The Washington times., 1936-01-02
NOW
ASuggestiOn for
'WeU-WiSherS'
JIBE AT WAR
BY HELEN ESSARY


local and out-of-town papers Of
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Cousin Alice Roosevelt Long
worth.
In spite of having been raised
in a part of Maryland where
there were only Democrats. we
are bound to confess-this
being the fresh, unstained New
Year-that in spite Of early
inheritance and later political
convictions we sort Of like Re.
publicans.
Especially when we meet them
at the Arthur Vandenburgs.
Maybe it is the charm and the
intelligence of the Vandenburgs
that bring out the best in their
brethren and sistern. That we
Bhan't go into. But we did enjoy
yesterday over some magnificent
eggnog and fruit cake and other
what notS, such members Of the
opposition as Representative and
Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr., the Sen.
ator from Oregon and Mrs. Fred.
erick Steiwer, Senator and Mrs.
Alva B. Adams, of Colorado, Sen.
ator and Mrs. Wallace White,
jr., from Maine, Mr.. and Mrs.
William B. McCracken, jr., Mr..
and Mrs. Merle Thorpe, Col. and
Mrs. Robert M. Guggenheim, Mr..
and Mrs. Carlos Del Mar, Mrs.
Louis G. Caldwell and Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis S. Owsley.
Such responsiveness is probably
. proof that political sales re-
sistance can't withstand pleasant,
,likable people on New Year Day
or any other time.
Beginning the New Year right
and catching up on correSpon.
dence, here's a letter from We'll
Wisher," whoever he may be. Well
WiSher is annoyed. He says in a
page and a half Of singlespaced
typing-words to this effect:
81 read your column fire.
QuentIy and usually find il
rather amusing and unpreju.
diced, but dear lady, your re-
cent diatribe against MIR. Hoover
and your suggestion that the
next Republican campaign slO-
gan be "A Mink Coat on Every
Hanger hints Of hidden worm
wood and gall"
Here is our answer. It has
nothing to do with the above para
graph:
Dear Well Wisher: Since that
idea Of Mr.. Hoover's about the
Chicken in every pot" did not
turn out so well and since you
don't like my plea for "A Mink
Coat on Every Hanger" perhaps
you'd prefer this combination war
cry:
"a Chicken in Every Mink
Coat"
A gentler correspondent, e. n.
Bowley, Of HarperS Ferry, w. Va,
sometimes seals his letters to this
column with a ring whose stone
cutting was in existence centuries
before Christ. A curator at the
Metropolitan Museum in New
York says that the fascinating
seal on Mr.. Bowley'S ancestral
ring-a fat little boy with an
empty arrow sheaf over his shoul-
der-iS called cupid Growing
Old" This sounds sad.
And now an attempted answer
to a gay pencil-written note done
on the stationery Of a westbound
train. The note is signed Thee.
This column knows no "TheoS."
However, the note is amusing.
Thee doubts if we ever heard the
correct version Of that elevator
incident. You remember-the dear
little boy pinched the lady for
stepping on his foot. The lady
thereupon whammed the innocent
old gentleman. Theo says the
true story could be told 139 times
and never be boring. He says the
lady was no lady, merely a pinch
hitter on her way OUT" The real
anecdote he unfortunately leaves
untold.
Anna B. Shallenberger writes
from KenSington:
whenever possible, please take
q jibe with your versatile pen Cor
typewriter) against all wars. The
following crudely composed verse
embodies my sentiments:
OF all the contemplate, double
dyed fiends,
Who have cheated the gallows
and grave,
None lower is found
For the snake on the ground
Walks upright compared with
this knave.
He makes orphans and widows,
brings grief and despair,
Into countless numbers of lives
With never a thought
OF the misery brought
To innocent children and wives.
His lust for power, and the
glory that fades