The Washington times., 1935-11-21
NOW
BeLgiGns Still
Mourn Queen
MINT SPEAKS
BY HELEN EssARY

ing LOT Cne laCe queen ASGTlu'
royal consort of the King Of the
Belgians, on November 80, the
day after Thanksgiving. Then,
official mourning will enter upon
Q second six weeks period.
During the first mourning pc
riod, the men Of the embassy
have been wearing mourning
bands upon their sleeves.
wives of all embassy attaches
have dressed in black.
Both men and women repre-
senting the King of Belgium in
America and in other countries
have declined all social invita-.
tions. have not been present in
cafes, theaterS, movies or even
concerts. They have, Of course,
done no entertaining themselves.
Half mourning is the rule Of
the second period. During this
time the men and women Of the
embassy go to small, informal
parties, The costumes Of the
women change from black to
black and white and mauve.
The men continue to wear
mourning bands in their sleeves.
The AAA ESQ I understand is
about to send an unofficial OBJ
server to Ethiopia to consider
the present Italian custom Of
throwing eggs instead Of bombs
OF Ethiopians.
Obviously here is a new method
of blowing under excess hens
The effect on undernourished
Ethiopians is likely very bene
ficial.
Two days after Hiram Mother.
well in q general temperamental
flare-up resigned from the editor
ship of THE Stage" Mrs
Halle Flanagan, director Of the
theater project Of the WPA, hao
engaged him as director OF the
New England region.
Mrs. Flanagan is a woman who
knows how to cut Government
red tape, where to find what
she wants and how to get it.
My days crop Of unbelievable
yarns is true. like the one
about the answer Representative
George H. Mahon, of Texas, gave
to the constituent who asked him
for his influence in getting her
presented at the Court OF
George v.
why I am ashamed of you
Mary Louise" he said, "for
wanting to bow the knee to any
man. It's beneath the dignity
of any good girl, especially one
from West Texas, wantin' to de
mean herself in such a way"
My other story came from Dun
can Clark Duncan is that big
blond Harvard young man in
Chevy ChaSe). He said his dog
endured amiably a plaster cast
for a broken hip for six uncom'
Portable weeks.
However, on the morning OF the
day the dog was to be taken to
the hospital to have the cast re,
moved, Duncan discovered that
the dog had chewed all the cast
off himself. His instinct may have
told him the day of his release
In case you ever meet anybody
who is interested in money, you
might like to be able to talk
about Nellie Tayloe Ross, who dl'
rects the money minting Of the
Nation.
Mrs. Ross, as you know, is very
handsome and a widow. She was
the first woman Governor OF any
State (of Wyoming) and is the
first woman Director of the Mint
She left yesterday for New Or
leans to see if the mint there was
coming money as it should.
The mints are buster than they
have been since the war, Mrs
Ross told me before she stepped
on the train. All five national
mintS are working "a hours a day
she said, keeping three shifts go
ing. ,
II can account for the incred
ible amount Of coin making in nc
other way than by business re
vival. Slot machines have in
creased the demand for small
change. But the banks are ask
ing for quarters and half dollars
so fast that it keeps us on oul
toes filling the orders"
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Cumming
tr., so have discovered from the
very new Mrs. Cummings charm
ing mother, Mrs. Frank A. West
are settled in a gay little villa
overlooking Lake Geneva In
Switzerland. You remember thai
young Mr.. Cumming, soon after
his marriage to the pretty Miss
West, was given a special Geneva
assignment by the State Depart
ment. Mrs. John w. Davidge
whose father was Secretary of Wa
Weeks, is interested in the In
structive Visiting Nurses Associa
ton. Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock
widow of the former Senator from
Nebraska, who has that agreeable
big house next to John Hays Ham
mond, runs two newspapers in
Omaha, inherited from her hus
band. The John w. Guiders
after a summer and fall in their
New Hampshire home, with Their
two small daughters and theil
very small son, Frank Hogan