The Washington times., 1937-04-22
NOW
Picture Gift
Of Justice
HOLDS STORY
BY HELEN EssARY


timertalist about certain phases
of the New Deal, but he is an
idealist about motherhood.
That exquisite large photograph
of a young mother and her baby
now hanging in the lobby OF the
Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong addition
to the Young Woman'S Christian
Association is his gift.
Justice McReynolds presented It
to the Y. w. when he furnished
a room in memory Of his daughter
last October at the time the Strong
addition was accepted by the as
ISOLATION.
Label the picture Happiness,
said the big, conservative Tennes-
seean. TT will be an inspiration
to young girls who come to live at
the Y" ......
The story Of Justice Mercy
nolds' discovery of this photo
graph like exceedingly.
Last summer the Justice was
driving himself to the Adiron-
dackS, He had no chauffeur. He
knew he was rs his next birthday
but he wanted to prove that ne
could stay at the wheel Of a car as
long as the trip required.
AS he passed through New York
city, Justice McReynoldS saw IN
one of the public parks a lovely
Young mother with a baby IN her
arms. On the way to the noun
tains, their picture returned to his
mind again and again as "A Mod
ern Madonna" he thought, Il
shall see If by chance they are IN
the park when return"
They were-in the same place.
The Justice stopped his car. He
asked the mother if he might take
a photograph of her and her baby.
She agreed delightedly. The photo
graph was made and enlarged, and
hangs in the spot I told you.
It took q strong will and much
good manners to leave behind
those chains Of spring flowers on
the luncheon table Of the Soviet
Embassy yesterday. Yards and
yards of flowers, they were. Mar
cissi, daisies, sweet peas, roses,
daffodils and forget-me-nots laid
close together in a garland OF
maidenhair fern. And wound
round and round in graceful loops
on the damask cloth. Flowers OF
the same spring family were stand
ing crisp and bright in porcelain
figurineS and bowls.
Some of the guests put flowers
in their coat and lapelS. Mrs. Cor
dell Hull, the guest Of honor, very
chic and well turned out in a BLACK
cape gown with white at the
throat, found a white daisy to
match the row of daisies in her
black turban. Mrs. woodrow VIII
son, pretty and serene, borrowed a
cornflower like the cluster OF bios
SONS on her own print gown.
Mrs. Fred Britten put a daftod1l
in her frisky daffodil colored felt
hat.
That giddy little chapeau Of
Mrs, Willard Tydings-U. S. Am
bassador to the Soviet Davies
picked it up in Paris for her-al-
ready had a cluster Of white flow
ers beneath a wiSp Of q veil.
All of us-54 Of uS-Wanted to
carry off the fat double pansies in
the finger bowls, but good man
nerS triumphed.
Madame TroyanovSky's lunch
con was as delicious as it was beau
tiful. Plump gray caviar went the
rounds twice. The fish was tri-
umph in Jelly and vegetable trim.
mingS.
It had come all the way from
Russia for the party. In its home
waters it was a sturgeon. I'm
doubtedly a young sturgeon, too
child-like to leave its mother In
the Danube. It had the tender
ness of squad chicken.
Served last after the champagne
was a delicate Marsha wine. Rich
" colored and with a fragrant
bouquet, it is highly esteemed in
Russia.
Writing about foreign wine and
food leads me to the subject OF
travel. When ever I think OF
travelling I think of tipping.
Indeed, I'd like travelling better
if it weren't for the tipping. It
isn't that I'm stingy. I just love
to give away small bits Of money
Makes me feel like Rockefeller
doing over Williamsburg or An
drew Carnegie parcelling libraries
about or Mr.. Mellon giving away
pretty pictures.
MY sorrow is that never know
what to tip. So from the time
set foot in Union Station on my
way to foreign parts until re
enter my own door I worry and
worry about tipping.
The experts who write books or
travel say Tip 10 per cent except
on special instances or when yoC
think IS per cent is advisable"
Then, they add, to enlighten this
concrete informatiops I'm many
cases a proper tip is added to thu
bill. This relieves the travellers
mind of worry. However, it some
times happens that attaches al
hotels, porters and the like arr
fearful of not receiving their share
of the gratuitieS. In such case!
the wise traveller adds to the per
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