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As the first European sovereign to make a state visit to France since World War II, Queen Juliana of The Netherlands was treated to the full red carpet in Paris (see cut). Tulips sprouted from chocolate boxes and gloves in store windows; flags and bunting hung from balconies and windows; cavalry parades, civic receptions and state galas snarled up the already tangled Paris traffic. After three days of it, Juliana and Prince Consort Bernhard flew home, worn out but happy.
Curtain Calls
Near Callander, Ont., the Dionne quintuplets turned 16. In longish rose taffeta party dresses and home permanents, they admired their presents from the family emerald rings. Said "Papa" (Olivia) Dionne: no dates for the girls for a couple of years yet.
Honored at a luncheon in Manhattan: U.S. Minister to Luxembourg Perle Mesta, who usually throws parties for other people. The luncheon, given by the International Business Machines' Thomas J. Watson and the A.F.L.'s Matthew Well, attracted such prominent guests as General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Margaret Truman.
Awarded the 35th annual Spingarn Medal posthumously (for outstanding achievement by a U.S. Negro): the late Charles H. Houston, a onetime dean of the law school at Howard University, and special counsel (1935-40) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Contralto Marian Anderson, appearing at London's Royal Albert Hall, had to turn away from the audience twice to sing to the 1,200 music lovers crowded on narrow benches in the organ gallery behind the stage. The overflow of fans had stood in line most of the day to get in at all.