Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1935, Page 38

E—4 S Tales of Well-Known Folk In Art, Literature, Politics Rush of New Members Bring Life to Capitol. president’s Wlfe an Message—Speaker's Wife. BY ROBERT CRAWFORD. 1f the galleries of the lower house of Congress had been made of India rubber, they still could not have ac- commodated the hundreds of ap- plicants who wished to be present at the opening session of the Seventy- fourth Congress Thursday. The ad- vent of new members brought an influx of relatives and friends from back home, who were eager to see their honored ones sworn in, while | the voters felt that they had a right to see the fruition of their pedal and brain work of last No- vember. The voter, however, who was for- tunate enough to get a ring-side seat in the gallery had some difficulty in recognizing his hail-fellow-well- met candidate of last November, with his slouch hat and creaseless pants, in the matamorphosed, dapper M. C., walking up the aisle in wing collar, | striped trousers and cutaway coat. | As the old family coachman used to say: “Them shad-belly coats do make a difference.” But Friday was the day of days. It reminded one of those early Sum- mer days of 1817 when the whole country was seething with excitement and war preparations and President Wilson would go up to Congress to read a mesage of importance and in his Chesterfieldian_manner ask the gentlemen of the Congress for mwi assistance. | As President Roosevelt mounted the rostrum on Friday to deliver his message on the state of the Union, | the applause was long and hearty. He looked a bit older and a bit grayer—this rather added greater dis- tinction to his handsome face. The | Roosevelt smile was not lacking, but | there was a sterner, more determined | look about the lines of his mouth | * than had before been remarked. His chin, a living barometer of the state of his mind in any final decision of great moment, was held a trifle higher and there was an aggressive expression that was later reflected in his mes- sage. OCIETY. d Mother Hear His inside out. WRen the office-seeker writes to him and spells his name “Byrns"—no “e," sir—it makes a hit with him. That's for the Senator from South Carolina, James Francis Byrnes. No “September Morn” for Mr. Mor- genthau, jr. It's “Ecstasy” this time, however, and since the Secretary did not have time to see the performance of the German film his wife went for | him. Several Federal officials got a look in and privately pronounced it gorgeous and intriguing—it was so much so across the water that the Pope denounced it and the custom of- ficers in New York were torn between the beautiful and the censoring public, It was a shame that Hedy Kiesler, the heroine of the picture, simply fitted before the camera in the all-together. It was only momentary, just one gar- ment less than the average young girl wears at the seashore in the Summer. It has not been decided by the Sec- retary of the Treasury whether or not the film will be released for showing here, but if it is Lloyd's can take the biggest bet they can get on it that standing room will be at a premijum. The Library of Congress has seldom | put out a more interesting or de- lightful exhibit than the present one in commemoration of the centenary of the death of Charles Lamb. The collection is simply captivating to the lovers of the irresistible English es- | sayist, who still has a personal hold on his readers after the lapse of more than a century and a half. As an ac- companiment to the book display the Division of Fine Arts of the Library contributes ~a beautifully engraved portrait of Lamb, by William Sartain, | after a daguerreotype, and portraits by Maclise, Raeburne and several others. Maclise, the Irish painter, | will be remembered for his noted picture, “The Death of Wellington.” | There is a little book for childrvn.l | a facsimile of the original, “The King | |and Queen of Hearts,” which was published in 1805, some time before Lewis Carroll's “Alice in Wonderland.” | By the way, the resemblance to his mother, Mrs. James Roosevelt, striking at times—the safhe strong characteristics being noticeable in both. He certainly takes from the distaff side of the house—born for luck. Gentleness coupled with firm- ness and strength with moderation seems to be an outstanding trait of Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt's char- acter. After a little visit to Mrs. Edward Guest Gibson, over in Balti- more, Mrs. Roosevelt was present to hear her “boy Franklin” read his message. The present “Congress is composed of men and women from all walks in life. Lawyers, doctors, bankers, pub- lishers, society women, poets and at least one artist in the feminine con- tingent. There was a good deal of rubber-necking when Mrs. Caroline O'Day of New York, appeared among the new members to be sworn in. | Every one was curious to see the| woman who had caused the wife of the President to break a precedent— come to think of it there was nc precedent, for there is no record that a President's wife ever before had the slightest desire to go on the hustings during a congressional campaign—and | go out lectioneering for a friend. Whoever expected the lady Repre- sentative at Large from the Empire State to appear in a smock, beret and with a palette and brush—she’s an artist of parts, having studied seriously in Paris and Munich—was disap- pointed for Mrs. O'Day—sounds eu- phonious—was chic, charming and compelling with her very human eyes and delightfully interested attention to all the proceedings around her. Her friend, Eleanor Roosevelt, was nearby and Miss Nancy Cook, her business associate. Art may be her avocation but Mrs. O'Day as a profession chose social service and those reforms which would be of most benefit to her sex. She knows the slums of New York ¢nd other cities; she has visited the sweat | shop worker in her own environment, talked to the home sick emigrant and has interested herself in the lives of the inhabitants of the underworld. Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. O'Day have spent many hours together working out some problem for the betterment | of women and children. The new third lady of the admin- s | | In the case with this is & copy of the | | first edition of Lamb's “Tales From | Shakespeare”—1807. His pathetic | and unfortunate sister Mary collabo- | rated with him in the “Tales.” The | plates in this copy are by ‘William | Blake, from drawings by William | | Mulready. i | Among the art books is one of “A | Dissertation Upon Roast Pig"—per- haps the most familiar to readers of | | Lamb. This is unique, being after the “Chinese Manner,” with delight- | ful colorful drawings by Wilfred Jones. | The Library of Coggress does put out | these exhibits in the most interesting | and fascinating way, and in a manner | that is compelling, whether one is| | interested in the particular author or his writings. Nineteen hundred and thirty-five | will be particularly rich in in- | teresting anniversaries of historians novelists, poets and essayists, as well | as notable inventions. For instance, the corkscrew was invented 75 years ago and has perhaps never been more | used than at the present time. The | Vice President, Mr. Garner, is espe- | cially looking forward to the celebra- | tion of Texas declaration of inde- | pendence from Mexico and the or- | ganization of the Texas Rangers. Mr. Garner knows all about rangers Ambassador Dr. Don Fernando | | Gonzales Roa was not &t the diplo- matic reception at the White House | Thursday night. He had gone down | | to Mexico City to talk over the Mexi- | | can new deal, with the new President, | | Gen. Lazaro Cardenas. Gen. Cardenas | is just 39 years old, of Tarascan Indian ancestry. In his short life he has devoted himself largely to the in- terests of his people and seems to have | supreme confidence in their ability to work out their salvation, socially, | economically and financially. He has | {stration, Mrs. Joseph Wellington Byrns, was handsome and pleased— who would not have been—to see her | husband elevated to_the Speakership. There will be no Dolly Gann-Alice | Roosevelt controversy where Mrs. Gar- | ner and Mrs. Byrns are concerned, as everything is cut and dried—official | etiquette savors of the latter—and the | new Speaker’s wife is hospitable, loves | company, and will go with a zest, wherever her official position bids her. | For more than 25 years she has been | a part of official life at the Capital p and as Julia Woodard of Nashville, | Tenn., was known as one of those| pretty Ward-Belmont school girls who ! enjoyed life and had no end of beaux. ‘When the Speaker on one occasion was asked how he ever got the lovely | Julia, he answered: “Just like I have | gotten everything else in life—I just hung on and worked.” It is not known why Mr. Byrns has Wellington for a middle name; wheth- er or not it is for the Iron Duke, who &tood four square to all the winds that blew; the latter reason would indicate that there is after all something in a name, for it has been the Speaker’s custom to set himself a mark and then work to it in fair weather and foul. Now, he was a real dirt farmer, who plowed many a day under the hot Southern sun and can still discuss ag Itural subjects from the MR. FRANK Formerly With HEPNER’S “% Announces the opening of an ex- 4 clusive and mod- 4+-ern Beauty Salon, £ located in down- town Washing- ton.. Special at- tention given to individual styles created by skilled operators. All Modern Methods of Permanent Waving Done by Specialist Oil Sheen Permanent | lends lasting luster to 35 00 | the hair ... andup | Hair Tinting a Specialty Seauty Culture in All its Branches La Maur Beauty Salon 711 13th St. NW. MEt. 8017 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 6, 1935—PART THREE. Hostess MISS ELIZABETH LEE LOMBARD, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Lombard, who entertained at a bridge and dance New Year eve in honor of Cadet Willlam Leslie Robinson, a student at the Vir- ginia Polytechnic Institute, who spent the holidays as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lombard. Miss Lombard has returned to her studies at Hood College, Frederick, Md., after spending the holidays with her parents. ~—Brooks Photo. been printer, newspaper editor and a student of social conditions. Self-educated, at the early age of 11 Gen. Cardenas became the main support of his widowed mother and seven small sisters and brothers. Farmer, tax collector of his native village, at 18 he joined the revolu- tion in Mexico, and from the ranks rose swiftly to the top. Governor of his native state, Michoacan, he later became minister of interior and then minister of war. Throughout his entire career he has maintained his simple, direct way of meeting the problems of government as they developed be- fore him. He aims at a higher standard of living for the agricultural and laboring populace; practical vo- cational training for the farmers, artisans and laborers and for the school teachers of the Republic in- tensive study of local problems. —_— District Chapter House Benefit Card Party ‘The annual card party for the bene- fit of the Chapter House fund of the District of Columbia, Daughters of the American Revolution, will be held Thursday evening, January 17, in the large ball room at the Willard. This is the outstanding social event of the Winter season to the Daughters and their friends as the Chapter House claims the interest and support of every one of the many chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion in Washington, having for its goal the building of & house for the District Daughters. Under the leader- ship of Mrs. Jason Waterman, presi- dent, great strides toward the accom- plishment of this aim are being made. Mrs. Ralph M. Griswold, who has conducted this party with marked suc- cess in previous years, is the chairman, and is assisted by Mrs. C. C. Coombs, vice chairman; Mrs. John M. Beavers, chairman of patronesses; Miss Phoebe Stine, treasurer; Mrs. Grant Chase, tickets; Mrs. Williams T. Clerk, tables; Mrs. Gertrude Moser, prizes; Mrs. Paul Christian, candy. and Mrs. Lee R. Pennington, publicity. L. FraNK Co. The Store for Youthful Fashions F St. at 12th N.W, NAtional 5760 Jor a brand new outlook. 1ry this combination They add chic to your Winter coats, and are perfect harbin- gers of the new season. Try one as an advance spring tonic. Fine petit point straw cloth, plus bamboo straw, equals smartness and a brand-new outlook overhead. Millinery Department, Main Floor IT STARTS / "SEMI-ANNUAL SALE OF $9 TO $12.50 _Selby L “ARCH PRESERVERS” $6.85 & $7.85 Our entire stock of these famous shoes included in the Clearance! Orthopedic models, conservative styles and dressy shoes. 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