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Cozy and quiescent at a movie premiere in Milan, volcanic Soprano Maria Callas still created a stir by attending the event with dignity-drenched Antonio Ghirin-ghelli, impresario of Milan's famed La Scala Opera. It was their first public get-together since their celebrated explosion at La Scala almost two years ago, when Maria made one of her familiar frothing exits. Now that they seem real friendly again, prophetic Italian music lovers foresee Maria's return to La Scala next season —barring an intervening ruckus, of course.
Rear-running Presidential Possible Adlai Stevenson winged into Mexico City on the first leg of a two-month Latin American junket that will make him scarce in the U.S. during primary elections in several states. At the U.S. embassy, Stevenson was introduced to staffers by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Robert C. Hill as "one of the greatest men in the United States." Then Republican Hill had a droll afterthought : such a warm welcome for Democrat Stevenson "might get me in trouble with the Republican National Committee." Quipped Adlai: "Don't worry, Mr. Ambassador. The next Administration will take good care of you!"
After giving a homily-packed lecture sponsored by St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Jackson, Mich., Cracker-Barrel Philosopher Harry (For 2$ Plain) Golden unveiled for a local newshound the "Golden plan to end anti-Semitism in America." Its wry gist: "All we Jews have to do is take a one-shot ad in all the big papers saying that we hereby serve notice that the next time we hear of any anti-Semitism we will all become Christians the next day. Jews, who are mostly middle class, would join what church? Why, the Episcopal Church, of course! But not the low church; we would go into the fancy one, the high church. The prospect of having 5,000,000 Jews joining their church would send Episcopalians into a frenzy. They would organize anti-defamation leagues, and police anti-Semitism for us! Just think of it! We would have all those Episcopalians working for us Jews!"