The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-08

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Polly Pepys on
Weekly Round
PATIOS NEEDED
BY HELEN ESSARY

Pepys:
Monday-Cheerful breakfast
table letter from elderly relative
in California. Says the Towns
end plan is sweeping the West
like a forest fire.
Governor Merriam, of Califor-
MIA, relative says, has gone more
radical than his late enemy,
Upton Sinclair. The behavior
and remarks of the once con-
sentative Merriam are so uncer-
tain that unhappy Democratic
politicians have stationed a
Waterman by the Governors
side to censor his remarks and
friendships.
Well, if the Far West is for
Townsend and the Northwest
for Floyd Olson, the South for
Huey Long, the Middle West
and various points about the
northern hemisphere for Father
Coughlin,. and the whole of New
York has become a wailing Jere-
miah, will Washington on the
Potomac survive the maelstrom?
Tuesday-After winding way
among Connecticut Avenue IL
mousines, out for a morning
shopping, pause before a store
window to consider display OF
artificial forget-me-notS at SIPS
q gross. Shouldn't a forget-me-
not cost more?
Meet Lewis Wood looking at
q violet necktie. Exchange few re-
marks on next big gathering Of
Headliners and BylinerS-the
Gridiron Dinner-on April Is.
Am reminded of Mr.. Woods
experience after last Gridiron
Dinner.
He returned to his apartment
at the Shoreham at 2 a. m. and
found beautiful lady in costume
of Empress Eugene, deep blue
velvet riding habit with cape
and plumed hat, in bright con-
verSation with two gentleman
in uniform of traffic officers.
The lady in costume was Mrs.
Wood, just returned from Mrs.
Roosevelt's Costume Ball. The
men in uniform were the police
men Gin person. who earlier in
the evening had seen Mrs.
Woods car run into.
Wednesday - Have pleasant
experience of watching SEN
ator Carter Glass pinch-hit for
his sister, Marian Glass Ban
lister.
Mrs. Banister, Assistant Treas
.urer of the United States,
planned to speak to Sweet
Briar section of American Alum
nae Council meeting. But her
engagements got entangled. She
was due at Polish Embassy for
dinner at same hour.
So brother Carter, one OF the
Board of Overseers at Sweet
Briar-his other sister, Meta
Glass, is president of the college
! said he would talk to the
meeting. The Senator did
beautiful job. He was gay and
amusing. It's a gift of the I'm
shatterable Glasses.
T Thur Drank white
sherry wine in patio of Spanish
Embassy. The patio was hav-
ing a personal spring of pink
begonias, trickling fountains,
and, pale virginia. grass. Two
baby alligators were hiding by
the wall. but the turtles were
wandering out to regard the
guests of Ambassador and
Madame Calderon.
The blue and white tiles at
the sides of the patio, where
there is no glass, came from
! Spain, so Senior Don Miguel
Echegaray told me. Also the
rare thing on the floor. The
sacred painting in the Shrine
was imported from Spain.
It's odd that among the
many fine houses in Washing
ton, there are so few patioS.
Call them Conservatives if you
prefer. But there should be
more of them.
; Friday-Spent most of the
day admiring new spring gar
mentS of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. At lunch and radio
address of Federal Housing Ad-
niniStration Mrs. r. appeared
in black dress, silver fox cape
very becoming-and blac ok
sailor hat with rolled brim. An
hour later in early afternoon
gown she greeted several hun
bred university women. At 4
o'clock, in the White House,
she was smiling in violet chif-
ion, long-sleeved and high
necked, to hundreds of Demo
cratic women, in for tea.
Saturday-Met Mrs. Samuel
Herrick at large gathering at
Worncn's National Democratic
Club. Mrs. H. is radiant. as
well she might be, over success
full meeting of Women's AT
filiated Democratic Clubs.
The Affiliated Clubs are her
pet idea. She put the scheme
across marvelously this April.
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