Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1935, Page 47

SOCIETY About Well-Known Folk In Books, Art, Politics Musings of Senators—Audubon’s 150th Anni- | versary Celebrated—New-Old White House Library. BY ROBERT CRAWFORD. Senator Burton Wheeler walked tlithely into the Senate last Thurs- day—pleased pink over the rise in silver, even though it has a string tied to it. Senator Borah's fancy is turning to thoughts of a get together meeting of independent Republicans— somewhere, somehow and some time before too long delayed; and that good friend of the voteless inhabitants of the District, Senator Capper, inti- mates that there is no dust in the eves of the Republican party in Kansas. Senator Arthur Hendrick Vanden- terg of Michigan has looked medita- tive of late as if his thoughts were Jong, long thoughts. He accepts gracefully joshing about 1936. Mrs. Vandenberg accepted in a spirit of fun and “why pick on me.” the remarks her D. A, R. friends from Michigan made at her tea about receiving them in the White House. at a later date. The three Edwards sat ac the £peaker’s table at the Monday forum luncheon of the Woman's National Democratic Club last week. It's a cuestion which is the most zealous for the success of the party, Mrs. Ed- ward Costigan, wife of the Senator from Colorado: Mrs. Edward Meigs, president of the club, or Mrs. Edward Keating. wife of a former Represent- ative from Colorado, who devotes much of her time to the social activi- ties of the club when she is not writ- ing jokes and quips for her husband's paper, Labor. How about those fish bowls down the center of the table at Mr. and Mrs. Keating's Easter morning break- fast? A little thrill at first and then it was discovered the girl was missing and those poor fish swimming on top of the water—were they sug- gestive of any! tainly not the gentlemen of the opposition. Senator Shipstead got a little excited about Mr. Keating's statement at the break- {ast that the Irish discovered America some four or five centuries before his countryman Leif saw these shores. Of course, Mr. Keating is heart and &oul with Dr. Vihjalmur Stefansson, «nd the stary about St. Brendan, his explorations the sixth century are exciting. whether the island the saintly man saw was really land or a mighty whale taking a sunbath, is sion. At any rate it afforded Mr eating a few mo- ments of genuine fun. Representative Tilman B, Parks. chairman of the House Subcommiitee on Military Appropriations, is taking keen interest in the bills for new ex- penditures on the Army. You see he inherited a bit of fighting spirit from his father, who was said to be the youngest captain in the Confed- erate army. The army is one of Mr. Parks’ hobbies. The Rare Book Division of the Li- brary of Congress is celebrating in the most delightful and interesting way the 150th anniversary of the birth of John James Audubon. American ornithologist. writer and artist. There is some discussion as to the exact date of birth of Mr. Audubon, but it is generally conceded that he was born on the 26th of April. 1785, in Haiti. He traveled far and wide in this country and Europe, and one of the most interesting things in the Audubon exhibition at the Library is a map showing his travels from the time he left Haiti, to the day of his death. He came of a distinguished French family. His father was an officer in the French Navy and was with Lafay- ette before Yorktown. The elder Audu- bon early took his son to Paris, where he later became a pupil of David, the artist and sculptor, and of one or two other famous artists of France. If every one who goes to see the exhibit is lucky enough to have Dr. ‘Theodore Sherman Palmer—descend- ent of Roger Sherman. signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. eh what?—the well-known naturalist as guide, he would, indeed, be fortu- nate. as the doctor not only speaks vory scientifically of the works of Audubon, but has a genuine appre- eiation of the human side of the bird Jover—he is one himseli—and relates in the most delightful way intimate happenings in his career, such as his romantic courtship: his business ventures—in all of which he failed, as the call of the wild was too strong. and shopkeeping had no charm or interest for him. Dr. Palmer. who arranged the Audubon exhibit, is one of the most distinguished naturalist and orni- thologist in this country. He was for many yvears ornithologist for the United States Government. He is a fellow of many of the noted scien- tific societies abroad, among them corresponding member Ornithol. Ge- gellschaft in Bayern, Royal Hungarian Institute of Ornithology; associate member American Museum Natural History, member Washington Acad- emy of Sciences, and a whole alpha- bet of degrees. But notwithstanding all this he speaks in a delightfully simple way to the person in quest of knowledge, and uses plain Englisn words for scientific things. Audubon was so enamored with the wiid turkeys of America—he must have seen them in Tazewell County, | | Va.—that to paint them life size re- | | sulted in what is known as the Ele- | phant Folios, the rarest of his works, | | four of which are in the Rare Book Division of the Library of Congress. These folios are filled with perfectly beautiful colored plates; the frontis- piece of the first volume being a | glorified picture of the great Ameri- | can wild turkey. Sorry, but some bird! Engraved on copper plates hy! | Audubon himself and then colored, | | the technique is marvelous and the | | coloring as if of yesterday. Another | of the very large illustrations is ol‘ | the bald eagle which the naturalist | calls “The Bird of Washington.” | | Twelve thousand dollars was paid forJ‘ the Elephant Folios, which now ere worth much more. These folios are 3 feet 2 inches by 25 inches wide. Dr. Palmer pointed out in looking over the books that while the smaller birds, songsters and other varieties were carefully drawn and accurately colored. Audubon paid but little attention to the feather structure of the smaller birds. Three rare volumes—almost as large as the Elephant Folios—first editions of Audubon’s “Quadrupeds” or “Vivi- | parous Quadrupeds,” the original | title, were brought out with great pridé by the doctor, and exhibited with the same interest as if they were seen for the first time. These books are bound in red morocco and exqui- sitely tooled in ggid. The illustrations are Audubon’s own and are things of beauty. The library is rich in Auduboniana, owning many of the original p]mrs‘ made by the naturalist, also rare copies of his books. There is also being shown in one of the corridors on the second floor of the library. a collection most interesting to Aud- ubon Societies, which consists of the | works and letters of the late Dr. Dan- iel Giraud Elliott, the distinguished naturalist and ornithologist who was the first American to bring out plates after the style of Audubon—splendid colored plates—oh, those pictures of | birds of paradise—Heavenly. | Last Tuesday was a gala day at the Folger Library, where hundreas went to pay tribute to the Bard of Avol Inquiry is always for the Shakes- | peare Library, instead of the Folger, | and tourists get very confused. When Mr. Palma, curator of the rare book | division of the Library of Congress, was asked avout the Shakespeare treasures in the library, he said there were the first four folios and copies of the first edition of Shakespeare’s works printed in America. The American edition was printed in Philadelphia, in 1795, by Bioren and Madan. and sold by them. But Mr. Palma made it quite plain that they considered the Shakespear- iana in the Congressional Library only supplementary to the wonderful col- lection in the Folger library, their neighbor j across the street—and | he looked wistfully in that direction, for to mention a rare collection of | books to him is to start him to dreaming and visioning the untold riches in the great libraries which | he has visited. ‘ Speaking of libraries—that's a peach of a new one in the White House. This | is intended more for the room than the books. It is just lately opened | and is downstairs to the right of the east corridor as one enters the Man- sion. A charming room paneled in white with little secret looking closets in the paneling here and there, and draperies of hand-blocked linen in a soft ecru with bright flowers, at the | deeply embrasured windows—about four-foot window seats. The furniture has its Summer coverings of the same flowered linen. The books are a mis- cellaneous lot: Nevins, Grover Cleve- land and the Conquest of Tibet are side by side. Thomas Jefferson, Adams, Monroe, Madison, mystery stories, poetry, sexy novels, Aristotle and the Lives of Plato are a happy democracy in the charming bookcases | which have to be screened with heavy wire. Too bad, takes away the charm of the room. | Next Saturday is Derby day at | Churchill Downs and the hegira to the old blue grass State is going to be a-plenty. Mr. Jouett Shouse’s Wes- ton, Mrs. Dodge Sloane's Psychic Bid and Mrs. Payne Whitney's Plat Eye and a hundred others will tread the good old Kentucky soil. The radio on the day of the running is better than nothing but a sad travesty—still one THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIU 28, 1935—PART THREE Their Engagements Predict Charming Future Weddings Upper left: Miss Eleanor Calvert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Calvert, ijr., who today announce her en- gagement to Mr. Vincent Carr Tompkins, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Carr Tompkins of this city. The wedding will take place in June. Underwood & Underwood Photo. Upper right: Miss Suzanne Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Ritchie, wife of Capt. L. P. Ritchie of Bilori, Miss., whose marriage to Mr. Raymond Minor Hudson, jr., son of Mr. and Mrg. Raymond Minor Hudson of Ashmead Place, will take place June 15. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Upper center: Miss Jean Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel L. Foster of Montclair, N. J., and New York. whose engagement to Mr. William Hard, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hard of New York, jormerly of Wash- ington, is announced. —Edward Thayer Monroe Photo. order or had laid fallow for years. Historic boxwood, hawthorne and holly hedges—such as they have in Williamsburg—were clipped and re- juvenated and the South and New England and other parts of the coun- try wakened to the beauties of many a countryside that had been neglected for years. The charming places along the his- toric James River, which flows at the very feet of some of the gardens planted in Colonial days with shrub- bery and herbs—always herb gardens —brought from the mother country, Brandon-—the | Westover, Senator Byrd's ancestors, | | other beauteous places like Stratford | Hall, the birthplace of Gen. Robert | E. Lee. and where his father, Light | Horse Harry, had so many unhappy | vicissitudes of fortune. Then over | the hills of Albemarle County to Castle Hill, home of the Rives and | the Princess Troubetskoy, who wrote the thrillers of long ago which ladies devoured in the secrecy of their bed chambers and which almost ostra- | cized the beautiful Amelie from “our set.” The Castle Hill neighbor. Mi- rador, now the home of the Lang- hornes—Lady Astor—but formerly the home of one of the Carters. Middleburg and Upperville, Va., now jestingly spoken of as “Little New | York™ and “Little Long Island,” have | some charming, historic estates with delightful gardens and neatly trim- med hedges—and mint beds, too. Maryland, My Maryland. and Oxon Hill, which the Sumner Welles have made’ so lovely, and other places not far away. By the way, the garden | to Mrs. Welles’ house on Massachu- setts avenue looks a bit forlorn. Her mother, the late Mrs. Richard Town- send, had it tended with great care, } can get a bit of a thrill if they are of | the blood. In the Springtime the young man's fancy may go sentimental but Wash- | ingtonians go a-gardening and the | gentlemen up on Capitol Hill go a- wool-gathering and a-speculating about 1936. The pilgrimages to the gardens down in old Virginia began last week, when there was an almost continuous stream of automobiles over Arlington Bridge and out Mount Vernon boulevard to some of the loveliest garden spots on earth. The World War gave an impetus to gardening of vegetables. and this led to the cultivation of | lower gardens, many of which had long since fallen into tangled dis- Rizik’s Exclusive Tailored Jacket Frock of Tucked Chiffon For Town Wear $2075 A lovely dress with or with- out its jacket to wear from dawn to dusk—about town, to luncheon or tea. Black and navy. Sizes 12 to 20. RIZIK BROTHERS 1213 F Street 1108 Conn. Ave. | May Party Friday| ‘The Mississippi State Society, under the leadership of its president, Maj. | William E. Brougher, will hold its May party in Medidian Mansions at | day evening at 9 o'clock. There will | | be” dencing and bridge playing, with ! | prizes, and refreshments will be | All Mi The T fresh M1ss Aaele Kline, wnose engagement 1o mMr. 0. George Medler, jr., of Chevy Chase, Md., is an- nounced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James N. The wedding will take place in June at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Kline. P % : Mmiss Carie 1 ~—Edmonston Photo. Autumn. racy Lucas, wnhose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph William Lucas of Washington and South Carolina, today announce her en- gagement to Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bolton of Long Beach, Calif. The wedding will take place in the early Luther Mathew Bolton, son of Thrift Shop Plans Unusual Benefit Harrisons—Tuckahoe, | Mr, and Mrs. Truxtun Beale will open their historic home, Decatur House, onr Jackson place at H street, May 22 and 23 for the benefit of the Thrift Shop. This is the first time the dignified old house has been opened to any one but personal friends and guests. Every year Mrs. John R. Williams, chairman of the Thrift Shop Com- mittee, plans some novel benefit in which the five member organizations share—the Children’s Country Home, the Children's Hospital. the Child Welfare, Columbia Hospital and the Junior League for its social welfare service. Decatur House will be open from 12 to 6:30 o'clock on the two days of the benefit. Marines will be sta- tioned throughout the two lower floors which will be on exhibition. Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will be hostess at tea, which will be served in the garden. Members of the Thrift Shop Board assisting Mrs. Williams in her fes- tive “annual” are Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney, Mrs. Alan Kirk, Mrs. Joseph Bradley, Mrs. Barry Mohun, Mrs. James S. Patten, Mrs. Bishop Hill, Mrs, Randall H. Hagner, Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Mrs. J. Blaise de Sibour and Mrs. Chandler P. Anderson. Mrs. Philip O. Coffin, president of | the Children’s Country Home Board; Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, chairman of the Board of Lady Visitors of tre Children's Hospital; Mrs. Frederick De C. Faust, president of the Child Welfare Board; Mrs. Sidney F. Tal- 2400 Sixteenth street northwest, Fri- | iaferro, president of the Woman's | Board of Columbia Hospital and Miss Anne Carter Greene, president of the Junior League, will also have | ippians are welcome. members of their boards assisting. | SHOP 1303 F STREET bigger the better HE DOT and we adore them on the beetroot background of this crepe dress. The volu- minous sleeves and spanking bow are charmers. 169 Charge Accounts Invited | Benefit for Women'’s Club of Chevy Chase ; Considerable interest is being shown by the women of Chevy Chase in the card party which a group of women from the Women's Club of Chevy | Chase are planning for May 6 at Brook Johns’ Old Barn near Oiney, | Md. This party s one of several that | have been given during th. vear by the Alice Mikelson Building Fund Committee of the club. Mrs. Harri- son F. Fitts, who is in charge of the arrangements for the party, will be | assisted by Mrs. George A. Finch, Mrs. Kenneth D. McRae, Mrs. Wil- liam J. Orem, Mrs. Marvin Farring- ton, Mrs. William A. Domer, Mrs. L. S. Mohler and Miss Emma Hays | Heck. Although the party is nearly a week distant, a numoer of clubwomen and their friends have already made reservations for tables. Among them are Mrs. James Defandorf, Mrs. Harry Lowe, Mrs. Karl Plitt, Mrs. Arthur E. Nesbitt, Mrs. F. F. Espen- | schied. Mrs. Henry De Courcy Adams, Mrs. Frederick M. Kerby, Mrs. John | Upp, Mrs, Horace Troth, Mrs. Vir- | ginia Walker and Mrs. Lee Britton. The committee plans to serve tea in connection with the party. and prizes will be given to winning tables. Danc>ev | Of Northwest States | The Washington State and Alaska Society will entertain the members | and their friends at a dance Thursday | evening at the Roosevelt Hotel. { During the intermission there will not make a little worse and people who consider price only STEI “THE INSTRUME the piano?” With piano that embodie: professional artist . —and it remains people wherever THE NEW MODEL BABY GRAND, Priced Buy it with a eash payme .50 and the FLITRO MM P8 e et everni 1300 G 1, be a musical program arranged by the Entertainment Committee. Infor- mation may be had by calling the president, Mr. Emmett B. Carroll, or the chairman of the committe, Miss Annabelle MacLeod. All persons in- terested in the Pacific Northwest are invited, as this will be the last affair of the season. RUG CLEANING Handled Only By Experts CLEANING REPAIRING SHAMPOOING STORAGE Your Oriental or fine Domestic Rug deserves only ihe care and attention tha an expert can give. 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Dinner Thursday Honors Miss Addams Registrations for the dinner at the | Wiliard Hotel Thursday in honor of Jane Addams includes those of diplo- mats, women prominent in socie social workers, Government employes, labor leaders and students. Mis: Edith Goode is chairman of the Din ner Committee. Other Washing- tonians on the General Committee of Arrangements for the anniversary are Mrs. Ernest Gruening, Mrs. Michael j Straus, Miss Mary Anderson, Mrs, Frank Hecht Mrs. Frederick Libby, Mrs. Nellle Tavloe Ross, Mrs. L. Cor- rin - Strong and Miss Elizabeth Wheeler. The Committee on Arrangements, of which Mrs. Harold L. Ickes is chair- man, has o have reservations on sale to both members and non-members of the Women's International League as long as space is available. | Takoma Park News Of Unusual Interest Mrs: Robert Harris of Milwaukee, | Wis,, with her infant daughter, Susan, | is passing an indefinite time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther 8. | Cannon, Takoma Park, Md. | Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hoglund, ac- | companied by Mr. and Mrs. Guy Goodman, all of Takoma Park, Md., | left yesterday for a week's motor trip through the Southern States. | Mrs. Margarei Petty Dodgze enter- | tained & company of 11 at luncheon |and bridge Wednesday afternoon in her home in Takoma Park. Md Mr. and Mrs. Willlam R. Eakin of Harrisburg, Pa.. with their sons, Wil- liam, jr., and Rodney, were the week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. George B. 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