Evening star., 1938-01-16

Inc nag OF tne UnlCeQ states, OF
the Secretary of War and that of the
Chief Of Staff, rippled and nodded as
the door swung open and an Army
Band played gay military tunes. In
stead Of the Salvation Army lassies,
who served doughnuts and coffee to
the Secretary when he was at the
front in France during the World War,
there were wives of Army men serving
most delicious dainties in the beauti-
fll dining room.
Mrs. Swanson's Guests
Piped Up the Grand Stairway.
More gold braid. more swords and
fier-looking men with bit Of the roll
Of the sea, and plumed hats that would
have made D'Artignan green with envy
were piped up the grand stairway at
Secretary Swansons house by sailors
from the Sequoia. the Secretary S
yacht. Aides in full dress, chapeau
bras, elegant and suave. Quite so,
quite so, my dear! Remember this, for
1t is not often Uncle Sans fighting
men appear in such glorified array at
afternoon functions. Secretary Swan
son. during his time in both the House
and Senate. was noted for his interest
in naval affairs, and it has been some
time since Secretary of the Navy had
50 much working information at his
finger tips.
Mrs. Miller Sits
In the Seats of the Mighty.
And this reminds us that Mrs
Emma Guffey Miller, Democratic ma
tional committeewoman from the
great State Of Pennsylvania, said she
sat in the seats of the mighty the
other night at the Jackson Day dinner
Right at the cabinet table between the
Secretary Of State, Mr.. Cordell Hull
OF Tennessee and the Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr.. Morgenthau, in the seat
that had been reserved for the Secre-
tary OF the Navy. She said she felt
honored sitting in Secretary Swan
sons place. which was all brought
about by her getting in late for reser-
vations. There were several cabinet
widows at the table whose husbands
were out over the country talking
about Gen. Jackson. telling his inmost
thoughts and what he would have
done were he in the White House at
this time-they said he would have
done just as the President has done.
She was only little removed
from the head table where the Presi-
dent sat. and thinks she never saw
him in better fettle: he was actually
glowing with good health and spirits
1t takes a good stiff fight to bring the
President out in form, she says =.
and there in the seat of honor sat the
Vice President of the United States,
Mr.. Garner of Texas, who as a side
partner, kept things sparkling-Mrs.
Miller thought it was unfortunate the
diners were not treated to the asides
that passed between the two dis
tinguished gentlemen.
Twenty a Plate and Change
To General Farley.
With true Jacksonian democracy
the men at the hundred dollar din
ner-dinner $40 plate-and give the
change to the chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee, please
all wore black ties and dinner jackets.
But the ladies made up for the
necessary colorful background. When
asked II she thought Old Hickory
would have liked that grand, gorgeous
dinner, with all its accoutrements of
rare vintages; pompano such as he
must have had down in New Orleans,
and game of pioneer days, Mrs. Miller
knew that he would, for she said it
was perhaps generally known that
President Jackson when he was in
the White House had a French chef,
liked French cooking, and that his
regime was noted for its delicious
cuisine-we lightly touched on his
Kitchen Cabinet" when with her
usual quick wit she came back with
the prohibition cabinet of President
Hayes, the tennis cabinet Of President
Theodore Roosevelt and the cabinets
Of other Presidents which were not
confirmed by the Senate.
Mrs. Miller Clarifies Welfare
Work in Pennsylvania.
BY the way, Mrs. Miller is Of that
perhaps too rare vintage of party
men who believes in cleaning up an
mtoward situation in her own party
- vigorously as she would in that