The Washington times., 1937-03-25
NOW
Why That Kiss
For Farley?
FARM: HAVEN
BY HELEN ESSARY

Miss Molly Dewson, vice chalr.
man of the Democratic Natlonai
Committee, is getting little bored
over the uuestioners that continue
to saw to her, why did you kiss
Jim Farley at the big testlmonlal
dinner at the Mayflower"
Even Miss Dewson's bosom
friend. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
has taken to explaining the kiss
in her speeches and writings.
So-Miss Dewson, although feel
ing that no kiss should ever be eX-
planned, has been inspired to say
that the reason she was able to
kiss Jim so nonchalantly while
800 $10-a-plate diners looked on.
was that she was accustomed to
kissing men.
At one time in her immediate
family there were % mascu-
line relatives - one father, four
brothers, and various nephewS and
cousins. For years, she has been
handed about among these gentle
men for affectionate hoW-do-you-
dos. This is why she didn't blush
at kissing one more man. 1t was
Jim who did the blushing.
Editors Note: Even this doesn't
explain why Molly kissed Jim0
Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry 60 each summer to a fasci-
mating farm in the CatSkill Noun
tains, so miles from railroad
station. The house is much as it
was in it's early Victorian youth
the same furnishings and heatings
and the same type of lights, from
candle and kerosene lamps.
The farm has its own lake
and it's own thrilling scenery.
The music of the chimes in
small chapel, built by Senator
Gerry's sister, are among the few
sounds that break into the peace
of this retreat.
Mrs. William Beverly Mason is
a gifted cook. The hams that
emerge from her five-day soak
ing, simmering, and baking would
make the gods give up ambrosia
as pei QlSn'
Mrs. Mason was born on a
farm near Ellicott City, that pro-
duced hams famous throughout
Maryland for their special cur
ing. Mrs. Mason declares she
churned hundreds of pounds OF
butter in her youth. Moreover,
it was the very best butter, water.
washed in the making as the
French like it.
Mrs. Arthur Macarthur, whose
late husband was the brother OF
Field Marshal Douglas Macarthur,
holds her slim, graceful figure
as erect as a Sergeantmajor.
This beautiful, straight back is
due to the training of her father.
He contrived family back
straightener to be used by his
daughters while they studied.
Two halves of broomstick were
fastened to a thin, rectangular
board. The board lay flat across
the back and the sticks fitted
through the crooks OF the arm.
Two magazines from remote
parts of the world arrived in the
morning mail. One is the weekly
edition of the Moscow News in
which is inclosed the card of the
United States ambassador, Joseph
Edward Davies.
The issue of the News is COM
posed of 40 large pages telling
"The Story of the Trial of the
Anti-Soviet TrotSkyite Center" in
which the journalist Vladimir
Romm was involved.
The other magazine is wierd
publication from Shanghai, China.
It's title is Edward the Abdicator,
or Wallis in Wonderland-A Symp-
tom of the Worlds Revolt Against
Puritanical Conventionality and
Magisterial Authority" This last
publication, compiled and edited
by George M. Batty, was banned
and boycotted in Shanghai. Well
it might have been. In over a
hundred pages of pictures bear
ing comment and reprints of news
dispatches is revealed without en-
barrassment the complete Inter
national romance that tore emo
tions to shreds last Christmas
time"
And now to other news relating
to the British Isles. England is
about to adopt the French method
of preserving important old
houses. This method permits the
owners to continue to live in his
toric houses on the condition that
the public be allowed in. Houses
thus opened are tax exempt. Some
times they are supported by gov
ernment subsidy.
Why doesn't this all-seeing Ad-
ministration try a similar plan?
I can think of several houses in
which life as genteel taX-exempt
caretaker would be pleasant.