Evening star., 1934-09-30
Tales of Well-KnOwn Folk
In Art, Literature, Politics
White House Takes on Honey Look Once More.
Cabinets Summer Travels Ended-Jus-
tice DEPARTMENT. Lady Attorney.

point of a question which leaves no
doubt as to her position on a given
subject.
That her charming looks and
pleasing, businesslike personality are
acknowledged by the more mature
judges of the Court of Claims, when
she appears in the pit, is evidenced
by their Strengthening up and ar
ranging their neckties and robes. Its
a sort of sunshine in the drab court
room, one can't help but take notice.
Miss AIKEN might be described as a
Self-made lawyer. 1t was the pro-
fession she liked above all others, so
she was determined to satisfy her
schools-no college degree-she prac-
ticed her stenography as a secretary
and studied law at night. Her
straightforward way of looking at
one and discussing a subject en-
genders confidence. She is terribly
good to look at and is tailor-made
from the shoes up. Not manniSh,
just trim and bit sporty-not coun-
try togs, but town.
Her Office in a building across from
the Department of Justice is plain
and simple, devoid of many of the
elegancies and furnishings one note
in Government private offices in
Washington. 1t has more of the ap-
pearance of an old-fashioned law
omce-except the law books have a
newiSh look, and there is no cuspidor.
Besides a charming autographed
etching of President Roosevelt there
is no other adornment in the room.
Miss AIKEN might like to cook-if she
knew how, and there are other things
which might have interested her if
,, she had had the time-but there is
one subject she loves-Savannah, Ga.
Well, the "old mug" won by America
in 1851 in a race around the Isle of
Wight is to remain here. Whether
that laundry hung out on the official
yacht Wilhelmina had anything to
do with the defeat of the Endeavour
is not agreed; at any rate as a sign
of good sportsmanship its just as well
not to wash soiled linen in public
A scrap of paper" is nothing in an
international yacht race when COM
pared to pair of purple striped shorts
which were a prominent object on
that clotheSline which will 60 down
in the history of sporting annals as
the most famous clothesline ever
stretched to the breeze.
Mr.. Sopwith gave one binocular look
at those shorts and well known au-
thority on sports says, Looking in his
code book, Mr.. Sopwith found q am
told) that purple striped ensign
with white piping meant the second
leg was to be east by east, etc, etc"
No pun is intended by the second
leg"-juSt nautical.
Withdraw your wagers on Victoria
or Britannia as names for the gigan-
tic British liner No. 534, for she has
been tremendously chriStened Queen
Mary, and is now in name as we'll as
in fact an empress of the seas. Word
comes from across that Lloyds, Lon
don, took in good many pounds on
what Queen Mary would name the
new floating palace, built at a cost
of s3O,OOO,OOO.
England's Queen has had the honor
in this twentieth century business
world of christening the first mer-
chant vessel to be named by Queen.
The good Queen BeSs and her lumber
ing old wooden tubs may now fade
out of English history.
There is de luxe edition, limited
to 500 copies, of Jacques La Grange S
Drama and Color in the America S
Cup Races" which has been issued
by the Christie Press in New Bruins
wick, N. j. The text is by Samuel
Money Christie and Mr.. La Grange s
woodcutS in both color and black and
white illustrate Americas winning of
the cup in 1851, up and through the
various races to 1884. The portraits
and initial decorations in this beauti-
full volume are by Mrs. La Grange
the yacht woodcuts are by her hus-
band.
Gertrude STEMS itinerary during
her visit to the United States has not
been given out, but the literaries of
Washington are hoping for a visit
from her. 1t is not known whether
she will talk in drawing rooms or alto
gether in clubs, but in whichever
place, she is sure of full house. She
does not seem to consider herself an
expatriate. notwithstanding her long
residence in Paris. Neither is it known
whether she will bring her constant
companion-her little white poodle,
Basket, with her, but it's to / she
will
She describes Basket "a great watch
dog-When he thinks about it. But
he doesn't always remember, and so
he has to be all the more demon
Strative when he does" Miss Stein
affects woolen skirts, medium length;
silk overjackets and sensible shoes of
the English variety. She is said to
be often amused by the mental con-
fusion produced in her auditors by
many of her remarks.
Par example-from "The Making