The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-20

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lean tourist
whom he met
at oxford to
discuss eco Heller Essay
Monies with him. He got
awfully bored with the same
subject, he said. Finally he had
to set a day now and then when
American visitors could come to
see him at oxford at tea time.
But" he told the other din
ner guests, II made it quite
clear that no American should
ask me a single question on
economics"
Perhaps, essor," said
Dean Acheson, former Under
secretary of the Treasury, who
was dining at the same house,
perhaps, you would like to
make a reciprocal arrangement
when you come to America to
see how we are getting on with
our experiment. Every one in
this country might make it, a
rule. just as a sort of exchange
relationship, you know, to an
swer none of your questions on
our economics"
A visiting Chicagoan (the
town is bullying with them since
the New Deal discovered there
could be Democratish people in
1llinois) says that Washington
women are unattractive looking.
The + minnie Washington
face, as he sees it on F. Street
and Connecticut Avenue, is
strained and faded. He thinks
this drawn, waShed-out look is
the result of the too great anx-
iety of Washington women
about causes" He doesn't like
women with causes or profess
sions. Too much earneStness in
q woman is not becoming to her
appearance, he finds. Nor to
her manner.
Along Michigan Avenue, the
Chicagoan declares modestly.
one sees the most beautiful
women in the world. He likes,
particularly, the Nordic look Of
the Middle Western women.
Suppose they are often great
1ong-legged creatures, able to
stride across a cornfield or bear
q dozen children (only most Of
them do neither). Well, they
have repose. They aren't striv-
ing too hard for nothing in par
ticular.
(And there dear Phyllis stood,
small and determinedly viva
ciouS)
This attitude of the Chicago
man provokes me. I shall give'
him a list of prominent Wash
ington women who work hard
at one thing or another. And
dare him to say that one Of the
lot looks harried across the eyes
or wispy about the back hair.
The first of these energetic
and charming creatures who
comes to my mind is Madame
Prochnik, the wife of the Aus
trian minister.
Madame Prochnik is clever
about all sorts of things. She
is a genius at sewing and de.
signing. Every morning, de.
spite her social responsibilities
as the wife of an important dip
lomat and her responsibility as
the chatelaine of a large house
and the mother of several chill
dren, she spends two hours at
her sewing machine. She does
exquisite hand sewing. Plans
and makes many smart frocks
for her daughters and herself.
And-always looks rested and
lovely.
In this column, from time to
time, I shall mention a few Of
the dozens of Washington
women who go in for hard work
and causes and manage mean.
while to- look sufficiently orna-
mental and useless to please the
most exacting masculine heart.
When a New Highlander talks
out in public he is undoubtedly
devastating. Governor Winant,
Of New Hampshire, chairman
of President Roosevelt's strike
board and head of one of the
largest textile mills in New Eng
land, decided to rush into print
the other day. For a long time
the Governor had been urged
to give an interview on the strike
situation. For days and days he
didn't choose to say a word. At
last he spoke thus volubly:
II am frank to say 1 do not
care particularly for the Wash
ingtOn climate. Aside from that
have nothing to say"
Theodore G. Afford, Washing.
ton correspondent of the Kan
Sas City Star, is just back from
the corn and wheat belt where
his paper has a huge circula-
ton. He says he wouldn't have
believed it if he hadn't seen the
situation with his own eyes, but
the Middle West, his part at
least, is contented and prosper
Gus. The drought, though un-
fortunate, was not fatal. People