The same was true prior to World War II, just before the explosion of Abstract Expressionism. Lerner knows how to make a point. It is obvious to him that America, as the world's most powerful nation, will continue to attract artists . He worries, however, about the fact that America's assuming the lead could be interpreted as a lack of talent elsewhere. "During the 'forties, great artists came to these shores. Their creative energies are still felt in New York. It is not just somewhat chauvinistic but outright dangerous to stop looking for talent in other countries." While diminutive Joe Hirshhorn, a man with a great appetite for the good life, continues to acquire artworks and add to the museum's treasures (256 objects in recent years), his faithful friend AI Lerner is intent on rounding out the collection. He hopes to fill in the gaps that exist in the area of the Ecole de Paris and the art of the 'seventies, accomplishing their common goal by acquisition and exhibition. "That which we can or will not buy, we will show." Meanwhile, the indefatigable Hirshhorn, who finally earned a seat on the museum's board of trustees in December, 1977, can be seen bidding at places like Sloan's auction house on 13th Street, where he had an eye on a landscape by Dunoyer de Segonzac. Once more, the upcoming exhibition schedule reflects the museum's overall policy. The wide scope of projects that has become the Hirshhorn's trademark ranges from Arshile Gorky's works, assembled from the museum's own collection and including the famed "Murals Without Walls" from Newark's airport (October 4-25), to the first comprehensive retrospective of Oskar Bluemner's (1857-1938) expressionistic paintings that foreshadow future developments (November 14 to March 2) to a show of Fernando Botero's intriguing work. In this day of star curators and museum directors, Lerner is not out to garner credit for himself, but to make a name for the museum which bears the name of his loyal patron.

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more than a simple phone call. "Finding a broker is often hard,'' says Brenda Reiskin, who's been selling for 10 o Jane Coyne, "It's like eating years. Alice Maher had the extra difpeanuts; once you start, you ficulty of already having a business can't stop." To Bette Ann which was left to her by her deceased Tuomey, "It's like mothering, husband. "I called just about everylike settling arguments between body in town," she says. "I didn't siblings." And to Dorothy Elmendorf, want someone else to take over the "It's like a drug." business." Now she has one more year Most Washington-area women in to go before becoming a broker real estate, however, agree on this: it's herself. a profession for which the stimulation Why all the concern? The broker and the rewards don't come easily. But through which you are licensed will be the fulfillment is very much a reality the one with whom you'll for those with lots of spirit and deter- train-almost your mentor. In a commination. petitive and complicated market like Rich with a litany of female success Washington, agents and brokers agree stories, the real estate profession in that this is one relationship a budding Washington is attracting increasing real estate professional can't take lightnumbers of women-from the prover- ly. Although, up to this point, you've bial bored housewife to the working taken courses in the basics, you still woman looking for a sound invest- haven't been taught to sell. ment. Once in the ring, those who have Depending on where you're applying enlisted merely to dabble are often the for the license, you'll have to stay with first to go; the dabblers who stay on a broker for two or three years, doing are considered the bane of the business all your selling through that broker. So whoever sponsors you should be the by the fulltime professionals. Getting started in real estate is no result of careful selection. Seasoned mild task. The field is selective, almost agents suggest looking into a broker's restrictive, depending on where you're reputation in the community, among applying. Many states require that you both clients and financial officers. pass a standardized test developed by Also, talk to some agents working for the Educational Testing Service. The the broker. "It's an apprenticeship other states use their own versions. (To business," says Betty Van Huyck. be sure you get the most up-to-date in- "You're as good as the people who formation on Washington-area re- train you." quirements, contact the District, MontAgents can't stress enough the gomery County and Northern Virginia sophistication of the Washington market. According to Marcia G. ClopBoards of Realtors.) In any instance, once you've passed ton, many clients are older profesthe licensing exam, you don't sionals, "very wise" in the buying and automatically get one if you're not selling of property. The younger prosponsored by a broker. Which broker fessionals in the market for property is up to you, but choosing involves very often have taken real estate and

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law courses, although Evelyn Kaplan occasionally runs into young buyers who are reckless in their desire to make a sound investment. But for the most part, Washington clientele are viewed by the profession as tough business people; they won't stand for sloppy or incomplete work. Those agents who "fudge and fool . the public," as Reiskin puts it, do it mostly out of ignorance, trying to use the profession to make a quick, easy buck. That's why fulltirne professionals resent part-timers in this field. Often they are women who try to work around their family and househc,>ld responsibilities. As Virginia Broker Howard Rook points out, the organizational abilities of homemakers can be quite an asset to them in real estate. ''They learn to schedule their lives around their husbands and children. They don't waste a minute." This attention to detail and precision, this management of time, is often responsible for a woman's soaring sales figures. But women who try to continue to be homemakers while in real estate are rarely successful in combining the two. "This is not the housewive's brigade," Washington women in real estate include (front row, from left) Katherine A. Peck, sales associate and assistant to the president, Hugh T. Peck Properties; Spence Rivett, realtor, Harper & Co.; Pat Sturgis, realtor, Mt. Vernon Realty; (back row) Jane Coyne, working broker; Bette Ann Tuomey, realtor, Colquitt-Carruthers; Betty Van Huyck, realtor, Leigh & Schwab; Beatriz Fakler, sales associate, Lewis & Silverman; and Claudia Rayford, sales associate, Shannon & Luchs. The Georgian colonial in the background is Truro Manor, currently on the market for $2, 150,000.

The Confusing Array of State Licensing Rules The District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia all accept the Educational Testing Service exam, but that's where most of the similarity among the jurisdictions ends. Maryland, for example, requires would-be agents to take a 45-clock-hour, state-approved course in the principles of real estate as well as the exam. Virginia requires 45 to 60 hours of course study; the District, none. (Rumor has it that there's no way you can pass the exam without the course.) To renew, procedures again vary from a simple filling out of an application and paying of the fee (D.C.,Va.) to taking another course (Md.). In Maryland, in fact, a new regulation now requires all agents and brokers to take 12 clock-hours of a state-approved continuing real estate education course, starting stresses working broker Jane Coyne. Evelyn Kaplan also echoes the need to relinquish household responsibilities. "When I started out, I had to get live-in help. The hours were flexible, but I worked 70 to 80 hours a week, holidays and weekends. But my husband always had dinner waiting for him when I wasn't home." Kaplan has had discouraging experiences with women agents who refused to acquire household help. "I've tried to train people well, only to have them drop prospects in the street in order to get home for dinner." The successful women in real estate are at the top because they take the time to educate their clients about what they're getting into when buying property. They present all the facts and numbers straight away. They help them get financing. They can tell them the difference between a VA loan and an FHA loan. They're right there with the client up to the day of settlement. "You have to spend weeks with people, overseeing the selling of a house," says Coyne. These women stress the need for a command of the financial and legal niceties of real estate. "You have to know how to write a proper, tight contract to go into a settlement," Clopton says. "You assist in arranging financing-this is a specialty all by itself and

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with those agents awarded new licenses before May I, 1979. The renewal period is April 30 of every even-numbered year; the course must be taken every other renewal period. The requirements for a broker's license also vary. Maryland requires nine credit hours (135 clock-hours) of approved courses before you take a broker's test. You must also have three years of sales experience. Washington requires that its brokers have offices in a commercial district, and that they have served two years as agents. Virginia requires an average of 20 hours per week of sales work for at least 36 of the 40 months preceding application for the broker's exam. College credit courses are also required. Needless to say, brokers and agents from Washington cannot automatically practice in the states of Virginia or Maryland without first complying with these states' requirements for licensure. is often harder than selling a house!" And contacts in the banking community are essential. "We find where the available money is and send the client to apply. Sometimes we even go with the client." Obviously, you've got to "know your stuff" or your client won't trust you. It has a great deal to do with the kind of training you receive. ut it's also something else. Women in Washington real estate often bring special attributes with them that draw clients and engender trust. For example, in order to match the right house to the right people, you have to talk about very personal issues. "You have to listen to them emotionally, financially and physically," says Pat Sturgis. Women are believed to have the patience and empathy necessary to broach personal subjects with total strangers. Sturgis says she never says, "How much can you afford?" but "What are you willing to invest?" She and several of the others say they refrain from asking buyers their income point-blank, but instead point out that buyers can get a loan equivalent to two-and-a-half times their combined income. Often, buyers then reveal the amount. Claudia Rayford, who entered the real estate

field with a PhD in physiology, agrees with Sturgis' assessment. "You have to learn to empathize with people, to think in terms of the needs of people." Sometimes that requires a high degree of sensitivity. "You meet people," says Van Huyck,"at crisis stages: divorcees, widows, people in the midst of an emotional decision. For example, I understand the terror of the first-time buyer.'' And Beatriz Rodriguez Fakler, whose husband is also in real estate, asserts that "a woman is willing to show a client a house, time after time, house after house. But a man will often show a client three or four homes and then will not understand why the client won't choose one of them." This is not to say that women are naturals in real estate any more than men. The profession is highly competitive here and women must learn to step out of feminized roles and compete with the most aggressive of the area's salesmen. Bette Ann Tuomey maintains that she's not aggressive, but "my partner complements me. People seem satisfied with me, with something I can't see in myself." Another widespread drawback for women in real estate, according to Kathy Peck, is math anxiety, a fatal flaw in a profession based on numbers. Peck, who has taught the pre-licensing ETS prep course offered by her firm, notes that many women-as well as men-need to be refreshed on such items as how to convert decimals into fractions. Many colleges, such as Montgomery County College, offer real estateoriented math courses. Van Huyck enrolled in a real estate course that allowed her to pay one fee until she could muster enough math confidence to pass the licensing exam. After two sessions, she concluded that "math wasn't that scary!" Spence Rivett recommends women who brave the real estate scene beef up their sales by cultivating contacts, especially with other women agents. One way is by membership in the Women's Council in Real Estate; the financial and real estate contacts made there are thought by many of the women to be invaluable. "It's so much better to call up a friend and ask about a property instead of just going by what you read on a computer listing," Rivett stresses. Also, when approaching banks about loans, knowing the bank officers can only help your

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This year, 10 million Americans will travel to foreign lands in search of knowledge, adventure or profit. Few know it, but looking benignly over their shoulder will be the protective eye of Uncle Sam's most ubiquitous link with the world, Barbara Watson. There is simply no way an American can travel without her. Sitting in her handsome office, Mrs. Watson, the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, tries to conceal her enthusiasm behind a reserved but gracious facade. "The entire world is on the move," she says, her voice powerful, rich, resonant. She is a woman who commands respect with her imposing demeanor and intelligence. "You cannot imagine how complicated it is, overseeing the travel of 10 million Americans. Our wanderlust is incredible." Six hundred million dollars are spent annually on tourism and the figure is going up every year. "There may be an energy crisis with our fuel, but not with our people." For most Americans, to travel is to roam the globe with a self-assurance that sometimes borders on recklessness. That assurance comes from a sense of being protected, always somehow connected to home. And it is to Barbara Watson's office that Americans turn when they find themselves in trouble. As head of the Bureau for Consular Affairs, she supervises 250 consular posts around the world. It is Watson's job to insure that our sense of security is more than illusory. "We deal with people, their lives and aspirations, their movements," she says in what may seem an overly romantic description of her work, which includes issuing passports and five million visas last year alone. She also had the sad responsibility for returning the more than 900 American bodies from Guyana and the chaotic task of arranging the withdrawal of thousands of U.S. citizens from a violently troubled Iran. Every time an American lands in a

foreign jail, Watson's office must do whatever possible to insure that the person's rights are protected. Unfortunately, many travelers believe the powers of her office to be greater than they are. "We cannot get them released. They expect us to get them out and we cannot. We cannot post bail, if there even is a bail, and we cannot act

daughter of another judge, she was surrounded by male lawyer-relatives . She rebelled at adding another LLB to the family tree. "It was old hat. I wanted to do something more exciting." She founded the Barbara Watson Charm and Model School, traveled extensively, did some charity work at home, then became the foreign

Responsible for the security of America's millions of travelers to foreign lands, Barbara Watson, like everyone else, must cope with airline security measures.

as an attorney. We can inform the detainee of local laws and procedures and lodge a protest with the foreign government if those procedures are not followed. But that's it."

DOD The formidable Barbara Watson gives the impression she could tackle almost anything that comes her way. "I knew nothing about this office when I came, but it was a challenge and it's been a fascinating experience ever since." When summoned to State in 1966, she already had a brilliant academic background, training in several languages and several years' experience in international law with the New York City Commission to the United Nations. She obtained her law degree only after a determined struggle to escape the field. The daughter of Judge James S. Watson of New York and grand-

student adviser at the Hampton institute. Finally, she gave in and finished New York Law School in two and a half years, graduating third in her class. Because she is an outspoken woman and black, she has had more than her share of enemies. In 1974, a handful of Nixon holdovers attempted to replace her with a lawyer from Buffalo, N.Y., a move apparently prompted by their wish to fulfill political obligations, and by Watson's long-standing rivalry with Frances Knight, then director of the Passport Office. Despite protests by the Black C~ucus, Sen. Jacob Javits and other members of Congress, President Ford reluctantly gave in to pressure and accepted her resignation in 1974. Barbara Watson, who had remained courteous and proud throughout the nine-month ordeal in which her future

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was bounced back and forth by other people, returned to private practice in Washington. President Carter asked her to return to a reorganized State Department as assistant secretary of state in 1977.

ODD Travel is nothing new to Barbara Watson. "My family came from Jamaica and we seemed to visit people all over the world," she says. But in her present position, she has needed the stamina of two people to fulfill her roving obligations. A colleague says, "I've never known her to take a vacation overseas." In the last six months, she has represented the United States on four continents, and visited at least 15 capitals for working conferences, returning home exhausted every time. Chances are her next vacation, if there is one, will be spent in the backyard. In a state of almost perpetual motion, then, it is not difficult for Barbara Watson to keep up with what's happening in the world. But she says that her job is becoming increasingly difficult as the travel industry profoundly changes the shape and pattern of travel, creating a new breed of world traveler and adding problems for the Bureau of Consular Affairs. Last year, for example, 500,000 American senior citizens applied for their first passports, a statistic which surprises and delights Watson. Since the advent of youth stand-by fares in the 1960s, the number of young people spending time overseas has also grown phenomenally. Add the concept of group travel and you have a "very different type of person traveling now," says Watson, whose own travels began in a more leisurely and luxurious age. "It used to be that people who traveled abroad went to fairly routine places like Europe or Latin America. They were people who were sophisticated and used to traveling. Now, you're finding that many are not accustomed to it at all or to the cultures, the mores or the languages of the places they visit." The consquences? For one thing, "the less experienced are the ones more apt to get into trouble-to die, become ill or to be thrown in jail." It's hard to believe, but each year 8,000 Americans die overseas; another 10,000 are reported missing. Fifteen hundred are presently in jail. But Watson cautions that the numbers must be kept in perspective. "When you consider that ten million Americans traveled last

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year and two million were living overseas, the number of those who do get into trouble is incredibly small." If the more sophisticated old-timers have been overrun by charter-flight loads of neophytes, where are the hard core off to now? "You find Americans in the most unlikely places," says Watson with an "if you only knew" shake

''You cannot imagine how complicated it is, overseeing the travel of 10 million Americans.''

of the head. And if that makes her job more difficult, she is not complaining; she knows she has only herself to blame. In 1977, with her approval, President Carter removed all travel restrictions for U.S. citizens. No longer would passports contain a list of forbidden countries. "We felt such a list violated the constitutional rights of Americans." Unrestricted travel has meant that Americans are going everywhere. Two years ago, no one could set foot on the shores of Cuba; now cruise ships out of Miami make Havana a regular port of call.

DOD Not all travelers seek adventure. Many, particularly those who have been at it for some time, seek paradise, that spot somewhere on the earth's surface that remains untouched by the tacky fingers of tourism. The Consular Affairs Bureau has little to do with these romantics except to issue them passports. While she does not belittle their efforts and probably has a spot picked out for herself (she is not telling where), Barbara Watson has no patience with those who lament the loss of the good old days. There is no doubt that Europe has become crowded since a lucky handful

read Art Buchwald's dispatches from Paris in the early 1950s and rushed over. "But when you have a tremendous increase in the movement of people, naturally places are going to change," she says. "And if you say Paris isn't what it used to be, you are forgetting that New York isn't either. Life keeps moving forward and you are not the same person either. You're older and hopefully wiser." Whether searching for the undiscovered or exploring the People's Republic of China, where Watson's office is negotiating for consulates in Canton and Shanghai, Americans, she believes, must be sensitive, tolerant and careful travelers. In the interest of preserving the traveling species and improving global understanding among peoples, Barbara Watson offers some advice. "Prepare yourselves; don't just go running off. Know something about the countries - try to get a little knowledge of the languages; it's always nice to know how to say 'please' and 'thank you.' Get briefed on the customs and the mores of the country you intend to visit so you don't run afoul of the law. Don't by any means get involved in drugs and don't take packages for anyone; they may be contraband. Leave an itinerary back here so we can get in touch if necessary. If they follow these guidelines, most people have a very pleasant, rewarding trip." There are, of course, always those who can't seem to get it right, the bunch that ignores the advice, blunders around the world and into trouble. Since 1869, when Mark Twain poked fun at himself in The Innocents Abroad, American tourists have been labeled, laughed at and reviled. But Barbara Watson dismisses the notion of the ugly American: "You don't want to be a bull in a china shop. Americans are well-received abroad, providing they handle themselves well and don't try to denigrate those they are visiting. Traveling is, after all, just like going into someone's home as a guest." Is this travel professional partial to any of the many places she has visited? Watson finds "every place interesting. Life is really such a learning experience. There's always something different, some discovery; the people make the difference." The world may be getting smaller, but Barbara Watson's job is getting 0 0 0 bigger and bigger.

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By David W. Jacobson

Thus grew the tale of Wonderland: Thus slowly, one by one Its quaint events were hammered out -And now the tale is done And home we steer, a merry crew, Beneath the setting sun. (From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll)

Every time we buy a theatre ticket, we hope it will happen: a trip to Wonderland. Over and over, we pass through the doors with the crowd, into buzzing halls. We jostle to our seats, hoping. If we're lucky and the brew is right, the magic happens, transporting and entertaining us. If a night falls short and the magic eludes us, we come back anyway. Perhaps next time. coming season offers a fantastic array of opportunities for possible magic. Among them: the world-renowned Vienna Opera (performing works by Beethoven, Strauss and Mozart, with Bernstein, Boehm and Mehta conducting the Vienna Philharmonic as the Opera's orchestra), special concerts by the Philharmonic (conducted by Bernstein and Boehm), the Folger Theatre Group in the Terrace (with two new plays), Nathaniel Rosen (the first American cellist to win the Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal), I. B. Singer (whose "Teibele and Her Demon"appears at Arena), Joseph Papp (co-producing a play with Roger Stevens in the Eisenhower), the American Ballet Theatre, the New York City Ballet, a play performed on rollerskates at New Playwrights' Theatre, Shakespearean plays, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Tom Stoppard, Mike Nichols and on and on and on. The people who bring us this feast are as varied as their products. They have different histories, abilities and approaches to their work. But they do share at least one trait: all are fierce in their love for what they do-pulling the pieces together, packaging the magic and delivering it to us in pleasing form. Some of them are profiled in this article, followed by a selective list of the season's highlights. 26 September 1979/Dossier

FATHER GILBERT HARTKE Founder, Drama Department, Catholic University With his mane of whitening hair and undeniable grace, Father Gilbert Hartke could be a gallant "fighting priest" riding into some Hollywood fray, ministering to dying young soldiers right and left. For he is movie-star handsome, and he's a showman. Keeping up with him is difficult as he strides from his small office to the university president's. He enters like a whirlwind, with secretaries, administrators and students gathering around him as if he emits some irresistible fragrance. "Hello, hello, friend," he calls to one. "How's it going?" He teases the women, breathing life into a routine day. Father Hartke tells his companion: "You know, comedian Mark Russell says that I faithfully keep the three vows-poverty, chastity and obedience. But he says I also keep a fourth - the vow of

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publicity!'' His talk is laced with other famous names-like Walter Kerr, Dorothy Kilgallen, George M. Cohan-whom he has known as friends, colleagues, students. No wonder. The priest founded Catholic University's drama department in 1937 and developed it into a leading theatrical institution . His National Players, America's oldest touring classical repertory company, have been to 40 states during each of the past 30 years; he has participated in more than 600 opening nights. His graduates work in some of the World's finest companies. This summer, a small group of students taught and performed in Poland, a hotbed of new theatre. His accomplishments are, indeed, monumental. At the dedication of the Hartke Theatre, 1ean Kerr told him, "Father, you will never be 'your eminence,' but you surely are 'your edifice.' "

A boisterous storm of a man, with his thick, deep voice and stately manner, he is easily envisioned on stage rather than behind the scenes . "Oh, no," he protests, but does admit to a one-time walk-on with Carol Burnett ("my beloved Carol," he calls her). But although he has the looks and the innate feel for performance of an actor, he convinces you that he is doing exactly what he wants, in precisely the proper proportions. "I've always kept up my religious life. My two sides are perfectly parallel; in the morning I do my prayers, then I come to the theatre." Returning to his office, he passes a brand new van. "It's for our touring Players; we needed it badly." He quickly adds: "Oh, I know all about the gas crisis, but I'm not worried." He tilts his head skyward a bit and winks. "I think we'll be taken care of."

''I've always kept up my religious life. My two sides are perfectly parallel; in the morning I do my prayers, then I come to the theatre. ''

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charge from new audiences . We're too rooted in Washington." But her wanderlust is intellectual. She stays agile, so clues do not escape her. "A good play is an animal, with a certain way of breathing, a certain kind of skin."

''Theatre is a total world for me, except it's more distilled, more intense than life ... My work is visceral, emotional, tactile

Arena's goal, says Zelda Fichandler, is "to bring life to life."

ZELDA FICHANDLER Producing Director, Arena Stage In Zelda's world, you dig for nuggets. "I try to open up a play to find what's agitating about it." Her postures flash and change as she leans into her words, a silk scarf at her throat. "Theatre is a total world for me, except it's more distilled, more intense than life." An exotic bird in her own spacious aviary. "My work is visceral, emotional, tactile." A powerful force in American theatre and a pioneer in the regional movement, she founded Arena when there were few permanent professional companies outside New York. At the 1960 groundbreaking for Arena's new home, Fichandler said, "Our aim is no less than this-to bring life to life." "The myth of Zelda can be overwhelming," says one of the company's leading actors. "I've heard her referred

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to as 'the dark lady of the sonnets.' " But she seems to want you to reach through the myth, to her. Conversation with her can be exhilarating but risky business, requiring alertness and quickness. "The human animal is not equipped to handle the complexities of our age," she says. "That's one of the reasons we love the movies so much-they sort images for us . The motion is like the mind, like dreams." Does she have any desire to make films? "Not now, not as long as I can say what I need to in theatre. When I direct a play, I think filmically. I want the actors to imagine close-ups, to feel the camera a few feet away, examining their expressions. A filmmaker can dissolve or jump-cut images. I try to jump-cut too, but in space, on stage." Last year and this, she has been on leave, preparing plans for Arena's thirtieth anniversary next year and for the company's February, 1980, tour to Hong Kong. "You get a tremendous

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Images seem to flicker in front of her, just above eye level. She spots one and draws it to her: "The actor is human-size, you see. The rhythm of his breath, his heartbeat, his dimensions are the same as ours." "A play bounces back and forth from actor to audience, instantly, like a tennis ball." "When the French go to theatre, they say 'assister a'-the audience is 'helping with.' Actors feel the weight of an audience and hear its sound." Zelda is generous with her finds.

PATRICK HAYES Managing Director, Washington Performing Arts Society Pat Hayes swirls about the room, doing three or four things at once. He greets an arriving guest in an engaging, smiling manner. Five minutes into that conversation, a couple from New York drop in. Hayes welcomes them roundly, for they are old friends, and ushers them to his broad window for a look at Pennsylvania Avenue. Like a carnival barker, Hayes relishes his work. "We're going to build a downtown cultural district. Do you see the building across the street?

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That's our city hall. Lovely, lovely. I propose that the mayor stay there. We'd transfer the others, and convert the building to offices, restaurant and studios to service the new opera house." The new opera house? "Of course! Washington is the new frontier. The Kennedy Center is jammed. Martin Feinstein and Roger Stevens wish a new stage were here right now." Can Washington support another complete opera house facility? Hayes is asked. "Beyond doubt! Audiences are up incredibly. If I were a Rockefeller, I'd start building immediately!" Hayes' long experience in the performing arts gives his plans credibility. From 1938 to 1941, he traveled to 85 cities and towns in 30 states as a salesman for the NBC Art-

''Why not the 'Hayes Theatre' within the 'Ellington Center'?'' ists Bureau. He would create markets for his performers, then book them into his creation. He was very good at it. And he loved it. Even now, he chuckles warmly over the memories. But he is dead serious about his vision for downtown. He wants to see a landscaped complex of new theatres, graced by walkways, flowers and

boutiques, in the general area of the District Building. "Did you know that Helen Haye and Duke Ellington were born here? Why not the 'Hayes Theatre' within the 'Ellington Center'?" Already artists and new art centers are bringing life to the ection around 7th and D Streets, N.W., part of the Pennsylvania Avenue development area. Gallerie are coming in, and oon the old Lansburgh's department tore will be transformed into versatile performance and exhibit spaces housing a range of local arts group and organizations. Theatre and the arts, Hayes has concluded, are alive and well in this city. "Some day," he predicts, "there will be a Department of Cultural Affairs with a full seat in the mayor's cabinet."

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MARTIN FEINSTEIN Executive Director of Performing Arts, Kennedy Center Martin Feinstein has a gorgeous new feather in his cap. As he waits for you to ask about it, his grin is wider than the Cheshire eat's . "Yes, we're very pleased," he confirms, barely able to contain his excitement. The Vienna State Opera-one of the world's finest-is arriving October 27 for an exclusive, two-week engagement at the Kennedy Center with the Vienna Philharmonic as its orchestra. And the gala on the 27th will be the hottest ticket in town. "It took us four years of tough negotiating at the highest levels of the Austrian government," Fejnstein beams. The job demanded all the master's talents. "I tried for three days in 1977 to arrange a meeting with the Minister of Finance," he recalls. "When I finally saw him, he went on for a long time about his country's financial' difficulties.'' Picture the scene: Austria has just launched an austerity program. Problems, real ones, abound. Pacing the great marble halls of the government is an American who insists on seeing

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various ministers on a matter of urgency. On top of that, he is suggesting rather openly that the Austrian government put up half the cost of sending one of its national treasures to the United States. The cheek of it all! But Feinstein knows that, for big game, you need big guns. At one point, Henry Kissinger was asked to intervene with Chancellor Kreisky, and did so, gladly. "They were nervous," says Feinstein, who was squarely in his element. "But I knew how important their tourist industry is to them." The Achilles heel, found. "I helped them to see that the Opera's visit to Washington would be wonderful public relations, really a

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solid investment in tourism." They bought it. And somewhere they also located the $1.6 million he wanted . The man is a tough, almost streettough individual (he grew up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn) who learned the skills of the impresario from Sol Hurok, a giant. Compact and highly charged, Feinstein is able to focus his energy with uncommon intensity. "We wanted to make the Kennedy Center a showcase for the great opera and ballet companies of the world." And he wanted to see Washington a cultural mecca. "Could you imagine the Bolshoi, Berlin, La Scala, Paris and Vienna Operas coming here before there was a Kennedy Center?'' Though he believes Washington will never displace New York-"Their population base is so vast, and any serious artist must go there, sooner or

later"-he points out that the D.C. area has "the highest per capita support for the arts of any city, including New York." In spite of his marked successes at the Kennedy Center, is there anything he would rather be doing now? For the slimmest moment, a curious half-smile crosses his face, as if there are special private thoughts that sustain him. "This is a very satisfying post," he answers. "Fulfilling the potential of the Kennedy Center calls for creativity and imagination ." Martin Feinstein, of course, entertains other visions and ideas for future glories: like a national conservatory and resident companies in opera and ballet, all attached to the Kennedy Center. "You must remember," says Feinstein, "that all our projects-the festivals, the unique performances-start as just ideas."

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ROGER STEVENS Chairman of the Board, Kennedy Center As head of a syndicate, Roger Stevens once bought and sold the Empire State Building. But by the early 1950s, New York real estate was losing its fascination for him. "I was more interested in book publishing or art dealing," he remembers. "My wife wanted me to go into theatre." His 1950 production of "Peter Pan," starring Jean Arthur, Boris Karloff and the music of Leonard Bernstein, hooked him for good. "Once you hear the crowd roaring ... " For the most part, the crowds have continued to roar for Stevens' taste in entertainment. "If you like a play, you do it. Of course, it doesn't always work out." He says this with a faint shrug, as if failure is merely a distraction. A tall, rather stern-looking man, Stevens' public persona is conservative, imperious, tough. But he reveals a certain fragility as he fidgets in his chair. He clearly considers the interview an official duty. The day before, he was grilled about Kennedy Center finances in Senate hearings. "A few Qf them really went after me. With all the public service we've done, it's unbelievable." For a man with a gunslinger's reputation, he appears strangely gunshy. Persistent criticism undoubtedly Wounds him. Yet, it is hard to say, for he is complex and not readily characterized. Some view him as the virtual caudillo of Washington theatre. This season, Stevens is co-pi\>ducing a play with Joseph Papp, potentially a major rival. Tina Howe's "The Art of Dining" will open in New York, then corne to the Eisenhower in December. Thus, two kingpins of the American theatre join forces . "We may do several more," says Stevens. When it is suggested that Papp ac-

tu ally may create his own system o f theatres in Was h ington, Stevens fli nches ever so slightly. But his words are ones of welcome. " I've always aid the best place to put a department store is next to another department store. The more action there is, the better we'll all do." Washingtonians may have the opportunity to see if the prediction bears out. Papp is negotiating with builders to create a string of small- he calls them "life-s ize" - multi -purpose theatres and performance spaces in the Pennsylvania Avenue development area. No papers have yet been signed,

no final decisions made. Closest to Steven ' heart, though, i the dream of a national theatre company in the Kennedy Center. But he seems more wish ful than certain that it will happen, ince a great many obstacles exist. T hi s is something he appears to really wa nt: a perfect capstone to the Kennedy Center and to his own career. "It can be done only in this city," Stevens believes. " They' ve tried it in New York, and it hasn' t work ed. But in New York, they go to hits. Washington is like London- people go to theatre."

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She's long and lanky handsome. In fact, many years ago, she turned down a bathing suit role in a New York show . "I didn't ever want to be described as a 'former chorus girl,' " explains Frankie Hewitt. Those who know her can sense her Oklahoma childhood tempering and grounding the big-city sophistication. She seems innocent in a worldly sort of way, uncluttered, easygoing, direct. In October, NBC will air a two-hour country music special from Ford's (a benefit for the theatre), with stars like Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Glen Campbell. Frankie Hewitt finds the whole thing delicious: "I grew up on country music. It's a part of me. "Two days after I had the idea, I sold it to (executive producer) Joseph Cates. Within a week, he had sold it to NBC ." Things have always gone this

way for her, she says, to her constant surprise and delight. "I've never set long-range goals, but I've always wanted to do important things. I flow with what comes." She notes that three days after high school graduation, for example, she was women's editor of the local paper. "And I couldn't write." In the 1960s, Frankie talked the politicians into reviving Ford's, which was slated for restoration as a museum, into an active theatre. Her producing career was launched. "I never intended to be a theatre producer. I've had to learn, mostly by trial and error. It's really been like working my way down." That she comes from the heartland is clear in her handling of Ford's. "We've tried to highlight Americana; after all, we're a very visible national institution." Productions such as James Whitmore's "Give 'em Hell, (Continued on page 34)

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Feb. 3 New York Philharmonic Zubin Mehta, Conductor (Presented by WP AS)

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KENNEDY CENTER OPERA HOUSE Sept. 15 - 30 Washington Opera Sept. 15, 19, 21, 23 (Mat.) "Cendrillon" (Massenet) Sept. 22, 26, 28, 30 (Mat.) "La Traviata" (Verdi) Oct. 2- 21 New York City Ballet Baryshnikov's last appearance with the company this season; new ballets by Robbins and Peter Martin (a dancer in the company); evenings of Ravel, Robbins, Stravinsky. Oct. 27- Nov. ll Vienna State Opera Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Oct. 27 (Gala), 31, Nov. 2, 9 "Fidelia" (Beethoven, Conductor: Leonard Bernstein) Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11 "Salome" (Strauss, Conductor: Zubin Mehta) Oct. 30, Nov. 1, 3 "Le Nozze di Figaro" (Mozart, Conductor: Karl Boehm) Nov. 6, 8, 10 "Ariadne auf Naxos" (Strauss, Conductor: Karl Boehm) Dec. 4- 30 American Ballet Theatre 2 weeks of repertory, 2 weeks of "Nutcracker"

Apr. 1 - 20 American Ballet Theatre Apr. 21 - 27 Metropolitan Opera Apr. 28- May 4 Marcel Marceau May 6- 18 Paris Opera Ballet

CONCERT HALL Sept. 18 - 21 National Symphony Mstislav Rostropovich, Conductor. Opening of 49th season; works by Wm. Schuman, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Rostropovich will conduct 9 of 24 subscription weeks this season. Oct. 6- 7 Moscow State Orchestra (Presented by WP AS) Yevgeny Svetlanov, Conductor,· Nathaniel Rosen (first American cellist to win Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal), cellist, Oct. 6 (Presented by WPAS)only Oct. 20 Leontyne Price, Soprano (Presented by WP AS)

Jan. 1 - Feb. 3 West Side Story With supervision by Bernstein, Robbins and Sondheim

Oct. 22 Philadelphia Orchestra Riccardo Muti, Conductor Further dates: Nov. 19, Dec. 10, Feb. 4, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor; Mar. 3, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Conductor; Apr. 7, Riccardo Muti, Conductor

Feb. 5- 10 Alvin Ailey (Presented by Washington Performing Arts Society)

Oct. 26, 29, Nov. 5 Vienna Philharmonic Oct. 26 Schubert: "Symphony No. 2"

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and "Symphony No. 9" ("The Great") Karl Boehm, Conductor Oct. 29 Beethoven: "Symphony No. 9" (Gwyneth Jones, soprano; Jess Thomas, tenor; Peter Wimberger, bass; mezzosoprano to be announced) Leonard Bernstein, Conductor. Nov. 5 Leonard Bernstein, Conductor Beethoven: "Symphony No. 6" Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde, "Act II (Gwyneth Jones, soprano; Ruth Hesse, mezzo-sopr_ano; Jess Thomas, tenor) Leonard Bernstein, Conductor. Oct. 30- Nov. 1 National Symphony Mahler: "Symphony No. 7" Mstislav Rostropovich, Conductor Dec. 1 Lincoln Center Chamber Orchestra Further dates: Jan. 26, Mar. 29, Apr. 26 Jan. 12 Pinchas Suzkerman, Voilist Isaac Stem, Violinist Leonard Rose, Cellist (Presented by WP AS) Jan. 29 - Feb. 1 National Symphony Mstislav Rostropovich, Conductor. Featuring music of Witold Lutoslawski, contemporary Polish composer; world premiere of piece commissioned for NSO. He will conduct his cello concerto written for Rostropovich, who will make his only appearance as cellist this season. Jan.20 Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor (Presented by WP AS) Feb. 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pianist (Presented by WP AS)

Feb. 26- Mar. 28 National Symphony Antal Dorati, Principal Guest Conductor Mar. 14 Pittsburgh Symphony Andre Previn, Conductor (Presented by WP AS)

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start a restaurant; this is the first Kennedy Center - New York Shakespeare Festival coproduction (under the guidance of Roger Stevens and Joseph Papp). Jan. 21 - Feb. 23 Betrayal Harold Pinter's new drama. A husband and wife look back over her seven-year affair with his best friend. Feb. 25 - Mar. 30 Terra Nova Ted Tally's new drama about Scott's race to the South Pole. Mar. 31 -Apr. 26 Clothes for a Summer Hotel New from Tennessee Williams-he subtitles it "A Ghost Story in Four Scenes. " Apr. 28- May 31 DA Hugh Leonard's wonderful comedy about a young man whose cantankerous father dies, and then returns to haunt his son.

TERRACE THEATER Sept. 3 - 30 Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth Tom Stoppard's zany new comedy, a combination of two shorter works. Presented by the new British American f!.epertory Company, featurlng an equal number of British and American actors. Oct. 1 - 20 Elizabeth I Broadway The White Devil John Houseman's Acting Company presents a story about Elizabeth; a drama of life backstage at New York's Paradise Club in the 1920s; and a tragedy, written by John Webster in 1612 and set in Rome and Padua. Oct. 22- Nov. 18 Custer For the first time, Washington's Folger Theatre Group presents a show in residence at the Kennedy Center. It's a drama about mythmaking in America.

Nov. 19- Jan. 6 Partners Mike Nichols' new musical, with Tommie Tune as choreographer. Jan. 8 - 12 Jan. 15 - 19 National Black Music Colloquium & Competition Mar. 5- 30 Folger Theatre Group New play to be announced. Apr. 6- 19 Fourth National Children's Arts Festival Apr. 22- May 10 American College Theatre Festival Nov. 11- 12 Dec. 9- 10 Jan. 13- 14 Apr. 20- 21 June 1 - 2 Theatre Chamber Players

NATIONAL THEATRE Sept. 11 - Oct. 7 Daddy Goodness Starring Clifton Davis and Freda Payne. Musical based on the Richard Wright play: in the rural South, the town drunk is jolted by lightning and goes on to establish a new religion. Oct. 9 - 11 Pilobulus A witty, imaginative modern dance group. Oct. 12 - 14 Ballet Trockaderos Hilarious and extremely accurate parody by this dance troupe. Feb. 18 -Mar 15 Kingfisher Starring Rex Harrison and Claudette Colbert. Former lovers meet late in life and have another fling.

ARENA STAGE Oct. 5- Nov. 11 The Winter's Tale Shakespeare's enchanting romantic fantasy.

Oct. 19- Dec. 2 (Kreeger) Teibele and Her Demon Based on the /.B. Singer story set in 19th century Poland.

June 9 - July 27 Taming of the Shrew Outrageously funny battle of the sexes, by Shakespeare.

Nov. 23 - Dec. 30 Design for Living Noel Coward's comedy about a hilarious menage d trois.

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Dec. 14- Jan 27 (Kreeger) You Can't Take It with You Kaufman & Hart's comedy about a family of nonconformists. Set in the 1930s.

Sept. 26 - Oct. 28 Practice Jack O'Donnell's intense drama about a neighborhood roller hockey team. Performed largely on roller skates.

Feb. 22 - Mar. 30 After the Fall Arthur Miller's powerful drama about love and vulnerability.

Nov. 14- Dec. 9 The Freak Granville Burgess' story about the young Edgar Cayce and his psychic powers.

Apr. 4 - May 11 Plenty American premiere of this London triumph. A woman tries to recover the excitement of her wartime adventures. Apr. 25 - June 8 (Kreeger) Emigres Romanian Liviu Ciulei directs this funny and touching story of two men alone together on New Year's Eve. May 16- June 22 St. Joan of the Stockyards Classic Brecht-moving, funny, ironic. His view of the Chicago stockyards in the 1920s.

FOLGER THEATRE Oct. I - Nov. 18 Macbeth Shakespeare's tragedy of murder and witchcraft. Dec. 3 - Jan 20 Wild Oats A comedy, written in the 18th century, about the adventures of a Shakespearean actor. Feb. 4- Mar.23 Love Letters on Blue Paper Arnold Wesker's poignant play about a silent wife who loves her husband through beautiful/etters. Apr. 7 - May 25 Twelfth Night Shakespeare's comedy of love and celebration.

FORD'S THEATRE Oct. 5 - 28 The Shadow Box Michael Christofer's gripping drama about 3 cancer patients and how they deal with death. Oct. 30 - Nov. 25 Will Rogers, USA James Whitmore returns. Nov. 29- Dec. 31 A Christmas Carol An adaptation of the Dickens tale.

LffiRARY OF CONGRESS CONCERT SERIES Oct. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18,19 Juilliard Quartet The Quartet will appear a total of 20 evenings during the season. Oct. 30 Ned Rorem A new Rorem song cycle performed by soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson, with the composer at the piano. Jan. 18 Toulouse Chamber Orchestra Michel Dubost, flutist. Mar. 7 New York Chamber Soloists A work by Manuel de Falla that includes the use of puppets. Mar. 14 Yuval Trio (from Israel)

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Harry!" have been hallmarks and popular favorites. Her extensive experience in politics-speechwriter, Senate Investigating Committee, U.N.-has helped, she believes. "I'm dealing with such a diverse group of people here, artists as well as senators, congressmen, the White House. My background is definitely an asset." Because she wasn't "born" to theatre, she apparently doesn't suffer the "sweet addiction" to the way of

life and, in fact, professes to be frustrated by much of it. "I'm tired of being identified as 'Ford's,'" she complains. "I don't like talking about myself and what I do; I want to know what others are up to. Parties used to be fun-now they're my job." Frankie Hewitt says she believes "it's the doing that matters-finding good scripts, putting productions together." There's a chance, though, that such activity may not satisfy her indefinitely. "I do want to stay open and alert to possibilities," she confirms. "But I'm basically doing what I want to at this time in my life."

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His office is rumpled and cozy. The stairs leading to it give gently. Wellseasoned, the building is full of character, seeming to wrap itself around you. With thick hair, roundish glasses and a clean, open face, Louis Scheeder could pass for a preppie. He is, in fact, a 32-year-old graduate of Georgetown University in his seventh year as Folger producer. He looks surprisingly young for his position, but he is brash and manages to hold his own, even with the deans of the impresarios. "Roger Stevens and I started talking last year after he saw our performance of 'Richard III,' " says Scheeder. "He'd been coming to plays here, and we simply agreed to give it a try." In a step of major significance, the Folger is going to the Kennedy Center. This season, the company will bring

two new plays to the Terrace; the first will be Robert Ingham's "Custer," about mythmaking in America. "We're really very excited." At the prospect, Scheeder's intensity splashes to the surface. And with good reason. Since Folger's lovely 214-seat Elizabethan theatre is usually sold out, the Terrace offers an opportunity to spread wings, sumptuously. Other distinguished local groups may have the same chance in the future. At the moment, however, Scheeder believes "there aren't enough avenues for talented actors in Washington. How can the area hope to develop and support a broad-based population of actors with so few good theatres to keep them working and learning?" As a member of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, he gets a rare overview of the city's entertainment scene. What he sees leads him to be concerned that grassroots interest in the arts is tepid, and he notes the

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demise of interesting experimental groups like the D.C. Black Repertory Company and Washington Theatre Laboratory. The solution? "What Washington really needs is a baseball team." A baseball team? "Sure. It gives a city something ongoing to care about every day. It helps create the sense of community we need ." Can the arts play a role in fostering this sense of belonging? "All art is revolutionary. It can change our perceptions."

KAY SHOUSE Founder, Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts

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Hanging from a wooden structure on the patio is an extremely large, luxuriant fern. Like the woman who sits beneath it, the fern appears to be from some earlier, lusher time. Seated at her glass-topped table, Kay Shouse enjoys a tall iced tea with fresh mint. "Yesterday, on stage, a whippoorwill accompanied two of our pianists-and in perfect tune." A smile breaks across her face at the recollection. It is easy to see the girl in her. .. what she must have been like at seventeen. But now, the woman is 83 years old and glad to tell you. She seems to secretly enjoy the perquisites that come with age-just imagine all the mischief! And when she speaks, there is a sense of serenity about her that can come from a life well-lived. The more recent years of this productive woman have been spent nurturing her Wolf Trap Farm Park for the

Performing Arts. Her newest and dearest pet is the Wolf Trap Chamber Ensemble. What excites her most, she explains, is the combination of established professionals and young, rising talents who are given a chance to perform and "be taught the demands of a career." In the first concert, flutist Gary Schocker, barely 18 and already a musician of world class, "played marvelously.'' The ensemble is one of many projects. She also is anxious to begin longdelayed construction of a "barn" to house the Ensemble as well as a I ,000-seat year-round theatre. "I really thought we'd have the theatre by now," she remarks rather sadly. Fur-

''I really thought we'd have the theatre by now. " ther plans call for a museum/research center, a restaurant and an administration building. ''I only wish I had more time to finish everything." But her eyes show absolutely no bitterness. It's been a long time since a young girl in New England discovered the joys of the Boston Symphony. And the satisfactions and pleasures were different then, too . "Trips to the symphony, you see, meant getting out of school."

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chairing benefits, lobbying for government subsidies and supporting the arts in a host of other ways, all have offered an incalculable boost to the city's quality of life. On these pages, Dossier sketches a brief profile of each patron as well as the major charity benefits of the fall season. Connie Mellon Connie Mellon calls her duties as chair of the Women's Committee of the Washington Opera's first benefit auction her "swan song" to the Washington cultural entertainment scene. She is moving to a Fifth Avenue apartment in New York, a city she grew to love and consider her real "home" when she first went there from Pittsburgh as a young woman. "I have so many friends and ties there," she explains. "But, of course, I also have commitments and friends in D.C. - it's really divided about fiftyfifty.'' As a result, she promises she'll be commuting frequently up and down the Eastern corridor. The Washington Opera's auction, to be held in the Kennedy Center Opera House Sept. 29, is a departure of sorts for Connie. "I've been more tied into the ballet, the Corcoran, the National Gallery; this is my first time to do something for the Opera." Taking its "Cinderella" theme from the first performance of the Opera season, the event will be conducted by Sotheby Parke Bernet, who are donating their services. Cocktails and a silent auction will be followed by an auction from the stage of 30 or so of the more spectacular items on the block. "We'll have everything under the sun," Connie promises; "very nice things." All the items are being donated by individuals and commercial concerns; some will be unusual personal reflections of their donors. Connie Mellon, in preparing for her move, selected some special pieces of porcelain, jewelry and furnishings from her Washington home. David Lloyd Kreeger's creative offering is a personally guided tour of his magnificent house. Other mouth-watering packages set to go to the highest bidder include a 1953 silver Bentley Saloon, a double decker bus for the day for the buyer and 70 friends, a registered Welsh show pony, the opportunity to appear on stage as an extra in an opera, a trip to Hawaii, a cruise to the Virgin Islands on a fully-staffed yacht and a

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bottle of wine, 1890 vintage. At the conclusion of the auction, a "small number of special people," notes Connie, will move onstage for a candlelit dinner. Barbara Burris Wolf Trap Associates Board Member Barbara Burris calls herself a "frustrated performer" who therefore appreciates the talent and hard work required to bring off a successful theatrical production . "I like to dress for the theatre," she explains, "particularly first nights at the Kennedy Center. I enjoy seeing the audience dressed as if they're ready for something special." Barbara admits "it bothers me a bit" to see the increasingly casual apparel of theatre-goers in recent years; even blue jeans are not unusual attire . Intimately familiar with the D.C. cultural scene, having lived here for 30 Years, she is a transplanted Texan. In fact, her father was a governor of the

state. A college music major, singer and harpist, she readily admits that music is "my main interest - I like anything to do with music." She is on the board of the Choral Arts Society of Washington and a member of the Women's Committee for the National Symphony (she has chaired their annual ball). But it is Wolf Trap that consumes most of her time and energies these days. She confirmed that she is looking forward eagerly to the 1979 Wolf Trap Associates ''On Stage'' Ball Sept. 7, at the Filene Center. The event promises to be a glamorous one, with women encouraged to dress for their favorite dramatic starring role.

Kennedy Center. She is a new trustee of the Center's Board of Trustees and will serve a 10-year appointment. She has lived in Washington four years, moving here when her husband became vice president of public affairs for Southern Railway. But she's no stranger to public life and its responsibilities; she is the former first lady of Kentucky, where her husband served a governor. Now that she is in Washington, the Alliance for Arts Education will also benefit from her knowledge of and dedication to things cultural. She recently accepted a two-year term with them, and hopes to work specifically on their fund-raising efforts.

Frances Breathitt A frequent theatre-goer who believes an attractive production merits an equally handsome audience, Frannie Breathitt has recently been awarded the rare opportunity to help make policy for the operation of the world-famous

Richard Coe The tribute the American Theatre Association is planning this fall for Richard Coe is an effort to recognize a man who, for 40 years, has praised and panned the giants of the world stage. Some of them are expected to be on hand for the Second International Theatre Costume Ball Sept. 29 at the Shoreham-Americana Hotel. With "All the World's a Stage" as its theme, the ball will retain the international flavor of last year's premier event. According to its organizers, it is the only costume ball of major proportions in the area and attracts "top theatrical luminaries and stage-struck hopefuls as well as diplomatic and social Washington." The ball will benefit the American Theatre Association, individuals and organizations dedicated to the noncommercial theatre . Founded in 1936, AT A represents its members nationally and takes stands on key issues. Honoree Coe, the prize-winning Washington Post critic, is now the newspaper's "Critic Emeritus"-an unprecedented position for any newspaper. But his involvement in the theatre of the nation's capital has extended far beyond penning play reviews. For example, he recalls that in 1946 he first wrote of the need for a national cultural center to be built here! After World War II, he explains, individuals exposed to the rich cultural traditions and extensive facilities of Europe realized with a jolt on returning to Washington that the city had little to compare. But it took, he emphasizes, 25 years of sustained pressure to accomplish that objective with the Kennedy Center.

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Dratch, shows most in the individual flair with which you add accessories like the surprise of a feather, a special jewel or even a veil to make the gown uniquely your own. All in all, the styles simply beg you to indulge your fantasies, to share with the world your secret vision of yourself (Veronica Lake? Audrey Hepburn? Grace Kelly?). For night-time '79, the world of theatre or the autumn round of balls and other benefits are your stage. Why not play it for all it's worth? Connie Mellon: Dress by Bill Blass from I. Magnin. Shoes from I. Magnin. Barbara Burris: Dress by Geoffrey Beene from I. Magnin. Shoes from I. Magnin. Hair by Philip Gravel of Rainbow. Makeup by Susan Houser of Christine Valmy. Frances Breathitt: Dress by Kasper from Claire Dratch. Shoes from Lord & Taylor. Hair by Philip Gravel. Makeup by Susan Houser. Betsy Rea: Dress by Bill Blass from Neiman-Marcus.

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It is mid-morning, and energy crackles through the small lobby. Actors, actresses, stage managers and deliverymen land, flutter, then rush in all directions. At the center of the tumult is Harry Bagdasian, trying valiantly to circulate, smooth ruffled feathers, answer questions and give advice. Built low, with dark features encircled in a trimmed beard, he moves quickly and precisely, driven by a bright obsession. "We want to stimulate the creation, development and production of new American Plays. Last season, we gave about 30 talented young playwrights the chance to see their work performed, in staged

''We want to make a real contribution to a genuinely American theatre tradition. '' readings or full production. Good American writers simply don't get enough support." As the furor in the lobby subsides, its handcrafted wooden lines emerge, earthily attractive. No high ceilings or carpeted halls are found here. The intimate performance space with 125 seats has exposed brick all around. much like many small, adventurous theatres in New York. Founded by Bagdasian and Ken Bloom in 1972 as Part of the nowldefunct American Society of Theatre Arts, New Playwrights' broke away in 1975. ''We're the only playwrights' theatre in the country operating 52 weeks per Year, exclusively with new plays," Bagdasian reports. Just thirty, he grew up in Washington and has rapidly brought his theatre to respectability and acceptance on the local scene. Last season, subscriptions increased 300 percent, to 1,300. Three New Playwrights' shows, including Ernest Joselovitz' "Splendid Rebels," about Emma Goldman, will

Opportunities for budding writers is what New Playwrights' is all about; shown in their theatre are partners Harry Bagdasian (left) and Ken Bloom (right). In the background are Tim Grundmann, a playwright in residence, and Karen Brooks Hopkins, development director.

travel to New York this season. Tim Grundmann's string of musical comedies-"Sirocco," "Bride of Sirocco" and "Eddie's Catchy Tunes," among others-have been critical and popular hits. Growing pains are an integral part of the theatre's situation. "We need more room," says Bagdasian. "We're so tightly scheduled, we have no place to continue our successful productions. And that really hurts." Describing his dream, he says that, "down the road, we'd like to have a small space like this one, a larger one to seat 300 to 400 people and at least three workshop areas that can accommodate 50 people each. We could use a new building right now." What is unusual about New Playwrights' is their investment in writing plays. "We're about process. The audience sees the byproduct of what happens in rehearsal."

Far more work is shown in smaller settings than in full production. This allows writers to refine and develop their plays without excessive pressure. This seasoa, nearly 30 plays will be given staged readings, all rehearsed and generally open to the public. There will be six regular full productions and two with shorter runs. The season's first offeriag, "Practice," by Jack O'Donnell, is performed by a cast on rollerskates. "Audience response is absolutely critical to playwrights," Bagdasian notes. "They write more seriously because they know we're here and open to them." He is cheered by the tremendous flow of scripts from around the country. "We're receiving over 500 annually, and each gets a detailed critique. We want to make a real contribution to the growth of a genuinely American 00 0 theatre tradition."

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Lines LBJ-SIZED BARBECUE: Before Energy Czar James Schlesinger himself was "barbecued," he appeared relaxed and happy at the barbecue hosted by the Jack Coopersmiths and

Sen. and Mrs. Bennett Johnston in honor of Israeli Ambassador and Mrs. Ephraim Evron. Schlesinger ate a harvest-hand-sized dinner, ending with apple pie, cherry pie and a pineapple

sundae! He also sampled the pralines made that afternoon in the Coopersmith kitchen by Mary Johnston. Among the twelve senators were

(1) Austin Kiplinger, president of the National Symphony, greets the jovial Mstlslav Rostropovlch at a party In the lat路 ter's honor. (2) Hostess Elaine Silverstein shows her table set for the maestro as he samples a petit four made into a cello. (3) David Lloyd Kreeger hugs Slava while host Leonard Silverstein, Sen. Sidney Yates and Kimberly Firestone, all NSO sup路 porters, attest to the warmth of the honored guest. (4) Diplomats who joined the celebration were South African Ambassador and Mrs. Donald Sole and Mrs. Soren Sommerfelt, wife of the former Norwegian ambassador. (5) Rostropovich stood over a quintet of young members of the National Symphony.

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Democrats Walter Huddleston, Dennis DeConcini, Spark Matsunaga and Gaylord Nelson and his wife, Carrie Lee. The Nelsons, said Esther Coopersmith, "were responsible for arousing my interest in politics in Wisconsin when I was only seventeen. " Good-looking Republican Reps. David Durenberger and Alan Simpson Were there with their wives. And Rep. Charles Wilson stalked in with Melanie Cook and Rep. AI Ullman, who seemed in a very serious mood and was the only one who declined to remove

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(1) Joe Hlrshhorn celebrated his 80th birthday with more than 1,300 guests. He and his wife Olga ease past enthusiastic well-wishers. (2) A brown and white cake Inspired by the "concrete donut"-shaped museum had eight symbolic candles perched on top. (3) Close friends, artsy and artist, came. Friend Ira Lowe, In his own Interpretation of " formal ," said Joe has made it possible for millions of people to see great art. (4) Marilyn Van Eaton-McCarty, who expressed herself with a feather headdress, Is seen with Sidney Lawrence, Hlrshhorn's PR man. (5)Kathleen Louchhelm, politician and poet about town , swayed with art collector Lee Block. (6) Larry Rivers, in black leather tie, one of Hlrshhorn 's favorite artists, talks to Myroslana Prlstoj.

came to pay tribute to the slimmeddown maestro. Nadya Efremov, the conductor's attractive interpreter, told fellow guests that "he lost twenty-five Pounds last year during Russian Lent, a time when he always fasts." She also said he was leaving soon to meet his daughter, Elena, in London where together they were to make a record. Gathered around the buffet table, set with a centerpiece of white lilies interspersed with rolled sheets of cello music, were Roger Stevens, Martin Feinstein, Mrs. Warren Burger, the Edward Days, the Wynant VanderPools, the Pat Munros, the Marvin Bravermans and the David Kreegers. The latter had just returned from a stay in Moscow with Pakistan Ambassador and Mrs. S. Yaqub Kahn, where they dined with Ursula Calogeras and other members of the diplomatic corps. In

Brussels, Ambassador and Mrs. Rolf Pauls, former Belgian Ambassador and Mrs. Walter Loridan and banker Baron Leon Lambert all had dinners for them. While in Budapest, the Kreegers stayed with American Ambassador and Mrs. Philip Kaiser.

INDIAN FINESSE Mrs. John Sherman Cooper arrived in the spacious pale pink drawing room of the Indian Embassy looking like foreign women do at teatime in New Delhi-complete with panama hat and cool black and white print. Mrs. Cooper, Pat Gates Lynch, Mrs. Richard Barrett and Mrs. Richard Merriman were among those who, on arriving in the entrance hall, received a touch of pure jasmine perfume, a red dot on the forehead and a sprinkle of rosewater on the hands.

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The Golden Circle gathers in the South Opera Lounge of the Kennedy Center for a reception on the opening night of "Death Trap. " (Clockwise, from upper left) The mammoth Waterford chandelier and Goya tapestry reproductions surround Ruthy Cohen, member; Eunl Larson, Golden Circle liaison with the Kennedy Center; Emanuel Cohen, V.P. of Giant Food stores and Valen Kendrick. Brian Bedford (right), "Death Trap" star, holds the attention of (from left) the Wynant Vanderpools, members, their guest, Laurie Firestone and Henry Strong, vice chairman of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees. The Hon. Abe Fortas, chairman of Kennedy Center Productions, Inc., and Mrs. Fortas, both members, meet Bedford. Member Bunny Buchen (left) greets bearded playwright Ira Levin while the Buchens' grandaughter, Tanya Aler, Henry Strong (standing) and Philip Buchen look on .

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A ceremony took place at the National Air and Space Museum as a tribute to those who master·e minded and partic ipated in man 's first walk on til moon 10 years ago. (Above, left) Dr. Noel Hinners. museum director; Alan Lovelace; and Robert Frosch, NASA administrator, listen to Apollo 11 astronaut "Buz" Edwin Aldrin, while fellow crewmember Nell Armstrong finds a young autograph seeker on his lap. The day was highlighted by a visit with the President and a reception sponsored by NASA and the Smithson 1 in the Smithsonian " castle." (At left) Arriving at reception , Daniel Boorstln, Librarian of CongreS 5• and his wife (at left) greet the Hinners. 8 (Right) Newly-appointed Secretary of the Air Fore Dr. Hans Mark (left) reminisces about the space . walk with Jerry Griffin, deputy director of the Ken nedy Space Center. ~

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Five new ambassadors to the U.S. were unable to perform any official diplomatic duties until they presented their credentials to President Carter, who was away from the White House for more than two months. Shown are (right) British Ambassador Sir Nicholas Henderson with his Lady and (below) Saudi Ara路 bian Ambassador Sheikh Falsal Omar Alhegelan,who brought his three sons, Kahaled, Hlsham and Orner.

here aile ceptlon at the National Portrait l~es~ to celebrate publication of Telling Ppo' The Biographer's Art, provided ample ler>~rtunity for some modern-day studies. 1 g y'~kSadlk, Gallery director, looks surpris· t lett e a be-spectacled Founding Father. las Is a Gilbert Stuart portrait of ewhington; the other Is a copy. New York lfre~Uthor and Telling Lives contributor ~ash! Kazln is snapped next to a bust of n11ll ngton . The crowd was young, latna!ed and llterary-"like a party at ~bo~e )s In New York," observed one guest. ~as 9 Mutty Brandon (left), head of rlth ~~gton Corporate Arts, talks books lary ella Wetdenfeld, recent author of a ora•Of her White House years as Betty o 0 ~~ Press secretary. In center Is 1 the Ook author Carol Cutler. Telling Lives lllo a;esult of a symposium on biography the Gallery.

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CAPSULES • When the seductive "Cher" put on her Las Vegas-type sexy disco show in ' the Ken Cen Concert Hall, Sen. Strom Thurmond, there with his pretty wife, never once cracked a smile. Sen. and Mrs. Howard Metzenbaum grinned oc~asionally. Duffy and Bill Cafritz, who tn the past have had the good sense to desert the social scene during the sumIller, succumbed to the "Cher" advertising but left long before the show was over. • Manou and Farideh Ardalan are back from Switzerland, where they ~ went after the death of her father, and have taken a condominium on 22nd St. Corne this fall, she may be toiling in Gar finckel' s. • Fiery Frances Knight, director of t?e State Department's passport diviSton for over II years, has a new cause: she and husband Wayne Parrish, who have a sky-lit, brick, art-filled mansion on 30th St., are up in arms that so rnany embassy chanceries are permitted in their area. "Commercial building:; shouldn't be allowed in Strictly residential areas. We do not apPreciale what the State Department is doing; 1 rspecially object that the fine Old mansion of Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi may become a

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Testifying to the lure of Egypt, these Washington celebrities must have been warding off the stifling heat of the Egyptian National Day with toothsome smiles. (Left) The State Department's Under Secretary for Political Affairs David D. Newson is shown here chatting with Sen. Jacob Javlts. (Above) Representatives from business and other countries showed up as well, including (left to right) Peter Sarlo of the Goodyear Tire Co., Argentine Ambassador Jorge A. Aja Espil and Chilean Ambassador Jose Miguel Barros. (Right) Architectural executive Leo Daly shared an overheated belly laugh with departing Counsel Robert Lipshutz.

Tickets to the Kennedy Center Are Easy to Obtain! 1. In Person at the Box Office Eisenhower Theater, Opera House, and Concert Hall Box Offices are open 10 AM-9 PM Monday thru Saturday. Sunday and Holidays Noon- 9 PM. Tickets to the Terrace Theater events can be purchased at the Concert Hall Box Office.

2. By Mail To order by mail make check/money order payable to and mail to the Kennedy Center (c/o individual attraction.), Washington, D.C. 20566. Enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope for return of tickets.

3. Tickets Around Town Tickets are available at Ticketron, Marriott Hotels, Holiday Inn, (R.I. Ave.), Pentagon, State Dept., E.A.A., One Washington Circle Hotel and V.I.P. Travel (Fredericksburg, VA.)

and 4. Instantly by Phone Just call the Kennedy Center's Instant-Charge速 at 857-0900, daily from 10 AM-9 PM. 56 September 1979/Dossier

(Above) Harold Saunders, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, smiled an American greeting at Egyptian Minister Ahmed EI·Zant, who hosted the celebra· tion while Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbai

chancery-it hould become part of the National Historic Tru t." • The newly-a rrived Dr. Koshin hah and his wife have lea ed the Jame Theberge re idence; the Theberge are off to Saudi Arabia for a year. The State Department inform caller that Dr. Shah, who last year would have been called "the Chine e Ambas ador," now ha the unbelievable title of " Repre entative from Taiwan of the Coordination Council of North America"! • Former Ambassador to Switzerland Marvin Warner and his bride, the former Susan Goldwater, have taken a big apartment at the Watergate. • Whether or not Alejandro Orfila remains as secretary general of the O.A.S., he and Helga have recently bought an attractive residence on TriiCY Place. And, of course, there's always the farm in Middleburg . • On the Circle: The Finnish Embassy has rented Marshall Coyne's house on Kalorama Circle while the embassy is being renovated. Another Circle house has been rented by the Henry Kissingers and the Peter Jays rented Frank Wisner's house there. -BARONESS GARNETT STACKELBERG

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Real ~stale Transactions WASH., DC. 3708 Calvert Street, N.W. ·W.O. Cooper to W.G.L. Evers - $189,500. 2737 Devonshire Place, N.W. · C.R. Stoiber to Andrew M. Lebby- $135,000. 2922 Ellicott Terrace, N.W. · S. Kullen to Charles W. Clark- $243,000. 2415 Foxhall Road, N.W. · A.E. Stevenson ,lll to Gunnar Plake · $365,000. 3803 Huntington Street, N.W. · P.J . McGarvey, Jr. to Victor D. Wenk- $199,500. 1805 Kalorama Square, N.W.- J.B. Ikard to S. Douglass Cater, Jr.- $360,000. 3708 Oliver Street, N.W.- M. Michaelis to Anne P. Werner - $222,500. 3122 Ordway Street, N.W. · H.T. Carmichael to William E. Knepper- $212,000. 1708 19th Street, N.W. · G.S. Dravlllas to Suzanne Kilgore - $195,000. 5330 39th Street, N.W. · J.R. Kabrlel to William R. Herman - $163,000. 2367 49th Street, N.W.- R. Novey to Barry J. London - $245,000. 14 4th Street, N.E. • E.l. Hines to Elizabeth L. Hines - $200,000. 4831 Alton Place, N.W. · O.K. Luchs to Jane D. Dawson- $150,000. 4100 Cathedral Avenue, N.W. · F.T. Rea to Margaret L. Hodges - $220,000. 5620 Colorado Avenue, N.W.- J.A. Young, Jr. to Patricia Speleos - $175,000. 2016 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. • R.P. Roberts to Bernard Drabkin - $170,000. 2936 Macomb Street, N.W. • V.l. Michie to Marco Trbovich & Mira Loncars ki- $160,000. 3203 Macomb Street, N.W. · T. Babbitt to Alexandra Glgnoux - $239,000. 1730 Upshur Street, N.W. · T.E. Evans to Lonsdale C. Barrow - $179,500. 3344 Volta Place, N.W. · Kent Ravenscroft , Jr. to Bori s Sokoloff, Jr. ·$179,500. 3830 Warren Street, N.W. · V. Kler to Roya Marefat, Saeed Marefat, Vassimeh Marefat & Maryam Marefat- $187,500. 1745 Willard Street, N.W. ·D.E. Woodbury to David M. Bradt, Jr. & David A. Mlssert ·$188,500. 800 25th Street, N.W. · R.C. Mastallsh to Francis L. Gragnanl - $240,000. 2837 29th Place, N.W. · E.R. Dawson to Victor J. Cieuktat - $150,000. 1245 29th Street, N.W. • A.A. Zanes to George E. Hartman - $355,000. 6220 33rd Street, N.W. • R.W. Murray to Harrison E. Ferris- $152,500. 2820 34th Place, N.W. · A.M. Glgnoux to Betty King- $295,000. 2740 34th Street, N.W. · F.C. Home to Thomas W. Elwood- $210,000. 417 4th Street, N.E. ·A. E. Reich to Rodney A. Smith- $153,000. 2953 Arizona Avenue, N.W. · S. Tretlck to Carlton R. Stoiber - $280,000. 1915 Biltmore Street, N.W. · E.A. Warwick to Gene D. Cohen . $265,000.

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2408 California Street, N.W. · H.R. Davis to Nancy L. Kassebaum - $350,000. 3715 Fuller Street, N.W. • J.M. Aaron to Elena S. Harman- $150,000. 5020 Fuller Street, N.W. · A.A. Ellis to Mark A. Wasserman - $162,500. 1506 Hamilton Street, N.W. • C.A. Thompson to Michael L. Davis- $190,000. 2746 Jenlfer Street, N.W. • L.A. McDaniel to Glen S. Howard - $251,000. 1886 Monroe Street, N.W. • M.C. Thomas to Elizabeth S. & Christy Carpenter -$163,000. 3313 Quesada Street, N.W. • D.M. Brody to John A. Myler - $170,000. 5022 Reno Road, N.W. • H.J. Hilton, Jr. to James M. Aaron· $185,000. 4941 Tilden Street, N.W. • LN. Gorman to Arkady N. Shevchenko · $275,000. 4815 Upton Street, N.W. • S.L. Gordon to Della Oakley & Mabel Voigt lander ·$158,500. 4907 Upton Street, N.W. • N. Broude to Margaret F. Rothe- $160,000.

MARYLAND 5708 Aberdeen Road, Bethesda · M.A. Avery to Santiago Astrain - $150,000. 6004 Brookside Drive, Chevy Chase· E.P. Morgan to Malak G.M. Nabavi · $285,000. 5505 Center Street, Chevy Chase · J.G. McManaway to Jay J·H Lee · $164,000. 4 Farmington Court, Chevy Chase· P.B. Kenney to Luciano Barraza-AIIande & Mar· tha C. de Barraza· $310,000. 8005 Fenway Road, Bethesda · W.W.A.Wapenhans to Thomas A. Keller· mann -$187,500. 5800 Kennedy Drive, Chevy Chase· L.J .M. Zinterhofer to Robert T. Matsui- $150,000. 8301 Meadowlark Lane, Bethesda · S.H. Cruze to William W. Meinke· $205,000. 7104 Millwood Road, Bethesda· J. Rubin to Bruce F. Fein · $225,000. 6805 Newbold Drive, Bethesda · D.B. Cohen to Richard D. Spero- $187,500. 6000 Harvard Avenue, Glen Echo · D.R. Porter to Sheldon Milstien · $184,000. 9713 Connecticut Avenue, Kensington -R.E. Baumann to Edward T. Mclean ·$156,500. 10116 Burton Glen Drive, Potomac· R.J . Mulligan to Jeffrey Sherman · $220,000. 8609 Chateau Drive, Potomac · W.L. Schaefer to Shen-Sho Tseng · $305,000. 12845 Huntsman Way, Potomac · E.J. Barbano to Jung H. Kim· $174,000. 12713 Lincolnshire Drive, Potomac· P.A. Poms to Barry E. Feldman · $172,500. 9009 Potomac Station Lane, Potomac ·R.V. Erkenbeck to Robert J. Mulligan -$375,000. 8901 Wooden Bridge Road, Potomac ·B.A. Cohn to Patrick J. Marr- $155,000. 2601 Oakenshield Drive, Rockville · J.S. Whetzel! to Thomas E. Christie· $163,000. 22·24 Manor Circle, Silver Spring · W.H. Malcolm to Osborne C. Parchment -$470,000. 4943 Crescent Street, Chevy Chase · K. Harrison to Helen P. Modley - $170,000. 5611 Cromwell Drive, Bethesda · T.W. Hagan to Andre Taymans · $170,000. 8023 Fenway Road, Bethesda · R.J. Heuer, Jr. to Daniel J. Deutsch- $175,000. 7919 Greentree Road, Bethesda · M.J. Meagher to John B. Mclenaghan· $250,000. 8209 Hamilton Spring Court, Bethesda

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·I.P. Starr to Gershon M. Ratner- $159,000. 7205 Helmsdale Road, Bethesda - A.J. Bresnick to Thomas A . Gottschalk -$290,000. 9804 lnglemere Drive, Bethesda - R. Feinberg to Halsey M. Marsden - $153,000. 4102 Leland Street, Chevy Chase - C.A. Marsan to Charles de Carbonnel - $275,000. 7700 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda -R.W. Deuster to Charles P. Delisi -$257,000. 7701 Sebago Road, Bethesda - J.B. Mclenaghan to Karl H. Richter - $167,300. 5611 Overlea Road, Sumner - D. Bock to William S. Asbill - $183,000. 4920 Sentinel Drive, Sumner- J.F. Thomson to Robert N. Walsh - $155,000. 5412 Waneta Road, Glen Echo- C.J. Crum to Anne C. Brower- $154,500. 16011 Oursler Road, Bethesda • H.A. Kruhm to Larry R. Minnick - $160,000. 12801 Brushwood Terrace, Potomac -G. E. Weast, Jr. to Frederick L. Roy -$265,000. 8616 Camille Drive, Potomac- S.J. Weiss to Steven Blane- $165,000. 9820 Conestoga Way, Potomac • M.J . Quinlan to H.B. Yin- $212,000. 9508 Falls Bridge Lane, Potomac - G.V. Frankhouser, Jr. to Gerald P. Frick -$182,500. 10813 Hob Nail Court, Potomac • D.F. Durkin to Fred J. Franklin - $159,000. 9440 Holbrook Lane, Potomac - R.W. Koves to Robert J. Stillman - $196,500. 9413 Tobin Circle, Potomac- F.M . Bell to· Bernard E. Nunez, Ill - $277,075. 5 Willowbrook Court, Potomac - G.C. Davis to Carl H. Wurzer - $232,000. 5401 Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda - M.A. Powers to Nelson Deckelbaum- $190,000. 4430 Chalfont Place, Bethesda - R.H . White to Arthur Peter, Jr. - $234,500. 8715 Ewing Drive, Bethesda- W.L. Cohan to Don Radler- $162,500. 7911 Greentree Road, Bethesda- J.S. Gibson, Jr. to Thomas P. McCormick- $275,000. 6202 Pertshlre Court, Bethesda - J.L. Baker to Benjamin V. Deneke & Aida M. de Vides- $164,500. 3406 Shepherd Street, Chevy Chase· L.C. Schreiner to Mark L. Shaffer- $150,000. 15 W. Klrke Street, Chevy Chase • W.P. Booth to Michael H. McConike - $265,000. 3538 Woodbine Street, Chevy Chase M.E. Drapen to Barbara Hawkins- $243,000. 4825 Ft. Sumner Drive, Sumner - L.M . Trosten to Ray C. Oman- $174,900. 9500 Grover Road, Gaithersburg - G.L. Cobb to Robert F. Wagner- $150,000. 9704 Elrod Road, Kensington - H.E. Whalen to David F. Hodge- $152,000. 9615 Kingston Drive, Kensington - T.E. Piemme to Victor C. Chang- $185,000. 8920 Copenhaver Drive, Potomac • W.L. Brannon , Jr. to Frank R. Hoffman -$177,500.

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VIRGINIA 213·213% Alfred Street S., Alexandria • H.S. Schroeder to Lewis M.K. Long & Allee Deaton- $175,000. 521 Fairfax Street S., Alexandria - A.B. Rogers, Jr. to Beverly L. Jost - $248,500. 727 & 729 Lee Street S., Alexandria • B. L. Jost to Helen B. Picard- $169,500. 213 Prince Street, Alexandria- R. Golubln to James H. Link- $153,000. 2315 Glebe Road N., Arlington - P.M .

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Wherry to Louis Desser- $168,000. 2746 lves Street S., Arlington · M. Ono to Donald E. Ledwig - $160,000. 2786 Quebec Street N., Arlington - B.J. Maggio to Paul Kaufman - $200,000. 4045 27th Street N., Arlington · L.H. Julllen to B. Robert Lehrman- $159,500. 6365 Lakeview Drive, Falls Church · N. Thomas to Paul R. Brockman - $157,000. 1327 Oberon Way, Mclean- J.M. Walters to Michael E. Beall - $150,000. 7630 Burford Drive, Mclean - Q.C. Johnson to John S. Zacharia - $255,000. 7307 Burtonwood Drive, Alexandria- G.B. Caldwell to William R. Manning - $187,500. 10209 Westford Drive, Vienna - C.E. Fisk, Jr. to William R. King- $150,000. 1352 Pine Tree Road, Mclean - E. E. Ulsamer to Gunter Von Conrad- $187,600. 228 Columbus Street N., Alexandria- J.W. Rust to Garrett M. Swain - $220,000. 509-11 Fayette Street N., Alexandria -R.W. Clifton to Thomas J. Stanton, Jr. -$215,000. 1440 Gaillard Street N., Alexandria· L.C. Grimm to Samuel W. Park- $160,000. 816 Vicar Lane - M.L. Von Braun to Thomas T. Belino - $235,000. 419 Wolfe Street, Alexandria· G. Kingren to Dorothy B. Koopman- $168,500. 2936 Harrison Street N., Arlington · F.R . Bowie to Panos Nicolaides- $152,500. 2739 Radford Street N., Arlington · R.L. Thompson to Joseph A. Jeffrey - $226,000. 1860 Wilson Boulevard N., Arlington • P. Hufty to Marvin F. Weissberg - $400,000. 4175 39th Street N., Arlington· W. Nicoll to T.J . Reardon • $182,000. 3424 Rustic Way Lane, Falls Church ·M.S. Oberlitner to Gary N. Dietrich -$165,000. 8208 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria .J .W. Rose to Frederick E. Roughton -$260,000. 5810 Cannon Lane, Alexandria • B.W. Rose to Frederick E. Fawcett- $155,000. 1225 Somerset Drive, Mclean • F.E. Wagoner to Sheila R. Buckley- $165,000. 1504 Mintwood Drive, Mclean • C.E. LaGueux to Jose M. Llosa- $154,000. 12600 Knollbrook Drive, Clifton· T. Bryant to John W. Roten - $236,000. 8301 Riding Ridge Place, Mclean • R.B. Hamilton to Raymond 0. Nelson- $173,000. 7004 Hamel Hill Court, Mclean· Douglas Drive to John S. Pachter- $185,000. 10213 Lawyers Road, VIenna· J.H. Oliver to A. Ronald Ciaccio- $180,000. 801 Turkey Run Road, Mclean • J.H. Poole to Garrett V. Coleman- $199,500. 1081 Pensive Lane, Great Falls · C.E. Amos to Robert E. Walter- $151 ,000. 1083 Pensive Lane, Great Falls • C.E. Amos to Phillippe Sibille - $163,500. 8948 Colesbury Place, Fairfax · J.H. Shanls to Walter F. Smith- $180,000. 8802 Sandy Ridge Court, Fairfax • H.N. Metcalf to Robert L. Bombaugh- $162,000. 6913 Portobello Road, Mclean · S.A. Nauheim to David J. MacAulay - $169,000. 6026 Orris Street, Mclean • R.L. Groves to Robert F. Ryan - $340,000. 1121 Guilford Court, Mclean· L.E. Daly, Jr. to Haviland Abbot- $153,000. 8912 Captains Row, Alexandria · C.C. Smith to Edward W. Jedrziewski- $155,000. 3939 Seminary Ridge, Alexandria • R.T. Sorrell to Stanley Demain - $170,000. 400 Madison Street, Alexandria • A.T. Carozza to Donald L. Jackman- $165,000.

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In all of exclusive RIVER FALLS there is only one lovely "Lowell" sited on a quiet cul-de-sac and backing to the tall trees of parkland. Located in the prized PyleWhitman school district, this handsome residence also offers swimming in its own jewel of a pool and tennis in the 6-court RIVER FALLS club. $285,000.

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The Inviting Interior of our Georgian brick colonial Is a showcase of traditional form and symmetry Inspired by a past legacy. Natural light warmly Illuminates Its formal center hall, . living room, dining room, family room and study as well as the gourmet kitchen and morning room. The quality workmanship of this NEW 5 bedroom, 4V2 bath custom home built by Frank S. Phillips Builders, Inc. combined with Its numerous amenities enable us to proudly offer this residence for sale.

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MANOR FSfATES OFPOTOMAC . Five custom built homes in the heart of Potomac are now being offered for sale. Each of these stately homes is situated in a beautiful wooded 2-acre country setting, and each is styled with the air of individual dignity in the finest tradition of Potomac. From $345,000 For appointment, call Sales Manager, Carol Taylor 656-2500 299-3732 299-5108 Directions: Take 495 Beltway exit no.16 to west on River Road. Left on Falls Road to Oaklyn. Left on Oaklyn to Manor Estates of Potomac. Homes are situated across from the Potomac Swim & Tennis Club.

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MACOMB COURT at 39th and Macomb

POTOMAC Brand new custom colonial with contemporary flair. 5.6 acres with woods and stream on quiet cul-de-sac. 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, family room and den. Wet bar and top of the line appliances. $250,000.

DiSALVATORE REALTORS 1802 Georgia Avenue Olney, MD (301) 924-4321

Old world craftsmanship is combined with New world convenience to provide an elegant balance for in-town living. Excellent floor plans will suit entertaining executive and busy families. These four bedroom residences are energy conscious and easy to maintain. Priced in the $300's.

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A magnificent Heart-of-Redwood home designed by Richard A. Compton, AlA. This spacious contemporary is located on five acres with woods· and stream. The luxurious home features a gourmet kitchen, sunken living room and soaring ceilings. A tonic of fresh air greets you as you step out of the home onto any of the three redwood decks. 4 bedrooms carpeted with wool include a large master suite and unique child's room. 3 fireplaces, double garage. Upper Brackets.

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Potomac Area PLAY THE COUNTRY SQUIRE This lovely colonial offers the ultimate in country living. Situated on two-plus acres, this fine home features formal living and dining rooms. family room on first floor with stone fireplace and beamed ceiling, and custom wall coverings. Also large rear deck overlooking the woods, library on first floor, kitchen with breakfast area, and four bedrooms Including master suite with sitting room. Ample space for tennis court and swimming pool plus riding stables nearby. $224, 00. GOWBIN & WARWICK INC

1000 Falls Road Suite 201 Potomac, Maryland 20854 983-0700

Cliffhurst"

This dramatic contemporary home of fieldstone and timber commands an unrivaled view of the Potomac. Situated on 5 magnificent park-like acres, this home affords the ultimate in privacy and seclusion, yet convenient to all amenities of the city. The awesome span of glass window walls gives one a spellbinding view of the Potomac from every room. 4 bedrooms, 41/ z baths, gourmet kitchen, 2 tower rooms, 40x18 ft. living room, 21x13 ft. dining room, family room and luxurious pool fully complete with pool house for convenient outdoor entertaining. Nothing has been spared for gracious living and informal entertaining. This breathtaking home and location may be seen by appointment only. Call Joy Schone- 356-3699

LONG & FOSTER, INC., REALTORS 1311 Dolly Madison Blvd., McLean, VA. For further information and appointment, Call 790-1990

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The resale of condominiums, cooperatives and townhomes is not the same as that of single-family detached homes. That's why at Brenneman Associates, Inc., we assign our sales staff specific territories within Washington, Maryland and Virginia. Each of our sales people knows everything there is to know about the condominiums, cooperatives and townhomes in his or her territory. Our sales people keep inclusive records on all selling prices, dates, buyer profiles and any trends within the neighborhood. Territorial selling. Another example of The Professional Approach we believe in at Brenneman Associates, Inc. Spectacular custom built contemporary on an acre and a half of wooded grounds on the Occoquan River. Sweeping expanses of glass for Incomparable views. 6,000 sq. ft. of living space in this lovely home plus your own boat dock. $495,000. Call Earl Bugg for further Information - 703-979-3333.

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Distinctively Elegant Unequivocally the most elegant house in the area. Enter a marble foyer, view is sweeping vista of the living & dining rooms out to a marvelous garden. The kitchen complete with breakfast room is charmed by a fireplace and pegged floors. A family room with unique wetbar & stoned fireplace wall, a billard room, a lovely garden room with spiral staircase to 2nd floor gameroom, 1st floor laundry room, 2 Powder rooms & 2 car garage. The master bedroom suite is complete with sitting room & fireplace. The master bath is com· Plemented by Jacuzzi, sunken marble tub, skylight & deck opening onto parklike set· ling. 4 other bedrooms & 2 baths. The basement level has separate maid's quarters, 2nd kitchen, 2nd laundry room & bomb shelter. This dramatic home is sited obn 3/4 acre landscaped lot, graced by 3 eautiful patios. $350,000. Call for appointment: Marjory L. Gross0 ay: 986·1850, Evening: 770·6416

F.'RB REAL ESTAlE INC 4719 Chestnut St. • Bethesda, MD 20014

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LOTS OF ROOM THIS HUGE CUSTOM HOME IS ON 3-plus acres with a choice of dramatic features to choose from. S-6 bedrooms, quality built with special emphasis given to extravagant millwork. Top of the line equipment plus energy saving package. If you are in the market for a large home for your expanding family, be our guest and tour our distinctly different, sumptious home.

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GREAT FALLS

McLEAN STATION CONTEMPORARY HOMES OF SIGNIFICANCE

HIDDEN TREASURE OVER 5200,000 DIRECTIONS: Take Tysons Beltway Exit 11 east, Dolley Madison Blvd., to a left on lewinsville Ad .. and a right on Balls Hill Ad. Go about V2 mile to Mclean Station on left. Phone: 821 - 1825.

BROKER REFERRAL Financing by Weaver Bros.. Inc.

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Tucked away on 2V2 acres of beautiful woodland, yet close to all amenities, a brand-new Contemporary of bold, new architecture with an open, flowing layout. Each room is a highlight, presenting many new and fascinating ideas: The large living room Is dominated by a stone fireplace, wood cathedral ceiling and much glass, the dining room of banquet size opens to a deck, the study a hide-away, yet Integral part of the entertaining area. Every luxury appliance can be found in the marvelously efficient, cheerful kitchen with greenhouse window. There are five bedrooms, four full baths and a redwood Sauna. The family room has a circular brick fireplace and a stunning wetbar. And for your hobbles large and small - an original log barn In the woods! Less than 15 minutes from the Beltway, Mclean schools. A totally unique home, to be enjoyed for years to come.

For Information and viewing please contact Eleanor Noone, (703) 790-1990 or, (703) 759-3172 (eves).

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Elegance and Old World craftsmanshi p by a master builder is previewing at Me. Vernon on the Potomac. The authentic reproductions of these Williamsburg Colonial homes, will enchant even che most discriminating buyer. Now you can experi ence Old World detailing and features rarely found in today's homes. An o ld fashioned morning room, rear service entry foyer, ten foot ceili ngs , marble fireplaces, custom designed plaster moldings, solid cherr y wood cabinets, marble entry foyer. At Mt. Vernon on the Potomac you wi ll find the mellow aura of century old estates.

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SEPTEMBER 5-Fashion Separates with Pizazz. Informal modeling 12-3. Bloomingdale's, White Flint. 6-Better Ready-to-Wear. Informal modeling 12-2. Woodward & Lothrop, Washington, Tysons Corner, Chevy Chase, Mont. Mall. 6-Donald Brooks Premiere Showing. Lord & Taylor, Chevy Chase. 6-Jaeger Boutique Opening. lnformal .modeling 11-3. Garfinckel's, F St. 7-Anne Klein Fashion Show. 2:30. Bloomingdale's, White Flint. 7-Trunk Show: Contemporary Clothing. Claire Dratch, Downtown. 8-Trunk Show: Contemporary Clothing. Claire Dratch, Bethesda. 8-Special Super Style Seminar. 11-4. Saks-Jandel. 8-Jones of New York. Formal show at 1. I. Magnin. tO-African Promotion. Garfinckel's, FSt. tO-Calvin Klein. Informal modeling 11-3. Saks Fifth A venue. 11-Shape of Success t979. At 7. Claire Dratch, Bethesda. 12-Adele Simpson. Informal modeling 11-3. Garfinckel's, F St. 12-Ralph Lauren. Informal modeling 11-3. Saks Fifth A venue. t2-Zandra Rhodes at the Corcoran Gallery. By invitation. Saks-Jandel. t3-Zandra Rhodes with Collection. At store. Saks-Jandel. t3-Mark Heister. Informal modeling 12-3. I. Magnin. t3-Salute to Designers. Oscar de Ia Renta, Albert Capraro, Stanley Sherman, Harve Bernard. Informal modeling 11-3. Saks Fifth A venue. t3-Marion Maged Silhouettes. Informal modeling 12-3. Bloomingdale's, White Flint. t3-Bert Politzer. Men's Dept. Garfinckel's, F St. t4-Frank Olive Hats. Informal modeling 11-3. Garfinckel's, F St. t4-Anne Klein. Formal show at 1. I. Magnin. 14-Informal Modeling. Carmack's Restaurant 12-2. Phyllis of Foxhall Square. t4-John Anthony. Informal modeling 11-3. Saks Fifth A venue. t5-Bill Blass, Missoni. Informal modeling 11-3.Saks Fifth Avenue.

t7-llie Wacs. Informal modeling. I. Magnin. t7-Adolfo, Anne Klein and Revillon Furs. Informal modeling 11-3. Saks Fifth A venue. t7-Geoffrey Beene. Informal modeling 11-3. Neiman-Marcus. t8-Geoffrey Beene, Fiamma Ferragamo. Informal modeling 11-3. Saks Fifth A venue. t8-Mary McFadden Collection. In.formal modeling 11-3. Saks-Jandel. t8-Fashion Show Luncheon. Columbia Country Club at 12:30. Reservations. Claire Dratch. t9-Mary McFadden and Albert Nipon. Informal modeling 11-3. Saks Fifth A venue. t9-St. John Knits. Informal modeling 11-3. Garfinckel's, F St. t9-Lanvin Trunk Show. Men's Dept. Garfinckel's, F St. t9-John Anthony. Informal modeling. I. Magnin. 20-Leonard of Paris. Informal modeling. I. Magnin. 20-Shape of Success t979. At 6. Claire Dratch, Downtown. 20-Chloe, YSL. Informal modeling 11-3. Saks Fifth A venue. 22-Galanos. Informal modeling. Saks Fifth A venue. 22-Young Attitude Fashions. At 2. Woodward & Lothrop, Mont. Mall, Tysons Corner. 26-Cathy Hardwick Collection. Saks-Jandel. 27-Givenchy. Formal show at 1. I. Magnin. 27-Hanae Mori. Informal modeling 11-3. Neiman-Marcus. 27-Better Ready-to-Wear. Informal modeling 12-2. Woodward & Lothrop, Washington, Chevy Chase, Tysons Corner and Mont. Mall. 27-Massandrea. Trunk show at 1. Bloomingdale's, White Flint. 28-Anne Klein. Informal modeling 11-3. Garfinckel's, F St. 28-Informal Modeling. Carmack's Restaurant, 12-2. Foxhall Lingerie.

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Jhe Boutique at lHEMADISON 15th and M Streets, N.W. Open Monday thru Friday 9 AM 'til 6 PM or by appointment. Call 862-1739.

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client. Eventually, says Marcia Clopton, "you build up a clientele of lenders." Other agents advise the importance of attending classes and seminars, of keeping abreast of law changes. "I've had to spend almost 48 hours without sleeping in order to make settlement before an interest rate went up," remembers Kaplan. "I've had to encourage a couple to get married because the VA notified me the day before settlement that their common law status wasn't considered legal in Maryland. If they hadn't gotten married, they wouldn't have been eligible for the VA loan. They're still married," she adds. Again, these women illustrate that being really upto-date in this profession is no less than a fulltime occupation. There's little doubt that women have been changing the character of real estate, a profession that is bent upon upgrading its standards to thwart halfserious , in-again-out-again businesspeople. In her almost 20 years in real estate, Kaplan has established herself as a champion of minority rights in housing, which landed her a spot in Who's Who in American Women. Alice Maher has worked to lower commission rates, thus ensuring more competition in the field. In a profession with its share of stories about unethical dealings, stolen clients and purloined telephone numbers and listings, these women maintain that success can be achieved without resorting to such measures. "I am determined to succeed, yet to maintain my integrity," says Rayford. "I won't let anyone lower my standards." In addition, women have brought to the field a sense of what it really means to be a successful salesperson. It's not how much money you make in sales, they contend (in fact, it's said, in a market where the average selling price is $120,000, it's not hard to sell a million dollars' worth of property). What's really important, they'll tell you, is how many clients are pleased enough to send their friends to you, or how many people are happy because they're in homes that are good for them or have gotten the most profitable deal from a sale. That's the height of fulfillment for the best of Washington's real estate professionals, and these and other women have helped make it that way. 0 0 0

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With Sept. 6: Lord & Taylor presents a Salute to Hote The Washington Antiques Show and The Five Nati Thrift Shop Charities- cocktail reception and in6:30 troduction of Donald Brooks Fall Collection lion -Lord & Taylor, Chevy Chase - 6:30 to 8:30p.m. Se -by invitation - $30 a couple - Chairmen, Mrs. dane George M. Ferris, Jr., Mrs. William Preston. Was Sept. 7: Brazil - Independence Day. ·mus Sept. 7: "On Stage" - Annual Wolf Trap ·$ 1 Associates Ball - dinner dance with Morgan Mrs. Baer's Orchestra on stage at Filene Center, Wolf Se Trap Farm Park - 8 p.m. - black tie- by invitaRace! tion - $75 each - Chairman, Mrs. Peter Ladd time . Gilsey. Se~ Sept. 9: People's Republic of Bulgaria - NaSe~ tional Holiday. Repul Sept. 9: Redskins vs . Lions - away - I p.m. Se~ Sept. 9: Kennel Bull Roast- Fairfax Hunt KenDeco1 nels, Ashburn, Va. - 3 p.m. - by invitation dance Chairman, Mrs. Ned Thomas. ·Oxo1 Sept. 11, 12 & 13: Nineteenth Annual Antiques in vita Show & Sale of The Woman's Club of Chevy Threl Chase, Md. - at Club House, 7931 Connecticut Se~ Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. - benefit of Club's Se~ Welfare & Community Projects - admission $2 Kingc -lith, noon to 9 p.m. - 12th, II a.m. to 9 p.m . Se~ -13th, II a .m. to 6 p.m . - Chairmen, Mrs. Robert P.m. L. Pillote, Mrs. Clifford Hartley. Se~ Sept. 12: Ethiopia- National Revolution Day. Show Sept. 12: Republic of Guinea-Bissau- National chestJ Day. lllissi1 Sept. 12: Cocktails and Zandra Rhodes 3:3o Fashion Show - ill Corcoran Gallery of Art • Chair -sponsored by The Women 's Committee to SeJ benefit The Corcoran Gallery of Art - 6 to 8:30 Amer p.m . - by invitation - $30 each - Chairman, Mrs. Affili Albert J. Beveridge, III. lllem( Sept. 13: Patrons Reception & Preview of InChari ternational Antiques and Art Exposition and SeJ Electronic Auction - Washington Capital Centre, and 1 Landover, Md . - sponsored by Washington Awar Committee for CARE-MEDICO to benefit Delrn CARE-MEDICO - 6:30 p.m. - by reservation P.rn. -$35 each - Chairman, David Kerr Taylor. deco Sept. 14: Annual President' s Luncheon - The ·Cha Florence Crittenton Home, 4759 Reservoir Rd . Willi -II :30 a.m . - informal modeling by Lemon Twist SeJ with music by Ernest Ligon - by invitation liolic -Chairmen, Mrs. Edward Hillcoat, Mrs. James SeJ Hamner. leag1 Sept. 14: HOPE Ball - annual dinner dance llluni1 with music by Bill Harrington - benefit of ProjSept, ect HOPE- Washington Hilton Hotel-7:30p .m. 1 tian ' -black tie- by invitation - $125 each -Chairmen,

Mrs. Robert T. Foley, Mrs. Brock Adams . Sept. 15: Costa Rica- Independence Day. Sept. 15: El Salvador - Independence Day. Sept. 15: Guatemala - Independence Day. Sept. 15: Honduras - Independence Day. Sept. 15: Nicaragua - Independence Day. Sept. 15: Tea Dance benefit of Washington Humane Society - Embassy of Japan - 5 to 8 p.m. - music by Devron - by invitation - $60 each · Hosts, Ambassador of Japan and Mrs. Togo ·Chairmen, Mr. John D. Archbold, Mrs. Roger r l. Stevens, Mrs . Harrison A. Williams, Jr. Sept. 16: Mexico- Independence Day . Sept. 16: Papua New Guinea - Independence Day. 7// Sept. 17: Citizenship Day. in Sept. 17: Redskins vs . Giants - home - 9 p.m. be Sept. 18: Chile- Independence Day. tte Sept. 18: Reception in honor of outgoing ofot ficers of The Black Tie Club and Bill Blass - introducing his Formal Collection for Men • ·Woodward & lothrop, F Street Store - 6 p.m . ·by invitation - Club President, Major General Clifton F. von Kann . Sept. 18: The Ambassadors Ball- dinner dance With music by Gene Donati- Washington Hilton to Hotel- sponsored by National Capital Chapter, ve National Multiple Sclerosis Society - reception n6:30p.m. -dinner 8 p.m. - black tie- by invitaJn tion- $100 each- Chairperson, Audrey Ullman. n. Sept. 20: "A Journey Through Time"- dinner ·s. dance benefit of Travelers Aid Society of Washington - Four Seasons Hotel - 7:30 p.m . ·music by Lester Lanin - black tie - by invitation ~~ ·$100 each - Chairmen, Mrs. Roberts De Graff, If ~ Mrs. Robert E. Freer, Jr. Sept. 22: Annual Fairfax Hunt Steeplechase ~ Races- Belmont Plantation, Leesburg, Va. -post ld time 1 p.m. Sept. 22: Rosh Hashanah. ~Sept. 22: Republic of Mali -Anniversary of the Republic. Sept. 22: National Symphony Orchestra lDecorators' Show House Preview Party - dinner dance benefit of National Symphony Orchestra ·Oxon Hill Manor, Oxon Hill, Md. -black tie -by ~s invitation - $60 each - Chairman, Mrs. John E. 'Y Threlfall. Jt Sept. 23: Autumn begins. 's Sept. 23: Saudi Arabia - Unification of the i2 IGngdom. l. Sept. 23: Redskins vs. Cardinals - away - I rt P.m. Sept. 24 through Oct: 22: 1979 Decorators y. Show House benefit of National Symphony Oral chestra- Oxon Hill Manor, Oxon Hill, Md.- admission $5 each- Mon. through Sat., 10 a.m. to :s 3:30 p.m. - Sun., 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. rt Chairman, Mrs. Thomas M. Cahill. :o Sept. 25: Fall Meeting, Women's Board, 10 American Heart Association, Nation's Capital s. Affiliate - 11 a.m. - followed by luncheon members - residence of the Chairman, Mrs. lCharles A. Camalier, Jr. td Sept. 25: Veterans of the O.S .S. 1979 Dinner e, and Presentation of the William J. Donovan Award to His Excellency Jacques Chaban'it Delmas - Washington Hilton Hotel - receotion 7 P.m.- dinner 8 p.m. -black tie, dress uniform, decorations - by invitation - $50 each ·Chairmen, Henry B. Hyde, Lt. General William W. Quinn, Michael Burke. st Sept. 26: Yemen Arab Republic - National Holiday. :s Sept. 26: Opening Reception of American Art League Exhibit - 7 to 9 p.m. -Chevy Chase Comtee Jj· iUnity Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave.- (exhibit m. 1 /Pl. 27 through 30) - Chairman, Preston Baustan ~ Judge, Professor Bertholf Schmitzhort. :n,

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Sept. 28: Annual Salvation Army Auxiliary Fashion Show Luncheon with Fashions by Efrocine and a Salute by Dallas Designers -Washington Hilton - 12:30 p.m . - by invitation -tickets $18 each - Chairman, Mrs. Harold F. Baker. Sept. 29: Family Tea Party - benefit of The Children's Eye Care Foundation - Embassy of Sweden - 4 to 6 p.m. - sponsored by The Friends of. The Children's Eye Care Foundation- by invitation - adults $25 each - children $5 each -Chairmen, Mrs. Paul G. Rogers, Mrs. Nancy Howar - Foundation Chairman, Mrs . Frank Church. Sept. 29: Opera-Oriented Auction benefit of The Washington Opera - dinner on stage of the Opera House, Kennedy Center - by invitation -Honorary Chairman , Mrs. Constance B. Mellon . Sept. 29: "All the World's a Stage"- Second Annual International Theatre Costume Ball honoring Richard L. Coe - Regency Room, Shoreham Americana Hotel - benefit of American Theatre Association - costume or black tie - Chairman, Rose Robison Cowen. Sept. 29: The Florence Crittenton Anniversary Circle Nineteenth Annual Champagne Showing -9 p.m . - Embassy of Germany -Hostess, Mrs. Berndt von Staden - by invitation -Chairmen, Mrs. Ralph Nelson, Mrs. Thomas Linahan. Sept. 30: Republic of Botswana - Independence Day. Sept. 30: Redskins vs. Falcons -away - I p.m.

OCTOBER

Oct. 1: Cyprus- Independence Day. Oct. 1: Nigeria - Independence Day. Oct. 1: Yom Kippur. Oct. 2: Republic of Guinea - Independence Day. Oct. 3: An Evening at Historic Abner Cloud House on the Canal - sponsored by Colonial Dames of America, Chapter Three- gourmet box supper and oyster bar - benefit of preservation of Abner Cloud House - by invitation - $16 each -Chairman, Mrs. J. Barclay Read. Oct. 4: Eleventh Annual Ball benefit of Meridian House International - at Meridian House -9:30p.m . - black tie- tickets $125 each- by invitation - preceded by Embassy dinners - Chairman, Mrs. Leonard L. Silverstein . Oct. 7: German Democratic Republic - Foundation of the German Democratic Republic. Oct. 7: Redskins vs. Eagles - home- I p.m. Oct. 8: Columbus Day. Oct. 9: Republic of Uganda - Independence Day. Oct. 10: Fiji - Independence Day . Oct. 12: Traditional Columbus Day. Oct. 12: "All in a Row" - gala opening of the 1979 Model Rooms - Woodward & Lothrop, F Street Store - benefit of educational works of The Washington Performing Arts Society -cocktail-buffet, fashion spectacular, music - 8 p.m. - black tie - by invitation - $30 each -Chairmen, Mrs. Clyde Litton, Mrs. Augustus Palmer. Oct. 17 through 21: Washington International Horse Show Gala benefit of People to People Sports Committee- Oct. 18 -dinner dance -The Four Seasons Hotel - by invitation . Oct. 19: Reception to celebrate the 75th birthday the American Farm School located in Greece - Embassy of Greece - by invitation - $25 per person - Chairman, Mrs. Robert Keely.

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