The Washington times., 1937-10-30

N1daughter of Colonel and Mrs.
Warren T. Hannum, is a very
pretty person and one with
superb taste in clothes, but 1t
wasn't until recently that we
discovered that she could de.
sign hats and just as elegantly
and impressively as the famous
John Fredericks. And-anyone
who has seen her lately in that
cunning, semi bonnet with the
feathers which she designed,
will know exactly what we
mean.
MRS. VIRGIL PETERSON, wifi
AVA Of Colonel Peterson, who is
tall, blonde and beautiful, and,
because she is so beautiful, is
titled, and with great affection,
by her femm9 friends, THE
Siren Of the Engineer Corps" is
visiting here from Detroit,
where she and her husband are
now stationed and so many par.
ties are being given, just for
her, that she will doubtless have
to take q rest cure when she
leaves Washington. An amusing
little story we heard concerned
Mrs. Peterson, her dinner part
ner and the very, very deep con-
versation they both were hav-
ing. Another guest, inclining an
attentive ear and expecting to
hear flattering compliments,
was completely taken back
when Mrs. Peterson's low voice
said, and with intensely inter.
ested tones, "It could be an up.
set liver"
MRS. EDWARD MURPHY,
NA who is one of the prettiest
people we know and the widow
OF Major Murphy who grew UP
in Washington, has the most
gorgeous collection Of Chinese
brocades. Altar cloths are
what they really are and at one
time were in use in certain tenn
Piles in China. These brocades
were left by her father, Capt. r.
H. Anderson, who got them
while he was in China and dur
ing the perilouS days Of the
Boxer rebellion. Nobody can
even remotely guess the age of
these hrocades and they are ex-
quisitely colorful, with some in
rich crimson, glittering gold and
jade green and some vivid blue
and silver.
MRS. SAMUEL DUBOIS, wife
VA of Commander Dubois;
Mrs. Gerald D. Linke, also the
wife Of a commander, and Mrs.
Richard Buchanan certainly de-
serve a medal or something
equally impressive for the COM
pletion Of a day which began
with a downpour Of rain and
grew steadily worse and con-
tinued until the next morn
ing. However, these three had
planned a trip to go down to
Virginia, near Warrenton, to
ride and spend the day at the
Hunting Lodge owned by Mrs.
Dubois uncle. When they
awakened to find it raining,
they still were determined to go
and did. OF course, their car
got involved in Virginia mud,
ran into a ditch and they had
to borrow another car. equipped
with mud chains, from a garage
to continue their Journey. They
finally got there and much to
the amaZement Of the caretaker
ordered three horses to be sad
died and brought around to
them. Then they investigated
all the cupboards and found
three long raincoats and three
huge felt hats. All Of this re.
gala they put on over their rid
ing toys and then proceeded to
get on their horses and ride,
not one hour, but the entire
afternoon, in the pouring rain.
When they got back to the
lodge they were soaked but un-
daunted. They patiently dried
their clothes in front Of the
roaring fire, ate copiously Of big
bowls Of onion soup and eventu-
ally came back to washington.
The only casualty was that Of
Mrs. Dubois riding boots. The
boots were so wet that she
could not get them back on her
feet, so she borrowed some
heavy woolen socks from her
uncle's chest, put them on and
drove home, just that way.
MRS. Leroy Hunt, wife Of
V1 Colonel Hunt Of the Marine
Corps, is one of the prettiest
women glimpsed about here in
many a day, with exquisite
creamy skin, deep blue eyes and
prematurely white hair and,
though she is as slim as a will
low and rather fragile looking,
she plays a vigorous and highly
competitive game Of golf.
MRS. George Gelly, attractive
IVA wife Of Commander Gelly,
is from Atlanta, Ca, and is
possessed Of all the charm and
wit attributed to that part Of
the country. She also pos
sesses q tiny book made Of cut
out leaves from a copy book.
ornamented with pictures and
scraWled across with childish
scribbling. This book was put
together and Scrawled across by
none other than Margaret
Mitchell, author Of Gone With