Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1935, Page 57

OCIETY. :&a)ut Well-Known Folk In Books, Art, Politics Bouquets for Republican Committeemen— Mrs. Hoyal Clever Politician—Irish Minister a Linguist. BY ROBERT CRAWFORD. The headquarters of the National Republican Committee in Washington surely looked like & debutante’s party the other afternoon. There were gorgeous flowers everywhere, even on | the desk of the national chairman, Mr. Henry Prather Fletcher of Penn- sylvania — Senator Guffey’s strong- | hold. There was an atmosphere of life, cheerfulness, hope, expectancy about the elegant quarters of the Re- publican party. Something inviting— Just walk right in, you are welcome. | Mr. Fletcher was in conference. He | is usually there these days. Lawyer, aoldier and diplomat, there are few | men in American public life today who have had his varied experience in all parts of the world and who enjoy his wide acquaintance in all parts of the United States. With that savolr faire that comes from years of service in the diplomatic corps in | Cuba, China, Portugal, Chile, Italy, | his manners are charming as well as | convincing, for there is still a touch | of the soldier about him: earnest, a campaign to be pursued to a finish, | his forces rallied for the attack and | the final rounding up. This time the | campaign is the Republican presiden- tial activities in 1936. It will be re- | membered that Mr. Fletcher was a | private in Col. Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders’ Cavalry, in the Span- ish-Cuban War in 1898; a first lieu- tenant and battalion adjutant in the 40th United States Volunteer In- | fantry, serving in the Philippines. He is & lawyer of distinction and a mem- ber of the American Society of In- | ternational Law. And what have | Yyou. But Mr. Fletcher is stealing the show, for this was to be a story about Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal, director of the women's division of the Re- publican National Committee. When Mr. Fletcher was looking around a bit he bethought him of this Re- publican national committeewoman for the State of Arizona, that Demo- cratic fastness of Senator Ashurst, the lovely TIsabella Greenway and Mr. Lewis W. Douglas, sometime director of the budget. In passing it may be said that Mrs. Hoyal's home town is | named for the family of Mr. Douglas: | there is, however, nothing in a name | when it comes to her politics, for she has been a politician since she was & small child and went campaigning with her grandfather and father, Mr. | Evans, both of whom were leaders in | the party in Kansas and Iowa. Back | in 1928 she was a presidential elector and carried Arizona's electoral vote to Washington. | Mrs. Hoyal was a member of the Speakers’ Bureau of the National Committee in 1932 and campaigned for | President Hoover. She does not con- fine her activities to her own sex, | for she was a member of the Executive | Committee of the Republican Men’s | City Organization of Douglas for many years. The director of the women’s divi- sion also had a large bouquet of red, white and pink dahllas on her desk and in spite of her mannish activities her office was pre-eminently a wom-[ an’s sanctum. A feminine atmos-| phere mingled with the sordid busi- | ness aspects of the room. | tion, Mrs. Hoyal was chairman of the are in business together, share and share alike. Mrs. Hoyal has a hearty Western handshake; no drawing room finger tips for her. Her sporting qualities impress one. She has always been willing to take a chance out in her State, where they grow Democrats. She thinks they are dreadfully in er- ror, but they cannot help it. When asked how she accounted for the| large amount of money spent in travel | this past Summer—4,000,000 visitors | to New England alone, who spent, up there, nearly $400,000,000—she said they doubtless thought it was just as well to spend their money as to have it taken from them by the Gov- | ernment, or to lose it in the high cost | of living. She pointed to the state- ment that it took $1.80 to buy now what $1 bought in 1929, As a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolu- sixth women’s patriotic conference on national defense here in 1931. She descended from the old Colonial fam- ilies of Winslow and Nye in Massa- chusetts. She has traveled extensively in different parts of the world and is now and always has been interested in the welfare of children and the veterans of the World War. Mrs. Hoyal has been carrying on a very active campaign in promoting Constitution day celebrations in all the States. In New York City tomor- row Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow | of the late President, will make the keynote address at the celebration. It is rarely that Mrs. Roosevelt con- sents to speak publicly, but when she | does she carries a particular influence. | Both Mr. Fletcher and Mrs. Hoyal will speak at the meetings in New York tomorrow and Tuesday. ‘The country seems aroused to action | and while there is what Pruldem.; Roosevelt calls a breathing spell there | appears to be a perfect marathon of patriotic activities going on. Forty speakers, headed by the Sec- retary of State, Mr. Hull; Mayor La | Guardia, President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin, Mrs. Frank- | lin D. Roosevelt and others, under the theme “America Faces a Changing | ‘World,” will discuss the situation fac- | ing this Nation during the fifth an- nual forum of current problems at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel October 15, 16 and 17. These assemblies are spon- ored by the New York Herald Tribune. Since a small boy, when Franklin | Roosevelt searched his Grandfather Delano’s attic and old warehouses up in Massachusetts for ship gadgets, for- | gotten tales of the sea zad ship lore | generally, he has had a penchant for nosing about in out-of-the-way places, cubby holes and closets for things pertaining to ships. The salt is in his blood, so in 1913, when he was | made Assistant Secretary of the Navy under Secretary Daniels, it was the most natural thing in the world for him to wander around the old State, War and Navy Building in search of information. Up under the eaves of the old build- ing he realized some of his fondest dreams, for there he found ancient Government files, manuscripts and journals which read like a romance and breathed of the earliest history The first thing that impresses one | of the American Navy. Letters writ- on meeting Mrs. Hoyal is her bouancy, | ten 'y George Washington, then ex- her enthusiasm, her. absolute belief | President, to Benjamin Stoddert, first that it is the women of the country | Secretary of the Navy; the original who are to be the salvation of her |regulations regarding the uniforms party in 1936. To her this is woman's | year in the year of our Lord 1935, when she must organize her forces, lay out her plans and reach women in every walk of life and in every activ- ity. Notwithstanding the recognition | in higher positions that has been | given women by the present adminis- | tration—the finest they have ever re- ceived—Mrs. Hoyal believes that the time has arrived when there should be no discrimination on account of | &ex. She and her husband, Mr. Hoyal, | for the Navy—"a full dress coat of blue cloth with long buff lapels, stand- ing collar and lining of buff, trimmed in full, with gold epaulet on each shoulder”—this for the captains Lieu- tenants of Marines were to wear “long blue coats with long lapels of red and red standing collars, red vests and blue breeches.” Shortly one of the dreams of the | President is to come true, for there | is now being published the first volume | THE SUNDAY August Right: Mrs. Harry C. Wayland, who, before her marriage Au- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Brides gust 22, in Jeffersonville, Ind., was Miss Rilla Doubek, daughter of Mrs. Emma Hoffmirl. Left: Mr3. John R. Nichols, —Buckingham Studio Photo. bejore her marriage August 31 Miss Mary Finlayson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Graham Fin- layson of Bethesda, Md. ~—Casson Photo. of the story of the navy. It will doubt- less be delightful reading, besides pre- serving the old records. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, wife of the President, asks the ques- tion in a leading magazine of the com- ing month, “Can a woman ever be President of the United States?” She answers the query in the afirmative: She can—but may she. There is noth- ing in the Constitution against it, as the requirements of eligibility to that office are that one shall have attained to the age of 35 and been 14 years a resident within the United States. Mrs. Roosevelt, when she qualifies | her answer to the momentous ques- tion which has been asked her many times, says certainly a woman can be elected President—"in all probability, some time a woman will be—but she may not, in my opinion, be elected at the present time or in the near fu- ture.” She adds: “This is not a criticism of women or their capacity, | but I believe in facing facts.” She evidently thinks the time is not yet ripe. His excellency, Michael MacWhite, “Journey’s End” where he lives at Chevy Chase?—is to have a first mys- | tery novel, “Red Drums.” Exciting—a finished product no doubt judging | from his books on India, in which he sometimes warns the reader that something is about to be divulged that is perfectly ghastly, unprintable, | nauseous—that if he, th> reader, does not wish to be shocked it is his priv- ilege to skip those pages. Vision the reader skipping. His Excellency Michael MacWhite, Ministcr from the Irish Free State here, is said to be about the best linguist in the diplomatic corps, as he speaks a number of languages and is familiar with the dialects of several | of the countries in which he has served. This story is not apropos of his ex- cellency’s linguistic ability, do not think so—it's just a funny story: When Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, whose sobriquet of “Plon-plon” made him famous, was making a tour on his yacht and was invited by the Mayor of Dublin to put | in there as the guest of the city, gra- ciously consented. The honorable Moulders and Designers of Millinery, styled to your individual taste. Hats Cleaned and Reblocked BACHRACH 733 11th St. N.W. Choose such famous brands as d Shepherd, Botany, Tioga and Pingouin. TIOGA YARN SHOP Margaret McGowan 401 Kresge Bl G at 11th f 610 Twelfth Street Tomorrow begins our annual CLOTH COAT EVENT a parade of new coat fashions featuring 3 important prices 47 %65 $84 Select your fur-trimmed cloth coat from SAKS who knows STYLE as well as value! Select your coat mow while you have the advantage of early selection! (A deposit will hold your coat and protect you from price advances later.) Our tinctivée models, priced large selection of dis- from $47 up, includes coats trimmed with Persian lamb, mink, silver fox, caracul and other FINE FURS. | mayor, who not only prided himself on his knowledge of the French lan- guage, but frequently boasted of his ability to speak it fluently, on the | occasion of the prince’s visit had pre- | pared an elaborate address of welcome | in French, and when his royal higi- | ness landed, proceeded to read it. | When ke had finished, the prince arose and said that he felt quite sure that the address the honorable mayor had | never had the opportunity of learning | the noble Irish language. “The Smith of Smiths,” being the | Life, Wit and Humor of Sydney Smith by Hesketh Pearson—this should be quotes last year is in for a second reading | and here are just a few delightful bits: Lord Macaulay, in speaking of, if not the greatest at least the most popular wit of the eighteenth century, calls has made me merry.” Charles Dickens | heard of and never saw, I have the greatest curiosity to see and the great- est interest to know.” Fifty-Second Wed- ding Day Celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Jiles A. Carter cele- | brated their fifty-second wedding an- niversary Thursday, September 12, at their home in Lorton. Fairfax County, Va. They are living with their oldest daughter, Mrs. There were a number who called on Mr. and Mrs. Carter during the after- noon and evening, bringing beautiful flowers and gifts, Mr. and Mrs. Carter have two daugh- A. F. Malcolm of Occoquan, | grandchildren Lester, Francis and Vir- ginia Malcolm. Shenley’s | week at the Martinique before going | Jjust read was full of word of welcome | and good wishes for him. but that l'|ei | regretted exceedingly that he had maybe — although published | him “The Smith of Smiths,” and 8yd- | fiey Smith says of himself: “I thank | God, who has made me poor, that he | said, “I wish you would tell Mr. Syd- | ney Smith that of all the men I ever | Harry T. Selecman. | ters, Mrs. Harry T. Selecman and Mrs. | nd three | C., Naval Circle Newcomers To Be Feted Chief of Aeronautics Bureau and Mrs. King to Be Hosts. The chief of the Bureau of Aero- nautics of the Navy Department and Mps. Ernest J. King will hold a re- ception this afternoon from 5 until 7 o'clock at the Army-Navy Country Club for the officers of the Navy who have recently come to Washington for station and their wives. SEPTEMBER 15, Maj. and Mrs. H. L. Robb have ar- | rived in Washington for station and are now making their home at 5220 Forty-second street. They have with | them their daughters, Miss Janice Robb and Miss Eleanor Robb, who will continue their studies this year.| Maj. Robb was formerly on duty in| Panama. Maj. Leo L. Gocker, U. 8. A, and | Mrs. Gocker have come to the Mar-| tinique from Philadelphia for a short visit. Mrs. Huguet, wife of Col. Adolphe H. Huguet, U. §. A, is spending a| to their new station, Fort Bragg, N. C. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Gladeon M. Barnes and their daughter, Miss Ba: | from Lake Charles, La., where Miss 1935—PART THREE. bara Barnes, have returned to Wash- ington and are at their home at 69 Observatory circle. Miss Barnes graduated in June from Wellesiey Col- lege. Mrs. Arthur Warfield Leeke has been entertaining her daughter, Mrs. William Winchester Paca, and her son, David Warfield Paca, for two weeks in her apartment at Cathedral | Mansions. Capt. Paca, U. 8. M. C, joined them therc last week, and on September 10 they sailed for Hawali, where Capt. Paca has been assigned duty. Mrs. Leeke accompanied her son and daughter to the Naval Operating | Base at Norfolk, Va., from which port they sailed on the U. S. S. Henderson. Capt. and Mrs. Charles 8. Miller and daughter Joan returned this week | Joan was a junior bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin, Miss Bertha Gwin Know, daughter of Mrs. Bertha Kirkwood Knox of Lake Charles, to Dr. John Ennis Sorrells, son of Mrs. | John Sorrells of Iowa, La., which took place at Trinity Church, Lake Charles, September 4. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. John W Morse will leave Washington Septem- ber 30 to spend the Winter in Manila with their daughter, Mrs. Raymond Hunter. They will sail from Van- couver October § on the Empress of Japan. Capt. Rene R. Studler, U. S. A, and Mrs. Studler have come to Washing- ton for dwy and they will make their home at the Martinique, An influenza epidemic is spreading mong South African soldier: OUTFITTERS TO GENT aq women who want a dividuality. 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