Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-16
BY HELEN ESSAEI,
Central Press COlumnist


Washington. Aug. lG-FUnny. but
when you live as close to important
people a. YOU do in Washington.
you forget how important they are.
You take them as average citizens.
Daily associates. Plain folks, really.
Until you get out of this town of
distorted values and somebody says,
tor example.
Have you ever met Senator
Barley? The one from Kentucky
vino Gems to be sort of close to the
PRESIDENT | think he ran for vice
president in Chicago-do you know
him."
Know Alben Barkley," CYou
tack on the first name Of Washing
ton method OF celebrity calling. Tins
always imprcssos the strangcr) Il
should say | GO know Alden Bark
ley, He lives in my apartment house.
| often see him at the door stru9-
Cling for a cab. He's sort OF square
architecturally and IN character,
too. Has two pretty daughters. One
married TO II nephew OF Gen.
Douglas Macarthur and the other
is the wife of Max Truitt, a smart
young Washington lawyer. Mrs.
Barkley is an aWfully nice woman.
She has not been TOO well lately
"Who else do you know
Mercy, what an order, Let me
see. Who'Ve | run INTO lately? Oh,
yes. Frank Murphy. Of Of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court. Saw
Frank lunching at the MayfloWer
with d bevy OF beauties. The bcVy
consisted of two. Always d safe
number for a bachelor who is gwen
to Shying at matrimony,
OF course, there's Arthur Van
denberg. senator from Michigan.
Arthur would have made a good
presidential candidate. Arthur keeps
on being a leader in his party. Look
like Well. he's a big fellow with
rather handsome, bold features and
a lot Of almost white HAIR. He has
presence and a sense OF hun1Or.
humor. Everybody doesn't know
about the sense of humOr,
"Nandenberg and his attractive
wife live in an apartment hotel. Ar
thur won't make any engagements
tor Sunday. Prefers TO loaf about
the home all day. Thinking up new
w CNS 70 w IN \ VA -
Il understand there are a lot Of
uniforms about You are likely to
have this mentioned by the out-Of-
tOWner.
Il should say so. But not half as
many young uniformed men as you
saw a month or so ago. Now young
ones are off taking ~bcachhcads and
islands. The Older ones here at home
are thinking up ways Of keeping the
fighters going
"Secretarv of Commerce Jones
seems to have d finger in every 9TH
er Washington pie. Ever run into
him."
Running into Jesse'-first name
stuff again-"Would be like running
into a stone wall. He is as big as the
State Of Texas, where he vent after
he migrated from Tennessee. Jesse
has a face like a very knowing
cherub. Pink and round and dimply,
Has a dry humor and gives in.
Mrs. Jones is small and a little
serious. She is a keen bridge player
and a frequent partner Of Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, Of whom She is a
great friend. Mrs. Wilson had quite
a time in Hollywood when the movie
about her husband was being mace.
She keeps far ont Of sight in Wash
ington. Even has her secretary m
sWcr many letters in the sccrctary'S
name
Are the diplomats on view nova
days" Perhaps your q%uestioner viii
ask this.
The South American ones arc at
many pleasant places. But the Eu-
ropeans are living rather quietly.
You hardly even see them anywhere.
They are probably sticking close 10
their Cesks, plugging away as the