The Washington times., 1934-12-12
NOW
D. c. Society Defeats
"A Valiant Warrior
GARDEN HINTS
BY Helen ESSary

10 agreeable and famous be-.
sides.
Lieut.. Col. Sherman Miles
and his delightful wife are
rushed with party invitations.
lieutenant Colonel Miles, who,
incidentally, is the son of Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, always goes
eheerily to parties. And be-
haves politely and amusingly
after he arrives.
But the other day Colonel
Miles was about to have a
birthday. His wife asked how
he would like to celebrate the
anniversary. The Colonel said
there was just one present he
wanted. Just one.
And what would that be?
That, said the Colonel, lit
tie plaintively, that would be d
quiet evening at home, in q
comfortable chair, with a read
ing lamp at his elbow and a
good mystery story in his hand.
The Stren'th of a Roosevelt
Is proverbial. Col. Henry La
trobe Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
Petary of the Navy, is as siren
uous as others of his clan.
His friends tell me the
Colonel has the energy and en-
durance of nine average citi-
1ens. His staff struggles to fol.
low his pace.
He is very fond of duck shoot
Ing. After a strenuous day at
the Navy Department, a cocktail
party, a game of bridge before
dinner, a dinner party with pos
sibly a look-in at a dance or two,
he is likely to appear on the deck
Of his boat, the Skaneateles, at
3 o'clock in the morning, in eve
ming clothes. Changing to
Woolens and hip boots, he is
wide awake and eager for prey
ct the duck blinds before day.
break.
Colonel Roosevelt recently
brought the Skaneateles (named
after his country home in New
York State) back from a hunt
ing and inspection trip in the
lower Chesapeake Bay. The trip
was pleasant. But there were no
ducks about except the live de-
coys Department of Justice
"StoogeS" no doubt.O
In the marshes of the island
along the Carolina coast where
o few years ago ducks were as
plentiful as starlings in Wash
ington, there are a few ducks
this year.
Duck hunters are depressed.
Government bird experts are
anxious.
One explanation for the dearth
Of game is that last summers
drought dried up the feeding
grounds of wild birds. Baby
ducks starved before bold hunt
ers had a chance to shooC at
them.
Meta Hacker, recent woman
golf champion OF the CheVy
Chase Club doubles, drove
through the snow from her
country home near Annapolis
yesterday to tell the garden Sec
ton of the Twentieth Century
Club, of which Mrs. Benjamin
smith is president, about winter
gardens.
The best winter garden, Miss
Hacker advised the ladies meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Law
renee Martin, wife of the CHIEF
Of the map division of the Ii
brary of Congress and herself a
geographer, is made in an aqua
rum from which the last gold
fish has disappeared.
Small plants, vines and moss
thrive gaily in glass in the SUN
shine, and, if begun now, will
grow into charming little Christ
mas presents.
The Twentieth Century Club
will give its winter gardens to
the children at the tuberculosis
hospital and to the old and
triendless at Blue Plains, Wash
ington's poor house.
Dining as we go, we learn
that:
The debutante bouquet of
Jane Esther Platt was a fan of
orchids. The sticks of the fan
were of ostrich tips.
Katherine Munroe is paint
ing exquisite screens. She began
first with a gorgeous one of dog
wood sprays on background of
gold. One of Mrs. Munroe's
friends coveted the screen,
bought it, and now Mrs. Munroe
is doing other lovely ones.
AS the wife of Comdr. w. R.
Munroe of the United States
Navy, and recently an aide to
President Hoover, Mrs. Munroe
has lived in all parts of the
world and has learned charm
ing things about interior deco
ration.
The Swedish Minister and
Madame Bostrom are having a
dinner next Tuesday. I suspect
that the Minister from Greece
and Madame Simopoulos, who
happily have been delayed in
4eaVing Washington for Lon
don, will be the particular
guests.