Evening star., 1937-03-07

frequently arrives on foot.
"Gee, but She's Wonderful"
Is Comment.
At the luncheon last week she en-
tered the room unannounced, smiling
and nodding as she made her way
through the labyrinth of tables to the
seat of honor She received rollSing
welcome, for everybody knew that she
knew that they knew that she knew
what it was all about, and that there,
perhaps, was not voteless inhabltant
of the District who had gone as
many places and seen as many things
and conditions which needed looking
into and changing as she had. Her
well-bred poise is of the infectious
kind that puts people at their best
When visiting Washington mstitu-
tion recently young girl who had
been quite naughty was taking her
luncheon from a tray because she
regular lunch period. When Mrs.
Roosevelt entered the room she looked
up and recognized her, and immedi-
ately rose and stood. The Lady of the
Mansion said, How do you do? and
please sit down for I know you are
hungry" After she left the room the
young girl looked at the matron and
said, After that I do not think that
can ever be bad again. Gee, but she
treated me wonderfully"
Fanny Hurst Views National Life
Through Glass Hat.
You have heard about people who
live in glass houses and that even
the wisest of men sometimes talk
through their hats, but it took that
redoubtable Fanny Hurst-she of the
dreamy eyes-to think of glass hat
or at least to have the courage to
wear one-being good-looking and
having nothing to conceal. Why did
she wear it at the White House last
week? She is not given to talking
through her hat-her words are pre-
cious and fill the shelves of best SELL
ers, but somewhere in her gray mat
ter there must have been bubbling
desire to look through and not from
under her hat The brim of Miss
Hurst's hat is described as made of
a special, tricky variety of glass
through which one can see some things
and not others. That's the kind of a
hat that should be worn when visit
ing the Presidents house, because
whatever is off the record, simply
could not be seen.
Victory Dinner S100 Per
And S95 to the Good.
Shades of dear Ole Hickory if you
had only taken a peep around the
corner at that grande-dame gorgeous
victory dinner the Democrats gave
the other night at 500 per, with $95
to the good, the Battle of New Orleans
with its glorious victory would have
faded into the twilight and the dawn
Of new deal would have proclaimed
that prohibition-but not boot-legging
was at an end Diamond-back ter
rapin that a Baltimore gourmet of
the gay nineties could have rolled
beneath his tongue; pompano, fit for
the gods which down in New Orleans
is considered fish worthy of the
Oldest chateau yquem or extra dry of
a past vintage; amontillado such as
a King of Spain once sent to Thomas
jefferson capon and old Virginia ham
with artichokes washed down with
few slender glasses of madeira-the
kind President Washington liked to
top off dinner with at Mount Vernon.
And such victory dinner. And such
a headache!
Opening of Cutting
Memorial Lectures.
Tomorrow night DR.. Charles A.
Beard will talk about "The Rise of
the Democratic Idea in the United
States" at the opening of the Bronson
Cutting memorial lectures, in the
auditorium of the Rialto Theater. It
has been some time since so much
interest has been displayed in
memorial of this kind. The sponsors
men of letters, industrialists and
philosophers of this country, have
given time and study to making the
lectures fit the times and needs for
discussing the problems of not only
America but the world at large.
Eminent men from abroad will be
heard from time to time. The lectures
are by invitation only, as they are
tribute from Mrs. w. Bronson Cutting
to her son whose interests she shared
and with whom she spent a greater
part of her time in New Mexico.
Mayor F1orella Little F1ower) H. La
Guardia Of New York, will also talk
at the first lecture on, Democracy
in Action"
Nave of Cathedral of st. John
The Devine Background.
Last Sunday night Mayor La
Guardia addressed mass meeting on
slum clearance, which was held at
the Cathedral of st. John the Devine
in New York City. He was introduced
by Bishop William T. Manning who
had allowed the beautiful and stately
nave of the cathedral to be the setting
for a model of slum tenement fiat.
The bishop after inspecting the ex-
hibit, said: This exhibit in the nave
of the cathedral of tenement dwell
ing which was in actual use two weeks
ago, and which was occupied by four
persons, should fill all who see it with
a sense of responsibility and a realiza-
ton that such conditions should not
be allowed to continue" There was
also on view a large oil painting by
Mr.. Jonas Lie, president of the Ma
tional Academy of Design, depicting
q typical slum area on the background
of a towering cathedral. What a
glorious te deum the saints and
angels would sing if slum clearance
everywhere could be an accomplished
fact and there could be set up in that
beautiful nave model of tenement,
complete and as it should be with its
counterpart in actual use. The great
white dome of Americas National
Capitol looks down on conditions only
a few blocks away that are disgrace
to the people.
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