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'vV V' 7 rTJT 1 -iKgy. Note of Arts Meet High Tho Socle! Circle A1 v. When California Arts Commission members converged in San Francisco last week for a two-day meeting, the Western Opera Theater entertained members at a special Thursday night performance of 'Cosi Fan Tutte' at the Califor- I- Portrait of a Lady "I WAS ABSOLUTELY bawled over by that performance. -It- really was enchanting, said -Irene -Dunne of the Western Opera Theater's production of "Cosi Fan Tutte," after Thursday evening's performance at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. vv I rf i nia Palace of the Legiqp The beautiful lady of the silver screen was in town from Los Angeles the end of last week for a two-day meeting of the California Arts Commission and was among other commission members feted by the Western Opera Theater at a special performance of the mini-opera form.

-I of Honor. A 'thank you' for grants negotiated in the opera theater's favor, the performance was preceded by a dinner given by the Prentis Cob Hales and followed by a champagne reception at the Legion of Honor. See the Social Circle for details. "If we con id see more opera in intimate theater like that we'd enjoy it more. I think they should do all they can be 3 cause they're first rate.

"You don't miss the huge orchestra," she -addeX-refemng-iothe fact that music for the performance was supplied by two pianos, and i I Wcwin Herbert Hoover and Mrs. Francis Griffin Orene Dunne) discussed the opera Daklanb2ribune Mon. Feb. 24,1969 23 Enjoying conversation over champagne after Thursday night performance of Western Opera Theater production of "Cosi Fan Tutte" were Mrs. Clem Whitaker Jr.

(left), Dr. F. M. Hink-house and Mr. Whitaker.

The latter is a member, of the board of directors of the Western Opera Theater. Tribune Dhotot try KwiMtti 6rtM 1 Architect Robert Stanton and his wife, Virginia (who is a member of the California Arts Commission) here from their home in Carmel Valley for two-day commission meeting, were among those attending the dinner party at the Prentis Cobb Hale home and the opera and reception at the Legion of Honor South African Consul General Vere Stock happily situated between divas Shigemi Matsumoto (left) and Sheila Marks THE EMBASSY WILL SWING the simple sets twd velvet chairs to indicate the she found charming. In an interview Friday morning at the San Francisco Museum of Art, Miss Dunne had interesting observations to make about other tilings au courant. Asked what she thinks of the current movie fare, she said she concurred with Ross Hunter (producer of "Back Street," "Thoroughly Modern Millie," and currently when he said he thought there was great hope for the industry. "He said he thought there was a place for everything, that after all it gets back to the people, and if they're going to support dirty films they're going to get them." Personally, Miss Dunne recommended "shopping" for movies the way one shops for a dress or suit.

"I wouldn't go and see a film I didn't know about. Therefore I'm not disappointed." Of the place of women as chairmen of community and corporation boards: "I don't think anything's unusual for us anymore." Widow of Dr. Francis W. Griffin, Miss Dunne inherited the board chairmanship of the Huntridge a real estate development firm, after her husband's death two years ago. She is also chairman of the board of St.

John's Hospital Foundation, serves on the board of Technicolor, and was U.S. delegate to the United Nations under Henry Cabot Lodge. With all of her public service she claims, "I'm really not a do-gooder per se. I do as much as I do, I suppose, because my husband was very community conscious and thought we should do whatever we cait." Alluding to the fact she felt she'd had more public notice than some, she said, "When a person who has been in films does something it gets in the press and it looks as if you've done more than you have." Irene Dunne had presided at a luncheon for Mrs. Barry Goldwater during the 1964 Republican convention in San Francisco, so we asked her what she thought about movie people in politics.

She disclaimed political aspirations for herself, said "I don't mind actors getting into it, but I think the track is a little fast for actresses." She observed that actors like John Wayne, Gregory Peck and Jimmy Stewart all own their own companies and know about production management and dealing with labor unions. "They didn't set out to be tycoons, but that's what they've become," said Miss Dunne, referring to the experience she believes suited them for political roles, much as Ronald Reagan's years with the Screen Actors Guild gave him experience for the gubernatorial spot. Speaking of Governor Reagan, she said, "You know, he is very interested in the work of the arts commission." Then she added wistfully, "I just wish we were like New York, where Governor Rockefeller gives the arts commission $2 million." Miss Dunne is enthusiastic about the work of the California commission, telling us that its purpose is to promote culture throughout the stage and that there are now between 80 and 90 art councils in California. Of the warfare on college campuses, she said, "We're born of rebels. We've always had rebels in this country." Does she think the rebellious outbreaks are all internally caused? "Oh, I think there is definitely outside impetus.

I don't see how these outsiders can picket. What do they do for a living unless somebody subsidizes them?" But she is hopeful about the future of our country. "Oh yes, yon know, hope springs eternal," but "If I did have children in school today I think I would be terribly concerned." Miss Dunne and her husband had one adopted daughter, Mary Frances, who is now married and the mother of a girl, who is 9, and a boy, who is 10. They live "just 20 minutes away" from her home in Los Angeles, which is the house she and her husband built oven 30 years ago when they came west from New Yoft for her to film "CSmmaron." "My husband said 'she's only going to be doing one and wasn't certain he wanted to buy a lot and build a home." Of course she stayed on to do considerably more than one film. Forty-one was the count when she retired, with "I Remember Mama," a favorite for the actress, probably the most famous.

And home is still the "kind of a French Chateau" in Holmby Hills, which is not only 20 minutes away from daughter Mary Frances but "right across the street" from fellow Arts Commission member Mrs. Justin Dart. Its mistress is still a beauty whose appearance completely belies her 63 years. New Hostess in London but as a hostess she has few peers. Her dinners, often with a pest list of 30 or so, are an artful mixture of businessmen, political figures and so-cial acquaintances because that way "the evening doesn't get dull," she said, I usually try to have live entertainment afterwards.

Mrs. Annenberg, 51, said she planned to use a similar formula for parties at the ambassadorial mansion in the British captial. "I'm anxious to meet the By PAT LEISNER AP Staff Writer 1 PHILADELPHIA Leo-nore Annenberg, wife of the newly appointed ambassador to Britain, says she is thankful for her experience as a party-giver. "I really don't know what to expect in London," she told an interviewer, "but I know I'll be doing a lot of Public life may be new to the trim blonde wife of Publisher Walter H. Annenberg, OUR BEAUTY SALON English people and help them see what Americans are like and what we stand for," she said.

"In England, where I've not spent much time, I want to visit the great homes, the museums and places like Cov-ent Garden, home of the Royal Opera." Mrs. Annenberg, an art and music enthusiast, is a member of the boards of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Orchestra Association and the Moore College of Art. Among the paintings on the walls of the Annenberg living room are Monet's "Water Lilies" and Van Gogh's "Les Oli-viers." Mrs. Annenberg likes to supervise her own decorating and is responsible for the room's pale yellow color "It EXPERTS THE ONE AND ONLY YOU DESERVES INDIVIDUAL COIFFURE custom care' conditioner tmm. 1 Wrv.

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