The Washington times., 1937-02-01


organization of
$@ %1 Government.
Grover Whalen Small but sig
nificant signs already show that
the big revolution is on its way.
First, there's Representative
Hamilton Fish'S semisardonic bill
to abolish card leaving by congress
sional women. MI. Fish thinks,
quite soundly, that $500 pieces OF
engraved cardboard are too many
for any woman to scatter about
one town in one Washington sea
son. (For all her life, I'd sayO
Second. there's the decision OF
Democratic floor leader, Sam Ray
burn, to accept only one dinner
invitation a week.
Senator Joseph E. Guffey has
Just told me he thinks Sans idea
is right and he's going to follow
it. He says that any Senator like
himself who has ten thousand
constituents within 10 gallons OF
gasoline has to have a little sleep
at night. Of extra men continue
to fall by the wayside like TINS
washington hostesSes simply can't
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Then there was the after dinner
innovation of the Italian Ambas-
sador and Donna Matilda Suvich
at their Embassy dinner the other
night.
After the fresh strawberries
that followed the ices, the gentle
men were not hurried away to
the smoking room to tell bright
stories while the ladies sat in still
little groups in the drawing room
and prattled about their dear
children and how far their datto-
dis had como up.
No. All the guests. men and
women. remained in the big draw
ing room, that gorgeous one with
the, deep red hangings and sofa
and the fireplace; and spent two
very agreeable hours chatting
here and there. Some of them
actually turned back the rugs in
the room where the gentlemen
are wont to sit in secluslon, anu
danced!
Ten-thirty is the usual hour
for the end of formal dinner.
The ranking guest then fixes his
wife with a family look which
says. 1T is time to CO." You Who
loll about in silks and Satins and
go to beauty parlors may wish to
stay, but go we must.
Last night the mixed party was
so successful that persons of i'm
portance stayed on until mid
night. The German Ambassador,
Dr.. Hans Luther, had a magnltl-
cent time, and fingered so long
that several undistinguished citl-
Zens had to leave before him!
Another sign that washington is
changing!
The Italian Embassy dinner not
only marked such social sign
posts as these but brought TO-
gether some extremely interesting
people.
The Marquis and Marquesa
Carlo Torrijiani had just come
from Florence on their first trip
to the United States.
The decoration, the letter III"
in diamonds, Surmounted by a
crown of diamonds, which he wore
in the lapel of his coat, showed
that he had last been in the court
of the Queen Helene of Italy. Each
italian gentleman-in-Waiting wears
such a pin when he visits an am
bassador of his own country.
The Queen of Italy usually has
five gentlemenin-waiting in her
court.
l asked:
"And what are the duties of a
gentleman-in-waiting?"
The reply:
ITO accompany Her Majesty
wherever she wants to CO."
Nice it is, I thought. There's
many husband who isn't king
who would like to distribute his
social responsibilities in this way.
Provided, of course, he picked the
gentlemen-in-w waiting himself.
Mr.. Grover Whalen, of New
York, was also at Donna Matilda's
dinner. Mr.. Whalen is putting on
the New York World Fair in
1899. He was as blithe and CHEEKY
as if he were only building
Christmas garden.
With Mrs. Whalen, very pretty
In a blue satin gown, the former
police commissioner of New York
brought the fresh atmosphere Of
the big, autside world into the
party.
Mrs. Emory Sands, who was also
at the Embassy, is the Washington
representative of the Fair. She was
having a marvellous time talking
about Mr.. Whalen's big dinner
Wednesday night.
She said: "Of course, it's man
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