The Washington times., 1937-11-13

MRS. ROSS MCINTYRE, pretty
VA wife of Captain McIntire,
physician to the President, has
one very sweet hobby-choco-
late-in any form or shape
whatever. Once at a very deli
cious luncheon which Mrs. Nc
Intire gave, her guests were not
one bit surprised to see that
their excellent dessert of creamy
pumpkin pie didn't match up
at all with that of Mrs. McIn-
tires especial dessert, which
was a slice Of chocolate frosted
cake.
Mrs. Julian Schley, wife of
Major General Schley, Chief of
the Engineer Corps, is certainly
a most attractive addition to
Washington hostesses. Tall,
with a slender, graceful figure,
and an almost classical perfec-
ton of features, she tops it with
a rich, deep, speaking voice and
a British intonation that is COM
pletely fascinating.
COLONEL AND MRS. HOL
~ LAND SMITH, of the
Marine Corps, took off for Cali
fornia last week to attend the
wedding of their only son, Lieut..
Victor Holland, U. S. NJ, and
will be back around the four
teenth of this month. This is
Mrs. Smiths second trip to the
Coast, to do with this wedding,
for sometime during the sum-
mer she went out, nicely enough,
to be present at the party at
which the engagement was an
nounced.
CPEAKING of the Marine
~ Corps, and we like to. there
is a unique arrangement for
escorting guests who come down
to the Marine barracks. AS you
know, the problem of parking
ones car near the Marine bar
racks is a difficult one. Partic-
ularly difficult, was it the day
Mrs. Wayne Wirgman arrived
for a luncheon, given by the
wife of one Of the colonies.
Peeking inside the gates, and
seeing several cars parked, she
drove her own inside. Promptly
a sentry came up and asked
where she was going. She told
him. He bowed politely, told
her he would park the car for
her and would send "the band"
to escort her to the colonel's
house.
Mrs. Wirgnan, who had vi
sions of being either preceded
or followed by the Marine Band
in full blast, and not wanting
either, protested. However, no
argument seemed to move the
sentry, he insisted, and firmly,
that "the band" must escort
her.
Weakly, Mrs. Wirgman gave
up the whole thing and then
the sentry issued an order that
brought forth a nice youth, who
bowed and told Mrs. Wirgman
to follow him. She did and
still wondered where on earth
was the band. Within two
steps of the colonels house and
still not seeing the band, she
asked the uniformed youth
where it was.
II am the band" he told her
honestly. do they call you
that" queried Mrs. Wirgman.
He nodded. But why" she per-
sisted. The youth admitted he
didn't know, but told her his
duty was to escort people where
they wan%ed to go and to see
they got there" So next time,
you go to the Marine barracks
and they send for "the band"
to escort you, you'll understand
this whole procedure.
Betty Boschen, pretty blond
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Fred
erick w. Boschen, has packed
her bags and her own gay self
off to New York and will see
the Notre Dame-Army game,
whirl about to a few teas and
theater parties and come back
home here, sometime Wednes-
day.
MRS. JAMES HUGHES, wife
4M of Commander Hughes, U.
S. NJ, who was the former Kay
Brown, daughter Of the Wrisley
Browns, is back in Washington
and with her parents after a
most exciting journey out of
China, where her husband is
stationed with the Yangtze River
patrol.
Leaving Hankow, China, on
the railway for Canton, a trip
which is usually made in %
hours, it took exactly three days
to arrive at their destination.
Besides, due to the overflow Of
refugees, Mrs. Hughes and three
other Navy wives found them
selves in a compartment with
several Chinese women and num-
erouS children.
Their menu on this trip con.
sisted-and they were very