Evening star., 1936-02-02
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

Every one must have given a sigh
OF relief as the new day dawned this
morning, for the past week was
hectic one and every one seemed to
have a severe case of the jitters.
To get rid of it all some people
threatened to take a walk-and the
Marine Band actually took one with
mufied drums and caSed horns and
the music of the famous band that
was expected to 60 around and around,
went cut of the front door. NotWith-
standing the band took walk and Tor
q hectic five minutes the Women's
Patriotic Conference for National De-
fense, composed of both the Demo-
cratic and Republican women OF the
country, had a case of the Jltters.
Mrs. Harriet Vaughan Rigdon re-
manned as cool as the thermometer
outside and calmly went about sec'lr-
Ing another orchestra. A pretty young
girl who had danced many times to
the music of one of the Capitals
favorite orchestras, took a walk and
came back with the goods. and the
Quickest music that put everybody in
good humor-and the beautiful din
ner proceeded.
You see. the country had ceased to
gasp at that $50 Jackson day dinner
of Postmaster General Farleys and
were just getting good breath, when
along came Mr.. Jouett Shouse's billion
dollar party, which made the Jackson
day party look Ikea hot-dog stand.
Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson, ma
jority floor leader of the Senate ana
running mate on the Smith-Robinson
ticket in 1923, called the Liberty
League dinner the feast of Belshazzar
(read Daniel W, Meme, meme, teKel'
upharsin."
Former Gov. Alfred Emmanuel
Smith was the guest Of honor at Mr..
Shouse's party. and bakers dozen
of Du Points and other leaders IN smart
society were the entremets, SO TO
sneak. to add eclat to the most gor-
peous party Washington has seen IN
MANY a day-certainly not since the
depression.
The former candidate of the Demo-
cratic party for President in 1928 was
never in finer fettle than when he rose
to speak and announced in emphatic
terms that if the Philadelphia con-
vention indorsed President Roosevelt
and the New Deal in June, he would
lead a marathon and take a walk.
The Governor knows something about
the seriousness of such peregrinationS,
for his own beloved State, to which
he always gives such generous credit
for his success and honors in life, took
a walk in 1923 to the tune of As for
Mr.. Herbert Hoover.
While Gov. Smith in his speech.
which was the opening gun in the
American Liberty Leagues campaign,
took rather gloomy view of the state
of the country, he stressed the fact
that he was in possession OF supreme
happiness and comfort. 1t sounded
very cheerful.
Gov. Ritchie's State
Took Walk.
Former Gov. Albert Ritchie, idol
of the aristocratic voters of his State
Maryland. my Maryland, took walk,
too. in l928-was guest at the dinner
and his handsome face was smiling,
but there was kind of wistfulness
about his magnetic smile that did not
bespeak his old buoyant spirit. In
repose his face was thoughtful.
Strange bedfelloWs, though they sleep
between linen sheets, are not always
conducive to dreamlesS slumbers.
Mr.. Charles L. Dawson of Kentucky,
q former United States judge. shared
honors at the speakers table with Gov.
Smith, but did not mention that his
State was one Of the eight Southern
States to take a walk in that men,
orable year when the Mother of Presi-