The Washington times., 1936-03-02
Now
No More Silver
At White House
HURTS BUDGET
Rx HELEN ESSARY

Notes on the popularity of presi'
Dental candidates.
From our own poll.
Mrs. Roosevelt no longer uses
napkins or silver at her large
teas. Some of her guests have
carried away so many mementoes
that the White House budget
can't stand the loss.
Visitors have also fancied presi-
Dental hand towels. So now
there are no more towels in the
east entrance bath rooms.
AT the last "At Home" given by
AIRS. William E. Borah, the rooms
were crowded to the doors and
souvenir hunters stripped the
apartment bare of small objects
like ash trays, penholders n d
cigarette boxes.
About an hour after the At
Home, one Of the towns most IA
nous party goers" called at the
Borah front door. The Senator
answered,
I'D like to borrow a dollar"
the lady said.
Certainly" replied the Sena-
tor, and got q bill from his
trousers pocket.
"I'll return 1t when you're Pres
ident," said the lady,
mot at ALL" smiled MIR.
BOrah. "CaIl again."
I see that in addition to the
commotion about Maj. Gen. John
son. Hagood'S sense Of humor.
which alone seems to have caused
his demotion, there is a terrific
row in the Navy about the pro
motion of officers. That won't
do at all.
I suggest two ways out. The
one is that we build a Navy big
enough to permit everybody to
be an admiral. The other that
we abolish the Navy. We can't
afford to have ward-room civil
wars South of Guantanamo and
North Of Guam.
What would Newport think If
our officers behave in a manner
unbecoming gentlemen? What
would the peace societies do?
And the ancient sailors in Snug
Harbor dreaming of the days
when the old Kearsarge blew her
own bulkheadS out at the first
salvo, would their salty spirits
droop?
Come, gentlemen, get together.
We just can't have you fretting
all over the seven seas.
Rich stranger from the remote
West Unfortunately unnamed
sbut authentic) explains why she
decided to settle in Washington.
It takes three generations to get
into Philadelphia society. she
says, and four in Baltimore. But
in Washington you can break
through on .'our face value.
She thinks this is because here
. nobody of today may be some
body of tomorrow, therefore not
q single resident of the town can
afford to take a chance on snub-
bing potential Right People.
Rich stranger says also she finds
protocol and rank very amusing.
Wherever she goes she seems to
be in the presence of her official
betterS. She must stand back to
let Royalty pass before she enters
o door or leaves a dining room
table. This pleaSeS her-when she
sees who some Of her betterS are.
Sort Of catty,- this woman.
The crucial test for campaign
orators is coming. They'll soon
be on their own.
Jackson, Lincoln and Washing
ton have had their birthdays and
, were crushed in the rush Of both
parties to get at them.
There's nobody left now but Car
fie Nation, Benedict Arnold and
the Princess of the Vanishing
Horse, who delighted the children
in the 80's. The orators will have
to think up a few original things
or be thrown for q loss.
Unless they improve tremen-
dously, some future historian will
have to say Of them what Emer
son wrote of Massachusetts dur
ing the period 17901820:
There was not q book, q con-
versation or thought in the
State"