The Washington times., 1918-09-08

Dear Susan Washington may some
times be quiet, metaph0Tically speak
! ing, but il is never dull. 1t is ring
: side seat from which to view the mag
nifcent activities of a great nation
at waT-and our achievements have
been magnificent in spite of delays
and certain tragic failures. II is a
coign Of vantage from which to take
in the comic relief of certain out
bursts of Congress, a Congress which
can frame a "man-power bill" eX-
Tempting itstlf from military service
pass with footing of horns and blow
ing of cymbals and much eagcrness
to go on record as voting AYE" an
amendment removing that exemption.
and next day quietly rc5cinj the
. amendment, lodging a roll cell which
p would have put individuals on record
as voting against it In view OF the
fact that some thirteen Senator'S are
IN the eighteen to forty-fve' class,
y and more than 100 Congressman, IL is
a bit of an achievement co be able
to pull" something so calculated to
add to the gayety OF nations and
keep a perfectly straight face about
: It.
There is, moreover, no place in this
country from which to watch so adj
T. 'vantageously the workings OF DIR.
ssGarfield's ruling forbidding the use
Of motor cars on Sundays. All over
the country ancient carriages, traps
Ind buggies were brought from their
hiding places and put to use on high
ways. built for the speeding motor.
but nowhere else could one see the
President Of the United States driv-
~ to church and taking the air. in
NE afternoon in an open victoria, be-
hind a spanking pair. with his escort
otSSecret Service men RELOCATED to
second carriage in the rear.
No unusual sight this few years
ago, for although President Taft IA
Ynred a motor, President Roosevelt
and his family always used horses
and carriages. But times move so
rapidly nowadays that the sight was
strange enough to attract the atten-
;tion Of the crowd and to cause a muir
muir of admiration for the prompt way
,dn which President and Mrs. Wilson
always respond to any suggestion
curtailing the privileges of the peo-
pie. No motoring for them while the
! country walks to save Easolene. And
the members of the Cabinet, who are
rather given to over-Sunday motor
trips by way of consolation for being
I kent perpetuaIly on the job. were
equally punctilious.
Important PersonGEes
Walked en- Sunday.
Monday mornings papers were full
of accounts OF how important person.
ages all over the country walked on
Sunday, drove all manner OF resur-
rected equippages, or even rode hi
cycles borrowed from their servants
butSthe most amusing tale of all came
from Chicago. and its hero is General
Nignal, military attache OF the French
embassy, who is at present touring
the country at the head of some sort
(: of a military mission. A luncheon
had been arranged for him at the IA
nous South Shore Country Club, and
what did the committee do but ar
range to have him drive the whole
length of the South Shore boulevard
in q coach and four. He must have
felt rather like General Lafayette
come to life.
To return TO washinEton-it has
another sure cure for dullness in the
important people from all over the
world who are always coming and
going. The Archbishop of Athens.
one Of the most distinguished preI-
ates OF the Orthodox Greek Church,
followed hard upon the heels of DR..
Baltasar Brum. minister OF foreign
affairs of Uruguay, and before the
archbishop and his suite left town
came Sir Maurice de Bunsen and the
other members of an important fl
nancial and commercial mission
which had been touring South Amer
lea
They only stopped in. for an infor-