The Canadian House of Commons was wading through the question period, but Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was hardly preoccupied by the proceedings. No wonder: among the spectators sat his date for the week, Barbra Streisand. Pierre's uninterest in the rhetoric was so apparent that one M.P. prefaced a question by hemming: "If the Prime Minister can take his eyes and his mind off the visitors' gallery . . ."
After Amherst, anchors aweigh! A sensible decision for any draft-eligible student, but in the case of David Eisenhower, Ike's grandson, enlistment in the Naval Reserve seemed almost like Ulysses S. Grant joining the Confederates. It seems unlikely that he will wind up as Admiral Eisenhower. After three years of active service and three more in the reserve, David plans to study law. At a White House swearing-in, Former Naval Person Richard Nixon promised his son-in-law: "I've a couple of old uniforms you can use."
Follow instructions: "Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint, (a) Keep painting until you die. (b) Kill all the men you have slept with. Put the bones in a box and send it out into the sea with flowers." And don't ask why. Yoko One's soon-to-be-published "book of instructions," entitled Grapefruit, carries a little poetry and a lot of put-on. Critics and admirers alike are enjoined to "Burn this book after you've read it." "This," claims Pre-Reviewer John Lennon on the dust jacket, "is the greatest book I've ever burned."
The scene was a supper party celebrating the opening of Maria Callas' first film, Medea. And who should be prominently in the foreground? None other than Old Boyfriend Aristotle Onassis. Sans Jackie, of course. The former famous twosome even got together during Christmas holidays while Jackie was in England with her children. Won't Mrs. O. mind? "Jackie is tough," says Ari. Just how tough--and in which way --remains to be seen.
A virtual hermit at his Mougins retreat in southern France, Pablo Picasso was forced to emerge by a toothache. On the streets of Cannes he looked in turn pained and relieved, allowing the public one of its few glimpses of the master in almost a year.
Last year Choreographer Jerome Robbins enchanted critics and audiences with his brilliant Dances at a Gathering, based on a medley of Chopin music. The question then became: Could he top it? The answer, at the New York State Theater last week, was yes. And yes again. In the Night, a 16-minute sparkler incorporating four Chopin nocturnes, was a delight and had the audience roaring its approval. Pronounced the New York Times's Clive Barnes: "Tiny gems are often more difficult in programs than larger jewels--gems like these are able to make their own rules."
The baby was Prince Nicholaos, four months, youngest child of Greece's exiled King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie. The christening in Rome's tiny Greek Orthodox Church, described by the King as a "mini-royal affair," was attended by a small clutch of relatives including Queen Mother Frederika and Anne-Marie's parents, King Frederik and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. Like any little commoner, the prince squalled lustily but settled down when the King pinned the gold and diamond Order of the Savior to his christening gown. "Then I take it away until he's 18," the King remarked. "You see--there's a catch in everything."
The Administration may publicly dismiss antiwar protesters. Privately it can hardly ignore them, as witness various reactions reported in Avant-Garde magazine. "I'm against the war in Viet Nam," says David Laird, son of Defense Secretary Melvin. James Westmoreland, son of the Army Chief of Staff, "wouldn't want to serve in Viet Nam." And so it goes, through John Resor, son of Army Secretary Stanley Resor; Lindsay McKelvie, stepdaughter of CIA Boss Richard Helms; and Lincoln Chafee, son of Navy Secretary John Chafee. Avant-Garde suggests that "all ten of their fathers resign immediately and nominate their children as their successors." Another Republican stalwart with a dissenter in the family is Ronald Reagan, whose singer daughter Maureen returned from a 35-day USO tour of Viet Nam convinced that we should no longer have a military victory.
A man aiming for high fashion in the '70s might start thinking about a double-breasted suit in gold lame, or even scuffed white bucks. The Fashion Foundation of America has named Pianist Liberace, famous for the former, and Evangelist Billy Graham, who frequently sports the latter, to its annual list of America's best-dressed men. Heading the list of winners in 15 highly redundant categories was Spiro Agnew, who bumped his boss Richard Nixon as best-dressed statesman. Tailors and designers admired his "sincerity" in dress. Other winners included Barry Goldwater, Ed Sullivan, and Britain's Prince Charles. Graham, leader in the exclusive "evangelist" category, admitted: "Nearly all the clothes I wear are given to me. I don't think I've bought a suit of clothes for four or five years."
"I'm scared silly. I don't even know what I'm supposed to say," said Charlotte Ford Niarchos of her latest project, a bit part in Paramount's Love Story, now filming in New York. So there she was, decked out in a blue smock to do her role as a hospital admissions clerk. "It all started as a joke," said Charlotte, "and I'm just in it for the fun." Just as well; bit players can get less than $ 100 for a day's work.
They're called the South African Open Championships. In fact, they are shut tight to a black man, as U.S. Tennis Ace Arthur Ashe discovered when he applied for a visa and a chance to vie for the title. The government allowed, however, that Ashe would be permitted to enter the country as a member of a U.S. Davis Cup team. Maybe. By blackballing Ashe, South Africa could be disqualified for Davis Cup competition.
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