Evening star., 1935-02-24
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

Dx nODEnx Nnh OnDs
In this day when cocktail parties
are rampant-that's it-and cham
pagne soirees and those delightful
sherry parties, which his excellency.
Senor Don Luis Calderon. the Span
ish Ambassador, has made smart, one
gazes with curiosity at the big schooner
that is set at the place of the Vice
President when he dimes in the simple
little coffee shop of his hotel
Is that a schooner of beer? NO, not
ut all. It's a schooner OF flowing.
creamy buttermilk, which he tosses
of as if it were the nectar of the gods
and with it he takes vegetable din
ner-unless one of his nimrod ao-
mirers sends him a brace Of ducks or
quail: the latter he would doubtless
call partridges. Mrs. Garner does the
honors of the table, helping the plate
of Mr.. Garner while he talks bit
with some friend who stops Tor
moment to pay his respects or pass
quip or two.
When the glare that beats upon.
the throne does not beat down on
them the Vice President and MRS.
Garner live just a Darby ana Joan
existence, and their naturalness IS
superbly refreshing, in the Capital OF
the greatest Nation in the world, where
there is sometimes little TOO mucn
Of yellow plush jeans.
An American who has spent most
of her life abroad in the company OF
the great of Europe was dining IN that
same little coffee shop a few nights
ago. When she was told that the two
Quiet, unobtrusive people at the table
over in the corner were the Vice Pres
ident of the United States and MRS.
Garner her eyes grew bigger and big
ger She had often been in Wash
ineton before. but did not dream that
such simplicity could exist in official
life. Would the Vice President not be
annoyed by people talking to nm?
When she found that there were Rep.
resentatives in Congress and several
big business men of the country din
ing in the same room and respecting
absolutely the privacy of Mr.. Garner
and his wife she was amazed.
As no one is authorized to hold a
brief for Mr.. Garner, as a tee-totaler,
It was suggested that perhaps the
xchooner of buttermilk was just
chaser.
So many people Of unquestioned
social position seem to De going HlIo
trade or manufacturing in one way or
another that the blue books can no
longer bar the first generation OF those
in trade and open their columns TO
the second only, but must take them
rs they come.
Now. there is Mrs. Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. with her Val Xii furniture
shop for handmade furniture, and
King George and Queen Mary OF Eng
land, growing fax and having IL man
ufactured into articles which they use
in the royal palaces. The fiax raised
by their majesties is said to have no
equal over there. The quality Is un-
usual. the texture perfect-so much
40 that the Kings shirts and the
Oueen's frocks are made from the
linen which is woven in ireland. The
household linens Of the royal palaces
and castles and the letter paper are
all made from the Kings fax, which
is grown at Sandringham, the beau
tiful estate so beloved by the late
Queen Alexandra, who spent many OF
the last wears of her life there.
This is no common garden variety
of fiax: it is pedigreed; the seeds sell
for 4 pounds a hundredWelght. Ana
to show the endurance of the woven
fabric the King is having the new
sails for his royal yacht, the Britannia,
J,:r
ing news says the royal yacht is to be
altered to increase her speed, and Wnen
completed Britannia's sail plan will
be identical with that of the En-
deavour-which came such gallant
cropper in the cup races over here
last year-and will be equal with
other first-class racing yachts.
It seems when it was suggested to
the King that fax could be successfully
grown at Sandringham. he had small
field planted; this yielded so we'll that
there are now something like 200
acres, and while the fax, when har-
vested, is first sent to the factory Of
Norfolk Flax Limited, on the Sand
ringham estate, 1t is later woven in
ireland, thus giving the island part
in the industry.
The Nourmahal, Mr.. Vincent As
tors elegant floating palace, or maybe
just a chalet with all modern i'm
provements is listed at Nassau, where
President Roosevelt is expected to go
sometime around March % for
change from official duties and do a
little deep-sea fishing. It is not diff
ficult to picture the JOY with which
the distinguished and practical skip
per will board that boat. Could one