The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-16


New York - 7. s. stribling.
winner Of the Pulitzer prize this
year for his noval, THE Store"
the South and has taken up resi-
dence here. His wife attends CO.
lumbia college.
Stribling. always O person with
an individual viewpoint, Is greatly
amused because his next novel is
coming out, not In q high class
magazine, but in the "pulpies," IT
Is entitled, Railroad" OF air the
characters he ever created, Strib-
ling confesses that the corrupt old
judge in this novel is his favorite.
just TOO Good
At a most enjoyable tea at Diana
Chase's apartment the other
day, where huge bouquets Of flow
ers and many celebrities We'd for
attention, Princess Der Ling, for
mer lady-in-waiting to the Old
Empress in the Chinese court in
Pekin, challenged everybody to
an anagram contest, at some fu-
ture date. The Princess II such
an expert that she had no "tak-
ers." She begins with five-letter
words SO there is no chance for
amateurs ~. William Rose Benet
came In with his new wife, young
Lora Baxter, who has just taken
the lead part in Goodbye Again"
- both looking blooming from
week-ends Of summing in Connec-
ticut
Back to the Stage
Dorothy Cheston Bennett, widow
of the late Arnold, is going back
to the stage, her profession before
she married the eminent novelist.
She will play one Of her London
roles this summer in an East
hampton theater. She adapted the
play BEST Sellers" which Is such
not q little like Ann Harding, has
that same exquisitely smooth
blonde hair, and the same type Of
finely chiseled features and wiilowy
Heavy Sugar
For those depression days, an
exhibit opening at the Farragil
Galleries here next week, sounds
fantastic It consists of two
hibit at the Chicago Fair.
One of the pieces Is q Tiffany
masterpiece, and after-dinner cof-
fee service Of platinum. One hun
dred and fifteen ounces of plati-
mum, valued at $500, went to
make the gorgeous tray. urn, sugar
and creamer and sugar tongs
The completed service Is valued
at $4,000. The other pieces on
exhibit is a Cartier trophy, which
uses $50 ounces of platinum, Is
valued at more than $4,000 made
Truant, After 81 Years
william Lyon Phelps, resign
ing from Yale this year, Is per-
haps Americas most-schooled man.
He has been going to school.
you might say, for 81 years. >.
Started at the age of three, in
kindergarten. Went from col
lege right into teaching. Has
taught at Yale for Al years and
at Harvard one year. Being
slightly prejudiced, he has stated
that he felt that that proportion
of time spent at the two places was
about right. 49,.
Women at the Bar
At luncheon for Mabel Walker
willebrandt at the Bankers Club,
Mrs Willebrandt denied that being
a woman was a handicap in law.
+. except when it comes to
making money" Practicing law
again now, there are two kinds of
cases she never takes divorce
and libel. "It 10 impossible to get
the truth in either case" she gave
as her prejudice.
Mrs Willebrandt is a motor adj
dict. She prefers driving at night.
when there il less traffic FIRE.
quently she drives clear up here
after concert or dinner in Wash
ington, stays q day or SO and
drives herself back She will
leave for Russia the end of the
month and Is going on q freighter
that will land her in Leningrad.
She hates the pomp Of first
class steamers where YOU have to
dress for dinner every evening.