The Washington times., 1934-11-24

IA $$ his way to
Helen ESsary the Philip
pines. And the outlook on agree
able gentlemen has grown a
little dim since Bob Jackson
took himself off to be counsel
for the Motion Picture Pro-
ducers. However, judging from
the account of the party that
the letter gives, these gentle
men are not missing Wash
ington.
Nor are the Forbes Morgans
and Mrs. Campbell Prichett,
who were present at the dinner.
The setting was the SmarteSt
night club in Hollywood. The
decorations, other than the
guests, were dahlias, roses and
sweet peas.
But here's the letter. It's
most entertainingly written:
"The party was really delight
full. Lasted until dawn and
everyone stayed for hours. Even
Senator McAdOO, who did not
leave until 2 o'clock. He danced
more than anyone else. Though
/ suspect Freddie March's actual
mileage may have been greater,
because he remained until the
end.
"MilIard Tydings, Of course,
had his pick of dinner partners.
He chose Dolores del Rio (MrS.
Cedric GibbOns) and youthful
Margaret Lindsay. Vibrant,
keenly intelligent, and sure to
have an interesting future. In
cidentally, Margaret is a gradu-
ate Of National Park Seminary
Just outside Of Washington.
"SenatOr McAdOO sat between
RosamOnd PinchOt and jean
nette Mcdonald, but spent q
lot of time away from the table
dancing with Virginia Bruce
Gilbert. Watteau must have
stirred a bit in his grave-n
the shades of the dead have
any knowledge Of what the liv-
ing are doing. For Virginia
was as beautiful a blue-and- gold
white pattern as the French
artist could have imagined for
his Shepherdesses in old TOu-
raine.
"Sarah Morgan did very well
for herself between Gary Cooper
and Fredric March. And Nat
allie Prichett sat between Fred
ric March and John Lodge.
Forbes Morgan'S dinner part
ner was Genevieve TObin, whom
he used to know in New York.
On Forbes left was Fay Wray
mrs. John Monk SaunderS).
"By the way, the guests
whose names are not men
toned in the printed list which
I am enclosing are our old
friend, Harry CrOcker (yOu re-
me mber him at Mrs. Patter-
seas party for Marion DavieS)
a.nd Doris Duke. They were
=, the first to leave, and seemed
most devoted to each other.
Out here they say that these
twO-well, guess the rest! He's
q fine fellow and, in my Opin-
ion, Doris would be fortunate
- cha m q VsrinA him
"ToO bad Washington and
Hollywood are not closer geo.
graphicalIy-WaShinS ton would
50 enjoy the people here. They
are well bred. Intelligent. Busy
with creating and perfecting a
new art form - an experience
denied all the generations since
the earliest days Of ancient
Greece. Weren't all the seven
arts born by that time? In any
event, talking pictures are the
first addition to a list which
seemed to be complete and
closed forever.
"The people in Hollywood
feel the inspiration that must
have electrified every renaiS-
sance even though they them.
selves cannot identify it. COnse-
quently they are gay and happy
and daring and creative. Wits
gather here because wit is bet
ter paid than anywhere else in
the world or at any time in its
history. Also, story telling and
song writing have a fabulous
market. Such people and such
artistic enterprise make a pleas
ant social background"
Among the guests not already
mentioned were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Markey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wanger,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernie Fineman,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Selznick,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton McFad-
den, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Manckiewicz, Mrs. Frederic
March, Mrs. Gary Cooper, Miss
Vera Engles, Miss Zoe Atkins,
Miss Katherine de Mile, and
MeSsrs. Robert Richie, Lyle Tai.
bot, Whitney De Rham, Bob
Rowan. Ralph Jester, and Ivan
Lebedeff.