The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1929, Page 16

ae wen aoe Rem ae ee { WASHI LET. ar ‘ By RODNEY DUTCHER ‘ (NEA Service Writer) Warhington, April 18-—One may reasonably suspect, without being able to prove, that President Hoover whis- pored something in Beeretary of tate Stimson’s ear concerning the soclal ttatus of Mrs, Dolly Curtis Gann. The chances are that poor Stimson actu. ally asked for a hint of tho presiden- tinl attitude. Certainly the president would have handled the thing in no other way. He han nover indicated that he took the rules and regulations of the Washington social rac! very serl- ously, but has a distinct horror of anything that might make his admin- istration appear ridiculous, Facing threats that the Gann case might even be threshed out on the floor of congress, Hoover was just the kind of president to decide that the govern- ment ought definitely to keep out of social squabbles. When all the diplomats in town be- gan to hold serious meetings in an attempt to decide or find out where the vice president's sister ought to be weated at dinner, the question became more than of enough public interest to merit presidential attention, An Embarrassing Job ‘The atato department ts now re- Neved of an embarrassing job, not onty as to the Curtis-Cann case, but in future complications. It will make no more decisions about seating lists involving American officials and their wives or their hostesses, Tn all prob- @bility this will mean that the diplo- mata and other official entertainers ‘will observe tho present status quo, which will be presented herewith In brief outline. ‘The state department had passed the buck before, but never abandoned its willingness to arrange ccating lists for Washington hostesses. But momentous questions have remained unsettled, such as whether the su- preme court outranks the diplomatic corps and whether a cabinet wife ts wpealy important as a senator's fe. Once at a judiciary reception at the white house the justices learned that the corps was to march in line before them and simply refused to come, though the reception was for them. One time later, when the judges were parked in front of the diplomats at memorial exercises in the capitol, the denn of the corps protested to Preal- dent Wilson, Now, at such functions, they are placed side by side and host- esses don't invite them to the same parties. ‘Tho cabinet and senate wives have worked out a semi-compromise whereby the former make the first calls, but with their husbands pre- cede the senators and thelr wives at dinner. ‘These are the main items in the ‘Washington precedence system which remain unsettled, but there have been many bitter precedence struggles in the past, some of which required years for solution, dating back more than 100 years, Joo Cannon fought for his rocial rank as speaker of the House and for a while refused to attend any dinner where he wasn't seated as he thought he should be. ‘Today the speaker precedes both cabinet and senate, Keeps the Women Busy 'The vice president precedes every- one at nll times, except the president; ho is regarded as the personal social representative of the president at many functions. Curtis will usually be found going {nto dinner on_ the arm of his hostess while Mrs. Gann will commonly be on the arm of the host. All sets of soctety, offical, dip- lomatic and unofficial, are supposed to call on the vice president—which means on his wifo or hostess, She can't return so many calls, so she generally throws a couple of large re- ceptions cach season, Mrs. Gann probably will live up to this custom. Precedence applies to dinners, re- ceptions and formal calls. The big burden really falls on the women; all the men have to do ts to show up at the dinners and receptions and keep reasonably sober, It is estimated that ® new congressman's wife has, by the accepted rules, some 1400 calls to make. She must bow to senate ladies, diplomatic ladies, Judiciary ladies and cabinet Indies, She climbs tn rank only with the next session, when she will precede wives of congressmen just elected for the first time, Oryastal waited, asking no questions, while Tony undressed. She knew how that Tony would tell her every- * thing—in her own way, In her own oe time. It was enough, now, to her moving about in tho semi- darkness, Although the moonlight was dimmed by the ruffled dimity curtains, Crystal could have seen Tony if she had tried, But she kept her eyes closed. Tony did not want. to be gazed at now, even in semi- darkness. ‘Tony ran across the room to the “Hold me tight, Crys! Oh!—you're crying again—' “Because I'm--so glad,” Crystal sobbed, her arma closing convulsively about the slim body in its sheer silk pajamas. “And you were crying before 1 came because I'd lied. I knew you knew I was lying about Pat's calling me—Lies, lies! Ugh, how I hate les, Oryat That's the reason I—couldn't go on with it—" “E knew you couldn't!” Crystal assured her with tremulous vehe- mence. “Then you knew Tony Ta ter than she knew = horself,” Tony Qnewered § sombrely. “I honestly thought I could, Orys, I thought about it it my head was spin- ning. I'm a rotten thinker—haven't * had enough practise. Life has always seemed too simple to need a lot of powered thinking. And then IT my life #0 meased up that T had to ink. You see, I figured like this: T honestly don't want to get married to anyhody. bear the thought. ot Mra. Somebody. Want to be Tarver, belong to myself, you “Yon,” Oryatal agreed, and held her tightly, because she was trem- can imagine how I felt Mrs, Dick Talbot," ‘Tony on, “It seemed absurd to pay Our Yesterdays FORY YEARS AGO Mr, and Mrs. Thoms Herron have returned from a bridal tour of the will soon be located in their will leave ina where she has that big a price for a few bootlegged thrills, .. Oh, more than a few! I'm not denying anything. ... But Dick had convinced me that T had to pay, or lose my own self-respect, as well as his... Not that his matters @ whole lot! If it did—But you know all this, Crys. ‘There's no use hash- ing it over, I thought the easiest way out was to go away with him— and—and get it over with. Pay up and tell him to shut up. Of course I remembered a lot of rot I'd read about ‘free souls’ and ‘free love, and 1 knew T wouldn't be doing anything at all unique or unusual... . And when it was over, I'd still be ‘Tony Tarver, still be free, all debts paid, but free... . Free, Crys! Funny word, Isn't it? Imagine any girl ty- ing herself all up in les and then calling herself free “Please, Tony’ rystal begged as the slim body in her arms kept jerk- ing spasmodically, “You don't have to tell me, if it hurts so much—" “I need to tell you—got to get it off my chest," Tony sobbed, “I put tt up to Dick fair and square this after- noon when we were driving to Dar- row. Told him I didn't love him enough to marry him, and never would; that if he wanted me, I'd go away with him for a night—to pay my debt—but that afterwards I'd never want to see him again. He laughed, Crys—sal he'd take his chances on that “Oh, the ca Crystal gasped. “Why didn't he have the grace all it quits, knowing how you felt? If he were half decent—" “Don't you see, Crys? I'm sure now that Dick knew me better than 1 knew myself. He counted on my not being able to go through with it tonight, knew that when it came to a showdown I'd marry him instead. But let me tell you all about it, in case you are ever tempted.” NEXT: What really saved Tony. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) let to P. M, Hennessy of St. Paul, for $10,494, Mrs, A, J. Hedrix left Sunday for & two weeks visit with relatives in St. Paul. George A. Doan of Brittin is spend- ing a few days here on business, TEN YEARS AGO Mrs. W. W. McDonald, wife of the leader of the First North Dakota regi- mental band, is visiting relatives here. Miss Violet Altman will leave to- morrow for Algoma, Wis., for a three weeks’ vacation with friends. Arif Li beer tite HE. e pee R OUT ? HE IS THE SMARTEST Buy al Baal THING TIMILOF THE, 1, ( PRESIDENT. OF THE ON. THAT PATENT — CONCERN =~ THEY TOLD Mi FACTORY NE DNILLIONAIRE. INA > AND HOW DEVOTED To MARY = Freckles and His Friends AON) WATCH ANS, JONCL HARRY = LM GOING 7% RIDE "MhE SURF BOARD Live GET SET Nowe WERE COMES A AIce SWELL ~~: - GET ON! GET ON! HELLO , POP, THIS 16 HANK.SAY TNE TWINKING ONER WHAT YOO SAID ON THE STREET CAR THIS MORNING ABOUT US WORKING TOGETHER ON BRAGG IT'D MEBN ALOT To US IF NE COULD TALK wi WD PUTTING US USE ON TWS BIG COPPER DEAL HE'S IN. LETS GET TOGETHER FOR LUNCH.1LL GET BRAGG S DIVE INTO ™ 3 “OCEAN OF CHANCE” WITHouT at ae LLe, Hun! oueLe! AN WHAT ARE Ya / Joe an! Ver eusteo! ‘Ya _COULON'T LOAN ME FIVE, COULDJA? 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