Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31

depression in 1892.
Most adults will not be fed quite
as we'll as the men in the armed
services. which is as it should be
No family should object to meat ra-
tioning when they realize the beef
and bacon they don't get is being
served to their sons and brothers
in the Army.
why should there be men to
OPEN taXicab doors in front of no.
tells and night clubs? Why
should there be cooks in night
clubs when cooks are needed in
the Army"
such were Mr.. Hopkinss choicer,
! sentences.
MRS. HCpkINS'S
WEDDING PRESENT
No one in Washington realized
how much social significance there
was in the Hopkins article until a
few days ago, when tongues began
TO wag round Washington Of a
hard-times party thrown at one OF
the capitals Sna2zier hotel-night
/ clubs. in homer of VINO else but
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins.
Then it became apparent that here
was a new New Deal magma charta
This function, rejecting at every
turn the wartime curtailmentS CT
which Mr.. hopkins had written so
/ feelinelv-With one hand tied be-
hind his back, no doubt-was Piv-
en- by Mr. Bernard Baruch. But
it is perhaps unfair to bring him
/ in on this. as he YVES merely the
man on whose cuff the party was
/ thrown.
The gossip in Washington is
that Mr.. Baruch asked Mrs. Hop
ms what she would like for .
wedding present, and she told
him she'd like to have him give
her a party. Mrs. Hopkins was
apparently told to go ahead and
arrange il, inviting whOmever
released, and the Baruch cuff
blanche was extended on when
the guest of honor could write
her own menu, as on black
check.
Now never let it be said that the
new Mrs Harry Hopkins, the for
mer Mrs. Louise Macy, nee Brown,
is not an ingenious person When
il comes to arranging a party on
war economy basis for a reduced
standard of living. No cocktail par
ties as usual for her. Mrs. Hop
kins had no doubt every word OF
her husbands article and she had
approved. She used to write ar
ticles for the slicker and thicker
raper magazines herself, always
with emphasis on how to avoid be-
ing vulgar or in bad taste.
Some say there were go guests
invited. some say 80. Either way,
there definitely were not 100 peo-
pie present, unless you counted the
orchestra, the walters, all those
cocks which Mr. Hopkins wrote
were so badly needed by the Army,
and the man who opened the taxi
doors as the guests drew up in
front.
CAVIAR, CHAMPAGNE
AND BEEF
AS for food. since Mr.. HOPKINS
bad written that adults would not
be fed as well as men in the armed
services. the menu was held down
10 simple buffet supper. There
were only 80 dishes, leading oil
with caviar and pate de folS gfaS.
knowing mat all the guests had
read Mr. Hopkins's article and were
therefore prenared to get alonG
on reduced ratiOnS CT beef and Ia
cen so that their sons and BROTH
/ Crs could have more in the Army,
the meat courses were held down to
list five-beef o Ia mode, corned
beef in iellv. Geld tongue, calves
/ head. and Virginia ham.
To show how the ingenious
housewife can get along with sub
s'itutes in wartime, however, the
shortage OF meat was made up
for with two soups, three kinds
Of 3eafoOG-baker oysters, trout
and terrapin; chicken fixed four
ways, TO say nothing TO turkey
and duck: three salads, three ice
creams and petit fOurs.
ANY civilian defense volunteer
vino has left the children with the
ueighbors 50 she could take course
/ Ia nutrition knows that all these
foods are filled with vitamins, and
lust what the government has been
/ telling war workers they should eat
10 make them strong SO they could
help in the war quickly. And oh,
another meat substitute on the
menu was assorted cheese.
The rationing effect that Mr..
/ HOPKINS had warned his readers
about was evident at this function
in that the only coffee served was
/ dcmi-tasse.
The real war touch, showing how
people will have to get Cged to a
standard Of living as low as it was
81 the bottom Of the depression in
/ 1882. was not noticeable in two re-
spects- French champagne, Vint-
age Of 1873 flowed ike water and
every lady there was given large
bottle Of the leres. French per-
lure as \ souvenir.
You will recall that back in 1892,
at the depths Of the depression,
you could get French champa9nes
and French perfumes.
Mr. Hopkins should write pieces
for the magazines more often.