Evening star., 1935-12-29
About Well-Known Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
Pinch-Hitting for the Secretary of State.
The Presidential Lottery. King
Georges Beautiful English

rots, gorgeous South American plants
and foliage and bubbling Aztec foun-
tain. This fountain was designed by
Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
and is unique of its kind in this coun-
try. 1t follows accurately the Aztec
motifs in the deagn of the court and
other parts of the building; it is never
lovelier than when seen on a moon
Lit night or when softly lighted for
one of DR.. Rowe's delightful musicales
of South American music, to which
he treats society several times dur
ing the season. The charming little
white house to the west of the main
building, which is called the annex"
is where DR.. Rowe, director of the
Pan-American Union, lives.
MIR. O'Brien and the
Presidential Lottery.
Have you ever heard Mr.. Robert
Lincoln O'Brien, chairman of the
United States Tariff Commission, give
an after dinner talk on the presiden-
tial lottery? Well, it's most interesting
and done in simply delightful and
witty way. With malice toward none,
Mr.. OBrien tells some homely truths,
which he adorns with humor-gives
no offense, but is quite revealing.
Now this has nothing to do with
that, and is only intended to quote
some recent remarks of Represent
ative Hamilton Fish, jr., on the accel-
Grating speed with which the candi-
dacy of Senator Borah is moving for
ward in several parts Of the United
States. AS the dear readers may re-
member, Mr.. Fish gave his hat a little
twirl toward the presidential ring last
Summer. He travelled extensively
through the West and conducted him.
self not as of the effete East, but lived
up to his reputation as the one-time
all-America foot ball star, the captain
of a colored infantry regiment in the
World War, was decorated with the
| Croix de Guerre and did in three years
at Harvard University what it usually
takes the average man four years to
do and was graduated with a cum
laude degree.
Representative Fish says that Sen
ator Borah, if nominated, would carry
every State north of the Mason
Dixon line" and if he had the help
of anti-Roosevelt factions Il think he
might be able to carry Georgia and
| five other States south of the line" !"
| He mentioned Virginia-which en-
braced the Republican party in 1928
North Carolina, Florida, Missouri and
Oklahoma. A large order he has
given the G. o. p, but he evidently
thinks the Senator from Idaho could
digest it.
Senator Borah voted for a number
of President RooSevelts measures,
among them the holding company bin
and the administrations tax bill. If
there is one thing more than another
| in Senator Borah that might appeal to
the South it is his absolute fearless
ness and his honesty in fighting for
principles he believes in regardless of
party. His charming wife is a great
asset, and with her untiring interest
in the veterans of the World War and
her deep concern for them, she must
be taken into the reckoning. Several
years ago, when she was so i'll in her
home in Idaho and her life was almost
despaired Of, she received hundreds Of
letters from all parts Of the country
and large proportion Of them were
from men she had helped in the serv-
ice: at
January will see the Capital moving
at lively pace; great things happen
ing and the entire country gazing
Washington ward. Mrs sAstors Horse"
was not a circumstance to the $50
a-plate dinner, which will be given
on jackson day, in memory of "Old
Hickory" He certainly would have
convened his kitchen cabinet had such
a thing occurred in his time. OF
course, only about $3.50 worth of food