Oh, yay! I'm a sucker for a White Orchid Ball story
I don't think my favorite line has been quoted yet:
He tried to shrug it off. “All of the top banana costumes were taken.”
How I wish Clark had actually gotten to say that line!
And Ann, I believe Lane Smith played Richard Nixon in a TV movie back in the 80's, and there were references in the show to the fact that he looked like Nixon. I assumed that Perry was the one who had decided to be Nixon for the party, though quite how he would have distinguished his "Nixon costume" from Perry-in-a-suit I'm not sure.
Lovely story
Caroline
