Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1935, Page 47

SBOCIETY. About Well-Known Folk In Books, Art, Politics Woman Politicians In Lively Joust—Spicy Humor of Gen Johnson—Mustapha Kemel and Suffrage. : American Minister to Austria, who traded the glamour and champagne of BY ROBERT CRAWFORD. There is so much politics and polit- i | fcal activity in Washington this Fall that even the voteless inhabitants of the District are becoming enthused, and one would almost think they were enfranchised citizens and had every right in the world to be taxed with- out their consent, as well as to help in the upkeep of the millions of dol- lars worth of untaxable property with which they share their budget. Of course, these voteless inhabitants are allowed to go before congressional committees, but when they do they feel like a poor man at the feast— untold riches spread out before them of which they are not invited to par- take. And then one meets them at political clubs and gatherings of all kinds. They like to be in the know. Judging from the intensive plan- ning and energy of the Democratic and Republican women's clubs. not only here but throughout the States, the 1986 campaign is already on and the women are working to fill their own coffers while the men are sweat- ing over the question of raising money. Of course the women are doing it in their own way: Card parties, luncheons, teas, dinners and what not, but the money is coming in. and they remember about the little drops of water and the little grains of sand and about that tiny mouse that gnawed the rope and freed the big lion—in this case it's the donkey and the elephant. Speaking of donkeys, 50 gross of donkey banks were ordered by Mrs. James H. Wolfe, chairman of the women’s division of the Democratic National Committee, and they went 80 fast that she has now ordered 100 gross additional. She says the women are asking no money for the national division, but are leaving the money in the towns, counties and districts of the States. The harvest of pennies and dimes has begun, and she found in the Middle West, where she recently spoke, that the children were taking an interest in putting pennies in the donkey—maybe they, too, know a little bit about the social security act, and that the money has to stay put. Judging from a table full of don- keys in the women’s division head- quarters in the National Press Build- ing. Mrs. Wolfe is waiting for the last round-up. Silver donkeys for Sen- ator Burton Wheeler and others of the Western States; gold donkeys for the Wall streets of the East: blue donkeys for bright skies and happy days are here again; green donkeys for the big harvests of the Fall, and brown donkeys for the magnificent tobacco crops that are rolling in. By the way figures show that in the past two years women have smoked more cigarettes than men—how about cock- tails? Not to be outdone by those donkeys, Mrs. William Fitch Kelley, president of the Women's National Republican Club—she of the charming, delight- ful, peppy, peppery personality who can almost persuade an old dyed-in- the-wool Democrat to become a Re- publican, so keen is she in argument and Republican propaganda, pulled off a wonderful stunt at a Republican rally lately when she presented to the audience a pretty little girl of 10 years who is so enthusiastically in- terested in seeing the party win in 1936, that she contributed—unsought —her dollar to start the ball rolling for the children’s part in the cam- paign. Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsyl- vania, World War hero and sometime Jurius Garrincker & Co. F STREET AT FOURTEENTH WE HAVE, IN OUR CORSET SHOP, FIFTH FLOOR, THE NEWEST AND BEST PURE LASTEX GARMENTS FOR CONTROLLING THE FIGURE. SILK- GIRDLES AND PANTIE-CORSETS REAL GARMENTS THAT MOLD AND HOLD, « YET YOU FEEL FREE AS AIR }N THEM . .. 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The Pennsylvania governor—by the way the first Demo- cratic governor of the State in 47 years—was so pleased by the invita- tion to speak for the ladies that he actually flew to Washington. He talked to them about the tariff, lauded Secretary Hull's trade policy and in speaking in defense of the Constitution, said the only part the Democrats did not uphold was the eighteenth amendment—not being set a good example by the Republicans who also did not uphold it. His speech filled every one present with the ozone of pure Jeffersonian democracy—a reai love feast with the front row filled with Democrats, among them Senator Guffey and his sisters, who were introduced by Mrs. Edward G. Meigs, president of the club and toast mistress of the evening, as the “Royal Family of Pennsylvania.” In turn| the Senator referred to Gov. Earle, who comes from a long line of Re- publicans, as the Democratic presi-;. dential candidate for 1940. And what | would you? Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, is as coy as a prima donna in his farewell ap- pearances in the W. P. A. The im- mortal Patti and the divine Sara were a fruitful subject for the funnies and cartoonists for many years with their numerous farewells, but they were not a circumstance to the General. He changes only for a time and period- ically returns to his early love—the W. P. A. He has resigned as ad- ministrator for New York City, with a parting salute to “Old Bright Eyes on the Hudson"—in true Johnsonian style he has started out to tell the public about the changes needed in the New Deal—not new aims he says. The General's language may not be as rhetorical or as elegant as the great Samuel, who had to have a big vocabulary because he wrote a dic- tionary, but for perspicacity and volu- bility in putting his remarks into twentieth century vernacular, he is doubtless without a rival. His New York job he called “a holy show,” with 220,000 jobs to his credit . . . “some things we are doing i W. P. A. are fantastical, but be- tween saving a life or a catastrophic situation fantastically and not sav- ing it at all, there is, to my mind. no | choice to make . . . the New Deal needs realignment but it doesn’t need | aims . . ." | “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pieasure dome decree” and the | President of the Turkish Republic. Mustapha Kemal, not to be behind | the times. has a public works admin- istration all his own and one of his | most successful projects just com- pleted is a pleasure city which he has built by the sea. A sort of Coney Island or midway pleasaunce; a play- | ground, bathing beach, casino and amusements and sports of ali kinds where the people can go and enjoy themselves. The place is called “Flor- ya” and is on the European side of the Sea of Marmora, about 30 miles from Istanbul. President Kemal has done: much SKIN A ’#’éflg : BUT because THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 20, 1935—PART THREE. Married in St. Margaret’s Church MRS. SAMUEL BUTLER GRIMES, JR., Before her wedding yesterday afternoon, in St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Miss Elizabeth Brawner, daughter of Mrs. John Waggaman Brawner and the late Mr. Brawner. Mrs. Grimes will make their home at 1 East University parkway in Baltimore. Dr. and —Underwood & Underwood Photo. towards emancipating the Turkish women. No more latticed windows or veiled women. The son of a lumber- man, he is interested in the welfare of his people, in his five-year indus- trialization plan and in organizing the youth of Turkey. He is the only man honored with his portrait on one | of the suffrage postage stamps which were issued at the time and in honor of the Twelfth International Congress of Suffragists at Istanbul last April These stamps were to commemorate +1e progress of the international wom- en’s movement. Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman. wife of the Governor of New York: Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes and other women of national promi- nence are just now interested in pro- moting a sale of sets of these stamps for the benefit of the National Com- mittee on the Cause and Cure of War. Included in the set are two beau- tiful stamps to American women— one in honor of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and the other to the late and much beloved Jane Addams. Besides Miss Addams five other winners of | the Nobel Prize are honored. The Swedish novelist, Selma Lagerlof. Baroness Bertha von Suttner, promo- ter of peace movements in Germany, and Sigrid Undset, the Norwegian novelist. Mlle. Rosa Mapus, vice president of the International Alliance for Woman Suffrage at Geneva, has recently pre- sented to her royal highness, Princess Juliana of Holland, a set of the stamps | as a tribute to her active interest in | the general welfare of women and children and in recognition of her at- tainments in law and the higher branches of learning. A man about town said he acci- | dentally wandered into a swanky dress | show the other rnoon and he | heard on all sides, “I just haven't a | rag to my back,” and there they were | arrayed in the swaggerest sport togs | that pull down a cool $125 at that| smart new shop up in New York-} A Typical Saltz Bros. Mannish Coat Saltz Brothers Now Present Man-Tailored Women’s Coats Embracing the World's Finest Genuine Harris Tweeds, Imported Camelhair, English and Irish Fleeces, ind the Famous American “Kenwood” Tweeds. Hand-tailored by the Best Men’s Tailors in styles that are smart ond complimentary in Raglans, Balmacaans and Double- Breasteds. Sizes 12 to 20. $35 to $50 Women's Man-Tailored Suits $25 to $45 Saltz Brothers 1341 F St. N.W. name unmentionable in this column— well he fairly stumbled over Mrs. Gloria Vanderbilt and Lady Furness ... and that cocktail made after one of Claridges . . . and then business was business and he left the show. That Mussolinf believes in prepared- ness in fields of art as well as war was demonstrated recently at Aduwa. The city fell at 10:30 a.m. on October 6, and within a few hours a stone monument brought from Italy by the invaders had been erected in the principal square of the place. The monument was inscribed: “To the fallen heroes of Aduwa.” For almost 40 years the defeat of the Italian troops at Aduwa in 1896, had been a bitter memory to Italy. Immediately after their entry into the town Il Duce sent a personal message to the King of Italy, in which he said: “After 40 years, under the standard of littorio (the Fascist emblem), Italy has ac- quitted on the soil of Africa her sa- cred vow." The whole world must be reading | books on Abyssinia, for inquiries at | several libraries receive the response, “Out,” so as a last resort the Con- gressional Library was visited, only to meet with the same luck. In despera- tion—and because it's the most inter- esting and delightful place to go, Miss Alice Lerch, in the Rare Bock Division, was asked for her latest on the war- ring country. After a short wait she brought out from the locked sanctum sanctorum, her latest—Verdadera In- formacam das terras do Preste Joam,” by Alvarez Prancisco, who was chap- Jain roval to King Manuel of Portugal in the early part of the sixteenth cen- tury. It seems that Father Francisco went as secretary to an embassy which was sent to Abyssinia by the King of Por- tugal some time in the early part of the sixteenth century—about 1520— d remained there for six years. His book was translated into Italian and published at Venice in 1550. It was translated into Spanish at Antwerp in 1557 and later into French in 1558. In 162 it was published in London in | “Purchas Pilgrimes, Part IL” It is| intimated that the information in this sacred tome had best be taken with a grain o salt, as the reverend father did not always tell just what came within his own observation. One of the copies of Alvarez in the pigskin, with the date 1572 stamped on its binding. The covers are deco- | rated or stamped with exquisite little | panels depicting in minute detail the crucifixion of Christ, the tree of life. Adam and Eve in the garden and one or two religious emblems. The cover is now like a piece of old ivory and the stamping is almost as distinct as if it were cut yesterday. ‘The other copy of his “Abyssinia™ | was c¢vidently of a much later binding, hough it looked as if it might have BOCIETY. s B-3 Rare Book Division is plrncul.lrly‘hln under the dust of centuries. It | orful (?) 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