Evening star., 1938-01-16
Mrs. Farley's Interests Center
In Ne,u York Will, Her Family
She COnn1utes to ID. E..
by Plane to attend
State Functions.
(FVth Of the series.)
BY PAULINE FREDERICK.

The chances are that the New York
plane which swings down on the WASH
ington airport just before dusk Of an
evening when . formal cabinet dinner
or reception is scheduled at the White
House will be carrying q tall, fair
woman, with blue and smiling Irish
eyes. The costume she wears will, in
all probability. be black and of modish
line, a chic little black hat on her
gold-blond hair. A chauffeur will be
waiting in car bearing an official
seal to take her to a fashionable mid
town hotel.
As the car drives of, you will realize
you have glimpsed the one and only
cabinet hostess who refuses to make
Washington her home. Mrs. James
A. Farley, wife of the Postmaster
General, has arrived to fulfill one of
the few of1icial social obligations she
recognizes in the National Capital.
And If you would have word with
her, it must be in the brief time before
she must change from travelling
costume to evening gown. For II she
doesn't leave for New York imme-
diately after the White House party,
she will depart early the next morning.
MY first interest always has been
and always will be my family" she said
to me with touch Of pride. Il want
to devote myself completely to them.
My children are in school in New York
and want to be right there, where I
can really see them of to school in
the morning and see them home again
at night"
Mrs. Farley is pretty woman,
still on the sunny side of 40, whose
shyness has built up a reserve about
her. Little do they guess that her
infections laugh and ready wit make
her a congenial companion and enter
tanning hostess to her close friends.
Mr.. Farley likes to talk things over"
with her for two principal reasons
Since she keeps herself aloof from
politics. he finds her disinterested opin-
keen judge Of human nature.
Every Friday Mr.. Farley leaves
Washington to spend the week end
with his family. Southern fried
chicken and wafIles are favorite dishes
of Mrs. Farley, while apple pie and
peppermints rate high with the
General
Mrs. Farley lays claim to no special
hobby, except, perhaps, the theater.
Her friends flnd her critic Of no
mean ability of both the drama and
the motion picture. Perhaps travel,
too, could be considered . hobby
especially travel by air.
But as to her real vocation and
avocation combined, here are some Of
the things Mrs. Farley relates about
her family.
Tall, sandy-haired. serious minded
Betty is the oldest Of the three chill
dren. She is nearly Is. and a student
at Marymount, In Tarrytown.
Anne. II, is in the Marymount Day
School and right now Is bothering her
pretty head = lot about parties and
clothes.
And there is brown-haired Jimmie,
jr., aged 10, also Q pupil at Mary
mount Day School. This is Mrs Far
ley's favorite tale about him:
They were sitting at breakfast one
morning, when he looked up at his
| father and asked:
Dad, when you were q little
boy like me did you ever think you'd
be q great man some day?"
Quickly, the senior Farley turned to
his son and said, Il don't think I'm Z
great man"
To which came the ready retort
from Jimmie, Il don't think you are
either"
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