The Washington times., 1937-01-30


marks about a kitten.
Mr.. Coolidge was very fond Of
cats. All stray cats were welcome
at the White House. One morning
he discovered in the down stairs
hall a strange kitten that had got
past the guards and the revolving
doors.
Keep that cat here" he said to
the uShers.
The cat, after it had shifted a
little around the First Gentleman'S
House in America, was in a hurry
to leave. The uShers watched care
fully to keep it indoors. If it es-
capped Mr.. Coolidge would be very
cross.
That day an official luncheon
was scheduled at the White House.
One Of the guests, former Ambas-
sador, just back from Europe, cen
tered the table conversation on
himself with such remarks as:
"And I said to the King: "Her
Majesty had asked no one to tea
but me-; and I'm discussing the
matter with the Prime Minister 1
advised"
Meanwhile Mr.. Coolidge ate ST.
lently. At about the dessert course
he looked up from his plate and in
terrupting an anecdote about the
Queen Mother, said to Mrs. Cool
idge:
Mama, it looks like that little
cat is beginning to like us. I see
him walking from his hiding place
in the hall right over to our dining
room table"
"Why is it," asks Perennial Bach
elor, that the most attractive
women in Washington are diVor-
ceeS?"
A simple question, P. B. I've dis
cussed the matter once before.
Plain, ugly women haven't the
courage to step outside the bonds
Of holy matrimony.
When the sun came out yester-
day Washingtonians felt jubilant.
as LondonerS do when the sun
shines through their grey clouds.
The Londoner, usually so re
served, grows abandoned, con-
versationally, over fair weather.
When the day is clear, everybody
you meet there mentions this
miracle.
40" (short for Thank You" y,
says the bus conductor as he clips
your ticket. Fair day we're hav-
ing, madam"
40, madam" says the grocer
as you pay him for your brussel
sprouts. Fine day, today"
Mice weather, today, Madam"
says the Bobbie who directs the
traffic while the busSeS roar by.
Speaking of England dispatch
from London says that the English
courts are likely to refuse a di.
vorce to Mrs. Simpson.
There's always Reno, my dear.
Or even Mexico. And I think
there's a place in this country
where you can get a divorce by
mail.
If you go to the Town Hall
Sunday night you may have a
chance to express your own ideas
"On How to Achieve the More
Abundant Life"
Mr.. Norman Thomas, who has a
feeling that this Elysian state may
be reached down the path of Social
ism, and Mr.. Neil CarotherS, dean
of the School of Business Admins
tration at Lehigh University, will
debate the fugitive theme.
There will be no panel at this
Town Hall Meeting, but hand
microphone will be handed around
the audience to you and me if we
are smart enough to be among
those present. In this way we may
broadcast our doubts and convic-
tions on "The More Abundant
Life" to the room. And let the rest
of them see what knowing people
we are.
DR.. and Mrs. Carothers will be
the guests over the weakened Of
DR.. ana MRS. Lynn Talley.
Even that extraordinary flu
germ that's biting the ears off the
population didn't get Mrs. Roose-
welt down. Not completely She
said in a recent press conference
that if she were suddenly COM
PEELED to postpone the meeting she
hoped the girls would understand.
I'm not really desperately ill.,"
she added. But ever so often
feel that I simply have to inter-
rupt my program and go off and
lie down.
However, the press conference
continued to the end and Mrs.
Roosevelt managed to keep all her
engagements.
It's a tribute to the power of
the germ that Mrs. Roosevelt even
THOUGHT OF giving up when it
possessed her. Here's a malady
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