The Washington times., 1936-02-22
9 NOW
Senator BOrGh
Lacks HumOr'
WIFE SAYS
BY HELEN ESSARY

Some, blessed by the gods, are
natural without a struggle.
Mrs. William E. Borah, wife
Of the Idaho gentleman whose
senatorial sombrero has gone kit
ing inco the presidential ring, is
honestly unaffected and one o1
the most amusing women IN
Washington.
sat in an after dinner group
with ner at the delightful party
of the Charge d. Affaires of the
Polish Embassy and Madame So
kolowska the other night and was
enchanted by the stories she told
about "Mr. Borah."
Mr.. Borah, she says, just nat
urally hasn't sense of humor
He's a magnificent person, but
he won't laugh when he should
AS Mrs. Borah said this, you
could see she thought he was
laughing at the world most OF
the time. However, according to
her, he's been particularly literal
lately-once when she thought
she was being a perfect wife,
This was the time she and the
Senator were about to dine at
the White House. Mrs. Borah
says she likes the White House
even for a big congressional re
ception and at a dinner she al.
ways tries to do her best. So
when she was dressed for this
fine party, she remarked to the
Senator:
''Mr. BOrah, look at me. Do
you see anything new about
me-"
Certainly, your dress"
"Oh, MIR. BOrah, I had the
dress for four years. It's the
braid on my hair that's new.
] thought I'd wear one for a
change. 1 hope I've got it pin
ned on tight. I'd hate it to
fall into the White House soup.
So you just look across the
table tonight and signal to me
If my new head dress is slip
ping"
MRS. Borah" so the wife of
the gentleman from Idaho, de-
ClareS he said:
'Mrs. BOrah you leave that
braid at home. We won't be
trying any experiments in the
White House tonight"
Mrs. Borah said she had said
that, and she had thought Of
this attitude just the other day
when she tried to tell Mr.. Borah
about the experience she had
coming home from the country
on a bus during the Snowstorm
(Mrs. Borah hasn't ridden in a
bus for years.. However, that's
beside the point.
She said she heard a colored
man riding behind her say to
the conductor:
eve Just went by a fine hat
in q snOwdrift back yOuder.
Please stop the bus, Mr.. Con-
ductOr, / want to get out and
get it. I need a hat and I'll
catch the next bus"
The bus stopped. Mrs. Borah
didn't explain how she heard
what happened next. The col.
ored man she said,' was about
to pick up the hat when, to his
surprise. he saw it was on the
head of a man who was buried
in the snow. The colored man
cried:
'Mercy, let me help you up,
SIR"
''Thanks, my good man, II
love to be helped, and / appre-
ciate your kindness, but I'm
afraid the job is more than
you can manage. You see I'm
really on horseback, having
come out to see the country.
The horse is buried in the snow
Just beneath me-"
"And when l told this per-
fectly simple story to Mr.: BOrah
he didn't smile at all. He
merely said, Mrs. BOrah, /
don't believe you Mr.. BOrah
really has no sense Of humor.
Madame Morgenstierne asked:
"Did the cOlOred man get the
hat?'
ooh, yes, I saw him wearing
It to work just this morning"
A delicious wit and most en-
gaging personality. h IS Mrs
Borah. I've never enjoyed
conversation more.
At the Polish Embassy party
by the way, I noticed again with
pleasure how effectively both
Madame de Laboulaye, wife o1
the French Ambassador, and
Madame Sokolowska do theil
hair. Madame de Laboulaye'S
hair is exquiSitely white and she
has it piled high and not toe
high with the most becoming
fringe over her young forehead
Madame Sokolowska arranges hel
brown hair in the same chic style
Which reminds me of the pres
ent visit to the United States oi
Madame Karpovskaya, whom the
Soviet Union has sent here to buy
efficient lip stick machines. Il
seems that the demand for rouge
in the recently emancipated U. s
S. r. is growing insatiably.
Wasn't it only yesterday tina
1ipsticks were held to be beneath
the contempt Of good Russian al
one of the many Sordid devices O.
the bourgeois? Wasn't it onl!
yesterday that a good Communis
might proudly say to a woman