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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
Ellen Dryden
Wedsin Fall

Col. and Mrs. william Bry.
den have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter,
Ellen, to Lieut.. Alexander B.
Day Surles, jr. Lieutenant
SurleS is the son Of Col. and
Mrs. A. D. Surles.
Miss Dryden, who Is one OF
the most popular members OF
the young Army set, was gradu-
ated from Miss Maderia's School
several years ago. Colonel and
Mrs. Dryden recently have re-
turned from Honolulu where
they we're stationed.
Lieutenant surles was gradu.
ated from the United States
Military Academy this June
and in the fall he will be sta
toned at Fort Bliss, Tex.
The wedding will take place
early in the fall but no def
mite date has been announced
The engagement was made
known to the numerous friends
of the Brydens at a reception
given at their home on Satur-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Henry Jones
and Miss Sally Jones accom-.
panied by Mrs. M. Shafer Glover,
are at the St. Regis in New York
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holger Hansen
of Hurmacao, Puerto Rico, are
at the Martinique while in Wash
ington.
Miss Florence Harrington is
stopping at the Chalfonte-Had-
don Hall in Atlantic City.
Miss M. Geraldine Egan and
Miss Iva McKenna, of Quebec.
Canada. are at the Martinique
for a stay of several days.
Mrs. J. B. Roundtree is So
journing in New York City and
while there is stopping at the
Barbizon-Plaza Hotel.
DR.. and Mrs. N. r. Sloan, Of
Christiansted, st. Croix, Virgin
Islands, are spending few days
at the Dodge.
Gerard Guest
Mr.. James w. Gerard, former
Ambassador to Germany, was
guest of Brig. Gen. Cornelius
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Vanderbilt
at Beaulieu on Long Island,
over the weekend.
Mrs. B. r. Chamberlain, Of
Tucson, Ariz., in stopping at the
Dodge while in the Capital.
X X
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.. Reeves,
of Rome, Ga, are spending sew.
eral days at the Martinique.
%E*
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife
Of the late President Coolidge,
who usually spends her sum-
mers in Massachusetts, and
goes to North Carolina for
part of each winter, will ar
rive in Belfast, Me, today for
her first visit to that part Of
the State.
She will be at the Warren
Reed Cottage at Saturday
Cove for August and Septem-
Der.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sabin,
who are at their summer home
at Westport, Conn, have as
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Hutchinson, of Washington:
their daughter, Miss Betty
Hutchinson, and their son.
Richard Hutchinson, jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sabin enter
tanned a company of 40 for
dinner and dancing at the
Westport Yacht Club Satur.
day evening in honor of their
Holiday in Maine
Mr.. and Mrs. David Max and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
Shower Given

Miss Charlotte Elaine Kline Of
Arlington, Va. recently gave a
surprise bridal shower in honor
of Mrs. Cecil Rhodes Yates, who
before her marriage on July II,
in the Washington City Church
of the Brethren, was Miss Helen
Elizabeth ReSSer, daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. Charles e. ResSer
of this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
PETER CARTER,

HELEN WATSON, niece Of former Sena-
IL tor Jim w IS n, of Indiana, whom
everybody in Washington remembers for her smiling charm
and reddish gold hair just recently married the very
very wealthy Baron Pol de Schuylemburch of Holland.
The newlywed the moment spending their honey.
at one of the barons historic estates because the
baron being the oldest and head Of the family had
be in Holland for various business details Helen who
was one time married to one of the well known Ditson
many months ago and looked amazingly happy and chic
Not at all incidentally, the baron who admire
and thinks they go nicely with his brides reddish hair
has already given her the magnificent emerald brace.
let's rings earrings and brooch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02

NEW MARKET. VA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02

Fortunate are those who, though forced
to remain in Washington through the heat
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
District Stamp
Clubs

The Collectors Club Of Washing
ton, Branch S, s. P. A., will meet
in the Thomson School, Twelfth
and L SITS. N. W., Tuesday evening
at 8 o'clock. A complete program
has been arranged. Preliminary
arrangements concerning the pro
posed s. p. A. convention which
is listed for ASheville, N. c., Au-
gust 1928, will be discussed. Club
officials expect that at least fifty
club members will make the trip.
The Washington nhilatelic So
ciety will stage its weekly meeting
in the Carlton Hotel, Sixteenth
Street Northwest, Wednesday eve
ming starting at 8 o'clock. An ex'
ceptional fine program has been
arranged. The society welcomes
those unaffiliated members Of the
club at the meeting. X
The Capital Precancel Club is
not scheduled for a meeting this
Monday night. 1t will, however,
gather at the Thomson School.
Monday week, August 8.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31

People are always writing the
President. In rainy weather his
communications soar up to total
of 1000 daily. During sunny spells
they sink to a mere 1000.
His requests for letters from
listeners during his radio fireside
chats have something to do with
this, but so does the weather. Peo-
pie write more often when shut
up indoors.
You no longer have to wonder
what they write. Ben Whitehurst,
former chief of Correspondence
Division, has decided to tell all.
Well, almost all.
Nothing, 1t seems Is too personal
to tell the President. Mother, for
instance, doesn't want her hair
bobbed by the WPA. Daughter
wants q dress in which to graduate
from high school. A wife wants
a trip to Alaska. il farmer has lost
q mule.
A prospective father wants to
know If Congress would protest
If he named his new baby Fera,
the name Of your relief outfit"
A lady wants a beautician's course.
A man wants to get into an insane
asylum.
Somebody threatens to write to
uncle Sam" should the President
fail to answer. Somebody else
wants a thousand dollars. Some
body else is tired of working. And
so it goes.
There are only IS pages, but
each one is packed with fun '. =. for
you and the President.
c'Dear Mr.. President" a collec.
ton Of letters put together by Ben
Whitehurst. Published by e. P.
Dutton & Co..
The Washington times., 1937-07-31

hood against q pampered effete
prOletariat."
Even with this stretch Of feel
ing" for his subjects, Author Wee
ter is done with any attempt on
the part of the great" families
in America to claim any too close
connection with royalty.
Carefully he lays on the table
the results of his enormous re-
search explaining just who the
people were who first came over
to ,colonize the land and perhaps
makes bit too much Of some Of 1t
for histories usually give a pretty
fair presentation on that score.
At any rate, while Mr.. Wecter
could be said to be indulging in
some mild debunking, he is at least
amusing, and makes the title a lit
tie pouderouS for a volume filled
with such delightful material.
C'The Saga Of American So
ciety," by Dixon Wecter. Published
by ScribnerS.)
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
PhilateiC
Hinges

The owner Of the Stearn's por.
trait, 1.-THE Signing Of the Constl-
tuition" which will be used on the
forthcoming Constitution stamp, is
a New Yorker VINO desires that his
name be kept anonymous
Harold Ambrose, press relations
chief Of the Post Office Depart
ment, left last Sunday for three
weeks vacation at a resort near
Quebec Metered mail out Of
Chicago recently received calls at
tentlon to the SEVENTEEN ami
versary Of the founding Of the city.
Information oncern ing the
dope" on a new U. s. stamp, men,
toned In Hinges two weeks ago,
concerned the design on the Ha-
waiian stamp. AS the deadline
for this page is Wednesday, pre-
ceding date Of issue, Verification
of the information was one day
too late to be recorded on this
page last week :. 1t IS illegal for
any person or organization to de-
liver mail in opposition to the
United States Post Office Depart
ment Local stamp dealers
''raided" the local five and tens
and captured all the southern
Rhodesia Coronations. One party
bought up 100 sets, ranging from
IS cents to rs cents per set. and
IS holding them for and getting
$3.50 for the set Of four.
A large number Of Central Amer
lean post offices, which sell I'm
gummed stamps because Of the
heat, provide huge pots Of gum for
stamp users Great Britain is
the only world power without reg
ular air mail stamps
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
In TWoCoIOrs

Weston Satterly, uses, RCD
118. will sponsor a cachet in two
colors commemorating the official
creation by Congress of the United
States Navy. The covers will be
mailed from an American naval
vessel.
Send standard size (634) enve-
lope, fully addressed, stamped and
unsealed, and unstuffed. Leave
the left half Of the cover blank SO
that the cachet can be neatly
printed. Covers not Of standard
size will be returned. Use COM
memorative stamps on inner and
outer wrapper. No forwarding fee
necessary, and the sponsorship is
free. Address to 1881 Fiftieth st.,
Brooklyn, N. Y. No more than two
covers accented,
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Thrilling Plot
Revived

It is highly improbable that
writer's will ever get away from
the delicious thrill of bringing
characters back from the dead and
putting their souls in the wrong
bodies. In fact, they should never
get over this idea, for there are
always a goodly number of readers
who go for 1t in great big way.
Take the recent mystery, 1.-THE
Wrong Body" It concerns the
story Of two men who died Of car
bon monoxide poisoning.
Mike MaScarenaS was killed with
the gas for a murder. The COVER
nor of the State met his death
purely by accident.
At the time this happened, DR..
Boxton was busy working out a
theory Of how to bring animals
to life who had died Of the gas
and had obtained permission to
experiment on Mascarenas. Since
the governor died at the same
time he is called in to try it on
him too.
His success Is marred by the
fact that the souls get mixed up
in the bodies. It suits Mike. It
naturally doesn't suit the gov
ernor, especially when the gov
ernor's girl goes for Mike in the
governors body.
The solution to the scramble is
very we'll handled. And 1t Is well
worth reading the book to find
out about it.
("The Wrong Body" by v. A.
Van Sickle. Published by Alfred
A. Knopf.)
The Washington times., 1937-07-31

And having delivered himself Of
that premise in the opening CHAP.
ter Of his book, THE Saga OF
American Society,"" author Dixon
Wecter proceeds to satisfy a lot Of
that inquisitiveness.
Within the limits Of some 483
pages he provides enough fact and
fiction about the socially promi-
nent and their origins to make a
highly interesting and readable
history.
Mr.. Wecter is very clever in his
handling Of the situation. His
style while little on the pedantic
side still contains an easy grace
and a subtle feeling for humor.
Unlike most books dealing with
this class Of American life, MI.
Wecter neither attains a Sneering
attitude toward society nor does
he play the sycophant.
In speaking of the class as a
whole he says:
"The classic plutOCrat today
Is no more than DOGGY of the
MarxiSt nursery. In fact, he has
been so haraSSed by Ievies, laws,
codes, public criticism and grueI-
ling committees Of investigation
that q lover Of paradox might
forecast the day when q hard
bitten plutOcracy, driven to its
burrows, would revolt and assert
the claims Of human brother
The Washington times., 1937-07-31

Armenia, Azerba1jan, Carinthia,
Karelia, Georgia, Batum, White
Russia and others were born, lived
and died as nations, with a life
span Of a few weeks, months, and
sometimes only days.
Armenia, torn by the World
War, now part Of Russia, had an
interesting history as a stamp
issuing country. The first set of
regular stamps were prepared in
Paris, as no facilities were avail
able in the Near East for engraving
and printing of postage stamps.
Bandits held up the train carry
ing the finished issues and escaped
with a large portion Of the ship
ment. By the time the balance
had arrived in Armenia, the Boil
shevikS had driven out the ma
tional government and the use of
the stamps was prohibited.
Karelia, said to mean cowherd,
is a portion Of northwestern Rus
STA, which found time in its brief
career as a nation to issue a set Of
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Entertainment
Or Satire?

Charles Pry, a young engineer
who gathered into his being a few
principles concerning his way Of
life begins the story Of Sugar in
the Air." in a mysterious inter-
view with "big business"
Being unemployed he has been
trying to work out for himself
some general scheme Of life by
which he could retain his self re-
spect.
His companion who has a phil
osophical distaste for greedy ad-
vances in the realm of business
has just about weaned him from
wanting to do something" when
the interview comes about in an
swer to Mr.. Pry's inquiry about
an advertisement for an engineer.
In the interview he Is asked
among other things If he knows
how to handle inventors. His an
swers seem to satisfy his employ
ers who let him know that the
job won't last very long and that
it is of a very vague nature. Mr..
Pry takes q chance.
He soon finds that his job is to
watch" an inventor who Is busy
extracting sugar" from the air
to be put on the market with a
great deal Of promotion and high
financing as "Sunsap."
The qualifications of this IDEAL"
the conflicts within Mr.. Pry and
his newly acquired wife, Mary,
make UP the burden Of the story.
It Is offered by the publishers
as either q human story Of Mr..
Charles Pry or a satire on mod
ern science and its application to
"big business" Either way 1t is
taken the book provides interest
ing entertainment.
("Sugar in the Air" by E. c.
Large. Published by ScribnersO
The Washington times., 1937-07-31

Late last week news leaked out
Of the White House that the
Hawaiian adhesive's design had
been approved, and early this week
the Information Division Of the
Post Office Department formally
announced the initial details Of
the stamp.
The Hawaiian stamp will be Of
the three-cent denomination and
will have for its central design a
likeness Of Kamehameha I, the
Napoleon Of the Pacific" The pic
tl1re for this stamp is taken from
. photograph Of statue Of "The
Great" In front Of Iolani Castle
IN Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
Details as to the color, date and
place Of firSt-day sale will be an
nounced later, although 1t is be-
Neved that the stamp will make its
appearance sometime in october.
Yesterday, The washington
Times exclusively learned that the
Puerto Rico adhesive will depict
Q view Of the harbor Of San Juan,
capital Of this West Indian island
possession Of the United States.
Official verification of the design
for this stamp is expected to be
announced in the near future.
Post Office officials are still I'm
decided as to what illustration will
be used on the Alaska stamp. At
present they are weighing two sub
jects, either one of which will be
the reigning design, a scenic view
Of Mt. Mckinley. the highest
mountain peak GO, 400 feet) in
Alaska, or a reproduction Of a
painting now On display in the
Secretary of Interiors office illus
trating the transaction between
the United States officials and the
Russians in which $1,000, 900 was
turned over in exchange for the
Territory Of Alaska.
In some quarters 1t was rumored
that totem poles would make up
the central design Of the Alaska
stamp, but it so happens that the
totem pole is only SYMBOLIC OF
those Indian tribes found in the
southeast section Of Alaska. The
northern and interior Indians
made no use Of totem poles, what
Soever. s.
Collectors and dealers hereabout
and elsewhere, are awaiting word
whether or not q first-day sale will
be established in washington
simultaneously with the first-day
sale in the respective possessions.
Post Office officials are expected
to close this question within a
week.
Like the Hawaiian adhesive, no
date has been set as yet for the
release Of the Puerto Rico and
Alaska stamp, while nothing Is
known at all about the Virgin Is
land stamp.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Sam GoldWyn
Stories

When Samuel Goldwyn saw a
sun dial for the first time he
stopped, gazed at it curiously and
the following colloquy took place:
whats that?"
"a sun dial"
What's it fOr?"
at tells time by the SUM-"
my, my, what won't they do
next"
Or, at least that Is how Alva
Johnston quotes an oft-repeated
story about the famous moving
picture producer in 1.-THE Great
Goldwyn." Then there Is that
other story that shows another side
Of his supposedly naive nature.
A rival producer met Mr.. Gold
wyn and Mr.. Goldwyn asked him
how his business was:
Colossal" was the retOrt.
"Humph, as bad as that?"
Mr.. GOldwyn came back.
For a good many years now
they have been telling stories
about this Hollywood giant. About
his cracks that were colossal"
and some that weren't so big and
he has become almost a John
Bunyan of the films.
Mr.. Johnston in his volume has
collected enough of these stories
a nd enough interesting facts
about the movie mogul to make
a highly interesting book to read
ers who like movies, or people or
both.
CThe Great Goldwyn," by Alva
Johnston. Published by Random
Housed
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Pictures Have
History

The pictures Of Cutler and Put
nam which grace the recently
issued United States commemora.
tive postage stamp issued as an
honor to the ordinance Of 1887,
were furnished the Post Office
Department by e. M. Halves, ex-
ecutive director Of the Northwest
Territory Centennial COMMITTEES.
The portrait Of Rufus Putnam
was taken from a painting now
hanging in the library Of Yale
University. The artist is I'M
known.
Manesseh Cutters likeness was
taken from a steel engraving made
by j. C. Buttre Of New York. Cut
ler's picture is shown in the
frontispiece Of 1.-THE Records of
the Ohio Company, Vol. H." by
Archer B. Hubert.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
New Air STOPS

Pressure Isle, Me-, will be author
lied as q stop on route AM-27 in
the near future. The extension of
route AM-27 from Bangor to Carl
bou, which was covered by a re-
cent announcement, will include
Pressure Isle in addition to Mil
linocket. Houlton and Caribou. A
special cachet will be furnished by
the postmaster and the usual treat
ment Of philatelic mail will be au-
thorized,
The Washington times., 1937-07-31

IS postage stamps. In the early
part Of 1922 the Karelians rcbelled
against their own government,
which lasted less than six months,
when Russia conquered the area.
Another Short.lved nation was
White Russia. It was established
by a small group of Russians after
the collapse Of KerenSky's govern
ment. A last remaining vestige Of
the White Russian army inspired
the territory'S name. A set Of
stamps, common to a majority Of
stamp collectors, was prepared for
issue, but never used, as the coun.
try fell into the hands Of the Boil
sheviks a few weeks after 1t was
founded.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
New Records
Received

FRANKIE and Johnnie" has
been busted off and given a new
swing classic dress by Bunny Beri.
gan in Victor record 25616 in q
fine example of the new dance
mode. Fats" Waller displays his
well.known ability as a "hot'
pianist in "Tea for Two" and
"Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
(25618), for those hosts Of his adj
mirers that dote on his piano
work.
Guy Lombardo's usual smooth
style is well exemplified In record
No. 25615 with two songs from
the Paramount film, High, Wide
and Handsome" entitled 1.-THE
Folks Who Live on the HILL" and
"Can I Forget You"
John Mccormack has sponsored
a rising young singer, Robert
Irwin not to be confused with
the more publicised sculptor), who
possesses a voice Of typical Irish
quality and is heavier than Nc
Cormack's tenor. Irwin sings two
Irish songs, 1.-The Palataine's
Daughter" and molly Bawn," on
record 25590. You will be scarcely
conscious Of the almost unbeliev.
able difficulties Of performance in
Yehudi Menuhin's recording Of
Souvenir de Moscow" CWienia-
waski), so smooth flowing Is the
result on record 1A352.
The fragile charm Of the harpSi.
chord, the grandfather Of the
piano, is automatically reproduced
by Nine. RoeSgen-C Champion in
two records (4363-4) Concerto for
Harpsichord and Orchestra" and
"Sarabande and Clique" (HandeD i.
Alfred Cortet, distinguished
French pianist, gives an authorita-
tive reading Of Schumann's
studies, "Papillons," Numbers 1919
and 1890
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
The Best
Sellers

FICTION
Northwest Passage
Kenneth Roberts Doubleday
The Years
Virginia WOOlR HarcOurt
The Crime Wave at
Blandings
p. G. WOdehouse Doubleday
American Dream
Michael Foster Morrow
File on Rufus Ray
Helen Reilly Morrow
Bugles Blow No More
Clifford DOwdey Little
NoNFICTIoN
Conversation at Midnight
Edna st. Vincent MilIay Harper
How to Win Friends
Dale Carnegie Simon
Present Indicative
Noel Coward Doubleday
Mathematics for the Millions
LancelOt HOgben Norton
Capitol Kaleidoscope
Frances Parkinson Reyes Harper
A Maverick American
Maury Maverick COvlcl
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Orders Placed

A total Of $4,000, 900 Constitution
stamps have been ordered by the
Post Office Department from the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing,
while 10000, 900 Of the scent Wiz.
giaia Dare commemorative adhe-
Sives to be printed on flat presses
have been contracted for.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
SDecialties

The central design Of the Vir-
ginia Dare stamp was rendered by
William A. Roach, and the letter
ing and modelling by William K.
Schrage. Carl T. Art engraved
the pictures, while the lettering
was done by Edward M. Weeks.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
scOTT,s 1853 sTANDkRp eATALoe

WIN be released Sept 20, the new price IL So 90.
To collectors sending in their order and remit
lance before AUGUST 10. we will furnish this
eatSlos for $3.50. Postpaid Thumb Index So ZOO.
Act quickly to get delivery on first printing Ash
for our Foreign Approvals. References essential
cuLLEN'S STAMP SHOP 80.
S2S Q 81. NJ W. MEL SSH
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Stamp Collections Recall
Vanished Nations

No better record of Europe everchangg map exists than
the stamp album That the period of unrest following the
World War responsible for the creation and dissolution Of
many nations of which issued postage stamps is revealed
in the multicolored labels called postage stamps.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Wecter Writes The SAGA
OF American Society,"

To-day then in the United States public attitude toward
rich and the socially auguspopulary regarded identical
the attitude toward prize fighters Olympic athletes and qun
tesaments the prodgaY Of and Nature
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
OFFICIALS STUDY DESIGNS FOR w. S. TERRITORIES
'.Dear Mr.. President" Is
Collection of Letters
To Chief Executive

"Dear Mr.. President got to get my skin peoples
sight"
Sounds like something out of 0ctavus Roy Cohen doesn't
WE'LL it isn't It's merely coored picturng his urgent
need for suit of clothes In other words of the
thousands of letters that find their way to the White House
The Washington times., 1937-07-31

THE VIRGINIA DARE STAMP strikes a new note in
United States philatey Above is the design Of this
stamp baby scent denomination depicting the first
child born of English parentage in America Date Of release
scheduled for August 10 at Manteo N G. Twenty millions
of this stamp will be printed the Post Office Depart
ments famous mystery stamp"
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Records Justify Belief
That Several Have
Been Approved
By CHARLES A. KENNY

washington Tunes Stamp Edtt0T
The longawaited territory SERIES that group Of four stamps
honong the nsuar possessions Of the United States and
Alaska, are gradually shaping into form.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Book
Notes

Booth Harrington celebrated
the sixty-eighth anniversary Of
his birth Thursday Of this week.
Stage" for August selected the
production Of his novel Seven
teen'' in 1918 as one Of the high
lights Of entertainment in this
country between 1889 and 1918.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31

Permission has Just been
granted the American Printing
House for the Blind to emboss in
Braille Hugh Walpole's 1.-THE In
quisitor," and Arthur Conan
Doyle's 1.-THE Return Of Sherlock
Holmes"