The Washington times., 1936-07-21
NOW
Mrs. Dolly Gam
Will Stump
IN MAINE
BY HELEN ESSARY

BY HELEN ESSARY
Mrs. Dolly Gam is about to
spring upon the Republican stump
She will talk about Republican
virtues and New Deal mistakes to
the Kiwanis Clubs of Northern
New York State.
At the present moment Mistress
Dolly is in Kansas, her native
Kansas. She has gone out to be
present at the Landon notification
ceremonies. When that is over,
she will start her campaign trip.
Mrs. Gam was one of the celeb
rites of the Hoover administration
when her brother, Charlie Curtis,
was Vice President. You remem-
Der, of course, how she and Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, then
the wife of the Speaker of the
House, struggled for the seat near.
est the head of the official table.
Mrs. Gam is still a buxom,
pretty woman. Although she in
sistS that she is awfully keen about
politics, / suspect that houSekeep-
ing and bridge also interest her.
I found her having neighborly
chat with one of her friends while
marketing in the chain store near
est her Cleveland Park home. The
two ladies were discussing the
fearful problem Of what to feed
ones Man during these hot days"
Mrs. Gam said Lobster, which
we buy cooked near the water
front, is the favorite in our fam
ily."
John Hamilton, Republican ma
tional chairman, was holding an
intense and important conference
the other day in a hotel room in
Bangor, Me. A loud knock on the
door announced messenger boy.
with a special communication Tor
Mr.. Hamilton.
Mr.. Hamilton tore open the let
ter. Inside was an engraved and
decorated fishing license giving
him the freedom Of all the Maine
streams.
An accompanying note extended
a warm and more than hearty vel
come to Mr.. Hamilton, and ex-
pressed the hope that he would
find his stay in Maine most
agreeable.
The letter and the license were
from the Democratic governor,
Bran, now running for the Sen
ate.
Laughing, Mr.. Hamilton read
the letter aloud to the Maine Re,
publican leaders and remarked:
''Now I begin to see how that
Democratic fellow: gets himself
elected in this Republican Stateg
I had to get out 30-pound die
tionary in order to discover what
Secretary Ickes meant when he
said that the Republican platform
is one of ''illaqueation."
Struggling to keep the volume
from skidding off on my toes ]
turned page after page and found
the verb "to illaqueate," meaning
ito ensnare or trap"
It's q rare word, the dictionary
added.
I suspect that Mr.. Ickes came
upon it one day when he was
thinking about Harry Hopkins.
The Chesapeake Bay. Mary
lands pride and pleasure, is at
tracing nautical Washington
ians. Sailing thereon in the cool
breezeS you may see most any day
now DR.. A. K. Balls, an authority
on chemistry; DR.. Oscar D.
Hunter. pathologist; Mr.. John Lo-
kerson, q young civil engineer, or
Mr.. Edward Baltz.
DR.. Hunter, Mr.. EokerSon and
Baltz have cabin cruisers that can
accommodate half a dozen week
end guests.
DR.. Balls and his young son,
Kent, jr.. go in for racing in their
sail boat. They are rivals OF
snooty Baltimore sailors.
Mr.. Michael Keane, another
boat owner, is also famous fish.
erman. Mr.. Keane cruises along
the Potomac towards the Bay on
warm summer evenings. Monday
morning finds many of his friends
eating very fresh fish for break,
fast.
Tangier Island, down near the
Virginia line in the Chesapeake
Bay, was frozen in last winter.
This week Tangier is celebrating
it's homecoming week - unpubh.
cized.
Since the early days when John
smith discovered the island, Tan
gier has had an annual homecon1.
ing late in July, usually on July %.
Few Tangerians ever leave home.
It is an ingrown community of
fishermen. But those who have
wandered are back on the island
now, eating soft-shell crabs and
fish, hot rolls and chocolate cake,
enjoying the open house of the
natives and greeting old friends.
There are seldom new friends on
Tangier-except the seasons most
recent crop of babies.
What could be sweeter and
neater than these remarks made
by the Ambassador of Peru, Senior
Don Manuel de Freyere y Santan-
der, on the occasion of his call
with the Minister of Ecuador,
Senior Captain Colon Eloy Alfaro,
upon the President of the United
States: