The Washington times., 1918-08-11
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL WIN.

In the Hotel De Atmosphere they
charge you about 40 cents for iced
coffee, which is a small price, any
one will admit. But they give only
enough sugar to make one glass of
iced coffee, but bring you a pot con-
tanning enough for two glasses. The
ordinary individual leaves 20 cents
worth Of coffee to be thrown away
and pays for 1t. Waste, overhead,
atmosphere, or whatever you call it
should be cut out and an econom-
ical method of serving it instituted.
There are 571 stars in the service
flag Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission which floats at the
Pennsylvania avenue entrance to the
commissions building, corner of the
Avenue and Eighteenth. street. One
of these stars has been turned to
gold by the touch of death. The gold
star represents Roy o. Carver, Of
Decatur, H., aged 21, aviator, who
was killed in an airplane accident in
England. The latest enlistment is
that of Miss Caroline Lawton, an ac-
complished stenographer, who will
leave in a day or two for France to
become a field clerk with the Red
Cross. Miss Lawton is from New
York State and has been with the
commission some years. She is the
second girl of the commission to en-
ter the overseas service Of the Red
Cross as a field clerk, the other be-
ing Miss Moore, of the State Of
Washington, who landed in France
last week. Mr.. Thomas ]. Sullivan,
of Boston, Mass, who resigned from
the car service division Of the Rail-
road Administration and the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, is a
lieutenant in the Red Cross service
with our army in France. The per-
sonnel of the Interstate Commerce
Commission numbers something over
1000.
Here is a letter from an anony-
nous reader:
Speaking of old dmes-who re-
members the last time the garbage
man was around?
"Is the present-day collection
sample Of the kind Of service we can
expect il we have Government own
ership Of all public utilities, includ-
ing garbage collection, ETC.? Once
a-day' service has evidently become
'once-a-week' now"
Evidently this person does not
read the newspapers very carefully.
The private corporation which col
lected our refuse threw up the job
entirely because il could not oper-
ate at present high costs; and now
that the District of Columbia has II
in hand the general labor shortage
has made 1t impossible to get enough
men for anything at any price.
If our anonymous friend will sub
NIT constructive plan whereby the
Commissioners can be assured of
enough labor all the time. I'll buy
him a silk hat, if he wants one.
War gardening is all very well.
but BARRY BULKIEY says he Is
now turning his attention to roof
gardening.
Thanks, Merritt, That's Fine.
In the Heard and Seen" column
of August there appeared a COM
munication signed by "A Constant
Reader" in which he suggested open
ing up an additional stamp window
at the city Postoffice to relieve the
congestion. On August the addi-
tional window was put in operation, |
thus relieving the congestion at the
other stamp window near the parcel !
post window. Evidently Postmaster !
Chances keen observation was at
tracted to the communication and
also to your heading, Hey, Chance,
Open Up" Chance, old scout, is al |
ways on the job.
DAVID r. BURHANS.