The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-02
Senator's Wife Presents NeJU Series Of Articles;
Writes Of Bright Lights, High and Side Lights 7
Mrs. Keyes to Tell More
OF Experiences in the
Capitol; Feted Yester-
day BY Women's Press
Club.
BIZ JEAN ELIOT

TON that's the stimulating title
sof the first OF a series Of articles
BY Frances Parkinson Keyes, which
is to appear in The Delineator. be-
ginnlng this month.
Those Of US here in Washington,
who are thoroughly familiar with
she ground Mrs. Keyes covers, will
probably not get as much enjoy
ment out Of the articles as the
women OF the hinterland, TO whom
. the subject of what goes on in
the Capital is perennially new and
who thrill to read what they feel
50 INSIDE stuff. Z written by the
wife of Senator.
A Strong Pull
Indeed, Mrs. Reyes Letters Of
i Senator's Wife which have been
running in Good Housekeeping
FOR several years have had q ire
nlendous pull This has been proved
BY the number Of letters received
7 BY the writer, the wife Of Senator
Henry Wilder Keyes. OF New Hamp.
shire, and by her publishers.
Moreover, while Mrs. William
Brown Me1oney was editor OF The
Delineator she conducted poll OF
/ the women of the small towns and
country districts, asking what was
their favorite publication and why.
A large percentage replied Good
I Housekeeping" and gave as their
reason the fact that it contained
! Mrs. Keyes Washington articles.
For a long time after this Mrs
! Meloney sought TO lure Mrs. Keyes
away from Good Housekeeping, but,
! no. the writer felt that her first
Z loyalty was to the publication which
had given her start. Now. how
ever, things have worked out. 50
that Mrs. Keges is able to take on
: The new series for the Delineator
! without interfering with her work
! for Good Housekeeping curiously
senough after Mrs. Meioney has sew
cred her connection with the maya
q zine she edited to edit the weekly
magazine Of the New York Herald
I Tribune.
Foreign Sketches Closing
The foreign sketches, fruit of a
two-year trip around the world
which Mrs. Keyes took for Good
Housekeeping. will come to a
close within a month or two. But
I hi the autumn the writer win be.
Gin a new series for the same
s magazine along quite different
lines.
Bright Lights, High Lights and
side Lights of Washington" begins
With a poetic description Of the
sGapitol towering above Washing
ton and its effect upon a returned
wanderer. It then takes the read
Ser to the Senate chamber and
3here is a paragraph of thumb
mail sketches which will bear re-
Speating.
"There is Senator Copeland, of
New York, with red carnation in
Ahis buttonhole: Senator Helm OF
alabama, with his broad white
waistcoat; Senator Bayard Of Della.
sware, with his flowing white tie;
sSenator Reed, Of Utah, still bend.
ting over figures; Senator Borah OF
Idaho, still moving restlessly from
sdesk to desk; Senator Walsh of
montana, still poised to spring from
s.sis seat with an indictment-all
sexactly as they were two years
ago. 1.-THE next article is to be
called "The Log Of a Senator's
WIFE," and will deal with a typical
day in her life.
Mrs. Hartman Heard From
Yesterday Mrs. Keyes was the
guest of honor at the weekly lunch
con Of the Woman's National Press
Club, of which she is a member,
sher fellow guests giving her a
hearty welcome. She told some I'M
written tales of her travels-on
.the assurance that Ladies were al
ways present, reporters never
And she presented to the club a
sgavel made of olive wood and pur.
schased in the carpenter shop which
seven now stands on the site Of the
carpenter shop where Jesus OF NaZ-
sRreth wrought in his youuth.
Mrs. Keyes brought back similar
Eavels as gifts to the Congressional
Club and the Ladies Of the Senate.
of which she is a member.
Another prominent Washington
woman, Mrs. Borden Hartman, Is
now engaged on series Of articles
which are to appear soon in the
RED Book" This series Is to be
called 1.-THE Modern Woman In
ths Modern World"
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