The Washington times., 1934-11-06

smell their
fragrant smoke.
Had a delightful letter this
morning from Juliet de Lima e
Silva. Juliet was one OF the
most charming diplomatic hos
teses in Washington, where, un-
til recently, her husband was
Ambassador from Brazil. AL
ready the de Limas are a real
success at their new post at
Brussels.
Juliet de Lima, I suspect, Is
also touched by the potent fall
fever"-likewise dangerous in
Belgium. She writes of walk
ing every day in the Foret de
SoigneS, lone of the most beau
tiful forests in the world" And
says with touch of home
sickness for America:
eve remember our friends in
Washington and miss them
more than 1 can say. Although
we have been here five months,
and adore Brussels, we have
not yet had time to do many
of the things we want.
II have been SO busy, finding
q perfectly lovely new house
with the prettiest garden you
can imagine. Now 1 am having
all kinds of tulip bulbs planted
for the spring.
1--WE were so glad to see Dick
and Lillah SOuthgate this sum-
mer (they accompanied Paul
Mays funeral cOrtege to BruS-
sells, you knOw.")
People who move away from
Washington say they miss the
good talk" of the town. Not
gossip. That isn't good" talk.
It's generally naughty if. its
worth listening to. The good
talk, I mean is the sort one
hears at one of the Louis Bran
dies Sunday afternoons.
The Justice of the Supreme
Court and Mrs. BrandeiS are
not only intelligent people
there's never been the slight
est doubt of this-but they've
humor, and the gift of encour'
aging the expression of opin-
ions that make conversation
both exciting and informative.
Among the guests on Sunday
last at the Brandeis apartment
at Florence Court were Mr.. JUS
tice Cardoza, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
Henderson, Mr.. Norman Hap
good, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Gram Swing. Mr.. Justice
Cardoza understands the grace
of good conversation. He says
conversation should be a thing
apart from the difficulties Of
life. Should be enjoyed for it's
own sake. Should be made of
opinions spontaneously ex-
pressed, contradicted and for.
gotten.
Good conversation. Mr.. Car.
doza thinks, is mental relaXa'
ton and a diversion.
The Leon Hendersons are de-
1ightful people. Mr.. Henderson
is a member of the National In
dustrial Board of the NRA and
chief of the Division of Re-
search and Planning. An erudite
fellow, so one of his friends told
me he has "all the high-powered
stuff of a brain truster and is a
regular guy besides" Mrs. Hen
derson is very pretty, with dark
hair and brown eyes.
The Russian ballet has come
and gone. I knew a woman in
Baltimore, rich in tradition but
poor in money, who cheerily
sold her family silver to buy
tickets for the opera.
That's the way I feel about
the Ballet Russo. I'd mortgage
my reputation-if it weren't too
ancient to be negotiable-for a
chance to revel in the grace and
music and color of the ballet
Once, however, I had bitter
experience at the Ballet Russo,
Entranced by the exquisite spec
tacle and the music of the or
chestra, I turned to my com
panion at the end of the first
ballet, waited eagerly for he1
enthusiasm. She said, calmly:
"Well, I'll say this for
them - they certainly are
nimble."
Most of the lovely creatures
of the Ballet Russo are very
young. Tamara Toumanova is
a mere seventeen and is
managed by an aggressive
stage mother. Many of the
girls in the chorus are four.
teen or fifteen years old. They
are strictly supervised and
trained to religious observance.