Evening star., 1937-12-12


Capper were the presiding Judge of
. domestic relations court, so quietly
and logically does he discuss the
, pros and cons Of his bill and the
! human way in which he looks at the
Ills and misunderstanding which
! occur in married life. Nothing con-
oemnatory or severely critical toward
. the conditions arising from the pre-
, valence Of the lightning way in which
the marriage ties are severed, but
. there is . look of extreme tenderness
In his eyes as he discusses the un.
! fortunate happenings which arise as
a consequence of broken families.
, The unsettled life Of the children as
they are shunted hither and yon:
their allegiance to both parents, for
= Whatever the causes may be which
result IN divorce the children If small.
cannot understand. His bill would
q also standardize "the legitimation of
Children and the care and custody Of
children affected by annulment of
. marriage or by divorce" It must be
said that he did not seem highly
. excited about the passage of his bill
/. during this session OF the Congress.
Senator Capper's Work
For Juvenile Court Laws.
AS godfather of the District of Co.
! lumoia. Senator Capper has worked
steadily for the Juvenile Court law
which has passed both House and
senate and awaits only adjustment
OF dlnerences in detailed provisions.
Inc consensus among social workers
seems to be that if the present
Juvenile Court Bill is enacted it would
90 a long way toward the better
handling OF juvenile delinquency and
the more satisfactory adjustment of
family relation cases. His bill for
the uniform regulation of marriage
and divorce would require q two
weeks application for license to
marry, prohibit licenses to insane or
those affected with certain diseases
and require parental consent for
marriage Of young women from 16
to 10 years and young men from 1s
to 81 years.
The whole atmosphere of the Senate
offices Of the gentleman from Kan
sas is conducive to q feeling Of we'll
ordered efficiency. There Is no stir
and hustle; everything seems well ar
ranged and everybody seems really
interested in the daily routine. It
lmpreSSes one as g. kind of family
affair, this private ofIice Of the Sen
ator, the walls of which are lined with
autographed photographs of all the
Presidents of the United States Begin
ming with Col. Theodore Roosevelt
Tor whom he had sincere affection
and admira ation-down to and includ-
ing President Franklin Roosevelt
Other distinguished faces greet the
Senator, including q handsome likeness
OF Admiral Richard Byrd, who pre-
sented his picture to Mr.. Capper rs 4
token OF sincere liking. The gadgets on
the mantel all mean something, and
OF course, the G. o. p. elephant, much
IN evidence, has q friendly, quite do
mesticated look, for since the dayx
when its owner was q young reporter
on the New York Tribune back in
1891, they have been constant work.
ing companions, travelling along to-
gether and cherishing . frank friend
ship, although differing as to policies
sometimes.
He Is Owner of Exquisite
Marquetery Desk.
And there at one side of the office
is an exquisite marquetery desk so
beautiful that one is almost tempted
TO break the tenth commandment. It
is a desk that was used for many wears
ny the late Mrs. Capper. She is said
to have been very gracious lady with
q love for beautiful antiques, particu-
larly those she used in her daily life.
inns desk is mass of floral marque-
terry in colors which have become
softened and mellowed with time, evil
dently OF the Italian period of the
18th century. Even the leaf of
the desk on either side of the writing
pad is gorgeously decorated in oval
placques and the edges of the leaf
are OF rich inlay. We did not linser |
too long looking at it for as the SEN |
ator opened some of the secret draw
ers and delicately ran his fingers over
the beautiful wood, we felt like an |
Intruder.
In looking over copy Of the Tooeka