The Washington herald., 1922-08-29
The Spotlight
In Washington
By The Stroller.

LAVE you a little mail box In
! your home? Better get one for
Santa Claus is coming soon and
he will pass you up. according to
Uncle Sans latest ruling IL you
have no mail box.
Emmit Daugherty and Walker
Buel rise right up in meeting and
deny that Grantland Rice who
holds forth over on the sport page,
ever saw either of them play at
golf. But how else could Grant
have written so fitting a thing the
other morning and the boys do ad =
init it fits them. Here Is what that
Sweet Singer of sportdom spilled:
The DuHer's Angle
remember. remember, three
three years ago today
They showed me how to pivot and
eliminate that sway;
They told me it would cut at least
ten strokes from off my score;
<hhe ftCNCt as Hlk
as 30 any more.
l remember. remember, some fifty
other things
They showed me with the wood and
Iron ard all the varied
swings.
But how it cuts me to the soul-it
even makes me curse,
To hnd tina. I am just as bad, and
maybe even worse.
That is great stuff. Emmit ad-
mits. He says it reminds him of
the little prayer Buell. recites to
himself every time he walks up to
a ball with murder in his heart.
The little thing is from Pope. also
somewhat of a writer in his time.
and Is as follows:
II I am right, o teach my heart
Still in the right to stay:
If I am wrong. thy grace impart
To find the better way.
Right you are. Emmit. The little
thing by Pope does remind me OF
Rice's stun. It is So different. But
think the word heart should be
changed to feet.
From My Home -Brewed Diary.
On my way to my daily task
saw Bob Choate hurrying Chev!
Chaseward in cleaning motor
cas- keeping his eyes sharp for the
traffic man who has hitherto an
noyed him. Dropped into m,
F.,
on Eighteenth street. and did SEE
an episode worthy of the attention
OF the what Did You See man
Three men came in and over their
coffee fell to arguing as to whal
Andy stump was doing and as t
his probable success In running fer
Congress. l gathered all three
were of the opinion that a prosper.
Gus kangaroo farm in Austraiis
was far more to the Jerry than q
seat in Congress. Each volun.
teered what to do with the Widow
Zander and the mildest prescrip.
tion was rat poison every thre,
hours. But of course II Is well Il
remember they were men. The
women l have. consulted as to the
Widow Zander made the men look
pale and meek as to opinions Of
the widow. To my desk and wrote
a strong epistle to the circula tion
managers Of the papers asking
they take their little cross-legget
stands from the corner at Connec.
ticut and l. streets and give the
corner to Charley Pierson who has
only one leg. The day was drat
on the whole and much rain and
the only CHEEKY thing being the
winning Of our boys seven and
two over the boys from Ford-ville
Cnder the title "a thought for
the day" or Little gems of sun
shine" should be recorded the fact
that in the House the other day
181 members failed to answer to
the roll call. 1t all depends upon
the way you look at II under which
heading you prefer the fact re-
corded.
I note the House takes 10000
copies of the Presidents speech the
other day. The Senate only or
dered 10000 and based upon diff
ference In membership It would
seem a rotten salesman showd the
goods to the House.
Another thought for the day
comes In a cable on the. news page
telling Of a fire on a dock In
France in which after heroic ef-
forts 10000 cases of rum belong
ing to the British army were saved,
As Stevenson said ''all hands to the
poop deck for grog'' or words to
that effect.
Have you little coal pile In
your house?