The Washington times., 1938-01-22


AND speaking Of the film
n Navy Blue and Gold" re-
minds us of another little Incl
dent which took place at West
Point, recently. Deciding to open
the gymnasium for the winter
season, with something OF a
whoop to the ceremony, the Off
cials thought for days, on just
what to do. Football was over,
basketball was not yet begun, a
horse show was out, so after
another long conference, they
thought a gala night Of some ex-
cellent picture would be the
thing. It was, and the picture
selected for this Army post,
was, believe it or not, the Navy
film, Navy Blue and Gold"
COLONEL AND MRS. GUY
" CHAPMAN, who were sta
toned here for some time, be-
fore going to Fort Knox in Ken
lucky, where Colonel Chapman
was in command, are now on a
tour of duty at Newport, R. I.
Both Colonel and Mrs. Chip
man are writing back to all their
Washington friends to come
up and see them sometime" and
declare that this famous resort
is Just as diverting in the dead
of winter, as it is in summer
time. Everybody misses Colonel
and Mrs. Chapman.
When they were here, they
occupied a charming house in
nearby Virginia. A house which
was built on two levels, which
made many a fascinating three
steps up and two down arrange
ment, and possessing a spacious
grass terrace in the rear. This
terrace was tremendously popu-
lar. especially in the summer
and many q supper party and
tea took place right there, with
often only tall candles for the
illumination, and quite as often,
only the light Of a big silver
moon.
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MRS. ONION HYDRICK, wife
IV1 of Colonel Hydrick, who is
such a pleasant person and al
ways so gracious, has as her
guest for a week or two her sis
ter, Mrs. William c. Evans, of
Evanston, Ill. Mrs. Evans, who
is a small, bright-eyed woman
with curly white hair, is among
many nice things, a delight to
listen to-she is so varied in
her interests and so interested
in all Of them.
She was talking the other day
at q luncheon about flowers
(which she loves) and their ar
rangement. It happens that for
some time now she has been
studying flower arrangements
with a japanese instructor. She
was telling about the exquisite
and huge morning -glories which
are so famous in Japan and so
beautiful to see, and said that
often a tea party in Japan is
held at S o'clock in the morning.
just so the guests can look and
appreciate the loveliness OF
these morning glories, before
the breeze disarrangeS some o.!
their glory.
She can not bear to see flow.
ers "just stuffed in a vase" it
really makes her i'll. She be-
lieves, not in the quantity Of
flowers, but in the correct ar
rangement and showed us an
etching of three fragile, purple
iris. Each flower was symbolical,
one was heaven, one was man
and one was the earth.
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HOMDR. AND MRS. ROBERT
" Dyer, who have recently
come to Washington and taken
a house in Chevy Chase, are a
most delightful addition to
Navy circles. Mrs. Dyer, Is her.
self, a real beauty, small and
darkly lovely and was the for.
mer Olga de Parodi of Gibral-
tar. Mrs. Dyer's mother, who
is now married to an officer Of
the English army, stationed in
India, was a fabulously famous
beauty.
Years ago when the American
Navy went over to Spain to
bring back to the States those
three replicas of Columbus
ships, many of the officers met
Mrs. Dyer's mother, then a very
young and lovely girl, living in
Seville and, all Of them imme-
diately did homage to her
charm and beauty.
During the World War, when
the Navy was in Gibraltar, the
young and lovely girl Of Seville,
herself, now the mother Of sew
eral equally lovely daughters.
one of them being, but not then,
the above mentioned Mrs. Rob
ert Dyer, held open house for
the American naval officers
and incidentally saved them
from many a homesick moment
and-earned their everlasting
thanks and gratitude, besides.
Such is Mrs. Dyer's background.
but when one meets her, neither
background nor future matter,
it's just her presence that
counts and how attractive that
is.
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THE ARMY and Navy Country
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