The Washington times., 1937-04-21
NOW
Spring FeUer
Hits Writer
POSTURE STORY
BY HELEN ESSARY

umn. I feel it coming on. With
spring popping all over the place,
I feel as steady as a pinwheel in
a March gale. The poor. dull
body Is nailed to the typewriter,
but the mind goes darting off and
jumping back, repentant but still
chaotic. :.
Let's see, where do I begin?
With the newly appointed Minis
ter to Norway who is Flor
ence' Jaffray Hartmann" asked
Munthe de MorgenStierne, Nor
wegian Minister to washington
... Who is she? Heavens! Don't
you know Daisy Hartmann. >.
DAISY Hartman! Ah-h-h,
SHE'S my good friend" laughed
Munthe...
"Daisy, you know, has the fin
est posture in two continents. =.
Her father brought up his three
girls as he had planned to rear
his sons. Had an ex-Sergeant give
them setting-up exercises. Made
each little girl walk half an hour
every day with a book on her
head. Mounted Daisy on a don
key at the age of three. Tossed
her a year later into the Hudson
from the dock at their country
place at Irvington so she'd learn
to swim. On the day before he
died he said from his bed, "Sit
up straight, Daisy. You wouldn't
want your father to remember
you through all time with a
crooked back. In Paris, many
years later, when Daisy was nurS-
ing during the World War, Char
lie Dawes, later Vice President,
said to their mutual host, Major
Perry Belmont: II didn't know
you were having Mary Garden to
dinner" That's not Mary Gar
den, that's Mrs. Hartman" said
Perry Belmont. Nonsense" an
swered Charlie Dawes, There's
only one back like that in the
world"
During the air raids in London,
Daisy (Oh, dear, wish I were In
London. I can see this minute the
acres of daffodils at Hyde Park
Corner. I'd like to be on top OF q
big numbering bus with nothing on
my minO Thinking Of daffo-
dis, and not Of Daisy-Washing-
toms most evident springtime flow
erings are the Daughters Of the
Revolution. They take up more
room than the cherry blossoms.
OF all the pictures Of the Presi-
dent General, Mrs. Becker, the best
is the one in which she looks up
prettily at Sir Ronald Lindsay,
ambassador from that country re-
garded in 1776 as tyrannical by the
Daughters patriotic forbears >. .
Funny, ones own revolutions seem
so noble. other peoples are just
lawleSS Shootings Charming
new person at the British Embassy
Noel Trenthan, financial coun-
Sellor, bachelor, full Of gay hui
NOR. Used to know him in London
years ago. Came upon him unex-
pectedly the other day at a fine re-
ception of CzechoSlovakian Minis
ter and Madame Hurban. (They
had q luncheon yesterday for Jan
Bata, biggest shoe manufacturer
in the world. Trentham at the
moment was being dated up by six
washington hostesseS IN. B.
I must look for English chintz
when 60 down town this after
noon for slip covers. I need per-
manent wave, tooO
other women seem to get so
many things done without a
struggle There's Mrs. Robert
Lincoln O'Brien, one of my favorite
characters. She's been superb
wife to Mr., OBrlen, chairman OF
Tariff Commission, newspaper
publisher, public speaker, etc., etc.
Has her own Phi Beta Kappa key.
Got it at Brown University. Has
a soft voice and delicious hui
NOR She's a famous gardener.
too. (I1l get those pansy plants
today =. Wonder what kind OF
norch furniture will be best. Porch
needs painting. other people have
their porches scrubbed without los
ing hunks Of paint off the floor.
Not -
Another smart woman who
swishes by easily is that new pretty
A. P, reporter, Beth Campbell. Red
headed, Srnartly dressed. Old fam
ily place in winchester. People
..S;o,.afad to Oklahoma Sister
Flora is playing second lead IN
sensational Broadway success. Eek
cIIrsion." (Excursion-oh, dear
Elaine needs new sneakers. She'll
have to skip tennis if she doesn't
get them soon. Wants another
blouse for her three-piece blue
suit. She hates the one she hasO
Back to work-what else do I
know! Oh yes, the Wilson Comp
tons are going in for farming in
big way. Have 400 Virginia acres
and swear they're going to balance
the ledger by charging up family
vacations to debit side. Vacations
its time / wrote down to Reho-
both about the cottage. Lots OF
Washington people including the
Austrian Minister and Nine.
Prochnik are returning. The Henry
Berliners (Joey and children have
been in Switzerland for the winter)
will be there again. They've been
studying music. Chow nice if chill
dren could make beautiful melo'