The Washington times., 1937-03-19
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ENVOY CHARM
By HELEN ESSARY

ment OF JuSJlce are SdA0 AAOAAA
sleuthing G-Men.
Solicitor General and Mrs.
Stanley Reed started out for a
recent cheerful evening more or
less incognito. They told no one
where they were going merely
because their plans did not seem
important news. After sea-food
dinner they strolled to Constitu-
ton Hall for lecture.
In the middle of this riotous
evening a police officer came on
the stage and, politely interrupt
ing the talk, said:
eff the Solicitor General is in
the house, will he please call
his office Immediately"
The Solicitor.G General obeyed.
Later while he sat in suddenly
called night judiciary consulta-
ton, Mrs. Reed asked the young
man.in-the office how he had
found out where they were.
"''Well," said the foung man,
"when you left here with Mr..
Reed, 1 noticed that you were
not dressed in evening clothes,
so I didn't think you were at a
party. Maybe you were at lee
ture, you like that kind of thing.
So I phoned the paper to tlnd
out what was going on tonight.
The Bronson Cutting Memorial
Lecture seemed the event that
would appeal to you most. I got
Constitution Hall and there you
Were!"
The Marquis and Marquisa Rossi
Ionghi, for whom the italian Am
bassador and Donna Matllde
Suvich entertained in a graceful
farewell party, are leaving Wash.
ington earlier than they had at
first planned. In about 10 days
the marquis is going to his new
post at Ottawa. Tomorrow the
marquiSa will start for st. Peters
burg, Fla.
At the italian Embassy party I
realized again that the charm OF
diplomatic society is easy to under
stand.
It's ingredients are graceful,
well-bred people-pretty, smartly
dressed women with foreign eyes
and smiles, foreign tilts to hats
and foreign shrugs of shoulders,
and suave, good-looklng men
trained to flattering phrases,
snatches of foreign language
treasures of older civilizations,
paintings, sculptures and tapes
tries sent from home to adorn
Washington embassies and lega-
tions, imported wines and liqueurs,
and pleasantries that often con-
ceal words of importance. Such is
the silky perfection of interna-
tional diplomacy on parade.
The japanese Ambassador and
Madame Saito, who usually go to
japan each summer, will remain in
Washington throughout the year.
They wish to be here to receive
Prince Chichibu, brother OF the
Emperor of Japan, who comes to
Washington soon after the corona
ton of King George VI.
The Ambassador and Madame
Saito will go to New York on April
8 to meet the Prince who is travel
ing East from Tokyo with his suite
and will embark early in April for
London.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas MacAr-
thur II and their very new daugh-
ter are visiting the pretty Mrs.
MacArthur's parents. Senator and
Mrs. Alben w. Barkley, Of Ken
lucky. Mr.. Macarthur, who is in
the consular service, is taking a
three months course in the State
Department.
The young MacArthurs were in
Vancouver on their last post.
Where they will be next-in which
part of which hemisphere-they
will not know until the day be-
fore school closes, early in April.
Mrs. j. K. Davis whose husband
is consul general at Vancouver, is
visiting in Washington, and has
been entertained by Mrs. Barkley. |
Mr.. Davis did very distinguished
work in China during recent inter
national difficulties.
my nomination for the most
inexpensive word in the English
language is average" writes A.
W., my sometime correspondent.
He writes:
s"Tn the first place, to arrive at
any average the high lights and
low levels have to be jOggled to-
gether into 'an average And
what have you left? Just some
thing without real meaning.
Take for example, WashingtOn's
temperature.
"Our Capital city's perform
anceS in the way of weather are
nothing short of spectacular.
You can fry eggs on the side
walks on one summers day and
rush for an extra sweater the
next. You practically freeze one
winter day and think of spring
flowers the next.
Zone year you know you are
in a climate admirably suited to
winter sports. Twelve months
later you wonder why the town
isn't made winter resort to WOO
Florida habitueS.
"Yet what is the average tenn
perature of Washington? The
lowest average during the last
IL years is SAL degrees and the
highest 5S.2. Sounds placid and
dependable, doesn't it. But our
NItVVaSfa 10 hardly accuPafeI~ de-