The Penn's Grove record., 1919-03-21
CapitoI Newsy Notes

N&RANN
,From the Penns Grove Heeor"s spec
In, c~orre>ucndent al the seat OF Gov
ernmcnt).
Washington, March 10-One week in
Nas. has convinced me that |
o,;SS Penns Grove and Perkintown.
Not that I love Washington less but
that | love P. G. more. IL vas my
GOOD fortune to arrive at the closing
IF congress. to be in at the death, as
Il yare' and believe me they were some
o-hseonies! And to add to the gayety
If the dav the President folded his
~ and left for France amid the plau-
dts of the multitude.
There is little talk Of the League of
Nations among the people on the
streets. Strange to say II is not a
popular question probably because the
average American citizen mas not
studied carefully the immense 0
If yerbiage connected with the plan.
Rn+ if YOU want to get a rise out of
anyone lust mention prohlbltlon! That
sets them to talking. -,
went to a vaudeville show, the
otber evening. and the biggest laugh
IN " H. nigbt Was obtained by the COM
od;an when he said:-"Twenty-five
wears ago a nan had to WORK Tor a
living. now he has to 90 bootlegglng.N
That there is a world Of truth IN his
remark is shown by the S5O,Ooo worth
of confiscated joy water or sorrow llq-
ouid now overfilling the police stati-
ans They have had to hire warehouses
70 store it and are emptying it into
the sewers. daily. despite the protests
of HOSPITALS and other institutions,
where il could do real good. One of the
funny things connected with wholesale
seizures is the absolute mystery, which
surrounds the ownership OF eargoes
found in trucks and abandoned autos.
Washington may be dry, but like
the ~Scotchraan, Il hae me doots.'
This is a city Of uniforms; men, wo-
men and children, girls and boys wear
the new gray, the olive drab OF the
khaki. 1t is catching and l suppose
I will have to fall into line and also
don one. The majority OF the army
officers wear little chevrons, just
above the left cuff Of their overcoat;
This means home service and several
have deeply regretted the fact that
their application for overseas duty
were turned down.
a new wrinkle here is the automatic
.news-sellers. On some street n
will find a stand Of papers with a
fin CUP nearby in which to drop the
two pennies. On others there IS a
regular machine. Newsboys are ap-
parently scarce or expensive.
You do not dine in a restaurant at
time, if you are away from
your hotel. Instead you enter a res
taurette or a luncheonette, which is
in a cigar store or a pharmacy, but re-
member one thing, you must not be IN
a hurry. If they moved some OF the
places | have been in to little old New
York the waters or mattresses would
starve to death with their customers.
You can ask me. | know.
Lieut.. Frank H. Wyatt, formerly
connected with the Delaware Ordnance
Depot, dropped in to see me last Wed
nesday on his way to his new station
at Fortress Monroe. He is with the
Home Service Department of the
American Red Cross. Mrs. Wyatt,
who made so many friends in Swedes-
boro and Penns Grove, is at her home
in Pittsburgh, but will join her hus-
band shortly. Lieut.. W. M. Fitz-
patrick, who also left the D. 0. ID. re-
is another familiar face in this
city.
/ a into Tom Melarkey in Balti-
more last evening Sunday and learn
ed the latest news of Perkintown.
Tom, you know, is Chief Time-Keeper
there for the contractors. He told me
the Rose of Perkintown has lost none
her smile though the Friendly
are no longer there.
Have been appointed Director of
News Service of the Department of
Publicity of the Potomac Division OF
the American Red Cross with head
quarters at 1901 Eye Street, N. W.,
| will be pleased to see any of
my old-time friends. Some title and
address, wot? "Murt."