The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14

half a million dollars for Kermit Roosevelts' Roosevelt Lines" c part of International Mercantile Marine .. Senator Pat Me- Carran from Reno, Nevada, has declared war on a bill to permit horse racing in the nations capi- tai. Senator Bob Rey- holds of North Carolina, who once ran a skating rink in Missis- sippi, is more favorable. Some people are speculating that the hue and shullabaloo about Bolshevism and the Brain Trust may lead Roosevelt to ditch his intellectuals The betting by insiders is the opposite Roosevelt frequently throws a liability overheard, but the New Deal is too closely identified with the Brain Trust to be di- vorced .. The intellectuals may be toned down. but not ditched.
 Ex-FIRsT LADY
 Mrs Woodrow Wilson's chief diversion is .bridge-playing, but she declines to take it seriously She won't learn any con- tract system of bidding, insists on bidding by intuition" Probably she is the quietest famous-lady in Washington She lives only stones throw from another ex-first lady, Mrs William Howard Taft, but they hardly know each other She still buys her groceries from a dingy but expensive old estab- lishment in Georgetown, oldest section of Washington .. The administrations most beautiful young blonde is Mrs Fred Roper, ("Monte", for short) daughter-in- law of the commerce secretary .'. [. Her husband, now with the Democratic National Com mittee, went to college in North Carolina and brought her back to Washington from Raleigh ito carry my diploma" The blondeness is strictly au natural, hair. strikingly light and eyes pale blue.
 CLARENCE DARROW
 Clarence Darrow's Little Man What Now" committee, set up to find out what kind of deal the MIRA is giving the little business man, is about to bring forth a report Details of the find ings are being closely guarded, but the inside word Is that the general tone is critical North Carolina's much married, leather -lunged Senator Bob Rev. holds is a great hand for pop ping into committee hearings and laundering forth his defense of the peoples rights" .. But in the secrecy of committee sessions 1t is 0 different story =. On the first test vote on the Stock Exchange bill, Reynolds lined up with a combination of Tory Republicans and Democrats to emasculate the measure. The committee was in executive ses- sion The amazing similar ity of bids from cement com panies has led the Tennessee Valley Authority seriously to consider manufacturing its own cement ., Dick Jervis, head of the White House Secret Service staff, is the ace chess player around the executive offices.
 JULEP-TIME IN WASHINGTON
 Julep-season is on the Way the most enjoyable period in Washington A mint julep, properly made, is the perfect barometer .. If it frosts quick ly and heavily, it means rain in ell Iy, and with only thin coat ing, 1t means dry weather And a tip: to eliminate that un- frosted half-inch around the bot tom of the julep, mix and stir 1t with the glass on several thick nesses of newspaper The paper is a poor heat conductor and prevents the warmth of the wood or porcelain table top from radiating into the bottom of the glass Erudite Dr Ricardo Alfaro, erstwhile Panamanian president, now minister to Wash ington, Is an expert on Julep glasses. He explains that true rock crystal liquer glasses would cost several hundred dollars each ., Plumbers and goblets of any size probably would be unobtainable True rock crystal Is a geological deposit. rarely found in uninsured pieces large enough to produce even a cocktail glass .. So-called rock crystalp bought for julep tumblers Is simply a fine grade of glass.
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