Evening star., 1935-11-03
About Well-Known Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
Versatile Secretary of War Moved Town.
Clever British Housing. Duck Shooting
and New Game Laws.

to tell of that time, back in 1910,
when they moved the town and the
friendship between the. Dern and
Wolfe families which began then has
grown with the years. The justice
is the husband of Mrs. Wolfe, who
Is chairman of the woman's division
of the Democratic National Commit
tee-no, that's not correct-one would
not want to raise any Dolly Gann-
Alice Longworth controversy about
precedence at this time when there
Is no charming Esme Howard to
smooth the matter over-Mrs. Wolfe
is the wife of the justice. Where
there are two such we'll known people
in the same family it's bit difficult
to present them in the proper man.
ner, giving due distinction to both.
Mrs. Wolfe says when the Secre-
tary was in the mining business he
was much more interested in miners
than dividends. Well, he has, however,
a tidy fortune and has received many
honors from his adopted State-Utah.
Speaking of housing. in England
the municipal and private housing
operations have almost assumed the
status of a boom. More than 100000
houses have been built there since
the World War. Both municipal and
privately built houses, stores and In
dustrial plants have sprung up.
Mr.. Sydney Maslen, director OF the
Tenement House Committee OF the
Charity Organization Society Of New
York, who has recently made a sur
vey of housing conditions in Europe,
in speaking of England. says: British
slum clearance, combined with re-
housing, is being undertaken as a
social measure in response to a vocal
political demand that anti-social con-
ditions be remedied." Mr.. Maslen
was also interested in the progress
of housing at The Hague, where 5000
municipal houses have been built In
the last few years, and at Amsterdam,
where 10000 have been built.
Washington is still wrestling with
the alley problem. The Berwyn
Heights, Md. people are not a bit
happy OtC1 t1iC PiOoPCSo Va oAAS AN "
Government housing there. They say
"Tugwellton banks are bonnie, where
early fa's the dew" but what about
the taxes, water rent, etc?
The chrysanthemum show at the
Department of Agriculture, which at
first seemed a bit disappointing be-
cause the blooms burst into full ma
turity premasurely. owing to the warm
weather, is now a grand-dame-gor-
geous display. Lovely beyond words
they almost nod and speak to one,
while the smaller varieties are posi-
tt ely intriguing in their elfin beauty.
The tiny ones. as big as a finger
nail and as exquisitely colored as the
nails of japanese princess, are most
arresting. The artistry of Nature was
never more beautifully portrayed than
in these tiny blooms, which are like
golden stars In the dark night. 1t
seems that the trend in chrysanthe-
mums-especially indoor ones-is
more and more away from the large
Towering blooms to eccentricities in
form and color. It was explained at
the show that newer varieties exhibit
embossed centers in colors contrast
ing with the colors of the petals,
thread-like petals and long -petaled
blooms-like the Peggy Anne
Hoover"-being most popular.
The smaller Chinese varieties in
pinks, yellows and white were beauties.
But perhaps the loveliest flower in
the whole show was the lola" named
for Mrs. Henry Agard Wallace, wife
OF the Secretary Of Agriculture. This
chrysanthemums, from palest lavender
to shades of orchid. with petals so
closely mtertwined that it resembled a
basket weave, is OF lovelineSs be-
yond compare. Large, globular and
stately, it seemed the most popular at
the show.
Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt was
nearby. A charming yellow, medium
sized bloom, which lowered above the
entire show. It was a last years
plant and one of the gardeners ex-
planned that the height of the plant
was not intended. It simply out
grew itself-because maybe it was
named for the >harming chatelaine
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