The Washington times., 1935-11-19
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BY HELEN EssARY

ing forward TO reaulng. IL
about the entran' g Nancy Ship
pen who back in George Wash
ington's day, was belle in Phila'
delphia, on a Virginia Plantation
and a Hudson River Manor. Who
loved the French diplomat, Comte
de Mosloy, but obeyed her father
and married Henry Livingston.
The book was in the making
last winter when I discovered
Ethel ArmeS, its editor, searching
the Georgetown attic trunks Of
Dr.. Lloyd P. Shipper for the rec
ords of his great-great-grand'
fathers sister. Scraps from the
fascinating letters, Mrs. Shipper
told me over teacups, were inner.
tied from Nancy herself.
The weather of last week has
undoubtedly made me more than
usually peevish. I keep getting
annoyed at the way everybody
uses the words play" and "con'
tact"
I'VE must contact him." "You
must contact the organization"
"Always contact the press" It's
q popular way to talk, but ICON.
tact" applied as a verb provokeS
me to rage.
And the way they are always
saying "you need to play more!
The popularity of the word
"play" with adults weighing from
13c to 210 pounds upsets me
frightfully.
PLAY" to me, means childish
games like rolling hoops, ball and
Jacks and paper dolls.
This, obviously, is my mistake.
''Play" or an unwillingness to
"play" is one of the present causes
Of divorce, nervous breakdownS,
ETC., etc. Hes going to divorce
her because She won't play, u; i.e.,
won't go to the races every after.
noon. "She's nearly frantic and
is going to divorce him because He
won't play i. e.. work in his
office instead of going to three
cocktail parties in one afternoon
Pleasant Thoughts
Imogene Lee Gardiner, daugh-
ter of the Gwynn GARDENERS. Is
one of the prettiest girls in town
Emily Stuart Maddox West
made one of the lovelieSt, most
composed brides of many seasons.
Emily'S and Millard's wedding
presents will fill their new apart.
ment to the doors Big Alec Por-
ter, having finally discovered his
white tie. his studs and his vest,
was looking under the bed and
bureau for his collar button and
remarked, Getting into a white
tie and tails always brings out the
explorer in me" Miss Jane Tenn
pleton is glad the sun is shining
again. For days and days, last
week and the week before, she
stood outside of Cathedral School
in The rain, waiting to say good
by to each day pupil. Starting
the children safely home with a
pleasant handshake under an UNI
brella or in the family car is one
of the agreeable rainy weather
customs Of Cathedral.
The lovely Mrs. Woodrow viii
son plays in a luncheon bridge
foursome every Monday -. Mrs.
oscar Underwood, widow of the
Alabama Senator (you remember
Alabama votes, six for Under
wood, day after day at the Madi
son Square Garden Democratic
convention), is about to start on
q five months cruise around the
world with a wardrobe of many
smart white costumes -. James
Lloyd Wright, who has been very
Ill, is getting well in a hurry now
and will be able to be delighted
onlooker at the next Gridiron din
ner.
Because some remote fashion
designer said that this year
women's frockS must have high
neckS, most of us are going about
trussed up like stuffed Thanks.
giving turkeys.
Some necks-the very smart
ones are wound so tightly with
red Scarfs and things that invol,
unfairly one shifts for campho-
rated oil and asks, "How's your
sore throat?"
Mrs. Katheryn Van Leuven and
her son, Kermit, are both practic-
ing lawyers in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Here is a mother and
son combination, the only one of
its kind in the United States, not
unlike the one in England where
Lady Astor and her son are both
members of Parliament.
Mrs. Van Leuven, who is now in
Washington, is small, feminine,
with short black hair and big eyes,
and knows exactly what to wear
on her head.
Somebody reports that the new.
est boondoggler is the man they've
hired to take the curl out of the
anchovy.
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