The Washington times., 1936-11-20

the North Pole
at about 80
miles an hour. T.
In the big de-
partment stores, Santa Clans
the leather
goods and gents furnishings II
beg your pardon, gentlemen'S
wear) are being pushed back to
make room for bicycles and sleds.
The counters and stands on which
doll babies will smile any day now
are being painted a joyful red.
Around the necks of Teddy bears
they are still with us-and un-
der the chins of wooly lambs and
sheep are big fresh bows of red
ribbon.
Also, reindeer spring over house
tops on painted walls. A big space
has been chopped out of each toy
department aisle to give space to
a platform for hurrying electric
trains.
Old clerks are carefully unWrap-
ping big boxes of Christmas orna-
ments. And very young, juSt-for-
Neutrality-suspicious. are Der
sonally trying out whistles and
horns.
What have YOU done about
Christmas? Santa Claus will get
you if you don't watch out!
Mr., and Mrs. Mark Sullivan are
charter members of the "I-Knew-
Wallis Simpson-When Club"
Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan lived in
Baltimore in the apartment be-
meath the one occupied by Mrs.
T, Wallis Warfield and the baby
girl who was one day to be the
most talked Of woman in the
world.
When Mrs. Warfield went out
to parties, which she often did,
Mrs. Sullivan minded the baby"
for her. A very lively baby she
was, too, with big eyes and black
hair and a determination to finish
what she started.
When Larry Hills, editor Of the
Paris Herald, was in washington
recently he reported that all of
official Europe and those "in the
know" are intensely interested IN
the career of Mrs. Simpson. NO
news about her romance with King
Edward has been printed in any
French paper. This was because
of an informal request of the Brit
ish government. Nor has Ger
many printed any Simpsonia.
Dining in the same group with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan the other
night I was impressed with the
realization o. how extremely ele-
CANT looking they are. Mrs. Sulli-
van has cameo like features. Very
white hair. In the evening she
generally wears black velvet or a
pastel chiffon.
Mr.. Sullivan has a distinguished
profile and and the air of a man
who meets Presidents and Kings
on their own ground.
Mr.. Sullivan is planning to write
his memoirs, having already
brought "Our Times" up to date
with the sixth volume.
At the present moment his most
intense interest is in his new
grandson, John David MCGEE Sd.
David, as he is going to be called,
is the son of his exquisite 19-year'
old daughter, Narcissus Sullivan
MCGEE and John David MCGEE 3D.
Conversation for the further
restoration of Stratford Hall was
sizzling with enthusiasm the other
afternoon when the Washington
chapter of the Robert E. Lee Me
mortal Foundation met at the
home of Mrs. Ralph Worthington
So many exciting plans for i'm
provement to the house and gar
den were discussed by Mrs. Gaze
move Lee, Mrs. Horace Van Devan
ter, Mrs. Fairfax Harrison and Mrs
Wilson Lee that I couldn't decide
which prospect most wanted tt
help with.
Perhaps I'd help buy powder
horn, or a bellows or warming
pan to furnish a closet as it wa!
in the days of General Lee. Ol
order several bushes of the Strat
ford rose, romantic blend of thC
Marchemeil and the La France
rose. Or invest in Stratforc
smoked ham and turkey or plungC
heavily with a special copy O
"Stratford, the Great House o
the Lees" :" Or squander fift,
cents on a Trip-to-HaVan contest.
Miss Ethel Armes who Wrot
the story of the old mansion, sal
she was about to go to San Marine
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