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B4 SOCIETY. Tales of Well-Known Folk In Literature, Art, Politics Three Graces in U. S. Treasury, Miss Roche in Lead—Some Intere sting Books—Repre- sentative Sirovich Play Writer. BY ROBERT CRAWFORD. Do ye ken there are three Graces in the United States Treasury Depart- ment at Washington? Faith, Hope and Charity—and the greatest of these is Charity—meaning Miss Jo- sephine L. Roche, Assistant Secretary of Treasury, because she outranks the other two—at least Mr. James Clement Dunn, director of protocol of the De- partment of State, might say so—and also because she has the mint and Bureau of Engraving and Printing under her office, and both of these buresus turn out the money. One the silver and gold, and the other greenbacks. Of course, Mrs. Blair Banister— Marion Glass Banister—reared in the Fourth Estate and from a family dis- tinguished in the annals of American statesmanship, signs more checks or drafts than Miss Roche, because that's part of her business; and without Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross’ mint, the Secretary would be without silver and gold. Each of the three, however, possess faith and hope because they believe in the policies of the admin- istration and hope for their ultimate success in putting the country on its feet again. Lamartine, the French poet, being asked by a beloved friend why the second edition of his “Meditations Poetiques” were not received with enthusiasm of the first, answered, “Because the first was the first and the second was the second.” First editions are always the most valuable, and the three Graces in the Treasury are all premieres in their several Jjobs. President Roosevelt knew this when he handpicked them. He knew they were all woman of wide and practical experience in the business and professional world. It was a well- earned tribute to the women of the country and & nice compliment, too, to Mrs. Roosevelt, his wife, who has been a living example to him of what women could do to advance social welfare and the betterment of, man- kind. In a national poll recently in which 500 American business executives ‘were asked their opinions, Secretary Roche won out and was given the title of “America’s most prominent business woman.” On first meeting Miss Roche one would say she was a charming hostess and devoted to the domestic side of life. There is nothing hurried or businessy in her move- ments and as she comes forward to greet a visitor she impresses one as having many of the 10 points of personality — energy, efficiency, tact, carry-through, and yet her disarming smile puts one at his ease. While she chats she attends to business, answers the telephone and now and then looks out of her office window at the statue of Alexander Hamilton, or across the way into the Presi- dent’s back yard. By the way, Mr. Hamilton was a “first,” too. Unlike the other two Graces Miss Roche is college bred—Vassar and Co- lumbia University. She has long hair and they—Mrs. Banister and Mrs. Ross—have short. This owner of coal mines and friend of miners is very feminine in dress and appear- ance. She has always had money— always done things because she was interested. One might say social wel- fare is her hobby and running coal mines her vocation. In her social re- forms she has been whoily unafraid, became a police woman, as that was the best way to correct certain evils, lived in her mining camps to better observe the daily life of the miners and their families. Some time ago she had a little setto with Mr. John Rockefeller, jr. As an industrialist €he helped the unions to organize, she has helped the workingman out there and he has helped her. Her employes live in the mining camps or in the nearby towns—as they may choose. It is not compulsory for them to buy at the company stores and their politics are their own busi- ness. The United States Public Health Service comes under Secretary Roche’s office and the welfare of the ‘Treasury Department personnel. Mrs. Blair Banister, first woman o be appointed Assistant Treasurer of the United States, is not a “me too” because she is the sister of the scholarly senior Senator from Vir- ginia, who was invited to take the ‘Treasury portfolio, and who, for rea- sons best known to himself, declined the honor. He does not seem to be wholly in accord with President Roosevelt, but the latter is evidently very fond of him and calls him the “unreconstructed rebel.” Mr. Glass was Secretary of Treasury under President Wilson. ‘This story, however, is about Mrs. Banister, who looks a good deal like her brother and has rather a search- ing way of looking into one’s face. Bhe impresses one as knowing what &he is doing, and doing what she knows—shades of Gertrude Stein— for on the q. t. its common knowl- edge in the department that from the time she was sworn in she has industriously made herself familiar with the duties of her office and where necessary has made changes. Her office is plainly furnished—has one of those blue velvet carpets the ‘Treasury must have bought yards and yards of—and looks out onto one of the busiest thoroughfares of the Cap- ital. She does not speak with a Southern drawl, but in rather a quick, precise way. Mrs. Banister is not only the first woman to be Assistant Treasurer, but she was the first woman in the State KAPLOWITZ THE COAT AND.SUIT SPECIALTY SHOP ON THIRTEENTH STREET BETWEEN EANDF SPECIAL EASTER SALE FEATURE ST COATS KAPLOWITZ INVITES YOU TO EXPLORE A NEW WORLD OF QUALITY AND FASHION DRESSES = SPORTSWEAR ~ GOWNS of Virginia to edit a woman's page. She did not fill it with recipes for soups, jelles and pickles but made it spappy and wrote about things women in all walks of life liked to know about. And now here’s a secret: Mrs. Banister confesses to Writing poetry; loves it and says she has always been intrigued by the rhythm of words; the sounds are to her like color is to ‘he painter—one might say a kind of chiaroscuro in the light and shades of meaning. She also edited a successful society magazine in Washirgton. Gov. Ross, as she is addressed in the Treasury Department, has also the honor of being “two firsts”: The first woman to be appointed Director of the mint and the first woman Governor of a sovereign State, having taken office several months before Gov. Ferguson of Texas—the only two women in the United States to hold the office of Governor. The three Graces were seen on a Saturday morning when they were awfully busy, it being a half holiday. The Governor was signing mail at about 100 per and talking at the same time. When asked why she did inot use a rubber stamp, she replied that this was not a rubber stamp administration. She is used to cam- paigning and as a national commit- tee woman spoke in almost every State in the Union—she is used to the give and take of debate and has a quick answer and a ready wit. In passing, may it be said she resigned from the national committee when she was appointed to her present position. When one enters Gov. Ross’ office there is an instant impression of warmth, light and hospitality. She came from Tennessee, and the win- dows of her office also look out over the President’s south or back yard, and over to the Department of State, where another Tennessean reigns. She has a blue velvet carpet, too, and lovely blue plush curtains at her win- dows, all of which corresponded with the blue frock she wore and her blue eyes. Otherwise, it's a rather severe business office in its furnishings and there are no feminine touches about the desks of any of the Graces. Not even a photograph or a donkey—they leave all that for the men. Two fine old group engravings with President Lincoln, hang on her wall, and her books are technical and legal. By the way, no books of poetry were seen in Mrs. Banister's office. People with old-fashioned ideas about see these three smartly—even dain- tily—dressed women of Uncle Sam’s Treasury Department. All America and especially Wash- ingtonians have a lively interest in a new biography of the late lamented | King of Belgum, Albert, who met his ing in Switzerland several years ago. The author of this forthcoming life of the soldier-king is Mr. Emile Cam- maerts, a Belgian living in England. He is said to have received much as- sistance in his work from the Queen Mother of Belgium, who supplied a good deal of original material for the book and personally went over the manuscript from time to time. The biography was written in English and will be brought out in this coun- try in the Fall by the Macmillans. It would be rare in these days, when books of exploration and travels in the remote regions of the earth roll off the presses with almost lightning rapidity, to take down an old thumb- worn volume of the “Travels” of Mungo Park, a book that once thrilled the reading public. And yet Mr. Stephen Gwynn has been able to again arouse interest in the brawny Scottish doctor and explorer whose book was one of the thrillers of the eighteenth century. Mr. Gwynn's “Mungo Park and the Quest of the Nigger” has staged a comeback for the neighbor of Sir Walter Scott, whose life was so full of adventure and hair breadth escape from can- nibals and other terrors of darkest Africa. Expeditions in those early times were not conducted on the lavish and even luxurious scale of present-day explorations, when every branch of science contributes its share to making the work not only suc- cessful, but comfortable to a degree. And now right here in these United States, in Greenwich Village, a great- granddaughter of Mungo Park writes verses and has a new book to be out on Thursday called “Pansy Joyce: A Fantasy.” Miss Eirene Mungo- Park, she hyphenates the name, does not write about man eaters, lions and tigers, but very poetic fancies. The third and fourth volumes of Mr. Winston Churchill's “Marl- borough: His Life and Times,” is now out, and aside from the elegant dic- tion, the at times almost too classic style, the charming illustrations one cannot help but have the feeling that it was writen by one of the blood and that sometimes the too sympathetic attitude oward the Great Duke, is one of kinsmanship. The reviewer tells one that these two volumes treat of the Agustan Age of Queen Anne. “As architect, Wren was completing St. Paul's Cathedral. As scientist, Newton was knighted. Defoe was evolving Robin- son Crusoe. Pope was polishing the precisions of his poetry and an obscure individual called Newcomen quietly devised a steam engine that pumped water for fifty years.” That was a swell party the dire OUR SUITS We have been famed headquarters for many years for suits and it is said they cannot be equaled . .. Our pres- ent showing is so re- markably choice, and the suits are so perfect in style, line and cut, that women, misses and juniors are choos- ing them for every oc- casion, dress, street, sports and travel . . . | dred invited guests that one almost manish women in public life should | o untimely death when mountain climb- | Junius Garrinexker & Co. F STREET AT FOURTEENTH THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MARCH 24. 1935—PART THREE. | Engaged | ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY MISS ELIZABETH LaMAR LAWRENCE, Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles William Lawrence, announce her engagement to Mr. J. Lacey Reynolds, jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lacey The wedding will take place April 12 in Washington, where Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, jr., will make their home. Reynolds of Nashville, Tenn. ~—Underwood Photo. tor and officials of the Corcoran Gal- leries gave last night, and so warm was the reception to the several hun- felt he was going to call on Mr. Min- nigerode in his own drawing room. It was in truth a beautiful scene, and American art and artists should feel very grateful for such a setting for the fourteenth biennial exhibition of heir work. The festoons of laurel which formed the decoration of the | walls was classic and lovely—indeed | almost too classic for some of the | modernistic canvases displayed. In- | dustrial art needs a hardier setting, and with pardonable interest, only, may it be said some of the pictures in order to maintain the correct line were hung too low for the average observer. It gave one the feeling of looking at a moving picture from the top gallery. Of course every one was interested in seeing the prize winners but only a group now and then was found discussing the canvases from the | standpoint of a connoisseur. In fact Paris, and is a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, France. Representative Sirovich of New | ork is not only interested in the rama—he writes plays and likes the workings of a theater—but he is also interested in art and literature gen- erally, and last week introduced a bill | in the House which proposed a new department of the Government headed by a cabinet officer and to be known as the department of literature, science and art. Mr. Sirovich's bill would authorize a separate building in the District “that architecturally should be in keeping with the beauty of art and the dignity of science.” —e Beggars’ Camps Planned. Spain is to establish a chain of camps for beggars, who will be housed in tents and fed, but made to work, converting marshy land into arable soil. The first camp will be opened | near Madrid. It will have capacity Founders' Day Celebration, Other Sorority Notes Phi Sigma Epsilon Sorority held its annual founders’ day celebra- tion yesterday at Mrs. K's Toll House Tavern, Silver Spring, Md., giving a er. Before dinner the toastmistress, Miss Margaret Weber of Kappa Chapter, introduced Miss Mary Iager of Alpha Chapter, vho rendered the invocation, followed by ‘the national president of the sorority, Mrs. Claris Booth of Gamma Chapter, welcoming the members. The entertainment during the eve- ning was furnished by Miss Minerva Baden of Eta Chapter, with s few selections on the piano, and Miss Marguerite Throckmorton of Gamma Chapter, speaking on the progress of the sorority since its beginning, fol- lowed by a play entitled “One Egg” with Miss Eva Teel of Lambda Chap- ter, Miss Grace Hudson and Miss K. J. Saylor of Eta Chapter in the cast. Alpha Chapter of Beta Gamma Phi National Sorority met Wednesday at the home of Miss Frances Nagel. The ‘Washington chapters entertained the visiting committee of the Pan-Hellenic Union at a cocktail party Saturday at the Ambassador. At_the national convention Alpha was honored in having Miss Florence Padgett elscted national president. Sigma Epsilon Sorority will hold its annual Spring dance at the Beaver Dam Country Club April 6. The committee includes Miss Helen Shoemaker, chairman; Miss Yvonne Beuchert and Miss Mildred Heider. A cabaret cance celebrating St. Patrick’s day was held by Nu Chapter, Tau Beta Phi Sorority, on Saturday, March 16, at the Hamilton Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haines won the prize waltz and were awarded gifts of jew- elry. Miss Audrey Magill held the check for the door prize, which was a jeweled bracelet. Miss Catherine Bie- laski was in charge of arrangements for the dance. 5 Tau Beta Phi Sorority, Gamma | Chapter, held a bingo party, Wednes- | day night at the home of Miss Mar- garet Souder, 839 Florida avenue northeast, for social service. The hostesses were Miss Margaret Gouder, Miss Mildred Johnson and Miss Ellen Apell. The rushees were invited guests. There were prizes for the bingo. | Refreshments were served from an at- | tractively decorated table. | ‘The officers of Alpha Province Chi Sigma Sorority, had a meeting and luncheon at the Hob-Nob Tea Room | Monday. Miss Mary Lou Collifiower, president; Miss Margaret Smith, vice president; Miss Lois Mertz, secretary, and Miss Catherine Pfluger, treasurer, attended the meeting. | Mrs. John M. Safer entertained at tea last Sunday at her home, 2927 Til- | den street, for the George Washing- ton University Chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority, in honor of the new initiates, Mrs. Safer is a patroness of the sorority. Mrs. Benjamin Man- chester, archon of the alumni chapter, poured tea, while Miss Neileen Cooper, archon of the active chapter, presided at the punch bowl. 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The “Girl at Piano” has a serious | witchery about it that holds one.| She might be of many nationalities— n fact it is almost a composite face in its charm. The serious, open countenance seen in Dutch art: the || illusiveness of the French, the coloring of the Italian and the youthful some- thing associated so largely with America. This delightful person was | I second prize winner and Mr. Frederick Carl Frieseke was the artist. The | several schools in which Mr. Frieseke studied might be the explanation for this figure of varied charm. First a pupil of the Chicago Art Institute, the Art League of New York, he later studied with Whistler, Constant and Laurens in Paris. He is a_member of the Societe National des Beaux-Arts, * LUNCHEON can become a real event if planned in Washington's celebrated Post-Repeal Room . . . Soft strains of harp and violin add to the enjoyment in the ... 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