The Washington times., 1937-06-08
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Little BOrdh'S
SelSOnlble
BIRTHDAY
BY HELEN EssARY


- BY HELEN ESsARY
General themes inspire my type
writer today.
The heat has blurred my mental
eyesight. can't see anything or
anybody specifically. The only
conversation I hear is, when are
YOU going away?" "Of all the
climates on earth, washington
hSs the worstl"
Nothing new or amusing about
either Of these observations.
I did run into one entertaining
situation yesterday. Mrs. William
y. Borah was having q birthday
party. It wasn't her birthday.
Not at all. Her birthday comes
several months later, when many
Of her Washington. acquaintances
will be away from town, and the
Senator will be saving the nation
more or less Single-handed on
Capitol Hill.
So some of Mrs. Borah's friends
decided that If the King of Eng
land could have a SeaSonable BIRTH
day-come tomorrow at the British
Embassy why shouldn't Little
Borah?
The birthday was had at the
Chevy Chase Club. Mrs. Borah
had a violet orchid or two tucked
into her white frock. / think ]
saw some mint julepS round about
the party. Who was drinking
them I couldn't be sure, because
tomato Juice was also evident.
Several very important citizeneSSes
were among those present.
You find many important
citizenesses at the Chevy Chase
Club these devastating days. Very
young citizenesses you will, dis
cover in the pool swimming and
splaShing and squealmg.
Young citizeneSSeS are found
on the dance floor. Gentlemen of
distinction. and fortitude you will
see mopping their browS on the
golf course.
And very agile characters go
Bpringing about the tennis courts.
All Of that sort of thing is too
strenuous for me. From the age
Of nine I've believed in the
spectator sport idea. And can
applaud a good play from the side
lines without a rancorous feeling
n my private heart.
A sudden change Of theme to a
seasonable subject. I haven't done
any research on this, but 7 wager
more sentiment. goes into the
naming Of boats, any sort Of boats,
than in choosing moniker for
the newest born. Take that new
lighthouse tender ecently
launched for the Lighthouse Serv-
Ice. The ship is ITS feet long, 81
feet beam, of S25 tons displace-
ment-and it is named the Holly
hook.
There's sentiment there some
where. An S00-ton Hollyhockl
,&5sg.,
An ultra-modern, practically
surrealiSt attitude toward mar
riage is about to enguH . little
June bride I know.
Her husband, her brandnew,
adoring husband, wants her to go
back to her office job right after
the hone. moon.
But the bride, unlike many Of
her friends, does not want to keep
on working. She says 1t isn't fl
nancially necessary. Besides, she
wants to stay at home. She wants
to be old-fashioned and feminine,
keep house, plan menus, darn
socks, and live for Him alone.
every WELL" says the bride
groom, "n you insist. But am
afraid won't be q good husband
to q wife who settles down. I
want an alert wife. One who can
match wits and opinions with
me. Not a hOusekeeper. You
have spent several years In an
office where things happen.
You are on your toes mentally.
want you to stay that way"
The bridegroom explains his
hopes Of marriage further. He says
he wants to come home at night
and have his wife interested in the
way the world is going. He'd like
the stimulus Of her good converse
ton. -...
She has a fine mind. What will
happen if she has no use
for it except the ordering Of
lamb chop or two and wondering
why the table tops won't stay
busted?
"YOu will probably get fat in
both mind and body" says the
brutal bridegroom, "and If that
happens, 4 promise you, my DEAR
1 shall get bored. A bored huS.
band is matrimonial diSaSte:."
The little bride-to-be Is shutting
her ears to the warning. She has
given notice to her boss (you see
his name in the paper almost every
day. that she is quitting.
She thinks she can manage to
be both an inspiration and q
housekeeper to this very advanced
young man.
I wonder, will she succeed? /
wish somebody would write and
Iell me similar experiences.