The Washington times., 1936-12-26
NOW
Looking OUer
Greeting Cards
RETROSPECT
BY HELEN EssARY

OCCAd1S NIlL l0OA1loo OcsA Ao ga NSNAA
mercial boloney are wrong.
Christmas cards come cheerily
in saying How are you, my dear,
and Good luck from an old
friend" When they arrive you
tear them open hurriedly.
But when the big day has be-
come another memory you relax
in a post Christmas glow. Settle
yourself in the corner of the big
sofa with cards spread about, and
realize some of the spirit OF
Christmas that the poets and the
religieux chant about.
No card could be more beauti-
full than the best wishes for
Christmas and the New Year OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Holman Jones.
Three Wise Men on camelS and
the Star of the East over Beth
lehem are clear as canoes against
Q heavenly blue background.
A very young and very plump
friar and nun sing "All Hail to
the Days That Merit More Praise
Than All the Rest of the Year
from a star-spangled cloud and
thus announce the good wishes Of
the Attorney General and Mrs.
Homer Cummings
The Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Morgenthau'S card
shows the fireplace in the office
of the Secretary of the Treasury
over which hangs a painting Of
Alexander Hamilton.
Another card with personality
comes from Barry Bingham, son
of the Ambassador to the Court OF
st. James, with best wishes from
The Courier Journal. The corner
is sketched - newspaper ott1ce,
pedestrians, lamp posts and street
car tracks-on copy paper with
lead pencil.
Big corporations prove their
soul and their artistry at Christ
mas.
The Glen H. Martin Company
sends a gorgeous colored folder. On
the outside is the Martin Clipper
against the background OF a
shadowy Baltimore Clipper with
sails set and cutting triumphantly
through a summer sea. Inside the
folder the Martin Clipper is shown
with it's interior exposed, Happy
passengers dine, play cards and
read in separate suites while the
Clipper speeds above a pale rose
ocean.
William Green, President of the
American Federation Of Labor, an
nounces in the silver crest Of his
association, Labor Omnia Vincit," !"
against light green background.
The United Mine workers IS
happy in the person Of Ellis
searles, the editor Of its journal,
gone newsboy with a bundle OF
Journals under his arm.
A particularly beautiful view Of
the Capitol of the United States,
its dome reflected in a shallow
pool of melted snow, is the Christ
mas greeting of the new Senator
from Massachusetts, Henry Cabot
Lodge, jr., and his charming wife,
Emily s. Lodge.
Sir Anthony Jenkinson, Of Lon
don, who came to Washington
and wrote a book about us, has
friendly thoughts in French be-
side a delicate water color Of La
Basilique, Quebec.
From Belgium comes a note
from Doctor James P. Chapin, the
ornithologist of the American
Museum of Natural History whom
most scientists are envylpg just
now, DR.. Chapin recently discov-
cred an African relative OF the
peacock, regarded as the most re-
markable bird to have come out
of Africa in the past century.
Albert Bates, of the Chase Ma
tional Bank, remembers in elegant
color the Wall Street Of hundred
years ago.
AS much as any card I have
ever seen do 1 like the yellow
candle with a red flame against
a brown and blue background
from Roy Roberts, Governor Ian
don'S friend.
The Charles H. TompkinseS say
with an airplane view Of their
home, that a happy landing
awaits at Battery Terrill Very
old friends-Robert, Mary and
Henry Hyde, DR.. George T. Sharp,
Paul and Leona Yoder, Lorenza
and Julia Martin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hal Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Edward Trorey and Mrs. Samuel
S. ArentZ, who lived here when
her late husband was a member
of Congress from Nevada, say
Merry Christmas with engaging
red and white sketches.
The American Ambassador to
Soviet Russia and Mrs. Joseph E.
Davies choose simple card
adorned with the family crest in
red.
Donald Caffrey Classic. jr., the
most angelic child, brings the
seasons greetings of his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
HAYWOOD Classic.
Madame Troyanovsky, wife Of