The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-04-07
GREENWOOD LEFLoRE COUNTY, WEDNESDAY,
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x WASHINGTON
= NEWS LETTER
By The Washington Star
Copyright 1920.


/ representatives from the nations of
the world make formal negotiations;
not merely as the city where events
of world Importance are staged
must the people of the country view
their National Capital. 1t is their
home city, and not the old fashioned
"parlor" sort of home either, with
curtains drawn for fear of fading the
wallpaper and carpet, and with slip
perry black-hair cloth furniture.
Nor are the great men in public
life-those in the Congress or cabinet
or on the supreme court bench, or ev-
en- the President himself-to be thou
ght merely as brainy, always serious
minded men, who devote all their time
and energies to steering the ship of
state and building legislative fences
to keep American citizens in the
straight and narrow path.
Washington is a very hospitable,
welcoming city yand the men who
make the laws and administer them
are very human; they have their ten
der sides, their hobbies, and do some
queer and freakish things, even as
jim in the factory, or John on the
farm, or Tom, Dick or Harry, be he
butcher, baker or candlestick-maker.
Just recently Washington held
Easter reception to the rest of the
country. At this season many high
school parties come to see the wheels
go around in Uncle Sans workshop.
1t must be noted that while Washing
ton is not a manufacturing city, it has
the biggest single industry in the
world, with an average of about
10000 men and women employed
that's what is meant by "Uncle Sans
workshop. No city in the world has
more extensive system of parks
running through the very heart of the
city.
Trees are now bursting into bud,
with here and there huge beds of
spring blooms Besides this the visit
ors find the city otherwise florally
decorated for them. The National Bo-
tanic Garden is preparing for its cen
tennial celebration in May. The De-
partment of Agriculture has Just clos
ed an exhibition of $500 amaryllis
plants with an average Of four blooms
to each plant. This same department
has introduced an Americanized Eas-
ter lilly, which cuts the time of pro-
duction one half, reduced the cost one
third and gives a disease-free bulb
A monster bed of these lilies is here
after to be displayed on the lawn in
front of the White House where the
President lives.
A group of frugal New England
school-teachers who had shamefully
eaten some sandwiches on park bench,
es were surprised on climbing the Ca
pitol steps to see Rep. Percy Quinn OF
Miss, sitting on one side contentedly
eating his lunch out of good-sized
dinner pail. Mr.. Quinn also buys his
tobacco a months supply at time
because he gets it cheaper. When he
went through college he washed and
ironed his own clothes; now he owns
a laundry and is a millionaire.
But being millionaire isn't lone,
some thing in Congress,-there are
dozens of them: Reps Goodall OF
Maine, who originated palm beach
cloth; Parish of Texas, who made it
as an oil producer; Snyder, of New
York, bicycles; Winslow, of Mass
skates; etc. Illinois stands out as
sending many millionaires,-Ma
and Britten, contractors; Copley
power plants and half dozen news
papers; "Uncle Joe" Cannon, through
! faith in the value of the soil when the
middle west was young; Mckinley, in
terurban traction lines. There are
many other millionaires.
; As a rule Congressman are pretty
nroud of the products of their home
; states and sometimes they treat then
colleagues to some Of the products al
for telling them about these gooc
: things to eat on the floor OF tht
House For example Clark, Sears anC
| Drane of Florida distributed grape
7 fruit and oranges; Menahan OF WIS
consin. some of the swiss cheese thai
{ made his home district famous; Hers
! man, of Calf, prunes, Dale, Vermont
r maple sugar; Martin, La, sugar
) Bowers, w. Va, applies.
/, Rep. James R. Mann of Illinois, tol
eight years republican floor leader
2 MT it all over his colleagues, now
: ever, in gardening. He raised his owl
= fruits, berries and vegetables, thel
canned them himself in tins and II
i glass. and distributed them among hi
!. associates who had been "twittmg
: him about his garden.
There are epicures in the Hous
:. too. For example Rep. Sam WinsloV
Of Mass. a former Harvard athiet
now weighing more than 300 pounds
Z didn't like the way they made muttol
s+ow in the Capitol lunchroom, so h