The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-08
NOW
Cutting Dolls
Is No Fun
GET A BLANK
BY HELEN ESSARY

Uonal Press Building, Where GnC
Democratic national committee Il
ct work improving the world, yor
may some early April night see
light burning.
Under the light will likely be a
harassed and handsome gentle
man, Mr.. Richard Hodgkins, and
unless the present embarrassing
situation changes, Mr.. HodgkinS
may be engaged in the paSt1me
Of cutting paper patternS-paper
patterns for Colonial costumes OF
the period 1900 to 1910.
The cause that drove an intell1-
gent Democrat, even in a cam
paign year, to cutting paper pat
terms is the jefferson Day Ball
on April 10, when 100000 Young
Democrats will dance Eve told
about this party in this column
long ago). At the time the dances
were decided on there was much
talk Of celebrating in hooped
skirts and satin breecheS.
One of the pattern making COM
panies offered to draw the pic
lures for the costumes and to
make the patterns. Soon there
after the Young Democrats lost
their intense enthusiasm for cos
TUNES ana the order to actually
make the patterns in large guam
titles was never given.
However, the pictures Of the
costumes had gone into the Dem
ocratic Digest, published monthly
by the women's division, which
circulateS throughout the coun-
try. The magazine suggested that
orders for the patterns be sent
to committee headquarters.
Since then requests have been
galloping in to Mr.. Hodgkins. I'M
agine his feelings! He hates to
send back the Is cents-you know
what q campaign year is. And he
isn't really good at paper dolls.
So what can he do?
He's asked the young women at
the committee to help him in his
dilemma. They smiled with an
noying feminine tolerance and
suggested that the requests be re-
ferred to the Pictorial Review, so
Mr.. HodgkinS may not have to
turn into y Paul Poiret after all.
Mr.. Joseph P. Tumulty went to
call at the Public Works Admins
tration the other day. At the end
Of o long corridor he came upon
o doorkeeper. Without looking
up from his newspaper, the door
keeper addressed the former Sec
rotary to woodrow Wilson:
''Have you filed your appli-
catiOn?"
"My application"
"Sure, you've got to fill in
slip If you want a job"
ooh / see," answered Mr..
Tumulty.
'What job do you want?"
"Well," said Mr.. Tumulty, 81
believe I'd like to cut the White
House lawn"
COX, get your blank second
door to the right" said the door.
keeper, and turned the news
paper to the funnieS.
Senator Robert F. Wagner is
sponsor for huge housing bill de-
signed to change housing condi-
tionS in the Slums of American
cities.
May suggest that he do some
thing about the Slums of Park
Avenue in New York where the
wealthy live? Here the poor dumb
creatures dwell year after year in
vast apartment buildings that sue
cessfully defy the best efforts of
sun and light and fresh air to en-
ter them.
They pay thousands of dollars
In rent for the privilege Of living
by electric light night and day,
for breathing gaSoline-laden air,
and existing in houses that no
civilized community would toler-
ate.
I am all for a movem e n
to ameliorate the living conditions
Of the unintelligent and unaeSthe-
tic rich.
It would seem that certain Dem
ocratic ladies can't take it.
Because
The Women's National Demo.
cratic Club, which every spring
since time immemorial has held
. card party in some opulent
Democrats garden, has decided
this year to give it's benefit on
the roof Of the Washington Ho.
tel.
And the reason? The Demo.
cratic ladies say they can't stand
the strain of setting up tables
and chairs and tea, food and
drink out on the greensward and
wondering, meanwhile, "if it is
going to rain"
Toward a More Picturesque
Speech!
Representative Allen T. Tread.
way, of Massachusetts,, Suave, I'll.
tra-conservative and owner of a
row of big hotels, got into a loud
tax argument in the House re-
Gently with Representative Rob
ert L. Doughton, the big raw
boned farmer from North Caro-
lima
The lawmakers got violently ex
cited. Rough conversation doomed
across the heads Of the listening
Representatives. Finally Repre-