The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-07
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MezC York
nv JULIA pLANsHARD

ny JULIA BLANsll.ARD
Naw York,-George Jean Nathan,
inveterate "First Nlghter," has es-
corted various other women than
LILLIAN Dish TO this falls openings.
His and Miss Gish's 1O.year 70.
nance Is reported to be at an end
because she has definitely decided
to devote her life to her crippled
mother.
Grants KIN an "Allcn"
Because Of our curious citizen.
shin laws, Princess Michael Canta.
cusene Speransky may once more
become an American citizen mas
much as her husband, a successful
farmer down in Sarasota, Fla, 10
seriously thinking OF applying Tor
American citizenship.
Princess Speransky was the for"
mer Julia Dent Grant, grand.
daughter OF President Grant and
herself one OF the very few Ameri-
cans born In the White House,
But she lost her citizenship whpenI
the married her Russian prince
and can only get 1t back X and
when her husband becomes an
American.
one OF her daughters, however.
became an American by marrying
. Harvard man!
Friends Across the Years
Mrs james Roosevelt, the presi-
dents mother, always firm about
not accepting any positions THAT
would force her into the llmelight,
has been prevailed upon to become
chairman OF u committee to celo-
brute the 40th anniversary of the
founding of the Henry Street Set.
Element by Lillian D. Valid.
Miss Wald, in rather bad health
and feeble now, still lives just for
the Settlement. Mrs Roosevelt has
known Miss Wald all the 40 years
that she has worked for New
York's lower east side and has not
only admiration but warm personal
friendship for her.
Tho MOdcrn's manners may
not be much, but u rare book
dealer I'm this city has u mar.
velous book ON etiquette,
called "Galateo," first print.
cd IN 1879. 1t warns AGAINST
splitting In the soup, carrying
tOVth UACAS bChtthhM behG VthH W.
around the neck. Also Il takes
u strong stand against
Scratching or clawing ones.
self ut the table,"
Un.Lady.like shopping d.
Speaking of etiquette, q young
CHILEAN aristocrat admitted the
other evening that her country had
l otntAk oAAin1 RSltAa tAAtAN
but that they seemed very free
compared to those existing for tho
upper classes In Buenos Aires.
Visiting there once, with hor mar
rled sister, they went along tho
ono main shopping center In tho
middle of an afternoon only to
meet with jeers, jibes and insulting
compliments from the men along
the street. They returned TO their
Hotel without shopping and only
tho next day discovered that
"ludlos" only shopped In Buenos
Aires on Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons, from 2 to 8 and Sat.
urday mornings from 0 to ~, Any
one out during othor hours OBJ.
vlously was not lady and de.
served oil tho comments directed
her way.
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These Starving Poets
Literary notes: Ono OF the most
amusing, and incidentally truthful,
talks given by any author this
year was pootess Selma Roblnson's
speech at tho Authors club on
Poets are born, not paid" In
which she listed the incredibly low
prices paid for Amorica's best
poems and stated how every poet
to keep from starvingf, had to have
q business, q rich husband or wife,
or be subsidized.
Husky John Straehey. here to
| lecture on his now book, "Thu
Monaco OF Fascism." IL very, very
| English, an cx-rugpy player from
oxford, doesn't miss u single foot
ball gamo, plays tennis daily but
IL not Interested enough In any
thing TO miss his five o'clock tea.
In he-man fashion he takes 1t
straight, four cups always.