The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-10

WASHINGTON, d. C., April TO-
Former Senator Bay Scott has man
aged for eighty years to evade being
hailed into a court, a record that he
was proud of, but the minions OF the
law got him finally and at last. They
got him for a witness, not that the
veteran and venerable ex-senator HAD
committed any crime like exceeding
the speed limit or cutting corners,
which so many Of the leading men in
the National Capital to run afoul Of
the guardians and e%nforcers of the
laws. Nothing of the kind. Senator
Scott went to court to identify $15,-
600 worth of jewels belonging to Mrs.
Scott which were stolen from their
apartments at a leading hotel last Oc-
tober. He identified the property
and, barring an occasional "Mr.
President" in the place Of the prop
er "Your Honor in addressing the
court, Senator Scott got along very
well for a first-timer.
Those who thought that when Nar
ended the boom in population and
business in Washington would col
lapse, see now that they must have
another thought. Nothing Of te kind
has appened. There has been no
Wholesale departure Of the new popu-
.lation which came in with the declar-
alton of war. Estimates of mail car
riers, the police, the business mems
associations and the directory men
place the total population of the
Capital over 400, 1000. The total sepa-
rations from the government service
do not amount to 10000 by consider
able. Prices still are as they we're
during the war. Street cars are JAM
ed and the service is abominably In
sufficient, Rents continue strong and
the high cost OF living is still as
high. Theatres r packed and Jam.
ed always, as are restaurants, and
business is booming. Real estate is
cumming, and building is too slow TO
catch up with the demand. Thous'
ands Of people who came to Wash.
fnrton during the war. like 1t, and
wnl make this their future perman-
emit home. The city nearly doubled
It's rev. population. and it is a
p~opulation that is going to stay, EVIL
IDENTIFY. The city is put to 1t to grow
TO take care of 1t. Therefore. the
booming, flush times, and the passing
! Of the Geld" Washington INTO the
limbo memories.
What 8. a baby! This burning
question sprang into life over an
army regulation forbidding officers
to carry bundles. Was a baby
bundle? II SO. did It lose its bundle
ness by being placed In a perculato
and gently urged along by its daddy
However, it is now all settled-a'
least at the ordinance school at Fort.
ress Monroe, where an officer Is for
hidden to carry bundles or umbrellas
or push a baby carriage. The wis
dom of the regulation is obvious. B.
carrying q baby or pushing 1t IN
carriage an officer acknowledge
parenthood. Parenthood implies love
Love Is tender, and q man who's
trade is billing other men shoul
camoufalge every evidence Of tender
ness. Not to do SO might encourag
the enemy. It might, for instance
suggest to the Hun that such an of
ficer would carry their babies instead
Of bayoneting- them.
Who won the war? There IS q 10
Of arguing going on about that. The
roster Of the army shows that is thu
Smith boys didn't win It, they had
great deal more to do with II than
the Johnsons. the Jones. the cohenl
and any OF the other families in tn,
~neighhorhood did. Old ma smitl
sent TO the front $1,000 Of his husk,
offspring. and their absence from tn,
old homestead was barely noticed
That wasn't all he could have done
at that, had more help been needed
The Smiths were prepared numer
ically and otherwiSe to keep on 70.