The Washington times., 1936-01-13
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| Eating, This!
+ COWBOY TOGS

BY HELEN ESSARY

The passion for liberty will
probably add an encouraging sum
to the Liberty League Golfers.
When two thousand subscriptions
4 to the League dinner at the May
flower on January Is had been
received, the league said regret
fully:
There's room for no more"
Owing to the extreme interest Of
the du Points in the Liberty
League one irreverent Democrat
has rechristened the organization
thusly:
"The GunpOwder Plot"
The degrading influence Of
society-or what washington does
to q strong man.
Representative P. L. Gassaway,
from Oklahoma, 1.-THE Cowboys
Cowboy" continues to appear in
o ten-gallon hat and high boots
at evening parties as he did on
the T. x. Ranch near Coalgate.
But, Washington is getting"
Mr.. GasSaway. The boots which
he wore to the Judiciary Recep-
ton at the White House with his
full dress suit were of patent
leather and high heeled! They
were hand made and of a style
never seen astride a bronco. They
cost, so experts tell me, no less
than $50 a pair!
Mr.. Gassaway's ten-gallon hat.
which he hung beside the other
gentlemen's toppers, was a made
to-order stetson Of fine black
felt. It would last about three
days on the range.
Now - Some Pleasant Para
graphs
A few Washington hoStesSeS de-
serve complete columns Of praise
on their genius for hospitality.
Among these happy people is Mrs.
Alvin T. Hert. TouWhatever form
of entertainment Mrs. Hert I'M
dertakes, she gives a dignity and
a charming warmth. Perhaps no
wedding reception in Washington
in recent years has shown as de-
lightfully this rare combination OF
qualities as the one given by
Mrs. Hert for Mr.. and Mrs. Brit
ton Boal Wood. Mrs. Wood is the
lovely niece Of Mrs. Hert and as
Mary Louise Durham spent sew.
eral winters in Washington with
her aunt.
Harold Schantz, in Washing
ton for few days between his last
consular post at Moscow and his
next at Athens, is one Of the
most entertaining Americans in
the Foreign Service. Several Of
Mr.. Schantz' previous posts have
been in diSease-ridden territories
Mr., Sch: ntz' tales of how wher
he comes home for a little vaca
ton he has to be inoculated with
typhoid fever, small poX, cholera
and yellow fever virus, and hi!
subsequent unhappineSS on the
high seas while on the way to hi
next office are delightful.
like that pretty new Mrs. Harry
B. Coffee, recent bride Of the Rep
resentative from Nebraska.
small Ms. Coffee she is, too
probably a demitasse. She is cleVel
with a friendly. eager way. Her ia
ther is Harvey Newbranch, eG1tol
Of the Omaha World Herald. Be
fore her marriage she was Secre
tary to Senator Edwin r. Burke
Of Nebraska. The debut Of
Nancy Letter this winter reminds
many old Neutrality-suspicious. Of tn,
coming out of her lovely aunt
Mary Letter, who married youn(
Curzon, a secretary at the
British Embassy, who later be
came the Viceroy Of India. Mary
Letter was a lovely brunette. He1
old friends remember her particu
larly in red serge skating suit
trimmed with bands Of black fur
q red toque and a big black
muff. =.
Madame Saito, wife of the
japanese Ambassador, deprived
the concert stage of great
pianist when she chose matrimonS
rather than a musical career. Mr.
Rudolph Reuter-, of Chicago, the
guest artist at a recent japanese
embassy musicale, told me this
Mr.. Reuter- taught Madame Saito
when he was professor of music at
the Royal College in Tokyo .
Harry Hopkins little 3-year-old
daughter looks exactly like hel
father, the WPA administrator.
Communication from Lieut.. Gen
Friedrich Won Boetticher, the mill
tary attache to the German EN-
bassy in Washington, duly for
warded to our own War Depart
ment:
"FOreign visitors to German
aircraft factories required to
obtain permission from Reichs-
Observation-Disclosures"
Perhaps it would be simpler just
to visit the ZOO in Berlin and the
art galleries in Munich.