The Washington times., 1937-12-11

cldlrS Oh WnlCe leather
looks like a garden of roses and
chrysanthemumS.
MRS. CLYDE BURCH HAM,
ANA wife of Captain Burcham,
U. s. A., is stopping off in Wash.
ington with her good-looking
son. David. en- route to the Phil
ippines to join her husband
who has just gone out for duty
there. Mrs. Burcham, who is
known to the hundreds of peo-
pie who absolutely adore her as
Nancy, Is the most fascinating
woman we've met in years.
She isn't tall and one immedi.
ately thinks of her as little.
She is very blond with blue
eyes that are more often green
than blue, she possesses the
gayeSt voice and the most dy.
manic and compellingly attrac.
tive manner. She talks prac.
tically all the time and
strangely enough, for it isn't
often the case, one is delighted
that she does, for she is forever
interesting, always witty and
constantly amusing. Whoever
is lucky enough to be around
Nancy will never he bored-nor
will they ever be placidly peace
full. but-they will be fascinated
and eternally entertained.
One meets her for the first
time and aside from the fact
that one regrets bitterly not hav.
ing met her 20 years before, one
also feels as though they might
have known her always. We
would bet any amount of money
that never in her entire exciting
life has she ever had an inhibi.
ton. or anything else that would
disturb her happy manner Of
living, and yet we feel that, at
times. but long while ago,
Nancy did occasionally encoun-
ter, and then quickly Danish,
things that were not always sun.
shiny and bright. Otherwise we
can't account for her deep phi
loSophy of living.
She is clever and, when she
wishes, an aStute writer. She
can sit down at a typewriter and
write a story or an article or q
column which brings fancy
checks right to her own front
door, but she never does it un.
less something rarely lovely or
a magnificently extravagant
thing which she suddenly wants
and, incidentally, wishes to buy
herself, urges her to do it.
At the moment she should be
writing a mystery novel, which
she had agreed to do for a ma
tionally known magazine, but
Nancy is waiting until she gets
aboard the boat bound for the
Philippines. Then she says she
will have plenty of time to begin
and to finish this novel in time
for the agreed date Of publica-
ton. In case you are interested
and nobody tn It knows this
grand person could help being,
Nancy has exactly 46 days on
the boat. Figure it out for your.
self. aid any way you do, Nancy
will be right. She always is!
GOMDR. EDWARD TOMMY"
" THOMPSON, who is in
Washington on duty, is expect.
ing to go on a shakedown
cruise in a few months, and in.
stead of hating to leave this
town, he is hoping and then
hoping again, that the shake.
down cruise will be so long that
he will land in Australia. The
The reason for wanting to touch
Australia is because some Of
his old friends in foreign serv.
ice are over there and it seems
that Commander Thompson ia
the only one Of longtime con.
'en1al group that is missing.
MRS. CLARENCE N. HIN.
NA KAMP, wife of Captain
Hinkamp, U. S. NJ. is, as every.
one knows, back in town and
once more established in her
Georgetown house - a house
which is done in Mrs. Hin.
kamp's exquisite taste and
which itself is charmingly
quaint with a long gallery to
one side of the house, a tiny
porch, which overlooks a fasci.
mating garden, and furniture
which includes some well-nigh
priceless antiques. Mrs. Hin
kamp is looking very chic these
cold days and never more so
than at a recent reception when
she wore a jade-green three
piece ensemble with rich, brown
accessories and cne or two
pieces of heavy gold-carved
jeWelry.