The Washington times., 1935-03-19
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Monkey PrOUes
F1ithfuIneSs
GIRLS IN ARMY
By HELEN ESSARY

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The intelligence of the monkey
tribe is often embarrassing. So
Is its faithfulness.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
johnson visited the Washing
ton Zoo last week, Teddy, the
chimpanzee Mrs. johnson had
brought from Africa, recog.
nized her Immediately.
Teddy had not seen Mrs.
johnson for three years. Since
she left him in the big cage he
has not been a friendly Chin
panzee. He has done what he
was told. Has eaten and drunk
nourishing food. Has learned
to play with his blocks. But
people have bored him.
The instant Mrs. Johnson
entered his cage, Teddy stopped
his investigation of a banana.
Stared at Mrs. johnson. Hur'
ried over to, her. She spoke to
him, patted him. -ie snuggled
close with his arms around
her.
Dick Douglas, who helped
Mrs. johnson raise Teddy on a
bottle, went with Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson to call on the Chin
panzee. Dick Douglas, a grand
son of Steven A. Douglas, was
the Boy Scout who went to
Africa with the JohnsonS. Now
he is studying law at George
town University.
Anne Davis Lurton candy
Lurton), captain Of the Blues,
won the silver cup in the COM
petitive drill with the Whites at
Holton Arms School on Satur.
day evening.
Miss Lurton is the grand.
daughter Of the late Horace Lur-
ton, of Tennessee, Associate Jus.
tice of the United States Su.
preme Court.
The drill at Holton, by the
way, is done with a snap and
precision that would make a reg
ular Army battalion mind its
orders. The Holton army
marches in gymnasium suits
very short pleated tunic, white
or blue blouse, long black stock
ingS, and white sneakers-is
pretty and gay. But extremely
obedient.
Mrs. j. Crawford Biggs won
ders, now that Persia has
changed its name to Iran, il her
80 Persian cats down in her
home in Raleigh, N. c., should be
called 1ranian cats. And her
Persian rugs-will they be Ira.
nese, or still Persian?
Judge John Barton Payne,
former chairman of the National
Red Gross, who died recently
was a, great art collector.
His old house on I Street,
where he entertained so beau.
tifully, contains thousands and
thousands of fine oils, sketches
and etchings. The walls Of one
small sitting room, from the cell
ing to the tops of the chairs, are
literally covered with pictures.
Not an inch of space is left bare.
Mrs. Payne, the former Jen-
ME Byrd, to whom Judge Payne
was devoted, died in 1917. In
an attempt to console himself
for her loss, the judge began his
collection. Travelling extensive
". he bought in countries all
over the world.
Paintings were not the only
objects dart Judge Payne col
lected.
In his Washington home are
also rare furnishings. An organ
loft of a cathedral in carved
black ebony he used as a book
case. He had many exquisite
pieces of carved ebony.
The University of Richmond
(Judge Payne's home State was
Vfrginia) is adding a special
wing to it's museum to house the
furniture left it by Judge Payne.
His drawing room will be ex-
hibited piece by piece as it now
stands.
Some of Judge Payne's pic
lures will go to Richmond Uni
versity. Others have been willed
to his relatives.
Hampson Gary, Of the Fed
eral Communications Conmis-
sion, while at the luncheon
table of Judge and Mrs. D.
Lawrence Groner, told this
story Of a Southern woman'S
feeling for Family"
At the end Of lecture in
Norfolk on 1.-THE Medes and Per-
slams" the woman went up to
the platform and said to the
speaker.
II certainly did enjoy your
talk. Specially the part about
the Meades. I'm related to the
Meades, you know. But I don't
seem to know much about the
PersianS. / suppose they are =
new family hereabOutS."
Mr.. Gary swears the story is