The Washington herald., 1922-08-09
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g TEP up and meet Mr.. Robert
~ Louis Stephenson and please
watch the spelling Of the last name,
Mr.. Proofreader. for Il is as writ
ten- This Robert Louis says he
supposes the stephensons ana the
stevensons are all related some
where. but he Euesses it is a big
jump from his side OF the family to
that OF the author Of the fantastic
tales This Robert Louis 10 a BIZ
cycle policeman for your Uncle Sam
and sometime student at LehigA-
Robert Louis can be seen at Penn
sylvania avenue and Seventeenth ,
street now and then when he re-
lieves Trafhc Man Price long
enough 70 let Price grab a ham
sandwich and put on a pair OF fresh
white gloves.
Stephenson has had three YEAR,
At Lehigh In engineering and a. so-
ing back after more as soon an
savings from a policeman's salary
allow him to finish his course.
While in college. Stephenson took
. whiri at the football team ana
cracked two ribs. That set him
back some. When the money gave
out he got into the famous mounted
police Of Pennsylvania and then
came to Washington. As between
police duty ana football. Stephen
son says he prefers police duty.
In Stephenson's opinion. handling
traffic is 80 per cent common sense.
The traffic man is out there on top
Of the play like the baseball um-
pire, this Lehigh man says, and.
Nike the umpire. the trafdc man Is
going to miss one now and then.
But when you hgure the chances
the auto driver and the pedestrian
are taking all day long, Il Is re-
markable he does not miss mora.
Stephenson says IL the public could
see all the near" ones the traffc
man and the policeman see. people,
would be more careful In the
opinion OF Stephenson. rush hour
trafic around $50 O'Clock in the
morning and $50 in the afternoon
will never be corrected until the
pedestrian obeys the go" and
stop" signals along with the rest
OF the folks. You simply can't get
an auto across the street flled with
people. Who knows but another
Hoover or q John Hays Hammond
is riding a bicycle out OF No. 3 on
X street these days?
The Spotlight has caused the Lin
coin statue to be brought out OF
its cellar. About a week ago The
Spotlight called attention TO the
fact that something should be done
about this. and sure enough we are
now Informed that the statue. once
on Judiciary Square. Is TO be placed
near its former site.
Art Noble. of New York City. has
been in town looking things over.
Art was at the Ebbitt when The
Stroller met him and could see at
once that pep and ginger was flow
ing all over the place. Art left
Oberlin. Ohio. and its college IA
some years ago and hastened to
| New York where he has since made
a study Of the retail selling OF,
things. Noble goes in for the wel
planned advertising campaign with
the attractive display in the window
and all that sort OF thing Ar
can talk to you by the hour about
IL and how Il pulls the business.
His middle initial 10 D and Il must
stand for "Doit." judging by the
optimism displayed. Too bad Art
did not have time to see every re-
taller in town. He is as good as a
tonic.
magnate. who has the finest col
lection Of silk shirts outside Of an
p street window, is another who
says business IL on the up and up.
Junior uses az extension sgAret
holder to keep the ashes from fall
ing on those shirts. but golf is help
Ing him keep down the girth too.
The Rock Island Railroad is go
ing to have a big time celebrating
Its seveutieth anniversary in Octo-
ber. according to W. Z. Babb. who
was in town the other day. Babb
runs the Rock Island MAGAZINE and
says that all the old-timers who can
be found will have a part in thl
celebration. including some Of the
'hfty-year" engineers now retired.
Charles Hayden Of New York CITY,,
will pull the throttle OF the "anP
niversary run" out Of Chicago to
Joliet, the frst run" in 1852.
Trinity College in North Carolina
produced the States present Sem
ators. which is rather unique
record for any college. Senator
Simmons got A. B. in 1873 and SEN
ator Oyerman his A b in 1874