Evening star., 1935-02-10
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

The audience at the Lily PonS
concert last Tuesday afternoon at
Constitution Hall, had quite the air
diplomstique with the official box OF
the president general of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, filled
with daughters in full regalia with
their blue and white Sashes across
their chests-a la Sir Ronald Lindsay,
British Ambassador, when he goes to
the White House receptions-and the
elegant apparel in which these ladies
appear on state occasions, especially.
Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
was in the White House box-just
across the aisle, with her white COL
lar and cuffs, spotless as the driven
snow, toute en- tailleure, charming
and interested, thinking always of the
comfort of her guests in the box and
enjoying the Pons French songs. every
word of which she could understand.
Always distinguee, whether in street
clothes or full evening dress, Mrs.
Roosevelt affects tailored suits as old
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Her sport hats
are very chic and she wears them with
fascinating tilt A foreigner re-
marked not long ago, while watching
Mrs. Roosevelt at an afternoon affair.
that she was the most natural, normal
woman he had ever met.
Mrs. Russell William Magma, the
president general of the D. A. r., may
be petite in stature, but she certainly
has been dynamo of activity during
her period of Office, which ends in
April. She was at the concert-her
sash Is trifle wider than the others
and as usual, she showed her interest
in every body about her. She has
traveled-or flown, eh, Amelia Ear
hart-Putnam? Is that the proper
term?-over this broad land since TAX
ing Office and has gladdened the
hearts and encouraged many q small
chapter of the D. A. r. in some re-
mote place, by paying them a visit.
You see the depression affected the
society, but instead of the women
becoming discouraged they carried on
with greater vigor, just as their an
cestors did at Valley Forge, and other
points during the Revolutionary War
when everything seemed black and
against them. The magazine, the
official organ of the Daughters, in
stead of becoming depressed during
depression, rallied to the guns and
came out bigger and better than ever.
Beautiful new cover idea picturizing
the State capitol buildings of the
48 States. and Mr.. Frederick William
Vile, writing once a month to tell
the ladies what its all about up on
1, in o
Oh, yes, the Lily PonS concert: Its
delightful not to be critic when
one goes to a concert like that; Moth
ing to do but just sit still and enjoy
the music-as one finds it. "Pourquoi
(from "Lakme"). was charming and
the aria from the Barber of Seville"
aS fascinating as many people know
Miss Pons to be when she sings in
that initimable way she has, and
when she sang directly to Mrs. Roose-
velt-abroad one sings always to the
royal box, you know. Her red figured
frock with its swishing ruff1e, and
her mimosa glances simply did the
business, and the audience came down
With thunderous applause.
The depression cannot have treated
Miss Pons badly, judging from the
diamonds displayed. One OF the front
seaters of Lillian Russell'S time said
it carried him back to the old days
when stars loaded themselves with
precious jewels. Miss Pons wore four
bracelets and a square cut diamond
ring that were binding in their bril-
liancy. It was almost as bad as those
poppy flashlights the news photog-
raphers torment public speakers with.
In passing may it be said that those
same flashlights almost put the ladies
of the League of Republican Women
out of business the other afternoon at
the Mayf1ower, when they were hold
ing a sort of a jollification meeting
with women State Committee chair
men. Nine. Dimitriu and Representa-.
tive Ulysses Samuel Guyer, as guests
Of honor.
The ladies and the gentleman were
very gracious and posed in every con-
ceivable attitude, but finally looked
very bored. Perhaps it was the mise
en- scene that so delighted the photog-
raphers, for the drop or rather the
painted wall at the back of the plat
form was most encouraging. Lovely
blue sky with pink clouds. Autumn
colored trees for last Fall when the
voters were taking to the tall pines of
Maine, and the coal fields of Pennsyl-
vania; green bay trees for hope, and
small evergreen trees growing up
emblamatic of 1886, when the Repub-
Ncan ladies believe they will come into
their own again. Just the right back
ground for the rally.
Mrs. William Fitch Kelley, ener-
getic and quite at her best, with her
sister, Miss Mcclure, national COM
mitteewoman from Iowa, near by;
the national Republican committee
woman from Virginia, glanced at the
background of green trees and pink
clouds and expressed faith and hope
for the party down in the Old Do
minion, and recalled that the State
Of Presidents actually went for Mr..
Herbert Hoover, and might go again
for the candidate in 1886. 1t was an
awfully peppy party and the Repre-
sentative from Kansas made regular
old-time stump speech. The times
and the manners came in for a share
OF criticism. Rotten literature, risque
pictures and jazzing music, make an
atmosphere peculiar to this twentieth
century. He quoted poetry to illus
trate a point-and there goes Will
Rogers radio alarm clock-but it
must be added that Nine. Dimitriu,
wife Of the assistant financial coun-
selor of the Rumanian Legation, and
an American by birth, introduced