The Washington times., 1937-01-04
NOW
LANDON'S CARD
Welcome Home
For the HulIs
BY HELEN ESSARY

ny HELEN EOEAhG
A homecoming party is being
planned for the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Cordell Hull soon after
their return from BuenoS Aires
They are now on the high seas
on their way back from the Inter
American Peace Conference. A
beautiful big dinner will be given
in their honor if the arrangements
6 Of a group of their particular
friends can be satisfactorily com
pleted.
The President of the United
States and Mrs. Roosevelt will be
asked to the dinner. Senator Key
Pittman, chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Sen
ate, and Representative Sam D.
McReynoldS, chairman Of the For
eign Affairs Committee OF the
House of Representatives, have dis.
cussed the matter with Colonel
Marvin H. Mcintyre, assistant Sec
retary to the President.
This proposed welcome home is
so appropriate that it would be un.
fortunate if it were not carried
out. The idea could not be In
better hands Mr.. P1ttman
and Mr.. McReynolds served with
Mr.. Hull as members OF the U. s.
Mission to the London Economic
Conference.
The Dutch Minister and
Madame van HaerSma de With
have sent out cards for a tea at
the Netherlands Legation on
Thursday afternoon in honor OF
the marriage that day of Jul1ana,
the Princess Royal of Holland. to
Prince Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesters-
field.
In all parts of Holland and In
the Netherlands DominionS in re-
mote corners of the world, similar
parties will be held in celebration
of the wedding of the future
Queen of the Netherlands and the
German Prince.
In the beauty and color Of the
supper party which Miss Mabel
Boardman and Mrs. Frederic A..
Keep gave at the Sulgrave Club,
Saturday night after the diplo-
matte reception at the White
House was the Washington Of the
fairytale books.
The diplomatic corps in its most
shining garments, its ladies who
are this year a more beautiful,
more Smartly dressed group than
they have been for decades;
the charm and dignity Of the
hosteSSes and the elegance of the
club setting gave to the occasion
an enchanting air Of International
romance.
The Countess Potocka, very
slender and distinguished, in float
ing black net with a diamond
tiara in her dark hair, and her
handsome husband, tl1e Ambassa-
dor of Poland; the Royal italian
Ambassador, his wife, the lovely
blonde Donna Matilde de Suvich
in white satin, we're the first
dancers on the floor when a group
of musicians from the National
Symphony Orchestra played '"The
Beautiful Blue Danube"
Then other graceful and i'm
portant couples followed. Full
skirts swayed to the bewitching
music. Gold-braided uniforms
Waltzed with dignity and rhythm.
At many small tables, members
of the Supreme Court and their
wives, sprinkling of the Cabinet
and residential Washington sat
and talked and ate delicious food.
A Hollywood director would
have given a great fortune for a
chance to film this picture OF
Washington as one likes to think
1t always is.
Governor Landon sent to his
friends, not a Christmas card, but
a very clever New Year sketch
called From One Home to An
other" silhouetted on a postcard
proper Landon economy-ShoW-
ing the Landon family moving
from the Governors mansion at
Topeka to a private house.
Mrs. Landon leads the process
sion with a bird cage in her hand.
Peggy Ann follows with a Scott1e
on a leash. Then come the TWO
younger children, one riding
pony one carrying a Spaniel.
At the end of the procession IS
Governor Landon with the budget
well balanced under his arm.
From China comes a New Year
greeting from the American Am
hassador and Mrs. Nelson Johnson.
It also is a family group in the
Embassy at Peiping. Young Nelson
stands by his fathers side and the
new little sister in her mothers
lap reaches out her arms IN
friendlinesS.
Recent remarks worth remem-
bering:
"Whatever flatters my vanity
makes me happy"
81 am a cOntented man. I
am now in the last stages Of
philosophy"
And that observation of Joseph
Hergesheimer:
81 would desert my wife, my
children, my friends and my
work if could find in real life
the woman my imagination Gre
ated in Demeter-The Farm
Woman
~Surnrisinp! thought Mr.,