The Washington times., 1935-01-07
NOW
NeW Bachelors
On the Hill
WAGNER'S PET
By HELEN ESsARY

ate, Senator Borah, little
weary of his own continued sue
cess, and a group of other very
distinguished characters were
talking. A Northern Senator,
Just sworn into office and quite
new in Washington, said i'm.
portantly:
Gentlemen, I assure you, L
T-shall be an honest SENATOR"
Senator Borah'S face bright
ened. He said:
"Then, my dear sir, you'll be
o lonely one"
Smiling, Senator Borah left
the group. Being sworn into
the Senate was an old story
him. But the remark of the
new Senator had made his day.
Senator Robert F. Wagner of
New York and Mrs. Alice Long
worth had a conversational tus-
sic in the corridor at the Senate
entrance.
Mrs. Longworth had a. few
doubts about the virtue of parts
of the Presidents message.
Senator Wagner gaily, but
firmly, pointed out her mistakes
Of judgment.
Alice Longworth is out
rageous1y clever. Her wit is
quick and daring. Her words
and ideas have the rush of a
torrent. Sometimes the tor
rent browns the enemy. Sem
ator Wagner, however, steered
clear of the whirlpool, and had
q rather nice five minutes.
One of the group listening in
on the repartee remarked that
unemployment insurance, part
of the Presidents social security
program, was Senator Wagner's
pet child. And accused Senator
Wagner of being a sort of John
the Baptist, who made ready
the political way.
Senator Wagner was a trifle
depressed at the comparison.
But then somebody mentioned
"Salome." The Senator from
New York was noticeably
cheered.
What's to be done with the
handsome bachelors who sit
with the mighty on Capitol
Hill? There is Thomas Hen
ming, jr., from St. Louis.
Young (3D tall, dark, really
good looking. A star athlete in
his school days. Son of
banker-lawyer in st. Louis. Prob
ably the most matrimonially
eligible law-maker in town.
And Of course there's Joe
Guffey, that victorious Demo
crat from Pennsylvania.
Senator Guffey will be care
fully guarded from harm by
the Guffey Girls-Mrs. Carol
T. Miller emma Guffey).
whose husband is a member of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission; Miss Ida Guffey, who
will act as his official hostess,
and Miss Pauletta Guffey.
Senator Guffey. the Guffey
Girls and Mr.. Miller are set
tied in an apartment at the
Carlton for the winter.
In passing we should like to
Ask--what about the orchids
Mrs. Edith Morse Rogers, Rep
resentative from Massachusetts,,
wears every day?
Also, why did Senator Cope
land, of New York, hold, during
the Presidents address to Con-
gress, that large sign marked
Preserved?
Answer-The House of Repre-
Sentatives was so crowded with
august legislative bodies, some
that need reducing, that there
was no place for the sign but
Senator Copeland's knee.
Why does the Attorney Cen
eral, Homer Cummings, wear a
green tie-a very green tie?
How can a Senator run at
the same time for two terms in
Congress? A long term and a
short term? Mr.. O'Mahoney, of
Nebraska, did. He was elected
to both. Sound idea.
The juries of the District of
Columbia, like those selected
for the Hauptmann trial, in
clude women. Justice Leuhring
chose the January 2 panels
for the Grand Jury and the
Circuit and Criminal courts.
Among the first women to
accept jury duty in the District
of Columbia we're Mrs. Harvey
W. Wiley, now president of the
General Federation of Wo.
mems Clubs, and Mrs. Robert
c. Howard, now lecturing on
current affairs as Georgette
Ross Howard.
Women may be excused from
jury duty in the District on the
grounds of their sex if they so
desire. Once selected, no ex-
cuse for absence except illness
Is accepted. There are no
barriers of color. Men and
women jurors do not eat lunch
together. The men sit alone.
So do women.
No juror, not even a woman,
may ever be late. Telling a
justice in his robes, fell1w
Jurors, assembled lawyers, wit