The Washington times., 1937-02-23
NOW
Soviet PenGLty
For PLOTTING
RIVAL CLUBS
BY HELEN ESsARY

effort of q group of American
newspaper correspondents to save
the life of Vladimir Romm, for
merly washington representative
of the Soviet Press and recently
implicated in the TrotSky-R -Radek
plot against Stain, has been COM
pletely unsuccessful.
Vladimir Romm stands con-
victed by his own testimony, I
understand. Nothing, absolutely
nothing that any outsiders can do
will help him avoid the punish
Hnent for the plotting in which he
confessed serious part.
A Second WOman's Democratic
Club
With Democrats covering the
landscape as they are, it isn't
surprising that :. second woman's
Democratic Club should have
arisen recently in Washington and
taken q corner Of the spotlight
from that old and tried institu-
ton, the Woman's National Demo
cratic Club.
The new organization has taken
the name, the Woman'S National
Democratic Council. Both clubs
i are on New Hampshire Avenue
Z within two blocks Of each other.
This adds to the general Compli-
cations-missent mail and pack
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The Woman'S National Demo
cratic Club has been an institu-
ton in Washington for years and
years since the days when it took
more courage to be a Democrat
than it does now.
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, Mrs.
Charles S. Hamlin, Mrs. Blair
Banister, Mrs. Emily Newell Blair,
Mrs. Samuel Herrick and Mrs. Ed
ward Keating worked with enthu-
Siasm and intelligence, and estab-
liShed their club in fine house at
1925 New Hampshire Ave. They
began a program of lunching and
dining with short talks on cur
rent topics which has been con-
tinued and keeps the membership
alert.
Not long ago several members
of the club, including Mrs. Ar
thur Condor, withdrew and
founded the Democratic Absentee
Voters Bureau. This organization
undertook the job of getting out
the absentee vote that turks about
Washington, most Of whose popu-
lation comes from somewhere else.
Soon the bureau changed it's
name and enlarged its purpose. 1t
is now the Woman's National
Democratic Council. 1t has taken
rooms at 1925 New Hampshire
Ave-, where teas and meetings are
held frequently.
The Woman's National Demo
cratic Club, by the way, has inau-
gurated an eight-hour-a-day system
with its servants. Here's real do
mestic pioneering. It's a magnifi-
cent plan for a club with as Ca
pable q manager as Mrs. John S.
Grimsley. But how I should hate
to see it a necessity in the home.
, ! personally am not that noble.
| The Woman's Congressional
I, Club is stirring about, too. It has
7 decided that it is entitled to more
and better publicity.
And why not? Publicity is the
Washington watchWord.
The Woman's Congressional
Club is a remarkable organization.
Its memberS-wiveS of Senators
and Representatives from every
State in the Union-definitely re-
fleet American life. Here Texas
and Massachusetts,, Wyoming and
Maryland meet eagerly and often
for music and lectures and to give
encouragement to ambitious art
lists and inventors.
The club house has an espe-
cially fine stairway. Its circular
assembly room on the second floor
has delightful detail of color and
decoration. The flags of each
State in the Union are reflected
and reflected again in the mirror
lined walls.
Mrs. Dow w. Harter, wife of the
Representative from Ohio, chair
man Of the lively publicity COM
mittee, has a happy way with
people, and knows news.
Pleasant People
Mrs. William E. Borah has been
driving to Baltimore every day
for the last month to see an old
friend at the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital. Senator Borah goes to the
hospital each Sunday and every
other day he can manage to leave
the Capitol. The i'll friend is the
wife of the man who saved Mrs.
Borah's life when she so nearly
died from parrot fever.
The staff Of the Polish Embassy
as one man is having its portrait
painted by the artist, Cedokow-
ska. The Polish Counselor, Wi
told Wankowicz and Chancellor
Steven PoradzewSki have lately
followed the example of their Am
baSsador, Count jerry Potocki,
and had their likenesseS done on
canvas. Mr.. Wankowicz is an in
spring subject for a painter. He
has deep-set thoughtful eyes and
the wide brow Of a scholar.
Mr.. PoradzewSki is delighted
with his portrait, already COM
pleted. Mr.. Cedokowska has done
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