The Washington herald., 1922-09-11
The Spotlight
In Washington
By The Stroller.

bodAE rclNt
liquor or not? Maybe Mr.. Lasker
decided to wait the returns from
Wisconsin and leave it to the folks
out there for decision.
Here is where the What Did
You See?" man gets "scooped" and
goes into deep mourning:
In an F street shoe shop / heard
p fat man complaining that the
shoes were a trifle too pointed at
the toes But that is quite the
thing this year" the salesman
urged. But / am wearing last
years feet" was the comeback Of
fered by the fat man.
And while in the business of COW
ering the news to the exclusion of
all other agencies take great
pleasure in digging out this bit of
exclusive information from the
Cong. Rec. to-wit:
Mr. Dial: Just one word
more. ! was delighted to hear
my good friend from Kentucky
tMr. Stanley say that he and
my other good friend the Sena-
tor from Idaho (Mr. BorshD are
on their road to the happy
hunting ground. and ] hope they
will have a safe delivery. But
that reminds me of this other
proposition to investigate under
sections (dD and (e). 1t might
be suggested that we appoint
somebody to investigate the
easiest road to hell. But we do
not want to find out an easy
road to hell. or which road
would he easier than another.
Therefore We do not want TO
investigate that proposition at
all.
take pleasure in dividing nv
motion, and ask that a vote be
had.
How the news desk does succeed
in overlooking the big things Of life
is more than can comprehend.
We hope you are not overlooking
that home compendium Of hearten-
ing knowledge. It should be on
every library table where YOU can
take IL un or lay IL down but as the
advance book reviews say, "Once
you have taken IL up you will not
lay il down until finished"
| Home Hints for Harassed Peonl. =
suggestions will he received for aid =
ing readers in a dilemma. Perhaps
YOU have a grudge against a neigh
bor who raised bigger beans than
YOU did or who has never had a
blowout or anything In the fol-
lowing you will find suggestions for
handling almost anv situation:
How to Hit Him.
I'd like to bat
Him with a club.
He thinks he's smart
And I'm a dub.
Cincinnati Inquirer.
A clubs the only
Argument
That would appeal
To such a gent
Newark Cohio) Advocate.
All right. old top.
That may be so
Id use an ak
| To lay him low.
Hastings (Nebr) Tribune.
And II sledge
bon tlN the fool.
Give him a dose
OF old white Mule"
Hello Swift"
To which. i'm an endeavor to be
helpful. ! offer the following:
II these all fail.
have no doubt,
Youll land him with
A midiron clout
We the people Of the United
states pay s1OO. 100000 a wear to
keep our clothes together tia IN.
button route and we send sls.o :
600 worth of buttons overseas every
year. This little gem Of inforna-
tion with its astonishing nrure.
shows that our little willIs h.,
simply got to be more careful or
else II puts us on the trail Of the
origin Of that famous game, 'sRut-
ton. button. who's got the button -"
Anyway. II certainly shows what a
careless nation we are getting TO be
The following newsy items 7
found crowded cut of the society
page. SO run them here:
Mons. Bishop. the Mexican man
DARN and domino dean has returned
to the Press Club and took" the
boys AT domtnos. as Is his custom
The golf going seems 20 have be-
come SO rough Fred Haskin has
taken to cracker and milk diet
Gus karger and Roy Roberts had
friends In for a domino duel. The
finish was loud and expressive.