The Washington times., 1935-02-11
NOW
STATE OFG.O.P.
Making History
At Dinner
BY HELEN ESSARY

q. o. p:
Now 1 offer for sale this
gavel of the year 1884," said
the auctiOneer at the lOOting of
Henderson Castle. at belonged
to the late Senator. Henderson,
and was used by presiding Of
ficerS of the Senate. Ladies
and gentlemen, this is a Re-
publican Cavel and it's famous.
what! No bids. My friends,
this gavel has made history. ..
Do / hear five dollars bid?.. :.
All, thank you, five dollars!
Here's a relic held by the
hands Of the greatest-...S Six
dollars! Six-fifty! Seven!. ..
Thank you, sir.
Famous gavel goes to gentle
man on last row for seven
dollars"
The table at the delightful
dinner which the Ambassador
of Poland, Mr.. Stanislaw Patek,
gave for the British Ambassa-
dor, Sir Ronald Lindsay, was
done in red and white, the
Polish national colors. A chain
Of red carnations wound the
length of the table.
At the end of the dinner, a
red nosegay was added to the
costume of each guest, both
masculine and feminine. The
p effect was gay and pleasant.
Many handsome gowns were
worn at Ambassador Patek's
dinner. Their colors were clear
blue and red, and black and
white, and their style was for.
NAL. Feet had to be nimble
and attentive to avoid stepping
on their long, sweeping trains.
I liked the contrasting colorS
In one fireside group. Madame
Prochnik, wife of the Austrian
Minister, was in bright red
velvet with touches of blue of
the same shade as the becom-
ing gown of Mrs. Donald Rich
berg. Mrs. Richberg, Incl
dentally, is one of the most
charming women in the pres.
ent Administration.
Madame SokoloWska, wife of
the Counselor of the Polish
Embassy, who was acting as
hostess, wore a black sequin
gown. Madame Bostrom wore
blue. Miss Mabel Boardman
was in white. and Madame
Frances Perkins in black.
Mrs. Henry Wallace wore
q white, and beside her was
Madame Laboulaye in black.
Nearby we're Mrs. Carl Vinson
in blue and Mrs. Phillip Simms
in black-and-white satin.
The conversation at such a
diplomatic dinner sometimes d.
reefs the history of nations. It
is. part of the evenings ritual
for the men to talk together for
perhaps an hour at a time. In
such an easy after-dinner atmos.
phere, opinions are freely spoken
and international understand
ing advances.
Representative Caroline O'Day,
from New York, says that her
children are camera and pub
licity shy. Just because their
mother has a dramatic career,
they see no reason why anyone
should be interested in them.
Indeed, they almost wish
Mother had not become a per-
Sonage.
Continuing on the Henderson
Castle theme-the pet puppy of
Beatrice Henderson Wholean
was the subject of a little book
of verse written and illustrated
by Mrs. Wholean's grandmother,
the extraordinary Mrs. Hender-
son.
The book was autographed
and given by Mrs. Henderson to
Mildred Frances Howard, the
daughter of Mrs. Robert c.
Howard. .
Mrs. Henderson was a deter.
mined reader. She often read
until dawn. She declared, how
ever, that she never permitted
literary designations to interfere
with early rising" She was in.
Variably the first one of her
large household to be up in the
mornings.
His Brittanic Majesty's Am
bassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay,
is addressed by his friends as
"Ronnie."
Mrs. Alice Longworth is back
from New York and says she
isn't engaged to soul in the
. world. -.
Mr.. William R. Castle, for
mer Undersecretary of State,
walks downtown every day from
his home on S Street. =.
The favorite dish of DR.. Leo
S. Rowe, Director General of
the Pan American Union, is
plain, unadorned corned beef
hash, as Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr,
wife of the Assistant Secretary
of State, serves it. DR.. Rowe
is leaving in a week or so for
Venezuela, where corned beef
hash is at its best with chilli
trimmings. &c.
Senator Willard F. Tydings
has come home from a thrilling
trip around the world with nice