Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1934, Page 44

E—4 S OCIETY. Tales of Well-Known Folk In Art, Literature, Politics President and Family Returning After Thanks- giving—-News of Royal Wedd;ngs Over Radio. Vanderlip Writes Reminiscences. BY ROBERT CRAWFORD, It is a Red Letter day when the South gets a look-in on a Democratic Presi- dent—and were they pleased with Mr. Roosevelt? The welcome everywhere was cyclonic as he swung around the circle on his way, to the Little White House al Warin Sbrings, Ga., where he is to spend Thanksgiving and swim in the Warm Springs pool. Even Gov. Talmadge of Georgia, has had to loosen up a bit and smile in spite of his grouch against the New Deal. When he was ushered into the pres- ence of the Presicent and received that smile “and how, Eugene,” he was taken aback a bit. Mrs. Roosevelt ‘had not visited Mississippi before and they “suttainly” did give her a hearty hand. Every body in the State got up “soon in the mawin” to welcome her. She just won in a walk; her ancestry was talked over and the Southern grandmother and greats were dilated upon at great length. Elesnor Roosevelt-Roosevelt owns the road, to use a homely ex- pression. Her savior faire is just plain good sense and human understanding, and another example of it is shown in advancing the official dinner to the Vice President and Mrs. Garner so that the ambition of a hard-working musician may be satisfied. After years of study Mrs. Frances Nash Watson, wife of Col. Edwin H Watson, President Roosevelt's military aide, dreamed of appearing as a soloist with a national organization. This dream came true when she found her- self on the program to play with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington om January 10, the date of the Garner dinner. But ye gods and Jittle fishes, she was invited to the | Vice President’s dinner that night and | a White House invitation is looked | upon as a command. But the Na- tion’s official hostess changed the date to the 8th and Mrs. Watson will be enabled to realize her life’s ambition, and at the earlier date eat off one of those new White House china plates— tvory-color and one of a rhousand pieces. Collectors of rare china are just now being treated to an exhibit of Spode china at a well known Wash- ington shop. It is really lovely and the originals of the set were designed and manufactured in 1770 by Joshia Spode, Hoke-on-Trent, England. The original designs are reproduced only | as royal wedding gifts. A complete dinner set of this Spode containing 105 pieces is valued at $25,000. Scnator Thomas D. Schall of Min- neapolis has taken to letter writing these last 12 months and addresses himself to the President of the United States. In a recent open letter—it was opened before the President got it —the Senator declares the United States should embark on a program of “Buy American,” if prosperity is to come. He says “the worker must be the consumer as well as producer. He must be compelled to consume and | use only those products produced by other workers in the United States.” Now, how would Secretary of State Cordell Hull ever get the Nobel Peace Prize if such a course were pursued. Since it is said the raison d'etre for giving the Secretary the prize is his efforts to remove commercial jealous- ies as one means of obtaining lasting peace. Since there is some six hours dif- ference in time between Wash- ington and London, those who wish to hear a real royal wedding will have to tune in Thanksgiving morning at about 5 to 6 o'clock. Just keep on your party clothes and tune in, for the Duke of Kent and her royal high- ness Marina are to be wed in West- minster Abbey, first by the ceremony of the English church and later the Greek orthodox service in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. The Prince of Wales said “let George do it,” and George seems to be the happiest man in the empire— except thousands of the school chil- dren who are to have a holiday in honor of the royal couple. has ordered it—and a discussion in Parliament ensued. A “George’s wedding gift fund” for & national wedding gift to the duke and princess, which will provide Christmas treats for necessitous chil- dren and holidays for convalescent sick children of the unemployed, has been widely sponsored by all classes of people. All donors giving 2 shil- lings and upward will receive a spe- cial portrait of the duke and duchess, ready to frame. Then a roll call con- The King | taining the names of all donors will be beautifully bound in book form and presented to the bride and bridegroom as a wedding present. The coming year will be the twenty- fifth anniversary of the reign of George V, father of the Duke of Kent. In celebration of King George'’s ac- cession to the throne, John Buchun is writing a sort of survey of his reign | which has the unique title of “The | King’s Grace.” The book will be from | the presses of Messrs. Hodder and | Stoughton. | While Postmaster General Farley is | assuring the country the President will swerve neither to the “left” nor | “right,” Senator Vandenberg of | Michigan is calling Mr. Farley impo- lite names, notwithstanding the fact | that the Post Office Department claims a surplus of $12,000,000 for the | last fiscal year. It seems almost un- | believable when one considers that for many, many years “deficit” has been | the middle name of the department. The department is still behind the | British Post Office Department, when | it comes to swankiness, for over there | silver and bronze telephones have been installed. No wonder England went off the gold standard when even tele- | phones in public offices can be partly silver. It's a jolly state of affairs if | it’s true—that there are $2,000,000,000 | gold in hiding in Europe. Over here | men are going from door to door buy- ing up old gold to sell to the Treasury Department. One solicitor said he was making an excellent living after having been out of work for three years. One has to have all kinds of | credentials, however, from the United ]Stntes Treasury to solicit this gold. Either in the first or second volume of his biography, Viscount Snowden | predicts a world-wide return to the | gold standard. It will be remembered that it was the viscount—no one | thought he would ever accept a title— when chancellor of the exchequer in 1931, who took Great Britain off the “gold standard. In- his autobiography | published by Ivor Nicholsor and Wat- | son, Ltd., London, Lord Snowden says: | “Personally I have not vet seen any practical plan to supersede the gold standard, and when the international confidence is restored and interna- tional trade recovers I believe the countries will return to an improved gold standard.” A word of cheer for the nard moreys. Charming personal reminiscences and encounters make this autobiog- | raphy not only interesting and in- | formative as to the true situation in England during the public life of Vis- count Snowden, but often takes away the tiresomeness of cold facts and figures with which it necessarily must deal. Reading this spirited book one would not suspect that the author is not only’ a semi-invalid, but at times a great sufferer who is looked after with tenderest care by his wife, Lady Snowden, one of England's prominent public characters. One of America’s foremost fin- anciers who is so well known to | Washingtonians, is writing a lot of interesting things about himself and | some others. Mr. Frank A. Vander- lip, calls these outpourings, “From Farm Boy to Financier.” (Take heart dirt farmers. Boyden Sparks fis | helping out a bit on the copy. Mr. Vanderlip tells how he first came to be in the Capital. He went to congratulate the late Lyman J | Gage on his selection as Secretary | of Treasury in the McKinley cabinet, |and was asked to become Mr. Gage's private secretary. It was arranged, but almost immediately he discovered that the duties of a private secretary to a cabinet officer would not suit him. He was to sit in a small room just outside of the Secretary's office and take cards and visitors in. He | writes: “I did that for just one day, a day of many people coming in to !say a word out of politeness; there was no business transacted.” It was | just after that that he was made ani CLEOPATRA [ Undersecretary of Agriculture Tug- | | Assistant Secretary of Treasury. | well writes a good bit, too. That reminds one of that story about Mr. | P. Marion Crawford, when a guest of honor at a reception in New York, composed largely of literary people | and writers. Miss Mary Wilkins, then | |at the height of her popularity, was | presented, when Mr. Crawford said | amiably: “Well, I suppose you write a little, too.” He lived in Europe and was not familiar with America’s best sellers. But just a word to those who may not have read Prof. Tug- | well's latest, the windows of the book THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, | AIDING NAVY RELIEF THANKSGIVING BALL | stores show copies of it along with the cabinet literature. The Undersecretary is back and he certainly did pursue a laissez faire program while in Europe. He got around considerably and hobnobbed with I1 Duce and royalty quite & bit. Of course, primarily, he went over to attend the Agricultural Conference in Italy, but it would not have taken him long to have met all the dirt farmers there, for the farms do not run into the thousands of acres, as they do out in the Middle West. II Duce doubtless told him about that wild dash he made on a tractor into the Pontine Marshes, when he led the caravan of tractors that have helped the swampy land to blossom as the rose. That classic marsh! Il Duce is somewhat like L. Quintius Cincinna- tus, who went from the plow to the dictatorship — except I1 Duce went from a newpaper office to his present position, but like Cincinnatus he be- lieves in the cultivation of the soil as | the salvation of any country or people. Mr. George Bernard Shaw has pre- sented his letters from the late Dame Ellen Terry to the British Museum. | They are not available for public in- spection, as many of the letters are still unpublished—those referring to living persons. The letters in book form which passed between the great | actress and the playwright and author |are truly delightful in ®heir Shavian- | Terry way. Two geniuses each inter- ested in the other and both unknown to each other personally during some | months of their correspondence. This | was not Shaw’s fault, as he repeatedly tried to meet Miss Terry. But there was some spell or illusion she evi- dently did not wish to break. She finally met him. Just read the letters; they are a little unusual. That's & swell ball Anne Kinsolving Brown is giving over in Baltimore. | No comments are needed as to the | quality of that party—elegance, good cheer—with a capital letter. 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Then her marrtage to Mr. John Nicholas Brown of Providence and Newport took place at St. Paul's. Every detail of the wedding was a la Baltimore, with the church crowded with the exclusive and gay and Anne’s newspaper sisters end brothers had | seats well to the front. there? They were. Of old Virginia stock and reared in the purple of the church, Anne ‘Were they all " A toast to t | Russian tunic... May its charm | last forever has a way and a way. Shortly after her marriage her husband suggested [the bridegroom, is to be best man, that she needed a fille de chambre. She asked why she needed a lady’s maid, as she had only four pair of silk hose—two for evening—in the drawer awaiting use; two for day wear, one of which she had on. This is not intended for a genealogy of the Browns and Kinsolving fam- flies, but Washington is looking for- ward to the return of Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry—the latter is the aunt of Mr. Brown, you know. Mrs. Gerry has put a quietus on that | old saying, “A prophet is not without honor save in his own country,” for D. €, NOVEMBER 25, 1934—PART THREE. Thanksgiving Eve and Other Weddings of Future Mr. and Mrs. Pleasant M. Howard announce the wedding of their daughter Eleanor to Mr. Willlam P. ‘Waldenmaler Thanksgiving evening at 8 o'clock at St. John's Lutheran Church, Riverdale, Md., with the Rev. Henry Whiting of Washington of- ficiating. A reception for the family will be held at the home of the bride’s parents immediately following the wedding. Miss Gertrude Hutchinson Pixton has selected Saturday, December 8, for her marriage to Mr. Edmund Chester Pusey in St. Thomas Epis- copal Church at 4 o'clock, and has chosen as her attendants her sister, Mrs. Charles F. Lanman, as her matron of honor; Miss Alice W. Naecker, her maid of honor, and Miss Elizabeth Evans and Miss Sara Grace Smiih, the latter of Pittsburgh, Pa., as_her bridesmaids. Mr. Charles F. Lanman will be best man for Mr. Pusey, and the ushers will be Mr. R. R. Robinson and Mr. A. T. Holland, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. C. B. Dobbs of Knoxvilje, Tenn.; Mr. Edward L. Stonnelle, Alexandria, Va., and Mr. Charles M. Pixton, brother of the bride. Invitations have been received in Washington for the wedding of Miss Evelyn Eloise Behles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Paul Behles of Balti- more, to Mr. Gordon McCormick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. McCor- mick of Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Behles formerly made their home in Washington, where Miss Behles at- tended school. The ceremony will be performed | Wednesday, November 28, at the Gar- | rett Park M. E. Church at 7 o'clock, followed by a reception at the Emer- son Hotel. Miss Behles has chosen as her at- tendants Miss Clara Haneke, maid of honor; Miss Charlotte Gartland and Miss Alice Hirsch, bridesmaids, all of ‘Washington. Mr. Norvin McCormick, uncle of and the ushers will be Mr. Vernon Mitchell, Mr. Melvin Smith, Mr. Arthur McCormick and Mr. Bud Tay- lor, all of Baltimore. Sunaay Nigh; Suppers In Friends Meeting House The first of a series of Sun- day night suppers will be given tomorrow evening at the Washing- ton Friends meeting house, Twenty- first street and Florida avenue, when the guests will be the young men and young women from foreign in North Carolina, her former adopted she is much beloved, and the vork of herself and her first | husband, the late George Vanderbilt, still bear fruit. Biltmore Village, just outside of Asheville, with its charm- ing village green and quaint little | Episcopal church, is a living monu- ment to them both Beautiful St. John the Divine, Morningside Heights, N. Y. held a special service for the United Daughters of the Confederacy last Sunday night, and the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy stood side by side with the Stars and Stripes before the altar. 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