Evening star., 1936-03-01
About Well-Known Folk
In Art, Literature, Letters
Mrs. Kelley Gifted in Art-Riviera and Lido
Deserted.
Deserted.
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.
Flashlights to right Of them, fash
lights to left of them cracked and
snapped as they photographed the
animated faces Of three or four pros
pective future mistresses Of the
White House, who were present at the
defend the Constitution luncheon last
week which was given by the League
Of Republican Women of the District.
The devout wish Of an Associated
Press woman who was present was
Just one snap of Mrs. William Edward
Borah, Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg
and Mrs. James w. Wadsworth, in
group. Throughout the repast there
was q smile on the face Of each one
and "Barkis willing" expression which
convinced one that they were ready
to sacrifice themselves for the sake
OF the party in any manner the people
Of America thought best.
It was a gala meeting, full Of en-
thusiasm, and went of with bang
not mentioning the cameras
started by Mrs. William Fitch Kelley,
president of the District League, who
in short, concise speech opened the
meeting by resume Of the work and
responsibilities which lay before the
women of the party and gracefully
closed her talk by saying there were
present several women well known in
public life who were just on the door
sill of the White House, and to one of
whom the door would swing open
next November.
Mrs. Kelley did not promise that If
her party came in there would be "a
chicken in every pot" but she did
order that a delicious portion of the
barnyard fowl be served on every plate
at the luncheon, and whether or not
it was a bid for the support of dis
gruntled Democrats, there were tasty
hot Southern biscuits served with the
chicken. Besides having considerable
political acumen, executive and busi-
ness ability, Mrs. Kelley is an amateur
sculptor who studied in Paris, under
the famous Bourdelle, and in her busy
life pursues art for rest and recrea-
ton. Her studio out at Bethesda is
q two-century-ol church whose audi
torium she has converted into a tricky
work shop and also q place for a cozy
cup Of tea and q chat on the state Of
the Nation.
Gov. Nice of Maryland was the
guest. Of honor and emphasized the
fact of the need Of women's help in
the G. o. P. by calling attention to
the 80 women to whom he had given
positions of responsibility since he
was elected Governor. He praised
their work and initiative In the fields
in which they had been placed. The
Governor smiled at Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman. chairman of the Mont
gomery County Federation Of Repub-
lican Women's Clubs, who, by the way,
talked on "The Three Cs-Children,
Charity and Church." which in the
light of present-day needs had a
broader and more far-reaching mean
ing. She recited an original poem.
Three H0stesses on the
Door Sill Of the White House.
But to go back to those three ladies
wiz diS olA WAC oool oA4 Vi VIC " Al2CC
House: The years have dealt kindly
with Mrs. Wadsworth, who spent
much of her early girlhood in a COM
Portable old red brick mansion on the
corner Of H and Sixteenth streets,
overlooking the White House-after
all there Is good deal in propin-
quity-and who later was a London
favorite when her father, the late
John Hay, was the American Am
basador to the Court of st. James
Mrs. Borah, the friend of the vet
Grams, who has kept in touch with
their activities since the World War,
and who has spent many years in the
Capital. was the guest at the luncheon
of Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, and
Mrs. Arthur Vandenberg, wife of the
Senator from Michigan, whose hobby
If she has one-is home, husband
and home State activities, in which
she takes an active interest. She Is
an experienced newspaper woman and
who knows but that some day she will
write about my Day in the White
House." One time when she was
busily preparing a tea for some of
the folk back home it was suggested
that she would make a splendid
chatelaine of the Presidents house,
when she answered, why pick on
me?"
Dukes, lords and ladies have for
saken the shores Of the Riviera and