The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-19

real. IL S ike broadway. People
are always acting.
When the Washington actors
have finished their scenes, like
any other "hams" they hang
around the stage doors. He says
they haven't the nerve to take
their makeup off and go back
to the sticks where they came
from.
''Dear H. E.:
"The clothes of most women
delegates depreSS me. They are
30 ruffly. Don't you really think
that The greatest menace to
middle age is the Misses De-
partment?"
(Signed) "TAILORMADE."
The query is referred to the
"How COULD We Be Our Age
Department."
Washington hotel managers
are thinking of presenting Mrs.
Roosevelt with a testimonial of
esteem and affection. Annual
gatherings of women's organ
iZations are getting bigger and
better each year. The hotels are
making money fast.
Hotel managers say this is be.
cause Mrs. Roosevelt receives
practically every group that re-
gu tests an audience. Visiting
women, eager to shake the hand
of the Presidents wife, are COM
ing to town in droves.
$Nice in the Dark"
It's a Republican dark.
There's no scandal. Just the
Maryland governor feeling con-
fused about the national scheme
to revive the G. o. P. in Balti-
more.
Louis Fischer in his new book,
-"Soviet Journey" finds the
Russians Of today "a childlike,
progressive, eager people who
listen to lectures on blast fur
naces on the days of their rest
and who discuss MARKHAM dia-
1ects while making love-"
a member of the american
Embassy to the Soviet, recently
returned to this country CHS
name may not be given), dis
agrees with Louis Fischer. He
tells me that life in Moscow, as
he saw it during a long resi-
dence there, is uncomfortable,
unpleasant and definitely I'M
happy. That living conditions
are most unsatisfactory. And
that food, generally speaking, is
very poor.
The young diplomat says,
moreover, that no visitor may
learn the truth about the sue
cess of the Soviet experiment.
Outsiders are not permitted to
see the real Russia. They are
given special food, taken on
special sightseeing trips and in
troduced to special people.
Even if stranger does un.
derstand Russian, it is impossi-
BILE for him to get any impress
sion of the honest attitude of the
people toward their government.
Everyone is afraid to speak. Re-
plies to questions are always
noncommittal.
Moscow, according to the re-
turning American, is a network
Of spies.
Then my friend told the most
extraordinary story, which he de-
clareS he knows personally to be
true.
He said that two sailors de.
serted from a ship in the Rus
sian navy and escaped to Fin
land. The Soviet government
could not find the deserters.
: But, so my young diplomat
says, the Soviet collected more
than hundred of the sailors
relatives and exiled them to ST.
IBERIA.
! A letter, anonymous but en-.
thusiastic, says:
'Why, in the discussion Of
WashingtOn's best dressed man,
have they left out John Chill
dress, Beau BrummelI of the
Chevy Chase Clubs golf links,
ballroom floor, and swimming
pool? / saw John the other day
in a new light tan OvercOat with
a vivid yellow scarf, dark brown
felt nat, brown shoes and
chamOis gloves. There, my,
dear, was six feet three of mas
culine style and beauty"
Here and There
Pearl Buck, the novelist, is
about to settle in Georgetown. >.
Rev. Frederick Harris, pas.
tor of the Foundry Methodist
Episcopal Church, sailing June
IL to give the Sunday services
at the American Methodist
Church in Paris during the sum-
mer, will take his collie dog
along. The dog growls at agents,
but shepherds brides and groomS
to the altar rail.
The Mems University Club is
looking for new members. ..
Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of
the Federal Securities and Elk.
change Commission, has the
most beautiful teeth in the New
Deal. Mrs. Wallach Merriam
is the daughter of the late Rich
ard Wallach, mayor of Washing.