The Washington times., 1938-01-08

tea for General and Mrs. Bow
ley on the twenty-ninth of jan
uary and the staff officers are
entertaining in the generals
honor at a dinner at the very
Swanky Mount Vernon Club
around the middle of January
and there are ever so many more
parties whose dates are not yet
given out. AS commander of the
Third Corps Area, Major Gen.
eral Bowley commands all the
troops stationed in Maryland,
Pennsylvania. Virginia and the
District of Columbia.
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4 mn PAGE, daughter of Mrs.
"A Hardy Page, widow of Com
mander Page, U. S. NJ, is a
darkly lovely person who can
wear colors beautifully. The
other day Ann appeared at a tea
in a frock of glowing rich red
with wide brimmed hat pulled
down on her black hair and she
looked like somebody who had
just stepped out of a painting.
DEAR ADMIRAL AND MRS.
~ H. E. KIMMEL have a son,
young Ned, just 16, we believe,
who is one of the very popular
younsters in the junior Navy
crowd. In the first place, Ned
has one of those gorgeous, good.
humored natures, possesses a
keen sense Of the ridiculous and
never gets ruffled about any
thing or anybody and is a nat
ural comedian when he is in
the mood for it.
COLONEL PINK" CRANE
~ and his so delightful wife
are due in town soon and will
be stationed at Fort Myer.
Colonel Crane, who has been
called Pink" for so long that
not one single person we called
and begged and implored to tell
us his right name, could think
of, has just recently come from
Japan, where he has been on
duty at the American Embassy
there. At the moment the
Colonel is on leave and is max
ing few visits before he ar
rives definitely in Washington.
LIVERY week we tell story
IL that must be anonymous.
but they are too good to keep.
and the names are forbidden tc
be used. This one concerns
young officer stationed near by
Washington not so long ago. He
was deeply in love and the girl
had decided to fall in love with
someone else, which left him ir
a disturbed state of mind anc
so despondent that he applied
to his colonel for two weeks
leave. Also he told the colone
he would like to be sent dowr
to Mississippi for work with the
flood control.
The colonel, liking the young
officer, let him go. Shortly
afterwards the colonel, With
much trouble, arranged for the
young officer to be sent to Mis-.
sissippi. However, when he tried
to find him, he discovered that
he had gone away and left no
word as to his whereabouts
Well, then the colonel had to &C
to work and undo all his plans
and finally the young officer
came back and reported to his
colonel.
What the colonel said to him
was a classic collection Of words
and then for a month after
wards the colone! had the youne
officer come and sit for an houI
in his private office and when.
ever he had nothing to do, the
colonel 1--WE mean) would tel
him just what the thought of 9
young man who took off, left nc
word behind and still expected
to be transferred. Never before
did we believe a colonel could be
deliciously human.
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THE Fort Myer Society Circus
l. which everyone awaits with
interest to begin, the rehearsals
and all. is going to try and sur
pass its own excellence of last
year. It hardly seems possible.
However, the idea right now is
to do a continuation of last
years Footprints of the Ages"
and title this Footprints o.
1888"