The Washington times., 1935-02-06

Justice Roberts OF the united
States Supreme Court continues
to smoke a placid pipe-So
there's probably nothing to
worry about in the coming gold
clause decision.
A few lucky ladies (chosen
for both beauty and merit) will
be the guests of the Military
Order of Carabao at their IA
nous annual dinner Saturday
night.
I hasten to add, however,
that the ladies will sit in the
gallery of the Willard ball
room, not on the ballroom
floor-I mean, not at the tables
with their hosts.
This is a gallant innovation
Of the gentlemanly Caribou. It
should be a noble example for
the gentlemanly Gridironers
and the gentlemanly Alfalfai-
ans who won't let their
"loidies" appear at their parties
not even in the lofty atmos-
phere Of a gallery.
The Order of the Carabao is
|. composed of officers of the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps
who have seen service in the
Philippines. Undoubtedly gen.
tlemen of great experience, who
are not diSmayed when a few
wives look down on their humor.
Be that as it may, the Cara
bao is one of the most inter.
esting dining clubs in the coun-
try. It was founded just after
the Spanish-American War. So
its secretary, DR.. Joseph M. Hell
Ter, tells me.
It's parties are delightful. Gen.
erals and admirals who were
lieutenants when Dewey was
storming Manila, make light
hearted speeches, and sing old
fighting songs with brash
youngsters of the present paci-
fist era.
Several good acts in a tropi-
cal setting are usually staged.
It would seem to be a nice party
to be in or adjacent to.
It's magnificent to see bache-
1ors entrenched against a femi.
nine world. It's even more mag
nificent to see a bachelor me-
mage barricaded against the
softening influence of a lady
decorator.
Per Wijkman, commercial
counselor of the Swedish Lega-
tion, and Marcelius Parsons
(Pardy ParsonS), assistant clerk
Of the Commerce Committee Of
the United States Senate, have
the most fascinating house you
ever saw over on Hoban Road,
just off Reservoir Road.
Their house is furnished in
the manner "moderne." Like
wise, it is beautiful and com.
Portable. The gentlemen adore
every piece of it's furnishings
its thick carpets, its white
leather dining room chairs and
its warm draperies.
Looking more for apprecia.
tion than advice, they recently
asked a lady decorator to come
and view their domain. She ar
rived when the gentlemen were
out. According to the butler,
i. she fingered for about an hour,
and trotted over the house from
top to bottom.
When the gentlemen returned,
Z they traced her tour of inspec-
ton by notes such as these,
pinned here and there on cur
tains and chairs:
zone of the green hassocks
should be red" "The sofa
should be moved away from
the window" "Get four extra
mirrors for the hall"
The suggestion that most ir-
ritated the bachelor household
ers:
Your bedroom curtains should
be dark brown"
Per Wijkman found it pin
ned-on his bed pillow!
MeSserS. Wijkman and Par.
sons tore the notes into small
bits and burned them in the
open fire.
It's very hard for average
females to like those captivat-
j ing women who look we'll in
poke-bonnety extreme off-the-
face hats.
I saw Madame Morgenstierne,
. wife of the Norwegian Min.
lister, looking like an angel,
fresh from Paris, in one of the
very new chapeaux that dash
out and up from the face and
leave the countenance entirely
exposed to the world.
Mrs. Robert j. Bulkley, wife
OF the Senator from Ohio, has
a new hat of this sort. It also
is most becoming.
Overheard at the auction sale
at Henderson Castle, caretaker
speaking:
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