Evening star., 1932-12-14

It can already be predicted with as
surance that Mrs. Dali, the only daugh-
ter of President-elect and Mrs. Roose-
welt. is going to be q vivacious and
popular figure in the life of the White
House when the new DEAL gets going.
Already she has been dubbed "Prin-
cess Anna" Devoted to and greatly
loved by her distinguished daddy, she
Is his almost unfailing companion when
Mrs. Roosevelt is absent. Tall, blond
slender and pretty. Princess Anna" IS
a Skillful horsewoman and Is fond of
spending most Of her waking hours in
her riding kit. She is light hearted
and gay, friendly to everybody, tre-
mendously interested in politics, and
up to the minute in all things Her
husband is member of New York
Stock Exchange firm with Offices in
Washington, and it's been suggested
that he may be transferred to the Capt.
tai branch after March so that "Prin-
cess Anna" may be able to be near
her father. She must be somewhere
around Is years Of age.
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Washington's own encyclopedias, the
Congressional Directory, Is out in a new
edition, as usual, with the opening of
the new session. It has q tomato red
cover. Honors for brevity in the auto
biographical sketches of members 90
again to Representative Emanuel Celler
who supplies his name, and not a soil
tary other thing-not even the fact that
he was born or represents q Brooklyn
N. Y, Democratic district. What q
name for rabid wet-Celler! The
story discloses an interesting icoinci-
dence. The two Senators and one
Representative who compose it (Sen-
ators Brattcn and Cutting and Repre-
sentative Chavez are all A years old,
each of them having been born In 1888.
Mr.. Chavez Is the only native SON.
Bratton en.igrated into New Mexico
from Texas, and Cutting came from
aristocratic Long Island. Senator
Walter Walker. Democrat. of Colorado,
filling the brief unexpired term of the
late Senator Waterman, adds one more
to the Senate colony Of professional
newspaper men.
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Before she left Washington last week
the Viscountess Astor had long visit
with Senator Hattie w. Caraway Of
Arkansas As the first woman elected
to the House Of Commons in England
Lady Nancy" desired to pay special
respects to the first woman elected to
the United States Senate. Afterward
she expressed a high opinion Of Mrs.
Caraway's political fair and predicted
for her q career Of which her sex Is
going to be proud. Lady Astor listened
to debate In the Senate from the
floor as guest Of Senator Swanson of
Virginia, her home State.
X X X
One of Names spokesnaen in Con-
gress brings to town a story about a
newly naturalized citizen in his State
The former alien was in the act of
getting his last papers emitting him to
all the rights of Uncle Sans grown-up
children. As it was on the eve of cleo
ton. the Judge said to him: II hope
you'll vote right" to which the candi-
date for citizenship replied: II always
have" The member Of Congress who
narrateS the yarn Is Republican, and
he thinks that it may explain why
Maine went Democratic In September
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When the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee assembled this week to take up beer
and repeal resolutions its distinguished
chairman, Senator Norris, Republican
progressive, of Nebraska, was reported
on the sick list. Probably he's still
suffering from an overdose Of Democ-
racy," said Senator Borah Of Idaho,
who didn't leave the G. o. P. reserva-
ton during the late uprising.
(copyrisht. 1897