The Washington times., 1938-04-16

that Mrs. Elliott knows Nelson
Eddy, as we'll as his accompanist.
The latter comes from Texas,
the home State Of Mrs. Elliott,
and heretofore when Mr.. Eddy
appeared in Washington there
was always time for at least q
brief chat. This time, Mrs. FL
lott didn't even get a glimpse
of him, though they did chat
over the phone. And Mrs. Elliott
very frankly told Mr.. Eddy that
as tall and as fit as she felt at
the moment, his great public
was entirely too much for her.
Capt. and Mrs. w. T. johnson,
U. S. A, are giving a dinner
party and Major and Mrs. Robb
Mackie are giving a tea at the
Army Way College, both, we
think, are on April %.
T IEUT. AND MRS. ROY
~ KIRK, now stationed at
Annapolis, are leaving shortly
for a tour of duty in Panama,
and Lieutenant Kirk will be sec.
ond in command, aboard one Of
the Navy torpedo boats. The
Kinks, who are a delightful
couple, have just recentlv
adopted a lovely little girl, eyed
two, and are completely crazy
about her.
Mrs. Kirk, who. among other
things, is one of the most
thoughtful and considerate Of
people, is quite busy these days
planting a vegetable garden and
getting the house all spic and
span for the new Navy couple
who have rented it and will
take possession of it when she
leaves. And, honestly, you have
never eaten such delicious food
as Mrs. Kirk can prepare on
such days as she dismisses the
cook and gets into her own
kitchen.
MRS. PETER PEARSONS,
AVA wife of Lieutenant Pear.
sons, is a tiny person, always
beautifully gowned and with a
great charm of manner. She IS
interested in a great many
things, but principally in paint
ing. She is a finished artist
and has just recently completed
a painting which will be shown
at an art exhibit in Indiana.
MAJOR AND MRS. WILLIAM
W1 SOUZA have at the mo-
ment a very interesting house
guest. The guest is Mary M.
st. Croix, very good looking.
with a mass of titan hair and
an enchanting manner. Mary
is on her way to Hollywood, not
to 20 into the movies, but to join
the well-known Jeannette Hack
ett whose classes for dancing
are too we'll known to need an
introduction here.
HENE MEACHAM, who is q
" lieutenant commander in
Reserve Corps, is devoted to sail.
ing and to the water, which 10
one of the reasons that he owns
a nice sailing yacht. Just now
Gene is laughing over an Incl
dent which occurred during t--e
stay of H. M. S. York in Wash
ington. The afternoon that the
York came in, Gene had a
party of people aboard his
yacht.
Spying the York in the dis.
tance, Gene, more for his own
edification than anything else,
saluted the British ship with all
the seagoing routine that goes
with such an occasion. And
you can imagine his amazement
when the officers aboard the
York very solemnly and with
great courtesy returned his sa-
Lutte with just as much preci.
sion and just as much time-hon.
ored routine as if his boat had
been a number one in the Navy.
MRS. IKE" GIFFEN, wife Of
W1 Captain Giffen, who is the
skipper of the new cruiser Sa.
vannah, which has just left for
it shakedOwn cruise, has left
her country place in Annapolis
for Savannah, Ga. It is Savan.
nah, Ca, that will be the first
to greet the cruiser Savannah
and many and much entertain
ment is being planned for this
eventful occasion, and Mrs. Gif"
fen is planning to meet CAPTAIN