The Washington times., 1936-12-01


the new Soviet constitution.
The Soviet constitution, which
had been in preparation for many
years, was inaugurated laSt
Thursday when two thousand
delegates from all parts of the
Soviet Union met in Moscow.
The Minister of Siam and
Madame Raiamaitri will hold a
reception on the afternoon of
Thursday, December 10, on the
occasion of the anniversary of
Slams constitution day.
I keep thinking of the interest
to Moscow in the arrival this win
ter Of two American women as
AmbaSSadreSSeS and of how, al
though not alike in appearance,
the two lovely Americans are like
in type. I speak, of course, Of
Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, wife of
the new American Ambassador to
Moscow, and of Mrs. F. Wilkin-
son Bunker, who will preside at
the Italian Embassy in Moscow
after her marriage to Ambassador
Augusta Rosso in January.
Both Mrs. Davies and the
R,,&,,~o N6odopoa Docco ara 1,I4,,Iri
ously beautiful. Both have exqui-
site figures and very fair skin.
In sculpture, both would be
Venus, not Diana. Both have
lovely hair and arrange it effec-
, lively. Both like dramatic clothes
and jewels to emphasize their
type of beauty.
Both have been accustomed to
adulation. Have lived elegantly.
Have accepted every possible con-
venience and comfort as daily
routine. Dinners, luncheonS,
balls, exquisite in detail, have
been an ordinary part of their
lives.
To suddenly change from an
environment of this sort to the
comparative bleakness of Moscow
will test the adaptability of the
new ambasSadresses.
Although the foreign embas-
sizes survive in Moscow and rep
sent the Soviet governments re-
manning contact with elegance,
life in Moscow is difficult for an
American.
The hours of sunshine are
short. The winter is long, cold
. and dreary. The town is over
crowded. Building has not kept
up with the population.
Soviet women are not luxuri-
GUS. They haven't time to be.
They work side by side with their
men at anything, everything-on
the roads, behind the pillow, in
the factories, in the councils.
Nor have Soviet women time to
think of clothes. Personal adorn'
ment is to them an extravaganza.
Soviet jewels. relics of the Cars
regime, are in the museums.
Perhaps the coming of these
two beautiful Americans will
change the attitude of the Soviet
women. Not long ago they took
to lipstick and began buying
negligeeS again.
Mrs. Davies and Mrs. Bunker
are so intensely feminine, their ex-
ample might easily usher in a
new era for the women of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lies.
Washingtonians are skillful col
1ectorS of books, magazines and
objects of art. Clifford K. Berry
man, the cartooniSt, and one Of
the Gridiron Clubs distinguished
members, has a complete set of
Punch.
Not single number of the fam
GUS English magazine is missing.
The value of the collection is
inestimable. Some of the rare in
dividual copies are worth about a
thousand dollars apiece.
Mr.. Bergman greatly enjoys
English humor. He thinks it is
subtle and delightful.
At Gloria GroSvenor's debut
party last week saw Mrs. Will
liam Mann, who is about to start
off with her husband, DR.. Mann,
director of washington Zoo, for
parts unknown to bring 'em
back alive"
Mrs. Mann was slipping a cup
of tea at the moment, looking
demure and feminine in a slick
black suit and a gay hat. She was
discussing-what do you suppose
what to wear when in jungle
tracking down hippopotami, rhin'
oceri, tigri ct reptiliae.