The Washington times., 1934-12-26
NOW
When Diplomat
Acts Natural
A WAR ANGEL
BY HELEN ESSARY

BY HELEN ESSARY
When a diplomat breaks
down and "be's himself" that's
pews.
There, for example, was the
bime when Monsieur Claudel,
formerly Ambassador from
France to Washington, grew
absentminded, and went com
pletely natural at an official
dinner, at which he was the
guest of honor.
The rank of the guests made
1t necessary that Madame
Claudel sit opposite her hus-
band, the Ambassador. Seeing
his wife across the table, M.
Claudel, vaguely thought he was
at home at his own board.
When he tasted the soup, he
frowned. Looked at Madame,
his wife, and said:
"Cet potage est horrible!"
Madame Claudel pretended
not to hear, and smiled the
soothing smile of a good wife.
At the fish course, M. lie Am
basSadeur grew even more dis
tracted. He again looked re-
provingly at his wife, across the
table, and said, again in French:
"The salmon. 1t is too
much! Tomorrow you engage
another cook, absolutely"
A nice gentleman, a mild
gentleman. a benevolent and
philosophical gentleman, DR..
Charles E. Monroe helped make
those du Points what they are
today.
DR.. Monroe invented the
smokeless powder and certain
deadly torpedo explosives which
the munitions makers turned
into profit. He was chemist to
the Torpedo Corps of the U. S.
Torpedo Station and War Col
lege, and was chosen in 1900 by
the Swedish Academy of Sci
enceS to nominate candidates
for the Nobel Prize in chemis-
try. He has written more than
one hundred books on chemistry
and explosives.
And he looks like an angel
an 85-year-old angel with thick
white hair and humorous eyes.
DR.. Monroe lives in house in
the woods, near Forest Glen.
He continues to write on Scien-
tific subjects, and, as the dean
emeritus of George Washington
University, is an inspiration to
its young professors.
The British colonize as they
10.
Dennys Smith, washington
correspondent of the London
Morning Post, has discovered a
News in Washington. In a
pleasant studio in his News, he
is living with his beautiful new
bride (she was an actress and
has real charm.
And the location of the News?
It is just behind Pierre's. In the
little street surrounded by Con-
necticut Avenue, Nineteenth and
@ Streets.
Seen and heard:
OF the 18 silver and porcelain
after-dinner coffee cups given
by woodrow Wilson to the Secre-
tary of the Navy and Mrs.
Claude S. Swanson as a we'd
ding present, only one has been
broken.
When Mr.. Swanson was mar.
1ied the second time, he was
Member of Congress from Vir.
ginia.
Hamlet, the Great Dane be.
longing to the lovely Mrs. w.
Forbes Morgan, is the King of
Kalorama Road. Hamlet is 10
months old and weighs 180
pounds.
The twin Great Danes of Mr..
Hugh AuchinclosS, who live in
Massachusetts, Avenue not far
pounds less than Hamlet. Mr..
Auchincloss is jealous.
There will be no dieting in
the Auchincloss kennels in the
New Year!
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willie.
brandt, when she was Assistant
Attorney General several years
ago, had a brisk, lawyerlike de-
meanor.
This winter Mrs. Willebrandt
is looking very feminine and is
wearing beguiling clothes. She
may be in love, for all I know.
When Mrs. Barbara Arm.
strong, who was loaned to the
FERA. in washington by the
University of California Law
School, where she is a profeS-
Sor, was looking for a furnish
ed apartment for her short
stay in washington, the house
agent said:
you're not working for the
Government, are yOu?"
Mrs. Armstrong replied meekly