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VOL. XCII NO. 72 6 PAGES Copyright 1985 Palm Beach Daily News PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1985 I I i hqjjmi irq. on) yAQjj ib i Bum nir One Day To Go Palm Beach Awaits Royal Visit The Royal Visit D-Day Minus 1 I By WENDY KEELER Dilly Nw Soclrty Editor Mary Sanford, Palm Beach chairman of the D-Day party, won't be at that party in the flesh. But Mrs.

Sanford, who RSVP'd last Tuesday, won't be entirely absent from the Breakers bash that night. Other guests will have a chance to read the tribute letter Mrs. Sanford sent to D-Day organizers a while back before she changed her mind about going and then left town. "It has been an honor to serve as chairman of the Palm Beach committee for this United World Colleges benefit in the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Dr.

Hammer's dedication to this most worthy cause was an inspiration to everyone here this evening," reads the letter, which will be inside the tribute book on display at the ball. "We regret that she can't attend, and we appreciate the very kind words she had to say in her tribute letter," Frank Ashley, a United World Colleges spokesman, said Saturday. We know, through the kitchen drive that car may be able to catch snatches of some of Tuesday's programming that is if Charles and Diana decide to watch the T.V. in the back. We heard that Prince Charles and Princess Diana were each asked to make a list of Americans they'd like to dine with at the White House Saturday night.

On Princess Diana's list were John Travolta (who went), Robert Redford (who didn't), and Diana Ross (who is, in fact, in Great Britain on tour). Prince Charles' choices? Peter Ustinov (who went to the White House din) and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (who wasn't at the White House, but who will see the Royals in Washington). If you weren't invited to the D-Day Ball, or to the Manalapan non-royal party, there is still hope for you on Nov. 12.

E.R. Bradley's Saloon is holding a "Royal Reception" at 9 p.m. that night. The party is "in honor of the Prince and Princess of Wales but we guarantee the royal couple will not attend," the invitation reads. The night also will feature a tt 1 7A aholism, a few Washingtonians and press people seemed a tad disappointed Saturday.

That's because the Princess made only one clothing change between 8:40 a.m. when the Royals arrived in D.C. and that night when they retired to the British Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue. By day the Princess wore a red wool suit with a white wool collar designed by Bruce Olfield, a favorite designer of hers, we hear. Nancy Reagan wore a Geoffrey Beere beige dress.

Some wondered if the Royals had spoken to the Reagans before their arrival in the capitol. After all, Nancy Reagan's color is red. For the White House dinner, Diana wore a sleeveless, midnight blue velvet dress designed network, that salmon will be served at the United Colleges dinner Tuesday night at the Breakers. Salmon is the favorite entree for Prince Charles. Word also has it that the Royals will eat asparagus at the D-Day ball.

(Did you know another word for an asparagus tree is a crown?) The people at Pratesi Linens wanted to send Prince Charles and Diana terry cloth robes to wear while in their rooms at Palm Beach Polo and Country Club. British Embassy officials, however, informed Pratesi that any gifts to the Royals should be sent to Buckingham Palace. Two Britons might be especially pleased about the embassy's instructions to Pratesi. Since the linen company must send the robes to England, the people at Pratesi figured they would throw in two more one for young Harry and one for his brother Will. That's close to $1,000 worth of robes.

After all the reports about Princess Diana's alleged shop- 4 "VT r- i iV -l I Cummings Furniture Sale America First Canova Medal Of The Vatican Presented To PB's Helen Boehm By LESLIE WEINBERG Dlly M.wi It.H Wrltar Palm Beacher Helen Boehm became the first American in history to be presented with the bronze Canova Medal of the Vatican in ceremonies here Saturday night. Monsignor Eugene Clark of the Vatican Museum made the presentation at the home of the Wi-liam O'Hares in Palm Beach. The ceremony will be re-enacted lat Annual Award Slated For Chamber Meeting by Victor Edelstein, and blue suede gloves. She also wore a pearl choker with a blue sapphire clasp. Mrs.

Reagan, whose shopping expenses have also been the topic of many stories, wore the same white Galanos gown she wore to the second inaugural ball. Chauffeurs at Park. Cadillac Limousine Services won't have to draw straws for who's going to drive around the Royal Duo. Although 44 of Park's drivers will drive around members of the royal entourage and friends of Armand Hammer, the 45th limo the Lincoln Continental stretch limo reserved for the Prince and Princess will be driven by a Secret Service man. Whichever S.S.

man gets to Begins 'A TP" JWV i i stamped by the uniture maker and dealer Leonard Boudin (lot 222, estimate and a fine Louis XV ormolu-mounted parquetry bureau en pente, mid-18th century (lot 221, estimate which is stamped Chevallier. Selections from Cummings' estate will be sold as part of Christie's forthcoming sale of Fine French and Continental Furniture, Objects of Art, Carpets and Sculpture Thursday at 10 a.m. The public pre-sale exhibition, which began Saturday, will continue on the following days: Monday, Nov. 11, 10a.m.-5p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 12, 10a.m.-5p.m.; and Wednesday, Nov.

13, 10a.m.-2p.m. -3 Fran Todman I I' Travolta Reagan Chuck and Di look-alike contest and a Buckingham Palace trivia contest. Saks Fifth Avenue has taken on a veddy British look of late. All five of the Worth Avenue store's windows are done up in a British theme. We hear that Yanna and Warren Avis of rental car fame will meet the Royals at the D-Day Ball.

Tuesday's airport reception for the Royal Couple will include eight students from the Dr. W.J. Creel School in Melbourne, whose students, it turns out, have be-See D-DAY, Page 6 er this month at the Vatican in Rome. The medal, which recognizes substantial contributions to the arts, has been presented to only eight people in the history of the Vatican. Mrs.

Boehm is known for her porcelains. "Man cannot live on bread alone," said Mrs. Boehm at the podium. "He must have art and beauty throughout his life." Mrs. Boehm called the Vatican See BOEHM, Page 6 member Lee Olsen, starts the program.

Brown Bolte, president of the board of the Boys Club of the Palm Beaches will report about the organization. Mrs. Adam Weaver, president of the local Junior League, will report on the league's "Festival of Trees." Mrs. Joyce Vaughn, general chairman of the 1985 "Angels Gala" Luncheon Benefit, will speak about the event. It is sponsored by the Friends of the Palm Beach Regional Visiting Nurse Association.

Mrs. Jo Reynolds of the Palm Beach Public School will announce plans for the school's annual carnival. The breakfast audience will vote for the best poster created by students of the school. A- 3 Beatrice Ford NEW YORK Nathan Cummings was born three years before the turn of the century, and by the time he was 37 years old he retired, having amassed what he thought was a sufficient fortune from his company, a wholesaler of biscuits and candy. The year was 1934.

This first retirement did not last long, though. Five years later he acquired a wholesaler of tea and coffee. Cummings expanded it until, upon his death February 19, 1985 at age 88, Consolidated Foods as it was renamed, ranked 47th among Forture 500 companies. With such acquisitions as the Kitchens of Sara Lee Bakery, Fuller Brush, Haines Ho- siery and Electrolux under the Consolidated Foods umbrella, Cummings began to amass another, more tangible treasure: a great fine and decorative art collection. His achievements and philanthropic activities did not go unnoticed nor unrewarded.

He was a governing life member of the Chicago Art Institute, an honorary trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a patron of Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts, and a trustee of Mount Sinai Medical Center. He was also an officer of the French Legion of Honor and a Commendatore of the Order of Merit of Italy. Selections from his collection of fine French furniture in this sale constitute some of his most prized possessions. Among this group, a superb Louis XVI ormolu-mounted mahogany commode a encoig-nures, last quarter of the 18th century (lot 225, estimate is stamped by Jean-Henri Riesener, official cabinetmaker of Louis XVI. It is Riesener's consumate craftsmanship and elegant designs, such as the ormolu festooned beading and ribbon-tied draperies at the frieze of this 't fff ff Jt black lacquer commode by Francoise Bayer (lot 223, estimate a Louis XVI ormolu-mounted mahogany five-fold screen (lot 215, estimate upholstered in Beauvais tapestry and with unusual pierced interlaced panels in the manner of such late 18th century cabinetmakers as George Jacob or Jean-Baptise Boulard, both of whom were inspired by the pattern books of Thomas Chippendale and his chinoisserie designs.

Other exceptional offerings include a fine Louis XV ormolu-mounted parquetry commode in the manner of Andre Criaerd (lot 224, estimate a table a ecrire Selectionns from the estate of the late Nathan Cummings currently are on display in a pre-sale exhibition which continues through Wednesday at Christie's in New York. Selections include some of his most prized furniture, including a Louis XIV piece valued at between $150,000 and $200,000. commode, that distinguishes his work. It is an ironic twist of fate that after the French Revolution Riesener was employed by the Directory to remove royal emblems from furniture. Examples of his work can be seen in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Wallace Collection, London and Versailles.

This commode was in the Chateau de St. Cloud during the reign of Louis Philippe in the mid-19th century and was sold in 1967 from the collection of the Earl of Mansfield. The Cummings collection also affords collectors the chance to obtain a handsome Louis XV ormolu-mounted The Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly meeting in the Mediterranean Ballroom of The Breakers on Thursday, Nov. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

The theme is a salute to Veterans Day. The feature of the meeting will be the presentation of the most valuable Town of Palm Beach Employee Award by Josef Barr, president of Jewel-masters of the Palm Beaches. Since 1978, Mr. Barr has given this award as his personal contribution to the community. This November meeting of the Chamber is also sponsored by Jewel-masters of the Palm Beaches.

A brass concert by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Florida, and introduced by Chamber board Luncheon To Assist Gardens Invitations are in the mail for the garden party luncheon to take place Dec. 5 to benefit the Society of Friends of the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens. Chairman is Beatrice Ford; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hilton are co-chairmen.

Mrs. Harold P. Whitmore and Mrs. Clifford Folger are serving as honorary chairmen; Atwater and Hope Kent are honorary co-chairmen. According to organization founder Helen Rich, announcements concerning plans now being executed in the gardens will be made at the luncheon.

Retina Foundation Fashion Show Names Fran Todman Chairman Reservations for the 6 p.m. show, which includes cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, can be made by calling 659-1708. Tickets are $100 each. Mrs. Todman has long been an enthusiastic supporter of the Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation.

A recipient of the institute's prestigious "Sundial Award," she is a corporation member and a member of Retina Foundation's National Board of Trustees. She is also widely known as a leader and generous contributor to community efforts. Mrs. William (Fran) Todman will serve as chairman of a dazzling evening event Jan. 13 featuring Adolfo's 1986 spring fashions.

The fashion presentation, to take place at the Flagler Museum, will be coordinated by Saks Fifth Avenue to benefit the Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation. Many of the instruments and techniques used today by doctors and hospitals in the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease have been initiated or perfected by the Eye Research Institute..