The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-18
Looping the Loop" Almost
Second Nature With
Brightwoodites.
TRANSFER STATION
COMPRISES LOOP"
Common Are Transfer Slips; Old
timers Never Venture Out
Without Them.

cover our Identity. Mr.. Keene. the
elder, used 20 be supervising principal
Of that division, and has also taught a
little school Now he's resting. al least
the boys said be was resting the night
we called, having put in a hard day
overseeing his farm. ConfdenuaIy.
though. I don't believe Nj Keene want
co his hIrsute adOrnments sketched by
artist Curtis
However. ] had an excellent CONVERSE
ton with John q. Keene-that is, lis
tened excelleutIy. M Keene is secre-
Jary Of the Citizens Association, ana
naturally knows more about Bright
wood demands than the man who
coined the word He explained them 10
me with great eIOQuence. and. according
10 his viewpoint. and mine after he'd
finished, things are in a desperate way.
so far as getting anything from the
bunch on the Hin is concerned. 1Ir.
keene promised TO send me q list OF the
demands but I heard next day his
typewriter had worn out listing them.
50 all is forgiven
His brother d.. "Evvie." Is he VINO
discovered US "Ha. you are TiIler and
Curtis Qu0th he. You would Jolly Us
q bit Don't think I have not saen
through your disguise and your pIati-
tUGes~
We told the doctor he had one more
guess coming, but didn't need IT, After
this he opened mp and put US on 10
several victims, assuring us that he
knew we wouldn't say q word that
would offend even the oldest member Of
the Society Tor the Maintenance Of Good
VIII Among Spinsters-
among his dental patients Being an
other Brightw0Od bachelor. he is beat
known out that way as DR.. "Evvie."
The Real Big Noise"
AT last We come TO the big noIse. the
president Of the Citizens Association.
and holder Of many mortgages and
deeds 20 valuable subdivisions OF CITY
Iands-LOUis P Shoemaker. Mr.. Shoe
maker believes IN everything the Citi-
zens' Association has kicked for-and
then some he adheres 10 the faith
that a One-head government would be
better than a hyra-headed affair, be-
cause then there's no chance for one
Commissioner 20 'shoo" you 10 the Of
nee Of another.
Better car service would undoubtedly
add 10 the attraCtiveness OF BriEhtwOOd
Ecal- estate anu A-4aSIEa4El as MI SDOe-
maker dearly loves TO sign q rental con-
tract or a deed IN Zee simple, It's meet
that he should crave the bette-ment OF
said transportation service. re prsS
sides with becoming dignity al all meet
ings OF the association, and opens them
with something like the following ritual
-Aggrieved fellow-citizens, we have
two minutes left before we proceed 20
devise ways and means Of Kidding our
selves Of lOOping-the-lOOp and Of obtain
ing q twC-minUte car service, with q
half-hour night owl If there is impOr-
tant business 10 come before this meet
ing other than that I have mentioned,
and have been mentioning since was a
lad ! am now reardy 10 entertain a
motion"
Secretary keene inscribes the burning
words Of the president. and then calls
loudly for help When inquiry is made
as 10 the reason for desiring such help.
Mr. keeue Opines that ne himself would
say a word about the OUJTages perpe-
trared upon helpless people. Then
he says and then the others say, and
the next day che papers run the familiar
heads that would incline US TO the be-
lief that BrightwOod has a hard time
More anon, perhaps, in the regular
news columns