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orottay Thompson, the columnist,
refused to sit at a dinner table the
other night where the guests were
lauding the achievements of Hitler.
She said she couldn’t sit with her
enemies . . . “Enemies?” asked
one of them, “but you are a pure
Aryan journalist!” . . . “Perhaps,”
wap her volley, “but I'm also an
American, and you people are un-
American—so you are my ene
mies!”
That isn’t the first time she’s done
that . . . During the recent cam
paign she found herself with dinner
guests among whom sat a sena
torial “dark horse,” who made some
remarks that made her innards
somersault.
“You four - syllable!” Dorothy
shouted as she got up and left.
The following amazing story about
Hitler is credited to one of his for-
nier intimates now in theU. S. It
is passed on to exercise your eye
brows . . . The one-time intimate
of Hitler says it came from Hitler’s
personal pilot . . . The legend:
That Hitler maintains a secret hide
away in Bogota, Colombia ... It
is said to be a 50-acre estate, and
the front gate is two miles from the
main house, which, above the
ground, is a plain flat building. The
building underground—is five stories
deep—and there is enough food stored
there for two years. A Hitler aide
inspects the place every two months,
etc.
Sports writer Chas. Scnlly and
some of the boys were reminiscing
. . . When Heywood Broun was cov
ering big league ball games (before
he took up colyuming) he casually
mentioned, in one of his reports,
that‘a large and intelligent crowd
witnessed the contest . . . What,
, his sports editor wanted to know,
was the idea of writing that a large
and intelligent crowd had attended
the game when the Associated Press
coverage of the same tussle men
tioned that the attendance was
slightly less than scanty.
“Crowd at game was large and in
telligent,” wired back Broun, “Fat
ty Arbuckle was in stands. He is
large. I am intelligent.”
The Damon Runyons were doing
the town the other midnight with
Hazel Forbes, the ex-Ziegfeld girl,
w wlio married Harry Richman . . .
Itf 'the night the stories broke
announcing the split of the Rich-
mans, and Hazel’s plan to go to
Reno . . . “Tell me « love story,”
Hazel said, “anything to show me
that romance can bloom on this dam
old street—or that marriage can sur-
vive.”
Patrice Runyon, who rarely gabs,
then revealed how she met Damon
—and how she almost didn’t . . . It
was at the Silver Slipper many
years ago, and Patriqe was in the
new show as featured dancer . . .
Runyon came in for the premiere,
and the manager asked him if he’d
like to meet Patrice.. “She’s a nice
girl,” he said . . . Then he went
backstage and asked her if she’d
like to meet a nice Broadway guy
. . . “If there is such an animal,”
she said, “lead me to it. I never
met one before!” ... In the mean
time, the star of the show sat with
Runyon . . . “I’m going to meet
the dancer,” Damon remarked . . .
“Oh, you won’t like her at all!” the
star said, “she’ll bore you stiff. I’ll
1 ave you meet some of the pretty
c aes” . . . But Patrice met Run-
3 jn first and They Lived Happily
Ever After.
“The star,” Patrice dramatically
added, “was Harry Richman.”
Notes of an i
Innocent Bystander
The Big Parade: F.P.A. and John
llieran of “Info, Please” getting
more laughs playing tennis at For
est Hills than they’ll ever get with
their typewriters . . . Just a duti
ful wife—Leelee Pons gingerly blot
ting Andre Kostelanetz’s damp brow
on E. 57th, with her little silken
hanky . . . Gloria Swanson looking
more glamorous eating cheesecake
in Reuben’s than most Hollywood
hopefuls look in a bathing suit.
Sallies in Our Alley: One of the
local ham actors was complaining
about the way the New York press
refused to admit he existed. “Amaz
ing,” he intoned, “the way they all
ignore me!” ... It reminded some
one of the guy who made a similar
squawk to Oscar Wilde. “It is a
complete conspiracy of silence
against me,” he said, “what ought
I do about their silence ... To
which Oscar counseled: “Join it!”
The Ho-hum Dep’t: Cudahy says
he submitted his interview to Hitler,
and Adolf didn’t change a word . . . ,
Which is the worst criticism that
interview has rec’d! . . . Maxie
Rosenbloom is now taking dancing
lessons . . . Meaning that he's re
turning to the ring? . . . The League
of American Writers, mostly Left
ists, met a while back and agreed
that they still disliked the people
they didn’t care for last year . . .
If they didn’t get better surprise
twists in their yarns than they get
in their politics they’d starve.
Eleanor Robsevelt
COMPULSORY TRAINING
I have been requested to answer
the following questions in my col
umn. They are evidently based on
an article I wrote for the Ladies
Home Journal.
First: “How do you visualize the
organization and registration of the
service of girls on a compulsory
basis?” I see it done exactly as
done for young men, perhaps with
certain modifications.
Two: “What would be the relation
of this plan to women already em
ployed, especially in industry?” It
would have no relation whatsoever,
because I visualize it only as a con
tinuation of practical training for
one year. This will benefit the com
munity and, at the same time, be of
value to young women in their fu
ture lives. ,
Three: “What ages would be in
cluded?” I surmise the ages would
be from the end of high school, if
girls were going no further; to the
end of college training, if they had
planned on taking a college course.
I suppose it would be between the
ages of 18 to 24.
Four: “How would existing organ
izations be used?” They would be
used to give opportunities for train
ing.
Five: “Why do you feel compul
sory service necessary?” Only be
cause it is obvious that the better
the training people have today,
the better are the opportunities they
have in life. This training should
develop a broader knowledge of the
whole community and should, there
fore, be entered into by all girls in
the community, physically able to
participate and not exempted for
special reasons, such as prepara
tion in specialized fields of work.
Six: “Is this plan an integral part
of military defense?” It has nothing
whatsoever to do with military de
fense, but it is an important part of
civilian defense. I believe raising
the standard of living has a good
effect on our civilian defense.
I should like to point out that this
plan has no official backing and has
not been considered by anyone in
the government. It was suggested
by me purely to bring about discus
sion, so that there would be a wider
appreciation of the situation of young
people, especially girls, in all the
communities in our country. It
should also bring about a considera
tion of what would be wise proce
dures for the benefit of individuals
and community life.
I am very glad that I have
achieved so much interest on the
part of different groups, even those
such as the American Youth Con
gress and certain political groups
which are violently opposed to the
word “compulsory.”
I think we should ponder this
statement a very eminent man. Dr.
Edmund Ezra Day, president of Cor
nell university, made the other day:
“It is high time for America to
face squarely the problems of indi
vidual and social discipline in a de
mocracy.” /
• * •
GOVERNOR’S ISLAND
In New York one day I managed
to do a few errands between defense
bond broadcasts. At 2:00 o’clock.
General ‘Drum and Miss Fannie
Hurst called for me. We ferried
over to Governor’s island together
on the special barge and found Mrs.
Drum waiting on the other side. She
has been laid up for a long time
with an ankle broken in three
places, but at last she is able to
get about again.
The little booklet, published by
the Governor’s Island club, was giv
en me. It tells the history of the
island and is very interesting. The
old forts are purely ornamental to
day, but the building which McKim,
Meade and White designed, is not
only dignified and charming, but
filled with activity.
I paid a short visit to the hospital.
While I doubt if it is ever pleasant
to be ill, still I think these officers
and men are in pleasant quarters.
I never saw anything more effi
cient and orderly than the cafeteria,
the kitchen and the supply rooms.
The sergeant in charge seemed to
me remarkably able and efficient.
When he showed me the field kitch
ens, each one of which can pro
duce a meal for 50 men, I was lost
in admiration. He told me it takes
two hours to prepare a meal, though
he has produced a satisfactory din
ner in 45 minutes, and it cat be done
with the trucks in motion.
I thought of an old army kitchen,
my one real contact with army feed
ing. The Red Cross used it in the
last war to make coffee for train
loads of troops coming through the
Washington railroad yards. I still
remember our difficulty in keeping
it clean. It did not remotely re
semble this modem and effi
cient equipment.
After tea with General and Mrs.
Drum, I came home to keep an ap
pointment with Dr. John Eliot and
then had dinner with Miss Esther
Lape. I spent the evening catching
up on the mail.
• • •
One morning, at Mayor LaGuar-
dia’s request, I looked at some de
signs for uniforms, which volunteers
may wear in the future. I confess
to a little confusion in thinking about
uniforms before being entirely cer
tain what work is to be done in
them, but I suppose simple working
clothes can fit all types of work.
istorical
ly Scott WatiOH
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Famous in Triplicate
D URING the recent celebration of
“I Am an American” Day, a
group of church dignitaries and
members of the American Legion
gathered at a monument in the little
city of Carrollton, Mo., to pay trib
ute to a man who has been called
the “most honored American.” His
name was James E. Shields and he
is described on the monument as a
“soldier> jurist and statesman.”
But those three words are only a
slight indication of the factors which
made his career so remarkable. A
quotation'Trom a recent book, James
Gray’s “The Illinois,” a volume in
the “Rivers of America” series,
published by Farrar and Rinehart,
sums it up more adequately. It
says: “With a thoroughness charac
teristic of his executive tempera
ment, James E. Shields seems to
have done everything in triplicate.
He fought in three wars and repre
sented three different states as Unit
ed States senator.” No other Ameri
can, it might be added, holds such a
record.
Bom in Dungannon, County Ty
rone, Ireland, in 1810, Shields came
to this country at the age of 16. He
enlisted in the army, served in the
Seminole Indian war, then went to
Illinois, where he was elected to
the legislature in 1836, made state
auditor in 1839 and appointed a judge
of the State Supreme court in 1843.
Two years later he was appointed
commissioner of the general land
BRIG. GEN. JAMES E. SHIELDS
office, but gave up civil life at the
outbreak of the Mexican war to ac
cept a commission as brigadier gen
eral of Illinois volunteers in 1846.
Shot through the lung at the Battle
of Cerro Gordo and brevetted major
general, after his recovery he served
in the Valley of Mexico as com
mander of a brigade, only to be
wounded severely again at the
storming of Chapultepec.
Mustered out of the service on
July 20, 1848, he was immediately
appointed territorial governor of Or
egon, but resigned this office when
he was elected senator from Illinois.
He served in the senate from 1849,
to 1855, then moved to Minnesota.
When the state government was
organized there he was again sent
to the United States senate where
he remained until 1859. He next
moved to California, and at the out
break of the Civil war he was com
missioned a brigadier general of
volunteers in August, 1861. At the
Battle of Kernstown, Shields was
wounded, receiving a broken arm
from a fragment of shell.
On March 28, 1863, weakened by
the wounds which he had suffered
in two wars, Shields resigned from
the army. Going to California he
found that the lands granted to him
for his military services had been
lost by his trusted agent and he
bought a farm near Carrollton, Mo.
Although he had decided to retire
from public life, he was soon back
into politics. In 1868 he was Demo
cratic candidate for congress, and
although his friends declared that he
had been elected, he was not seated.
Six years later they elected him to
the legislature, and upon the expira
tion of his term, the general, aged,
weakened and impoverished, sought
the humble position of door-keeper
of the United States senate. *
But this was denied him and he
returned to Missouri. That state
promptly honored him by electing
him to the senate. He held this posi
tion until his death, which took place
on June 1, 1879, at Ottumwa, Iowa.
• • •
One of the most famous incidents
in Shields’ career was his “duel”
with Abraham Lincoln while he was
state auditor, Lincoln wrote an
anonymous letter to the Illinois State
Journal, ridiculing the financial pol
icies of Shields who challenged him
to a duel. Lincoln accepted but chose
as weapons cavalry broadswords
and specified that the fighting be
done over a plank set in the ground
with the duellists standing on op
posite sides “at the distance of the
whole length of the sword and three
feet additional.” They didn’t fight!
NEW IDEAS
Jlome-
>
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS
BLANK WALL.SINK.
—TUB AND LIGHT
CUPBOARDS, SHELVES
AND COUNTERS
PLANNED TO ACCENT
ROOM WIDTH AND
DISPLAY DISHES-»
GLASS'
DOORS
IN A
STOCK
SIZE
LEAVE
FOR
COOK
BOOKS
TRAYS
AND
SPICES
COLID doors for the cupboards
^ at the sides of this sink would
have placed the accent on verti
cal lines and made the room seem
narrower. But most important of
all, this combination of glass doors
and plywood doors gives an op
portunity to display dishes and
other things that lend color, and
at the same time makes a place
to hide away less decorative
utensils.
The lower cupboards and sink
enclosure were built first. The
vertical supports for the glass cup
boards are 1 by 12-inch boards.
These rest on the lower cupboards
and are placed far enough apart
to accommodate the glass doors.
The 1 by 12-inch board across the
room makes the top of the glass
cupboards and the bottom of the
upper cupboards. The ruffle
trimmed shelf between the glass
cupboards is 6 inches wide and
the plate rail below it is made of
two moulding strips.
• • *
NOTE: If you are fixing up your kitch
en you will find complete directions for
fascinating new curtains on page 16 of
your copy of Book 3. containing reprints
of this series by Mrs. Spears. It also
contains directions for a space-saving
pantry door pocket. In Book 4 there is a
cook book shelf to be made for a kitch
en table: also a twine bag that you will
find useful. These booklets may be se
cured by writing direct to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Drawer 10
Bedford Hills New York
Enclose
ordered.
Name ...
Address..
10 cents for each book
Uncle Phil
With Doers in Minority
The world is divided into people
who do things, and people who
take the credit.
So far, no navigator has made
a reliable chart of the Sea ol
Matrimony.
A little pull will get you most places—<
but not through a door marked “push." 1
Monkeys Look On Seriously
Men laugh at the behavior of
monkeys, but the monkeys are
more polite.
When a man pays his taxes his patri
otism is at its lowest ebb.
A chairman spends 20 minutes
introducing the man “who needs
no introduction.”
Many a man is put in the shade
because he stands in his own light.
A Blessing Possible
Peace can be made perpetual if
nations will agree not to make new
wars until they have paid for the
old ones.
Of the two, I’d rather listen to
the boaster than the alibier.
There are three kinds of men who
do not understand women: young men,
old men, and middle-aged men.
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