Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
HEARD AND SEEN

glory of the National Geological Park
10 brown, red and gold, and the
! clouds from fieecy white to gray. per-
| maps. But the sky above will remain
blue as always.
The animals which live in the park.
and have numerous men to take care
or their wants, will knew little OF
the changes which are taking place
In their habitat. Only men and wom-
en- will realize the beauty of these
changes.
At no time in the year is the nat,
ural loneliness of the Zoo" more at
.ractive than during this month, and
me next. The leaves are slowly put
Ting on their coats of brown and yell
low. while some of the leafy sports
| add touch Of bright red.
Inc winding road which leads from
| the Adams Mill road entrance west
a!ong the creek, finally coming out
a tnm ,ne , fox cages. is nRted for its au-
interested in this phase OF natures
sarlstry should by all means walk
down this road within the next two
months 1t is a little early yet, but
the time will soon be here.
Oois dl the ZOO speak or the
growth in attendance which has char
acterfzed the animals retreat this
| year.
Probably some OF the increase can
De attributed to the natural growth
or the city. but there is little doubt
tnat there really is more popular in
terest in the Geological Park here
than ever before
NOT only do larger crowds visit the
park on Sundays. but the weekday
attendance has picked up, and more
ana more is the park being used for
sports, amateur base ball games, horse
PACK riding and walking parties.
Almost any afternoon many men and
women on horseback may be seen
trotting and galloping through the
shady bride paths which skirt Rock
creek. Most of the women ride
astride and prove themselves capable
!eQuestriennes.
But the increased use of the park
striking Of all. And yet, it is pointed
out this use is the most logical of
all, Tor there is scarcely anything in
great Rock Creek Park proper which
cannot be found in the 400"
The animals also add a touch to the
natura! beauty which cannot be du-
pHcaeed elsewhere in the District, pro-
vfding always something interesting
to see and talk about. The rolling
character OF the grounds invites real
muscular activity, forcing plenty of
deep breathing. with the resulting
good spirits and health which follow
proper aeration of the blood.
A Redistribution excursion" was
the unusual sort o. thing held one
night last week aboard a steamer run
ming down the Potomac.
Members of the joint conferences on
rectassineation, an organization to
boost Redistribution legislation
among federal workers themselves.
held meeting while the trip was in
progress. Prominent workers spoke.
But those who attended the meet
ing missed one of the best things
that happened aboard the vessel that
deck. Now moonlight nights and hur-
ricane decks usually make for spoon
ing and that night and that hur-
ricane deck proved no exception.
While the members of the confer
ence were gathering in the salon be-
deck and called out. Decentralization
below"
An old gentleman happened to be on
the hurricane deck chaperoning his
QduS inter. LOOKING around the deck,
he remarked to his companions:
Think they need a little reclassifi-
cation up here"
r 4
William W. Day, foreman of sup
plies at the Washington city post of
fee. has many things to do each day.
But one of his most interesting jobs
is taking care of the clock system of
the city post office.
The clocks of the city post Office
building are run on the magnet prin-
ciple. There is a master clock" in
the basement that attends to the
other clocks, and as long as the main
works in the basement are running
properly little is likely to go WRONG
with the clocks throughout the build
ing.
But let bug or something get to
monkeying with master clock" and
all movement of hands are off. Re-
Gently the city postmaster found the big
clock set in his walnut-lined Office act
ing Queerly.
He called for Day. and the fore
man Of supplies Immediately made his
way back to basement, where he prod
ded the master clock'a few prods
with the result that the hands on the
clocks throughout the building moved
around the dials in a fashion ole
Father Time would never countenance
The city post Office clocks constitute
a system similar to the clock ar