The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-04
NOW
The Durability
OF Justices
PRINCESS SEWS
BY HELEN ESSARY

BY HELEN ESSARY
Here's q story to be studied by
those rebels who doubt the mde
structibility Of the Supreme
Court.
It's q story about an ancestor
Of Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
and it points a pretty moral.
MIR. Justice Stone had q grand,
father several times removed
whose name was Simon Stone.
Cotton Mather, the New England
chronicler, tells about one OF
Simon Stones adventures as an
Indian fighter.
Simon, with some Of the early
settlers in Connecticut, was one
day struggling with marauding
Red Skins. It was the habit Of
the time, you remember.
Simon Jared badly in the en-
gagement. He was left for dead
on the field Of battle.
While in this unfortunate po-
sition he was re-diScovered by
several particularly inquisitive In
dianS who took a sharp look at
his PROSTATE form and thought
that maybe he wasn't quite dead.
Then. by way Of finishing up the
slaughter of the Pale Face. &C.
cording to Cotton Mather, they
did give in the neck of said
Simon. nine blows with a toma-
hawk"
Soon thereafter some of Simon'S
friends. surveying the scene of the
fight decided that although Simon
j was terribly hacked about, he was
possibly slightly alive. So they
gave him a draught of Pleasant
Water" Simon family quivered
an eyebrow. Cotton Mather con-
tinueS:
''Next they did give him q
draught of Strong Water.
Simon, though weak from
grievOus wounds of the tOma-
hawk, revived forthwith and
lived many honorable and use
full years"
Big Chiefs aiming modern toma-
hawks at noble White Building
opposite Capitol give thought
to Simon and his descendant!
7 asked the Danish Minister.
Mr.. Otto Wadsted, about the
young Danish Princess. Alexan-
drine Louise, just in case she does
become the wife of King Edward
VIII and Queen of England.
I learned that she is friendly,
well brought-up young girl. Like
all members of the Danish Royal
family. she has been trained since
childhood to accept her position
in life simply, but also with q
deep feeling of responsibility.
She has been educated carefully
not in a palace with private
tutors and governesses but in q
well selected girls school. Here
she learned the things that other
carefully reared Danish girls
learn-languages, music, history,
o touch Of art and the good, prac-
tical science of housekeeping and
the care Of children. Few Euro
pean women of upper or lower
classes risk the casual preparation
for home-making that American
girls consider smart and sufficient.
A course in first aid and hos
pital training-Such as the Red
Cross giveS-has been part Of
the Princess Alexandrine's train
ing for maturity. She sews beau
tifully, too, and could make her
own frocks if she had to-.
An alliance between Denmark
and England would repeat the
royal international tradition of
the two countries. Queen Alex
andra, the mother Of King George
v, was Danish princess. Her IA
Their, King Christian TX, had four
children who were monarchs in
Europe last Empress Of Rus
STA, Queen Alexandra of England,
!, O queen OF Greece and q King OF
Denmark.
Another interesting bit Of Dan
ish royal history is the fact that
all kings of Denmark for the last
400 years have been named either
Christian or Frederick. The cid.
est son Of a Frederick or the son
who succeeds to the throne is al
ways named Christian. The son
or the person who succeeds a
Christian is crowned King Fred
erick.
Whims Of the Headliners:
Madame Perkins, Secretary Of
Labor, thinks Santayana's "The
Last Puritan" is one Of the finest
books she has ever read. She likes
to quote some Of it's passages.
Madame Perkins gets very sleepy
quite early in the evening. She