Evening star., 1921-10-09
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


President Harding has q taste fol
spring onions and he's going to havi
them all the year round. Waiter Fl
Brown, the Presidents personal repI
resentative on the committee reorI
ganizing the administrative branch Of
the government, is going to grow
these onions for Mr.. Harding on thu
White House grounds.
While they were having dinner toI
gether at the White House the othei
night the President remarked about
his fondness for spring onions and ex |
pressed regret that he could not get
them here. whereupon Mr.. Browr|
suggested that Lieut.. Col. c. o. Sher1
rill. engineer officer in charge Of thf
White House grounds. ought to ind 4
place about twenty feet square for arI
onion patch and II he did Mr.. Browr|
volunteered to grow the onions.
Mrs. Harding. when appealed to in 4
half Joking way by the President sup1
ported the proposition. The next day
Sheriff. and put 1t up to him. Sher1
rill took it seriously and has marked
OF the ground for the onion patch
so. now Brown has to make good.
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dener, by the way. It's one Of hid
hobbfes and he has q very wonder
full garden" at his home In ToledoI
Ohio. He likes to make things grow
that do not care to grow in that lati1
tude. His specially is corn: He has
developed twelve-row yellow ban1
tam corn which Is very hardy. AM
other favorite crop is French arti-
chokes.
Mr.. Brown also grows some beauti-
full flowers and likes the fall blooms
best, such as zinnias. chrysanthemumd
and asters. He prefers their riot of
vivid coloring. decking themselves up
turesque way Of describing them. say
ing they are like the old maids. for
it's their last chance to perform their
destiny by coming out In brilliant col
ors to attract the last OF the love bees
The spring flowers. he points out. are
cause they can afford to wait and pick
out their favorite bees. az they have
the whole season ahead OF them.
Walter r. Brown. although stacked
big, cold -blooded business Job OF re-
organising the administrative branch
of the government so as to get the
utmost economy and efnciency for
many years to come. yet has very
tender heart and finds his favorite
work in running q big children's 9
home. He is president Of the board
dren's Home, in Ohio. He also takes
a very great interest In the Humane
Society.
Just now Mr.. Browns chief worry
Is because when he leaves Toledo and
comes to Washington every one thinks
he 10 having a fne vacation here.
When he runs back to Toledo for q
couple Of weeks to attend to business
on that end folks here think he Is
away on vacation-whereas, he isn't
getting chance at all to do what he
likes best to do.
+ Uncle Sam is trying to build up =
straightforward, trustworthy service
where there Is no place for q liar.
Secretary Hoover recently demand
ed the resignation Of one OF his most
important bureau chiefs because he
found out that omcial had told him Q
lie.
n Lying yin n., !: an UNI: S,s Ssns
NJ
by Rear Admiral Wilson. superin-
tendent of the Naval Academy at An
napolis. who in expelling midship-
man said:
High standards Of character are
vital in a military organization. Men
in other walks Of life may tribe with
the truth in everyday affairs and
suffer little rs a consequence. We
cannot be 80 tolerant The funda-
mental of an officer's value to tho
service is his trustworthiness Lack
ing that, he lacks all"
Tho Il. c." is q motor boat which
has attracted much attention along
the shores Of Chesapeake bay and the
historic Potomac river. Aboard the
II. c." Lewis H. Carr1s. the new ad-
ministrative head Of the Federal Board
for Vocational Education. takes his
recreation. There he spends many
nights and all Of his days Of leave.
He has steered the Il. C." through
all the New Jersey waters and has
traversed the entire shore from Wash
ington to Boston.
Mr.. Carris has been constantly in
the teaching profession since his high
school days, when he was eighteen.
He struggled his own way through
college. While he was in Harvard he
ran . clothes-pressing establishment.
He took graduate work In Columbia,
rsceiving his master degree while
teaching school in Newark. N. J.