The Washington times., 1937-06-05
NOW
The Duchess and
The Driver
TWO STORIES
By HELEN EssARY

BY HELEN ESSAhx
A certain naughty old Balti
more lady was discussing the Big
gest Romance Of the Generation
WELL" she said, II don't see
why Wally, as attractive as she is
shouldn't have married a Duke Of
a King or anybody else she wanted
to. But If Wally's mother hao
been alive today, she would have
cut Wally out. Married Edward
and been sitting on the British
throne this very minute. THERE
was a woman!"
Mr.. Dewey Fleming and Mr.. c
p. Trusell, who write for a Baltl'
more paper, were riding TO the
Capitol in a taxi piloted by 9
woman chauffeur. AS they paused
in the middle of their converse
tion-it was shop talk-their lady
driver thus addressed them:
Newspaper boys, aren't yOu?"
Eyes," said Mr.. Fleming.
Here" said the lady, slowing
down her car and reaching for
o notebook, please write your
names at the end Of the page.
I'd like your autographs"
"Why Ours?" asked Mr.. TruseIl
"Oh," said the lady, Its .
habit 1 have. collect auto
graphs of Congressman. news
paper boys and 'raSsIers'
An Eastern Shore Maryland
lady hurried up to me at teatime
II read what you wrote about
Senator Tydings and his farm"
she said. Don't you know that
our Senator, George Radcliffe,
Is q farmer too. He's got five
farms. And pigs and corn and
everything. That isn't all. He
was born on q farm. Why don't
you pay him a little attention
sometime"
Senator Radcliffe is a versatile
fellow generally. Last week he
pitched in a championship base.
ball game at Cambridge, Mary.
land.
The next day he proved his
mental elasticity by delivering a
speech on poetry at the meeting
Of the Lizette Woodwork Reese
Poetry Club in Baltimore.
The humidity of early June is
being nghtened for the Director
of the U. s. Mint, Nellie Tayloe
Ross, by q newspaper clipping
sent her by the man who runs
the biggest gold mine in the
United States.
The clipping is principally a
picture. Its caption says:
Director Of the u. S. Mint,
Nellie Tayloe Ross, Opens the
Largest Mint in the Country"
Underneath the caption is, Of
all things, a picture Of King George
vi and the Queen Mother Mary
clothed in royal robes and
majesty!
Accompanying the clipping was
this note from the gold mining
gentleman:
"In these days when Overalls
and a G. /. o. card are the garb
of the ruling classes, we, who
are humble capitalists and mere
public servants, must expect to
be misunderstood"
Secretary of War and Mrs.
Harry A, Woodring in taking the
house of ex-President and Mrs.
Herbert Hoover, have rescued S
Street from its designation as Eek
Street."
The "Ex" has been deserved.
Within the same block or two are,
in addition to Mr.. Hoover's house,
the residences of eX-PreSident
Woodrow Wilson, ex-senator Da-
vid Reed and ex-Undersecretary
William r. Castle.
This observation reminds me of
the introduction once given the
famous Tennessean,' Robert Love
Taylor, whose daughter, Mrs. Jay
G. Hayden, lives in Washington.
Said the ToaStmaster to his au-
dience:
Ladies and gentlemen, would
like to present to you Ex-GOver-
nor, Ex-COngressman, Ex-Pen.
sion Agent, Ex-BOb TaylOr!"
I like to hear about young
things who are doing well for
themselves in the world Of their
parents.
There, for instance, is pretty
Heath Evans, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Ward Evans, who is grad
uating at VaSsar College today
Miss Evans has not only majored
in chemistry, q subject far beyond
my comprehension, but may re.
turn to Vassar next year as labora-
tory instructor. A taste for the
sciences is characteristic of Miss
Evans family. Both Of her grand.
fathers were physicians.
With her aunt and uncle, Miss
Nina Mackan and Paul Mackall
Miss Evans will leave on July / fol
several months in Europe.