Pie in Your Eye

Or mousse in the mug

About 200 guests showed up at Washington's fashionable Club La Serre last week to celebrate the appearance of the Fleetwood Mac rock group. Among them: Chip Carter and House Majority Whip John Brademas, along with a sprinkling of Senators (Alan Cranston and Dick Clark) and political hopefuls (Bill Bradley and Yvonne Burke). Also there, natty in a navy blue suit, white shirt and tie, was the customarily casual White House Aide Hamilton Jordan. Said he: "Some of my critics in the city have told me that I would do better if I got out and socialized with members of Congress."

As it happened, he would have been better off at home. Toward midnight, as the party drew to a close, a still unidentified guest picked up a bowl of chocolate mousse and flung it at Jordan--all over his blue suit, all over his shirt and tie--then fled out the door.

After the celebrated Amaretto-and-cream affair six months ago, in which Jordan was accused of throwing his drink at a woman in a Washington bar, the White House issued a 33-page denial. This time its response was confined to a taciturn "We have no leads, and are not pursuing it." But Jordan was irate. "Last night might have been the last straw for me," he said. "People will be lining up to throw pies in my face if I try to go anywhere." -

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