The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14
NOW
Some NeWs of the
Home Folks
OF IMPORTANCE
BY HELEN ESSARY

Now that the coronation is
over and We are catching up on
our sleep and our love Of our
own dear country. let's pick up
the pieces generally and gossip
a little about homegrown pota'
toes and personalities.
Waiting to be discussed Is the
reason for the delay in the nam
ing of the Undersecretary OF
State, the post vacant since Mr..
William Phillips went to Rome as
Ambassador. The story Is that
President Roosevelt, agreeing to
the wish Of Secretary Of State
Cordell Hull, desires to give AS
slstant Secretaries r. Walton
Moore and Sumner Welles posi-
tons Of equal Importance.
If Congress passes the bill in
troduced several weeks ago by
Representative Sam McReyro ldS,
of Tennessee, which would revive
the old office of Counselor Of the
State Department, Mr.. Moore will
be appointed to that office. Mr..
Welles will be made Undersec-
rotary.
Certain members of Congress,
however, want it made clear
whether the Counselor will out
rank the Undersecretary or vice
versa. Hence the delay in the
passage of the bill.
It is Secretary HILLS intention
to have the two offices coordinate!
Neither one subordinate. Both
Mr.. Moore and Mr.. Welles are
able men. Mr.. Moore has q fine
grasp of international relation
ships, particularly in Europe. He
is an old friend of "Judge" Hull.
They speak the same language.
Sumner WelleS has Latin Amer
lea at his finger-tipS. He is inVal-
liable to Secretary Hull and to
this Administration.
There is Senator Arthur Van
denburg, No. l Boy among the
1910 Republican presidential pros
poets, to be mentioned in q new
role. A rearing, charging fighter,
politically, is the man from Mich
igan. But he's a straddler cultur-
ally.
He went to the birthday celebra-
ton of William Shakespeare one
night, and the next, oh shades OF
Queen Elizabeth, he dined at the
Bacons (Robert Lowe Bacon, Rep
resentative from New York, If you
must know alb.
And there's Mrs. William E.
Borah, small, witty and wise,
who's never been to China but
who lives with her husband, the
senatorial Lion of the Rockies, in
the most ravishing Chinese en-
vironment this side Of Nippon.
The Idaho Senator and his
wife have a Six-bedroom apart
ment at 2101 Connecticut Avenue.
Here are the most gorgeous treas
ures from the East: tapestries,
rugs, furniture, collected with the
taste of an artist. Not plunked
down here and there as foreign
furnishings sometimes are.
Nor sadly out Of place among
the Occidental household gods.
But arranged gracefully, prayer.
fully, in a setting Of gold and
rust damask sofas and chairs, re-
flecting mirrors, great bowls OF
tulips, little singing birds in cages
and many likenesses Of Mr.. Borah,
including one fine new canvas
completed q day or two ago.
MANY friendly stories might be
told today and other days in Wash
ington about the sons and daugh-
tiers of the foreign diplomats here.
These school age young people
have busy, interesting lives Of their
own, though they aren't spent in
q struggle with international re-
lationships and In smiling at 1un'
cheons, dinners and tea parties.
Oleg Troyanovsky, the son and
only child Of the Soviet AmbaSSa-
dor and Madame Troyanovsky, is
about to graduate from Friends
School. Oleg is very popular with
his classmates, is good student
generally, but has a special flair
for music, the theater and pic.
lures.
The three children Of the Turk
ish Ambassador and Madame Ert-
egun keep busy private life at the
big white embassy on MaSSachu.
sets Avenue and Twenty-third
Street. NeSI1ui Ertegun looks like
a young poet. He studied last
year in London, has been taking
special courses at George Wash
ington this winter and spring and
is about to specialize education.
ally in philosophy.
Ahmet Ertegun is great favor
tie at Friends School. He likes
parties and sports and life gener-
ally.
Selma Ertegun, the only daugh.
ter of the family, is a brilliant
student at Cathedral School.
The Senate Daughters are busy
about the place, too. They are
pleasantly agitated right now over
the big house party Miss Caroline
Hughes, daughter Of Senator and
Mrs, James H. Hughes, Of Della
ware, is planning to give at her
summer cottage at Rehoboth
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