The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-20

eral came to inspect the canton
ment which was being used for
the rehabilitation of hundreds
of thousands of soldiers. Dur
ing an interview with reporters
in the office Of General Nc
Cain, there was sudden lulI
and the General, who was look.
ing his most stern, waited for
more questions.
All at once the door opened
and in walked another reporter.
And how he walked, very Tilt.
ing, as though still in the throes
Of a hangover, which he was.
His attire was amazing, be-
ginning with a sombrero, then
gaudy pink shirt, a pair Of
Army breeches with no putteeS
and violently yellow shoes. While
aides de camp froze to their
positions in horror, the reporter
looked down his nose and out
of his half-cloSed eyes at Gen
eral March.
The General looked back at
him with no outward sign Of
approval. Suddenly the reporter
announced, II am the Queen Of
Peru" The General smiled a
small smile, "Ah," he said, land
how is the King?" Then swiftly
there was a clatter of feet, a
Jingle of saber guards in the
hallway outside and the General
was gone.
MARGARET SAMPSON, pref
VA ty, brunette Army girl
whose engagement has just
been announced to Jimmie Vim.
satt, was given a gay dinner
Thursday night by a few Of her
friends in the Pail Mall Room
of the Raleigh Hotel. The en-
tire table was done in white,
huge white chrysanthemumS
surrounded by tiny feathery
ones, formed the centerpiece
and tall white candles in silver
holders were placed, in pairs,
the entire length of the table
and the tiniest Of tiny flower
corsageS were at each girls
place. The dessert, which was
almost to pretty to eat, was a
frozen mousse, filled with glazed
fruit, and a pastel tinted bride
stood guard over the long
stems Of the dessert glasses.
Margaret's dinner gown that
night was extremely smart and
made of billowing taffeta, in
the luscious American Beauty
shade, and she were diamond
stars in her dark hair. Jimmie
WimSatt, to speak just a bit
about the groom-to-be, does the
most fantastic stunts with
lighted cigarettes. He will be
smoking one and then suddenly,
1t disappears, lighted end and
all, in his mouth. Then, Just as
suddenly about the time one
thinks he is on fire, it reappears,
light and all. It is beyond us,
how he does it.
A NNE BUTLER LAYTON,
Adaughter of Major and Mrs.
M. S. Lawton, has a most at
tractive house guest, Dorothy
Robbins, and the two girls are
so filled up with parties, dances
and SO on that they haven't a
free minute from now till the
first of December. Anne is also
expecting a lovely girl I'D from
Montgomery, Ala, shortly, which
should be the reason for even
more parties and-will be.
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MRS. BOB STRAUSS, wife Of
NA Lieutenant Strauss, and her.
self the former and very pretty
Betty O'Malley, is sending back
to Washington, from California,
snapshots of her very young and
engaging son and telling all the
girls who were bridesmaids at
her wedding that she will be
glad to arrange dates with them,
with this young man, so that he
can drag them to Annapolis,
during the year 1949."
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TUE SCOTT DECISIONS. he
l. was a lieutenant in the
Army and she was the former
Anne Sullens, Of Jackson, Miss,
who made her debut here and
caused a veritable sensation
with her golden beauty, are
now, much to our surprise, liv-
ing in Jackson, Miss. It seems
that Lieutenant Dickson re-
signed from the Army some
several months ago and Jared
forth to Jackson to become asso-
ciated with the paper there
which Anne's father runs.
From all reports Scott Is
doing so well in this profession
that he is now assistant city
editor. He was always the most
entertaining person, with the
keenest wit and a faculty for
sitting down at any handy
piano and getting the best
swing numbers out Of it anyone
could wish to hear.
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MRS. CLAYTON BARNEY
NA VOGEL. wife Of General
Vogel, Of the Marine Corps, is
wearing one Of the Smartest Of
recent winter dinner gowns. The
combination is black and gold
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