The Washington herald., 1918-01-06

marked, rather bitterly, that he
thought Washington needed Billy's
coal more than his company just at
this juncture-and that for his part
he had been 50 close to freezing here
that the prospect of burning In the
hereafter had lost much Of Its terror.
Billy begins his Washington campaign
todsy-and Is scheduled for a run OF
about six weeks-with a great many
officially important people greatly In
terested In the undertaking.
William Eric Fowler has been fol-
lowing close on the heels Of Ned Nc
Lean by doing a work that is equally
as necessary and as effective as dis
tributing coal He IL furnishing the
needy and the coalless with fire wood.
A seemingly endless supply of wood
Is pouring into town and will be kept
coming indefinitely, all at the ex-
pense OF Mr.. Fowler.
Mr.. Fowler is always doing some
such good work but usually in such
a quiet way that no one knows about
1t. But the pastor Of his church, st.
Margaret's, for one could tell many
a story Of Mr.. Fowler's generosity.
The Danielses and the Stotesburys
are getting chummy nowadays-ever
since the feud broke out between the
Secretary of the Navy and the Navy
League, and Mrs. Stotesbury promptly
withdrew from the Navy League
when the Secretary withdrew his
sanction from its undertakings. And
by the way, the Secretary of the Navy
recently Communicated the store at
1914 II street, which the comforts
committee Of the Navy League was
using as its headquarters, and obliged
them to move on three days notice.
They moved next door, to 1916, and
have a whole building which they
consider as Infinitely better suited
to their purposes" than the quarters
they were forced out Of
All same like the National wom-
ans Party, the picketihg division OF
the suffragists. who having taken,
and, 1t is rumored, paid two years
rent, on the quarters that the Home
Club of the Interior Department has
been occupying (the latter is to move
to its new clubhouse at the end OF
this month"; have been worried by
rumors that Uncle Sam was about to
commander that entire block. Some
of them have enquired quite seriously
IL the government would abandon its
fell design, IL 1t had one. Il it were
told that they had bespoken that
building. They seemed quite sur
prised when told quite frankly that
their plans would probably not cut
any ice at all with Uncle Sam one
way or another. II he needed that
block-and it is extremely handy to
the State, War and Navy Building,
and to the White House-he would
take it. with neither malice, nor un-
due consideration, for them or their
plans.
II Uncle Sam does take that block,
he will discommode some people
whose convenience and comfort
would probably be more regarded by
him than that of the National Wom-
ans party. For instance-there' s
the old Decatur house on the corner,
built over a century ago by Com
modore Decatur, and occupied by him
up to the time Of his death in a
duel with Barry. II is now owned
by Truxton Beale. Of Washington and
Philadelphia; and for a wonder ac-
tually occupied by him for the first
time in several years. Nothing would
induce Mr.. Beale to sell that his
toric old house, but he doesn't oc-
cupy 1t very much. For years, until
just recently. 1t has had a cheer
less, dismantled aspect. and was ap-
parently only occupied by care TAX
ers.
The Eldridge Jordans live in that
block, and would probably object as
strenuously to being moved as either
Mr.. Beale or the National Woman's
party. The Netherlands Legation
used to be next door to the Jor-
dams, but 1t has moved up on Six
teenth street. There was the Home
Club, and the Bureau Of Public In
formation, and on the lower corner
the Carnegie Endowment for Inter-
national Peace. 1t would be sweetly
ironical to have that commandeered
and used by one Of the bureaus es-
tablished for the furtherance of this
international war.
II there was no reception for off,
GERS at the home Of the Secretary
Of War on New Years Day. Mrs.
Baker in the evening headed the re-