The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-27

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Asia, Africa,
South Ameri- $
ca, or even Helen Essary
across the Canadian border
that the United States is a
Grade A power. Our Navy, even
before it Is enlarged by the war
ships of that new appropriation,
is something to gaze at with re-
spect.
These Busy Women!
ZONE are the pretty days
VI when ladies used to sit on a
cushion and do a bit Ct feather
stitching. Well, naturally.
Even so, Mrs. Peyton C. March,
wife of General March, U. S. A.,
retired, says she didn't dream
that her women friends could be
as busy in as many ways as they
were yesterday. Not until she
tried to get sudden fourth"
ct bridge.
You've tried to get a fourth at
bridge yourself. Usually it's no
trouble in this card-sense world.
But Mrs. March heard so many
legitimate excuses at the other
end of the telephone when she
said come on over and take a
hand" that she's thinking of
writing her experience, having
the text witnessed by a notary
public and then sending it to a
magazine devoted to the progress
Of womankind.
The reason Mrs. March
needed a fourth at a moments
notice was because one member
of the weekly quartet, Mrs.
Charles s. Vaudeville, had sud-
denly to go to Boston.
Mrs. March hated to lose Mrs.
Vaudeville, but she blithely be-
gan to hunt for a substitute.
She found MRS. William s. Mon
cure propped up in bed with a
Sprained knee.
Next she called Mrs. Gardiner
L. Boothe, of Alexandria. Mrs.
Boothe was so sorry but she was
to preside at a rummage sale.
Mrs. Eugene Carusi was COM
peting in a tennis tournament
at the Chevy Chase Club.
Mrs. Leon Henderson was go
ing with her husband to try out
the engine of a new motorboat,
Mrs. Robert Lee Kayser had left
for two weeks gayety in New
York.
Mrs. Edwin S. Fuller was
searching a change of scene in
st. Louis. Mrs. Thomas Moncure
was helping at an Alexandria
Garden Party.
Three Navy friends said it was
their day to help at the Red
Cross. Another Navy friend
had to be with her son when he
was taking a physical examina-
ton for West Point. She
thought her presence would
buck him up.
Two housewifely acquaint-
ances said they had man COM
ing to take down the winter
draperies and take up the rugs.
They ought to stay home.
She Was Determined
DY THIS time, Mrs. March
ID was enjoying the pursuit. It
was a game. It was a matter Of
principle. She was determined
to have the fourth if she de-
Stroyed the telephone operator
and herself meanwhile.
Mrs. Joseph A. Cranston, so
the next call proved, was giving
q luncheon herself. She was
heartbroken, but she Just
couldn't come.
A bosom friend of Mrs. March
said she'd love to help out, but
she never played for stakes.
She wouldn't do. Mrs. MARGINS
contract quartet liked stakes.
So Mrs. March called, she
crosses her heart and says it's
true, exactly ten more women.
She's forgotten their alibis. But
they were honest. She could tell
1t over the phone.
In desperation, she asked the
good old friend Of her child
hood, who really didn't like
bridge at all, but who was very
sympathetic, to be kind and
come along. The good old friend
said she would. Also, she prom
iSed to do the best she could,
so that the rest wouldn't hate
her.
Mrs. March, by this time quite
weak, but triumphant, hung up
the phone. She said to herself
that she never wanted to dial
another number again as long as
she lived.
At this moment the phone
rang sharply. It was Mrs. Man
deville, the original Of the four
some, just back from Boston.
IT know it's late" she said.
you've probably made some
other plans. came home sooner
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