The Washington times., 1934-11-30
Now
Victories for Alumnae.
Art Overcomes Nature. :
An ENJOYS Thanksgiving.
) BY Helen ESSary

= BY Helen Essary
%'why not rename your col
tlmn?" said Betty Lindley, when
we were having tea with her hus-
bands parents, the Chancellor
of the University of Kansas and
Mrs. Lind!ey.
"Call it the department Of
sweetness and light"
The Ernest Lindleys, by the
way, are occupying the George
town home of the william Hards
while Mr.. and Mrs. Hard are in
New York.
And now for a Day.After-
Thanksgiving column. and MUIR
murs of gratitude for friends
with clever suggestions.
Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., who,
as Jessie FAINT Evans, is a
trustee of George Washington
University, is rejoicing in the
fact that many women Of this
and past administrations have
been college women. Moreover,
she says, it is comforting to her
to realize that the wives of two
Presidents, Mrs. Coolidge and
Mrs. Andrew johnson, taught
school before they were married.
Mrs. Coolidge taught at the
Clark School for the Deaf. Be-
fore she left the White House
her friends endowed the school
with a million dollars.
Mrs. johnson educated some
Of the young of auburn, N. Y.
Mrs. Johnson also created the
first real White House library in
the oval Room later used by
Mr.. Hoover as a study.
Among the recent official col.
lege women Mrs. Hoover and
Mrs. Coolidge, whose portraits
are in the library of the Ameri-
can Association of University
Women in the old Tracy house,
1884 1 St. Madame Perkins took
an A. B. at Mt. Holyoke and A.
M. at Columbia, and a special
course at Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Wallace, mother of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, and the
younger Mrs. Wallace, who is
the Secretary's wife, are both
college graduates.
Mrs. Evans is considering also
the relationship of brains and
beauty. She finds these gifts
agreeably blended in the per-
Sonality of DR.. Meta Glass, presi-
dent of Sweet Briar College. and
newly elected president of the
American Association of Univer.
sity Women.
Mrs. Glass, says Mrs. Evans.
preSides in the robe and cap of
q Doctor of Philosophy at an
academic meeting. In a picture
hat and chiffon gown she enter.
tains at a Founders Day lunch
con at the Presidents House at
Sweet Briar. The Presidents
House, incidentally. is furnished
with rare old mahogany. On it's
four-poster beds are spreads in a
colonial pattern, crocheted by
DR.. Glass.
Mrs. Arthur Henning (bless
her for the inspiration) has
sent this sprightly bit. She col
lected it on Fifth Avenue and
labelled it Fur Your Column"
Gillian is slightly give to puns).
again ant has overcome ma
ture. Women who love the
luxury of fur coats sometimes
winkle their dainty noses at the
OdOr from the peltS of animals.
Since no one would spurn fine
furs for any reason the per.
fumes being displayed in a New
York shop window and contain
ing a definite perfume for each
fur are as welcome as spring
flowers.
"For ermine there is: 'COntes
Choisis;' for caracul, 'Masque
Rouge for chinchilla, Pavilion
Royal for brOadtail, 'Kesako;'
and for mink. La Carovelli'"
Lillian continues Sagely:
'But there is, alas, nothing
for the wolf at ones door. Or
that greater monster, the wolf
In sleeps clothing. So 1, my
dear, continue to remain in the
OdOr of sanctity'"
A pleasant story-suitable
for the season:
His Excellency Mehmet Munir
Bey, the new Ambassador from
Turkey, recently went to New
England to express his gratitude
to an American school teacher
for persuading him years ago
in ConStantinople to study Eng
1ish.
She told him:
"WhO can tell? Some day you
may want to represent your
country in England or America"
With gangsters and Depart
ment of Justice agents blithely
killing each other in doorways
and bitches, one gets confused
about the meaning of crime.
However, the appointment Of
Andrew. j. Kavanaugh, of New