The Washington times., 1935-01-19
NOW
District Hasn't
Any Climate
THANKFUL zoo
By HELEN ESSARY

arrived on ThurSday-the day
the temperature hastily rose
20 degrees and melted the
snow Of the night before
once said:
"WashingtOn hasn't cli-
J mate-just samples Of weather.
"To be really equal to Wash
lngtOn weather, one should
wear q spring coat at the Capt.
tOI, put on a raincOat at
Seventh and Pennsylvania
Avenue, and have a fur coat
to put on over the raincOat
ut the White House."
Mr.. Twain once astoniShed
the Capitol by appearing in
the galleries in the early spring
in a white serge suit with a
raincoat over his arm. And,
presumably, a fur coat just
around the corner.
DR.. william Mann, director
of the National geological
Park, met Harold L. Ickes, who
just allotted DR.. Mann $3.50, 900
Of PWA funds for a bigger and
better ZOO, at the judiciary re-
ception at the White House.
DIR. Mann grasped Mr.. Ickes'
hand and said very graveIy
just three words:
Thanks, awfully, SIR"
Guests at the recital Of the
Charleston singers, held this
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
William Corcoran Eustis, under
the auspices of the Robert E.
Lee Memorial Foundation, will
recall the many charming stor.
les Washington knows about
her husbands grandfather, W.
w. Corcoran.
Mr.. Corcoran founded the
Corcoran Art Gallery, as every
one knows. His grandson, Will
liam Corcoran Eustis, married
the daughter of Levi P. Nor.
ton, Benjamin Harrison'S Vice
President.
William Wilson Corcoran was
one of the great personalities
Of the young Capital. He rep
resented the rich, conservative
element of his day. He lived
in a great red brick house on
Lafayette Square where the
Chamber of Commerce now
stands. His garden was as big
as a city park. It's boxwood
now adds to the beauty of the
Lincoln Memorial. ..-... -.
Once a year Mr.. Corcoran
gave "a grand ball to Congress-"
Then he exhibited the art. OBJ
jects he had acquired during
the past year. His Greek
Slave" a sculpture by Himra
Powers, at first shocked sedate
Washington and later set the
towns pace in art appreciation.
When the Corcoran mansion
could no longer hold Mr.. Cor.
coran's sculptures and canvaSes,
he gave his collection to the
Government for a permanent
art gallery. Mr.. Corcoran not
only had a fine taste in art but
q genius for friendship. Robert
E. Dee. the restoration of whose
ancestral home at Stratford is
the object of the afternoons re-
cital, was his dear friend.
The house of Mrs. Eustis on
Scott Circle is one of the hand.
soonest in Washington. Its fur
nishings are family inheritances
and collections made from all
over the world.
Representative John S. Nc.
Groarty. Of California. who in
troduced the Townsend bill (the
one that is throwing the foun-
tain of youth into the discard
by promising everybody over so
years of age a pension of 5000
. month"; is no vapid boy him.
self.
Mr.. McGroarty, weight 1876
pounds, height S feet 2, square
Shouldered, pink-cheeked, alert,
smokes ferocious cigars, smiles
easily, believes that age begins
at 70-providlng the climate is
right. Mr.. McGroarty was born
in Pennsylvania, but he chose
California for his renaissance.
Out there where the sun always
shines and the air is full of
vitamin +. (See advertisements,
Mr.. McGroarty prospered like
the green bay tree.
Universities gave him honor
ary degrees. Pope Plus XI made
him a Knight of Saint Gregory.
King Alfonso of Spain made
him a Knight Commander of
Isabella the Catholic. The Cal.
ifornia legislature made him
poet laureate.
And-at the age of 70 he got
himself elected to the Congress
Of the United States!
Max Rabinoff, who IS present
ing the Grand Opera La
Traviata" in Constitution Hall
Tuesday evening, January 20,
has been the sort of soldier
OF fortune Richard Harding
Davis would have made hero
No. /.
Mr.. Rabinoff came from Rus
sia to Chicago, alone, when he
was IL years old. Music was
his first career. But at the end
OF the World War, he went to
Europe as economic adviser for
four young republics. He has
been q newspaper CORRESPONDENT