The Washington times., 1934-11-29
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Holiday Chores.
Mrs. Whitten's New Home.
How to Feel Frisky.
BY Helen ESSary

q lunCneOn, q cocktail party,
and a dinner, marketed for
Thanksgiving, at tie n de d the
Sixth Grade Play, fed the sick
kitten it's cod liver oil, shopped
for a pair Of shoes, consulted
with the tailor about transfer
ring year before lasts fur to last
years coat, wrote a column, an
swered the ephone, and
hunted for six evening studs
our life would be comparatively
simple, during the happy holi-
day season.
We've been hearing about
Mrs. Frances S. Whitten's new
house in Massachusetts, Park,
which she rented from Jefferson
Patterson for the season. About
its gracious, we'll proportioned
rooms, it's rare furnishings, and
italian paintings. In fact, our
reports have been so enthusias-
tic that we were almost afraid
to see the house ourselves for
fear we'd be disappointed.
Happily, our best expectations
were realized. Entering the
drawing room the other after
noon we were Immediately aware
of the special quality of the
house. And when, looking about,
we discovered Katherine Whit
ten in a trailing gown Of green
velvet, looking, as she stood
against a background OF deep
crimson curtains, like Medici
princess, we knew that not only
was the house charming but it
was a delightful setting for the
personality of its hostess.
The particular occasion was
a cocktail party for Mrs. Whit
tens guest, Mrs. Lee Warren
James, Of Dayton, Ohio, who
yesterday left for Charlottesr
vile, Va, where she will take a
house for the winter. Mrs.
James, who is the daughter Of
the late Senator Hemingway of
Indiana and made her debut
in Washington under the
chaperonage Of Miss Helen Can
non, looked very lovely in an
afternoon gown Of velvet lace.
A few of the other guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. John Philip
Hill, Madame de Sibour, Mrs.
Eldredge Jordan, the attache of
the Spanish E mb bassy, and
Madame Echegaray, the Secre-
tary of the Argentine Embassy,
Eduardo Vivot; Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Wilcox (Mrs. Wilcox
has just returned from New
York; and DR.. Charles Taussig,
a person important in President
Roosevelt's New Deal and a de-
lightful guest if he can be per-
Suaded away from his desk.
There's a superstition, potent
below the Mason and Dixon
Line, that boaster, in order to
outwit Subtle Fate, must touch
wood while he is talking out
loud about his success.
Considering the present Ickes-
Moffatt Sparring bout, there
fore, the discretion that is the
better part of valor may have
named the new PWA loW-cost
housing project in Atlanta, Ca,
the fleetwood.
We're revelling in signs OF the
times today. There's the peanut
crop. One billion and five hun
dred million pounds this year!
Once, peanuts were most in
digestible." Now they are a
"perfect food"
And as for spinach. No more
is it good for practically every
thing that ails you. Authorities
: tell us that spinach is injurious
to the lining of the stomach.
Oh me! Life is very confusing.
So if you want to feel frisky
this winter-ignore spinach (af'
ter all the sand you've eaten.
too) and consult an exerciSer.
A gentleman eXerciSer.
My dear, he's simply wonder
full. Everyone's having him.
Absolutely everyone.
You see, he calls three or four
times a week-depending on
your financial condition. And
tells you how to bend and twist
and double and redouble your
muscles (thiS you undertake
after he has gomez
He always orders your daily
menu. He's very particular about
breakfast.
For instance, he told Eliza.
beth S. to begin her morning
with a glass of orange juice, one.
half an apple, six figs, nine
dates, one and one quarter
bananas, three tablespoons of
cottage cheese.
An hour or so after break
fast, he advised Elizabeth S. to
bathe. The bath-it is so i'm
portant, he said. Also, it must
be a hot bath. A very hot
bath.
After Madame has rest for
80 minutes in the warm, kind
water, she must scrub with a
strong little brush. Scrub and
scrub until the skin that has
been forgotten will be red and
most circulating.
Then Madame will take a
cold shower. A very cold shower,
After this Madame will feel like
the young horse at the water
lump, She will lean ollt of +ho