Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-11
BY HELEN ESSARY
Central Press COlumniSt

Palm Beach, Fla. Jan. ll.-Whcn |
you have lived IN Washington lor i
lew years you have met so many
Kinds of people you arc like a sailor
You have Il friend in every port"
wherever you go Thereafter you
come upon somebody you know and
promptly pause Tor Il conversation
or cockttil or Il gcntccl cup o! tea.
1t wasn't surprising therefore that
within the first two days ol my short
stay III Palm BCcah | found myself
talking To half Il dozen old Washing
ton observation-disclosures Ambas-
sador 10 Russia and Mrs. Joseph l..
Davies. Mr.. nd Mrs. Joseph H. Ken
nedy-hc was United Sta;cS mari
time chief IN Washington before n"
went 10 London as our ambassador
Mr.. and Mrs. SUmncr WrllcS. Srng-
tor AID Mrs. RubcI; Reynolds.
| had tea with the recent Under
Secretary of State ma Mrs. Wciirs III
their house on the Via Bc!lariu-a
charming street that runs from Lake
Worth To- the ocean where the island
is narrowcSt. Mir and Mrs Wcllcs
bought the house last winter from
Mrs. Arthur SumcrS Roche Mrs.
Wc!!cS furnished i, with some attrac-
tive pieces from her Massachusetts
-vc"uc home III Washington. the one
now used by the Canadian WACS.
Mrs. WcIlcS has been i'll since she
came To Palm Beach and this Wa,
her first venture downstairs. Two
Othcr Washington friends were thcrC
Mr.. and Mr.. breckenridge Buync.
We had tea ana CovcrSatiO1 ON III"
rln'- Il
lovely with deep L"gn:,. pulnCiHna and
calla lilies blooming against tn"
brown trunks o! i.yc-uail trees
WCllcs and | discussed this pcrn;-
ciOu- business of writing Il news
paper column. He Is doing one Il
week. Tho President had told MIN not
to lie himself down any more than
that. 1T would drive yau crazy think
lng OF things Ia say. Mr.. Roosevelt
T. d advised. NcllCs : also writing
book-ou international affairs. !
made him confess that tho book is TO
oc published H. April. Du; he wouldn't
discuss the subject generally. He did
say that he l. working all day every
day and hadn't HAD momCnt lu sec
the town since he arrived. Old friends
stop by 10 call. hoWcl"r-lhc Brazi-
liam Ambassador and Madame Mar
tins, now definitely rclsslgncd 10
their Washington post: Jefferson CAT
fiery. United State ambassador 10
Brazil for seven year. aiIs. Calfcry.
is remaining in BraZl during her
husbands Vis!, to the states. Air. and
Mrs. WcllCS Will return 10 OEon Hill.
their Maryland estate. about the
middle OF March. 'Th!Sis a beautiful
place. said Mrs Wcllcs. but |
couldn't miss the cro@uS and daffo-
dis and the rest OF Spv.. IN Wash
ington.
had luncheon with Mr.. ard Mrs.
Kennedy and some uf their nine
children and some OF THEN zinc child
ren'S friends a. their home on the
North Ocean boulevard. We ate in
the garden on the land side. after 4
swim III the sea that rUShCS ,jp 10 the
ocean side OF the house
There have been ItimorS aroumd
that kcnHcdy would be coming to
Washington to take an important
JOB. Il s Il pity the administration
frequently Stym!cd for Grade \ man
power. doesn't take advantage ui the !
ability and experience of the man |
who represented the United States al |
the Court of ST. James.
And now | come "a news Of Mr.. !
and Mrs. DaviCS-Old gossip that | !
am. There i lois OF serious talk in /,
Florida. o! course. There is no, the I.
for the United States Senate rom |
Florida. of course. ThCrcisnol the 7
prejudice III this State agaIns; public |