Evening star., 1934-07-01

hotel atmosphere about the rooms.
Mrs. Hamlin says her husband likes
to be near his Offices in the Treasury
Department, so they live In q hotel
situated on the site of the houses of
the late Secretary Of State, John
Hay, and Mr.. Charles Francis Adams
the latter doubtless makes Mr..
Hamlin feel more at home.
If one were asked what has made
Mrs. Hamlin so popular as president
of the Democratic Club-and women
of the party throughout the country
are interested in the question-the
answer would be her extreme natural
ness.
Simple, cordial manners, a delight
full speaking voice-and they do say,
too, that she sings fashioned bal
lads some times at committee meet
ings, when there is pause in
executive business; just breaks into
gay little hum; then the ability to
make each one feel an honored guest
from the time she greets them at the
door until they leave. She has a sort
Of Southern hoSpitable way of meet
ing her visitors in the hallway lead
ing to her suite
In fact, she has the charming way
of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
who often greet their distinguished
guests on the great front portico of
the mansion. Indeed. 1t is said that
Mr.. Ramsay Macdonald, British
prime minister, was very much i'm
pressed on finding the President and
his wife waiting to receive him at the
front door of the White House. No
fuss and feathers-just a cordial,
neighborly welcoming.
If Mrs. Hamlin were being inter-
viewed, she would doubtless say she
was going to take an active part in
the approaching Democratic campaign
in her adopted State, and that she
will 60 out from her Summer home
at Mattapoisett, on Buzzards Bay, and
do little talking about the accom-
plishments of the new deal and tell
the citizenry of the Bay State just
why she thinks it's up to them to vote
the Democratic ticket this Fall.
Those who remember the late Mrs.
Henry Kirk Porter's lovely garden
back of her house in I street will
almost envy Mr.. and Mrs Hamlin's
use of that quiet spot shielded from
the public gaze by lovely trees and a
red brick wall that seems to blend in
with the greenSward. Miss Hege-
man, Mrs. Porters daughter, always
gives them the pass key and they can
go and come as they like Their
windows overlook this garden.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, some
time Secretary of Navy, and one of
the most delightful members of Presi-
dent Hoover's cabinet-really with a
sense of humor-the other day piloted
the Boston-owned Yankee to the fin
ish ahead of the Vanderbilt syndi-
Gates Rainbow, the second defeat
that candidate for cup defense has
suffered.
Was it not Mr.. Adams who sailed
the Resolute to victory over Sir
Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V, in
Americas Cup races of 1920? The
race on the oath was the final trial
race of the first series to determine a
no outstanding can
didate developed. The two distin-
guished shippers, Mr.. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Adams, could tell many an inter-
esting tale of the briny sport, and If
it's humanity possible 1t is wondered If
the President will not at least make
3 gigantic effort to see the cup races
this Fall.
II Prime Minister Ramsay Mac
Donald, listened to his many advis-'
ers about rest cure his voyages
would take him around the world.
Friends from many different coun-
tries have taken the deepest inter-
est in the rest cure which his physi-
clan. Lord Horder, has said is i'm
peratiye.
Mr.. Macdonald, is said to suffer
from neuritis-and it would
seem that a trip up the Amazon
River, which has been prescribed,
would be least helpful according to
some medical advice. The Premier is
said to love Canada: That is just over
the border from some Of the most
beautiful and restful scenes In the
United States. Wildernesses where
quiet could be found. Uncle Sam
would surely give him q hearty well
come.
Church bells-inspiring to so many
homesick travellers, will soon ring out
in the far north, 200 miles from Sit
ka, Alaska. The Quaker liner San
Pedro sailed from Albany, N. Y, last
with a 626 pound bell for
the Presbyterian Church at Wrangell
Island. This bell was recast from
one given the church many years ago
by the First Presbyterian Church of
Troy, N. Y. The first bell was broken
when the church burned in 1880.
Is it an autobiography you are go
ing to write, Mr.. Bernard Baruch?
If so being your own Boswell will
make it more pleasing, for all that
wonderful information you have about
men and affairs of the World War,
will make gripping reading. 1t is
hoped that such a biography will
come out during the life of the au-
thor, and that nothing will be left
obscure.
1t is history that Mr.. Baruch's life
had its beginning in the South dur
ing those hectic reconstruction days.
What worlds of matter for a story.
Mr.. Baruch is reported to have said
that there would be no ghost writ
lng-and then added, "I'll do 1t my
self. 1t may not be great literature,
but at least it will be my own" From
your reminisctng moments during an