The Washington times., 1918-11-10
HEARD AND SEEN
By BILL P RI C E

A wad Of tobacco coupons to buy
smokes for soldier boys from G. G.
TRAVERS. Also from a distin-
guished attorney.
Am going to exchange them soon
and send on the smokes. Keep COM
ing If you want to be in the pot.
Interest does not lag in the old
songs and poems.
Mrs. ROBERT H. ZIMMERMAN,
Of this city; A. v. COBB, Of Falls
Church; A. S., II. NJ, "Cave Dwell
ler and many others are writing
in.
ELLA D. FLEMING would ap-
preciate information as to where to
obtain ''The Land Of Beginning
Again" a poem credited to Booth
Tarkmgton's wife. She has been
unable to find a copy.
Gave Dweller" says that q val
liable book is "Songs That Never
Grow Old" She thinks Ed Droop
could quote from beginning to end
"Under the Daisies, !" Eileen Allan
ma" and others.
Just a Kid" says that Ever Of
Thee" is very beautiful.
]. WALTER KENNEDY injuries
how many people know the words Of
"Cassiabianco" beyond The boy
stood on the burning deck. whence
all but him had fed"
Thousands Of washingtonIans re-
cited that old poem when they were
kids In school. To them that boy is
sttll standing on the deck. How
they sympathized with him!
A soldier sends q poem about an
alleged private who broke himself
down and died from saluting officers
In this city. He claims that the
camps are full Of privates afflicted
with sore arms caused from one
days visit here.
W. Mex. CLAYTON asked q
Government statistician to calculate
the extra miles walked by people
Of Washington by reason Of Skip
stops" ON street car lines. The ex-
pert, with the official figures before
him Of the number Of passengers
carried each year and Beeler's esti-
mates of the extra distance covered,
found that 100000 miles more are
now walked than before the order
went into effect
LOUIS MELIUS, of the Postohlce
Department, wants the people Of
Brookland to encourage the estab-
Gshment in that thriving suburb Of
a distinctively local paper, wholly
devoted to the affairs Of that
town. He recalls that eighteen or
twenty years ago DR.. Penrod got
out q neat little monthly paper
and some time later Charles II. Cox
edited, published and distributed a
most creditable sheet, the Brook
land Citizen" Both papers were
to the upbuilding Of the
suburb and 10 the activities Of
fine citizenship.
A. 2. fYSSOWSKI, G street bust
ness man. yearns for the days when
Poland will be free again The z
In his name Is ZLGISMUND, for three
great kings Of Poland. JOHN M.
TYSSOWSKI. his father. was once
dictator OF Craeov. lie came to this
country in 1S4S. and shortly after
ward settled In Washington.
SAM GASSENHEIMER and FRED
ERICK SCHWAB, long together in
the rubberneck-wagon business, are
no longer business partners.
SCHWAB has all the sightseeing
wagons and SAM is running the
House, which he bought just
before the war began.
SCHWAB believes Washington will
swarm with people for many years
after the war.
MRS. T. R. MURPHY, Rosslyn,
Va.-Could you not publish the
answer to Rock Ne to Sleep,
Mother?' 1t is just as sweet as
the original, which greatly en-
joyed in The Times.
A. NJ. S., a mother, insists that
there should be a law in Washing
ton, strictly enforced, requiring
girls of ten to sixteen years of age
10 be in their homes after 8 o'clock |
at night, and compelling mothers to
know that they are home. Return.
ing from a visit to a sick friend one
night at II AZ the writer found a I