The Washington times., 1936-02-19
NOW
He Would Hear
One He KneW
BUT DOESN'T
BY HELEN EsSARY


House during the last three
years or. 50, but he says he does
wish that once, just once, one OF
the musicians had played or sung
q tune he'd heard before.
He says he has kept hoping that
somebody would give Home on
the Range" But nobody has.
A suspicious correspondent
writes to ask:
Have you a little presidential
candidate in your home?
No home seems to be complete
without one just now. Women all
over the land are beginning to de-
tect strange symptoms of unrest in
their otherwise placid and peace
full husbands: the far-off dreaming
eye, the oratorical pose, the pas
sion to make speeches to anybody
about anything, the midnight
mumbling Of sure-fire names-Jet.
fersori, washington, Lincoln. Jack
son-the first-page frenzy. the cul.
tivation Of the radio voice sooth.
ing. confidential. reassuring and
masculine, together with the
bowed head and sacrificial air that
II will run If drafted"
For this Is the season Of candi-
dates and fresh shad. of straw
berries and cream. and of spring
winds out Of the warm South.
Happy are the citizens Of :. coun-
try who have such wide choice OF
utterly desirable things.
Intellectual outlook:
On Friday evening Florence
Locke viii give an intrepretstive
reading Of Antony and Cleo
patra. in that fascinating Eliza
bethan theater at the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
Gordon Dunthorne will give an
Illustrated talk on "Old Flower
Prints next Tuesday afternoon
at the apartment of Mrs. McCook
Knox. The invitations to this
charming party are accompanied
with small colored prints Of wild
flowers.
Practically every day. in this
column, shall give a big de-
scriptive paragraph to some one
Of the Washington People You
Hear About.
Today shall speak Of Madame
de With, wife of the Minister Of
The Netherlands.
Madame de With's country has
anextraordinary collection of good
things. A geometrically beauti"
full flower-splashed landscape,
one of the worlds greatest collec-
tions of paintings acquired neither
by purchase nor by conquest, but
created by her own painters, love
ly children red checked with health
and wide-eyed with wonder. the
third largest colonial empire. on
earth, and, in the pc. son Of Ma
dame de With, a woman who salts
fies the most exacting canonS Of
beauty. May I humbly suggest to
Her Majesty QNeen Vfilhelmina,
that she mount guard from Su-
matra to Scheveningen to pre-
serve these treasures from some
rowing predatory power that may
have designs upon them.
Every little while the univer-
stiles check up on their gradu-
ates to see what they have &C
complished as q result Of spend.
ing four years and papa's money
at dear old alma mater. Stats
tics are published showing their
earning power, with the general
conclusion that q doctor Of philoS'
ophy is generally about two jumps
ahead Of o master plumber and
runs neck ana neck with an up
and coming undertaken.
Why not make q similar survey
of the page boys Of the Senate?
They are privileged to be near the
great. They hear the utterances
Of the greatest debating society
on earth" They are shepherds
on Olympus, walking daily among
the gods from Utah, Texas anC
New Hampshire. What becomes
Of them? Do they Just marry
AM have children and relax? Dc
they go on to great deeds, re
membering the giants among
whom they moved? Do they be
come 1Ioorwalkers, umbrella men
ders. fortune-tellers, watch-makerS
house painters, or Senators them
selves?
What does it mean to be ex
posed constantl. to greatness? Il
It heredity or environment that
counts? What is the force Of ex
ample? What is the effect of 6
filibuster on the youthful mind
How do youngsters react to de
bates on the wool schedule? ThesI
questions cry out for answer. Up
you WPA's, with q survey ant
let the devil take the hindmos
boondoggler.
nidr't somebody make q Pre-