The Washington times., 1938-03-11

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recession when the Democrat
TEIE Duke, and Duchess of
i Windsor are the subject of
SO many stories, and this one
may or may not be true-it may
or may not be indicative of that
first fall leave, but it was told.
It seems that one night at
dinner, one of the Dukes guests
mentioned that he was leaving
for Bucharest.
The Duchess land obviously,
as later developments showed,
she misunderstood the name)
waxed enthusiastic over the trip
and told the guests that it was
the most beautiful, fascinating
city in the world And then
and all the romantic souls in
the world will now wiring their
hands in anguish-the Duke in
terrupted the Duchess, with a
very brisk, But, you don't know
what you are talking about.
You've never been there"
THE entire cast Of the play,
i Brother Rat" now playing
the National, are so very, very
glad that they took time to be
courteous and also go to a bit
of trouble for a certain young
lady. This certain young lady
was so delighted with the play
and the cast that she went out
of her way to see if she could
get an autographed picture Of
the entire cast, to keep for her
self.
In no time at all this request
was granted and when she was
asked where the picture should
be sent, she told them to Babe
Collins" address, the White
House. You see, Babe" is the
exceedingly pretty niece Of Miss
Marguerite LELAND, personal
secretary to President Roosevelt,
and at the moment is here from
Massachusetts,, visiting her aunt,
at the White House.
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COMMISSIONER G EORGE
" HENRY PAYNE, old and
valued friend of Frank Morse,
whose book, "Backstage With
Henry Miller" has used up no
end Of printed space in reviews
recently, is a slight bit fed up
with Frank. It is Commissioner
Payne's contention that Frank
is so pleased over this achieve
ment of book-writing that he
has developed a narciSsus COM
plex, insists upon talking con-
stantly about himself, which al
lows no time for the commits
:5ioner to talk about himself,
and keeps repeating in a vague
manner, price three dollars"
The three dollars, the commits
sioner discovered, was the price
of the book.
But, in all seriousness, the
book is drama from beginning
to end and SO packed full of in
teresting incidents that one
hates to put it down until the
last word has been read. The
daughter of our household,
who. in the manner of most
young moderns, knows little of
the stage Of years ago, wouldn't
put the book down until she had
finished it. And if Frank Morse
but knew it, that's a real tribute.
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NETTAH KING staged a Fash
IN ion Show at the Raleigh
Hotel yesterday. So, while one
lunched and listened to Mario
and his music, one could also
look up and see pretty girls in
the latest spring bonnets parad-
ing about the Pail Mall Room.
Mary Kay SpinkS wore a most
enchanting red hat for one
model; Patsy Donohue wore a
cunning little poke bonnet, and
Doris Hollowell had a perky
sailor, about the size of a tea
cup, on her dark hair.
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IF THE SENATORS up on the
4 Hill keep importing good
things to eat from their native
States and offering them to the
patrons Of the Senate Restau-
rant with their compliments, it
will be possible to order an en-
tire meal without cost. Senator
Ryan Duffy had cheeses Of all
varieties-from his own Wiscon-
sin, naturally; Senator John
Townsend, Of Delaware, has fed
strawberries and apples to prac-
tically everyone; then Senator
William Smathers, Of New Jer-