The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
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BIZ GEORGE ABELL
THE George Washington, crack train from
i the West pulled into Union Station

TINE George Washington, crack train from
i the West, pulled into Union Station
in the morning Station Master Marks.
in a bright blue frock coat with brass
hustled efficiently about.
He'll be on this car he announced to a
small delegation. waiting on the station plat
fora.
~. the train stopped. photographers focused
;hes, cameras. plump, stocky individual, wear
srx q gray-wllite sombrero, pin-stripe suit ana
heu1ng-Sone oveTcoat, alighted.
The gray-white sombrero was waved aloft.
Bushy white eyebrows Jutted out above pink
cheeks wrinkled into smile.
Hello, Mr.. Vice-Presdent," chorused every
body
Station Master Marks saluted as Vice-Presi-
dent Jack Garner, fresh from Uvalde. Tex, be-
gan shaking hands with various people. Behind
him came Mrs. Garner, black fox furs around
her neck, carrying box of pralines.
Specialized Tulley Garner, wearing a SOM
brero like his father, fastened forward for a
paternsl and maternal embrace. Pretty Miss
Josephine Sterling, assistant clerk to the Vice
President, followed, well as veteran Colonel
Edwin Hasey, secretary of the Senate, and Jim
Preston, Senate librarian.
1t gala, if impromptu, reception
A FTER hearty, but quick breakfast Vice
N President Garner hurried to his Office Be-
fore $3.50 he was at his desk, reading news
paper.
Photogra pliers induced him to pose for them
opening a large stack of mail.
Are you going down to meet President Roose-
velt?" one man asked.
What is this? An interview? Or did you
come here to take my pcture?" queried Garner,
eyebrows bristling
Then his mood softened
81 might go down." he admitted, quietly.
Ten minutes before President Roosevelt's train
pulled in at IL so o'clock the Garner limousine
Ire info Tpio notiO
Mrs Roosevelt, in a sealskin coat, already
was there. So were Secretary of State Hull,
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, and Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wallace. When the Presi-
dent appeared on the platform of his car, he saw
Gamers hand waving to him above the assem-
bled heads
Station Master Marks was in ecstacies. Two
celebrities-a President and a ce-President-
arriving on the same morning! Probably the
only thing to compare with it in recent years
was the arrival of King Prajadhipok of Siam and
his young Queen in 1882.
THE British Embassy is decidedly picking up
i these days from an entertainment point of
view and His Brittanic Majesty'S Ambassador
is blossomng forth as a host in the grand
manner.
First, there was a series of parties for the
economic experts and advisers of the New Deal
Now, Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay is going in
for literature.
Feted at a dinner was -ritish author John
Buchan witty and amusing, and Mrs. Buchan.
Handsome Mrs Tracy DowS, who has written a
charming little book of poems called illusions"
was another guest. Veteran writer Frank
Simonds vas still another To round out the list
was Secretary of Commerce Roper, who (while
one OF the Cabinet members who has not re-
Gently written a book is now busily writing his
annual report
After the literary diners, predictions are
heard that Sir Ronald will begin entertaining.
After the literary dinners, then what?