The Washington herald., 1922-08-23
The Spotlight
In Washington
By The sronsr.

THE moves you see In the paper
once In q while about gottint
royalty back on the JOB make q big
nit with Harry cutshaw. who cslleo
my attention 70 what happened IN
Germany. You remember. what hap
pened to Germany. I ruess. and n
You DO not turn back 10 the files Of
this paper for 1917 ana 1913 or ASK
the first doughboy you meet. =
always get laugh out Of the little
paragraphs about a move 20 pui
royalty back on the throne" safe
cutshaw. Just analyzs the. Wort
Hohenzollern. II you please. Tha
word means high tax. Can 70,
think Of a family with that kind Of
a name getting away with what a
did for so long7 Stfll IL Is not nuci
worse than scme of the stun yot
can resdi the tariff bill at that"
This "spell o. weather" We hav,
been having this summer ia. as Mr.
Brggs pencils IL on another page
"a lot Of fun for some folks but
tragedy for others" or words &c
that effect G. L Stabler seems &c
hold all weather records outside of
the mountain climbing countries
The other day stabler was ont
Rockville and Bethesda way ane
encountered two separate and dis.
tinct thunderstorms. Then he cam,
back 10 Washington just after moo,
and got into his third. a real one
The boys who have been insurfnR
outdoor events against rain this
summer have been on the short enc
Of the deal several times. Ths
Fourth Of July. for example. was q
rainy day in most parts OF the cour-
try and the big resorts around New
York City were badly hit, as were
the insurance companies that hao
policies on the day for Coney Island
IL you think the summer has beer
too rainy you may find some solac.
In the fact that we had a different
weather man 100 years ago. Ber
+. Morgan sends me this which he
found n the National Gazette foI
August Ie. 1922:
This section OF country has
not experienced such a Drought
in the recollection OF persons
. who have lived nearly a CEN
tury. There has been no rain OF
any consequence since February
81, the time of the food. a Pc
riod Of nearly six months. and
for the last two months Heaven
has withheld it's showers Alto
gether. Like an African cline,
the sun pours his sultry rays.
parches the earth and dries up
springs and streams. We hear
daily of springs that were con-
sidered never falling disappear
/ ing, and that people. like the
thirsty throng of Israel. have
to go in quest Of water to sus-
tain themselves.
The few grinding mills that
are running cannot supply the
demand for -four. Farmers
have gone twenty miles to mill
and were then generally disap-
pointed in getting as much
ground as would answer their
immediate wants.
A few weeks continuance Of
dry weather will cause a great
scarcity. and possibly impose
necessity of getting -four from
Baltimore or elsewhere.
The summer crops have al
most totally failed. Some fields
will not yield a grain Of corn.
and the best of them not more
than a few bushels to an acre
"Goins TO Baltimore for -four
was a hardship irtoed- In fact
may say a lot OF people consider IL
a hardship to go to Baltimore for
anything even now, but times have
changed. Up with the sun the other
morning 20 see IL any members OF
the Sunrise Club were about, j saw
coming into town three big motor
vans, those cross-country affairs
that put everything you have in one
corner. The trucks were Srom Bos-
ton and had Bay state licenses.
The crew had hats OF and shirts
omen at the throat. One man was
singing. As they flashed by gave
them the high sign ana automatic
allv made them members or the
sunrise Club. There was twenty
first century transportation. No
rail strike bothered these men.
They were seeing the beauties OF
the world at the best time OF the
day. Yes, things have changed in a
bundled years.