Evening star., 1934-08-26
Tales OfWell-KnOwn Folk
In Art, Literature, Politics
Roosevelt and Adams Considered the Skipper
Friends of Marines-Senator Glass In Hun
sary-Princess Kaya Liked Our Tel phones.

D6TeO LIlaL WlleIl ILle 1uldLlCleT WAS De-
ing grilled by Mr. Pecora, in commit
tee last Winter, the Virginian came to
his relief several times when he felt
the questions were not to the point
and he keenly resented the episode of
the midget-as did most people of
good taste.
One has to spend more money
abroad now as the dollar does not buy
as much. Come to think of it Eng
land has abandoned the gold standard
twice since the World War, but she
was much shocked when Uncle Sam
followed suit. The sauce was not good
for the gander.
Her Imperial Highness Princess
Kaya, recent visitor to Washington,
had quite a curiosity about telephones,
and while she may not have personal
ly used one during her visit here, she
exhibited great interest in them. 1t
seems an event of moment in Japan,
when one has a private phone and
frequently there is a notice Of its in
stallation In the newspapers. 1t ap-
pears the brokers of Toxic can buy up
the telephones and then rent them.
Have yeu ever seen the red roofs
of old Georgetown, just after they
have been washed bright and clean by
a Summers rain? Cleaning through
the green foliage like great splotches
of red paint they delight and Stim-
ulate ones artistic senses. They are
not tiled, but do take one back to
Spain and the south Of Italy, where
the charm of color is rampant.
The Secretary Of Labor, Miss Fran
ces Perkins-she Of the lovely eyes
has a red roof and so has Mr.. Frank
Simonds, who writes much just now
about ships and things. Naval con-
ferences interest him, too, and II Duce.
He bought the old Gen. George c.
Thomas house in Georgetown, where
Miss Kate Thomas, one of the clever
Fourth Estate, was reared. Before
Mr.. Simonds lived there 1t was occu-
pied-many years ago-by the Span
ish Minister, the Marquis de Podestad.
The house was built in the early nine
teenth century and while the new oc-
cupant has changed it some, 1t is still
most attractive and Mr.. Simonds can
walk in his garden and mediate.
While the President went visiting in
Hawaii, Miss Perkins had to go out
West and watch the labor strikes and
report. She kept the cables hot, too.
When she sits down with the strikers
and talks things over, she is reported
to have a telling influence. She
seems to win the woman folks Of the
family. This last time she did not
seem able to do very much as it was
a case Of "Yes, you may 60 out to
swim-but hang your clothes on a
hickory limb and don't go near
the water"
Martha Bensley Bruere and Mary
Ritter Beard have together written a
delightful book, and gratitude should
be felt for its arrival before the dog
days are over-for what is known as
Summer literature had become some
what boring, especially If the pub
lisher's list was followed too closely. |
Laughing Their Way: Women's
Humor in America" Just why Amer
lea alone is not revealed; but in ex-
planation of the title, which is charm
ing, the co-authors say: Obviously,
if our national symbolism has gone
modern and realistic in its depletion
of man, 1t remains classical and mys-
tical in its delineation of woman. The
male type may be an amusing wag;
the female must be somber and sug-
gest the superhuman."
The rejuvenation of the theater and
the dry cleaning of movies has been of
paramount importance this Summer,
so Mr.. Montague Summers first vol
ume of series on THE Restoration
Theater" is not only apropros of the
times-and efforts-but is interesting |
to the layman as we'll He is, per-
haps, the greatest living authority on
the theater Of that period. Richard
lie Gallienne, writing in a recent book
review, says of Summers, "He has for
40 years lived and breathed the Res
toration drama" May it be added,
Mr.. Summers book could not be much |
more delightful than Mr.. lie GAL
henne's review.
Just another: Keith Fowler's "All |
the Skeletons in All the Closets" is
absolutely sizzling with mirth. It's all |
about scandal magazine THE Social |
Arbiter"; social climbers and what be- |
falls them.
Col House, may have broken his |
long silence in vain, as ihere is moth |
ing very revealing in his explanation |
about his so-called break with the |
late President woodrow Wilson that |
had not been surmised before. It was
quite natural that the Damon and |
Pythias relations that had existed be-
tween them should have been some |
what altered when the second Mrs |
Wilson came into the picture. One |
cannot always accept ones husbands
friends in the same spirit that years
of friendship warrants, and her anx-
iety for her husband was very great |
and her effort to shield him from wor- |
rieS and matters which could be de-
ferred.
That Col. House was beloved and |
appreciated by the late President |
goes without saying, and that his |
services in the World War could not |
have been rendered In the same un- !