Evening star., 1937-10-31

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made Of a mahoganyized metal.
1t was dreary, soggy day. One of
those times when the merry laugh
of President Roosevelt would have
been so welcome. But he is up at
Hyde Park House, elbow deep in state
papers, bills and acts, getting ready for
the coming extra session, and Mrs.
Roosevelt-well, just will-o'- -the-wisp-
ing about after her visit to Boston to
see her 6-foot baby Johnny have four
wisdom teeth pulled. The extraction
was all over and he did not know that
his mother and fiancee were sitting
anxiously in the corridor of the hospi-
tai waiting to see him.
Gorgeous QueenIy Dahlias
Look in at Tourists.
The rain fell steadily; the one re-
naming brightness was the gorgeous
dahlias, 8 or 10 feet high, nodding in
at the windows Of the glass-mclosed
corridor at the east entrance. These
0ahlias are trained like rose trees with
their blossoms all clustering at the top
like an enormous bouquet. They are
simply lovely. Deep pink, shades of
red, yellow and lavender; royal-looking
plants waiting to give greeting to
the family when they return. The
prettily designed parterre in which
the dahlias are planted and which has
fringe of delphinium are small bright
flowers for border, make a charming
floral picture The bed is arranged
very much as the first Mrs. Wilson
had it, but during the short time that
she was mistress of the mansion there
were roses of every color and forget
n1e-nots in abundance.
The south lawn, in spite of the
downpour, was colorful in its carpet
of bright autumn leaves and the
fountain with the rain coming down
energetically threw up slender
saream of water. Mr.. President Com
missioner of the District, Col. Hazen,
would have looked sadly upon that
waste of water as he wrestles with
the budget, the water taxes, the real
estate taxes and what not that the
poor voteless inhabitants of the District
of Columbia will have to pay. That
waste of water when raining looked
Ike carrying Goals to New Castle
and those gentlemen up on the Hill
are so hard-hearted when it comes to
helping their step-children.
White House Library
TO Have 200 New Books.
We were chummy little group, go
ing about the ground-fioor corridor
that rainy day. Some were from New
York State and there were some from
Few England. We exchanged conf
dences on the state of the Nation, de-
cided that the portrait of Mrs. Cool
idge in her brilliant red gown with
the beautiful dog in the foreground
vas the most appealing-she has
come-hither look in that picture Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt's portrait, just op-
posite, We thought was the most ar
tistic-a Chartrain which made the
black picture hat of the late Mrs.
faenrv Cabot Lodge immortal. The
White House library was uninviting
end ,unattractive that day. The
library table in the middle of the room
Is the size for a baronia1 hall More
bookcases will have to be arranged
when those 200 new books which Ruth
Bryan Eohde, Fanny Hurst, Gertrude
Land, L. Donald Adams, Christopher
Morley and that fascinating Irita Van
Doren have selected, are ready to be
sent down. That choice company of
women and men we're chosen to help
the eight librarians and booksellers
select this gift from the American
Booksellers. The gift is known as
THE White House Library" and the
new books will be presented early next
month.
1t is not known who thought out
she scheme to provide a permanent
library for the Presidents house, but
1t certainly was happy thought So
far there seem to be no edition de
luxe in the collection, and from a
superficial look there seems to be
nothing there that would appeal to
hibliophile. The object is evidently
to have miscellaneous library that
would appeal to all tastes. The pri-
vate library of the President is always
on the second floor of the mansion.
General literature of utilitarian kind
seemed to appeal most to the scholarly
President Wilson, Mr.. Hoover liked
choice treatise on metallurgy and
mining, Mr.. Coolidge was fond of his
tory and President Franklin Roose-
yelt, with rather unusual breadth of
knowledge of all literature, has one