The Washington times., 1935-07-15
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HOW Miss Buck
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"A FAMILY WAR
By HELEN EsSARY

= BY HELEN ESSARY
- My spy at the University OF
! Nirginia's Institute of Public
Affairs sent me these scraps
from the recent meetings at
Charlottesville:
' Nicholas Roosevelt, Of New
York, who led the lombard
nent against the New Deal at
the opening session, is a dis
tant cousin of the President.
i There seems to be no end to
these cousins, and, as far as
is known, every one of them IS
o Republican.
Although they all proclaim
T. R. to be the Family or
Tribal Hero, it is as apparent
as daylight that Nicholas has
a secret admiration for Cousin
Franklin.
Pearl Buck, just back from
Reno and a secret honeymoon
(she is officially listed as
miss" on the program, stole
the show on Monday from the
men. Her meeting to discuss
"Conflict and Cooperation
Across the Pacific" was filled
to overlooking, mostly with
women.
But it was evident that her
audience was far more con-
cerned with her than with her
theme. When, in the course
of her speech, she suddenly
stopped and asked all those
present who were interested in
transpacific questions to raise
their hands, not a hand was
uplifted.
A well-engineered divorce and
remarriage seems to be good
advertising!
On the same program with
the writing and speaking Miss"
Buck (twice married. was
Comdr. Archer M. R. Allen,
U. S. NJ, of Washington.
A Commander Wood of the
Navy, now retired and living
in Charlottesville, rushed up
to the meeting to hear his old
comrade. CHANGING through
the crowded door and into the
packed hall and without know
ing that Miss Buck was put
ting on a real show, Com
mander Wood, with magnificent
pride, whispered to friend:
ooh, boy, see how the Navy
draws 'em!"
DR.. Wythe Kinsolving, of
Charlottesville, a retired clergy
man, has been the Ubiquitous
character of the Institute. He
has attended every round-table
discussion. The minute any
meeting has been thrown open,
he has taken the floor and
generally torn into the previous
speaker.
DR.. Kinsolving went to one
of the round-table talks on
trans-pacific questions. He
gained the floor and immediate.
ly began a vehement speech de-
Tending Woodrow Wilson and
the League of Nations.
After a minute or two of this,
Grover Clark, who was presid-
ing, interrupted to say that the
League of Nations was not
under discussion. The irrepres.
sible old preacher retorted:
"Well, it may not have been,
but it is now"
DR.. Neil Carothers, of the
Lehigh University faculty, was
up for a speech at the institute.
The fellow just ahead of him
far overreached his time. In
opening, DR.. Carothers said:
"a distinguished clergyman
was once delivering the COM
mencement address at Hobart
College. He selected each let
ter in Hobart for a Commute
text.
"'H' was translated into
hope for 20 minutes. 90 into
Opportunity for 20 minutes and
finally t. into 'tenacity' for 20
minutes.
"At the finish a graduate
stage-whiSpered to another: 4
am damned glad we don't go to
the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology"
pattern in Black and Red"
which they are reading down
in Virginia this summer, is by
Mrs. Cora Jarrett, of West Vir-
ginia, who has many friends in
the Valley, so my Charlottes-
vile spy says. He adds:
! 81 am not a mystery story
addict, but 1 found the novel
thrilling. 1t is we'll written,
which most detective stories
are not. The plot is keenly
sustained and kept my eyes
fastened to its pages until two
IN the morning.
"Faraday Keame-the pen
name of Mrs. Jarrett-made