The Washington herald., 1922-10-18
Eastside, Westside
AIlAround Town
Intimate Glimpses Into Dis
trict Happenings a. Seen
By Rowing Reporters

hicnAoi .. MAhoneys OF. the Ientn
precinct; on Georgia avenue yester-
day morning provided Mahaney
with ssome real thrills. Hemmed in
between . street car going north on
Georgia avenue and the speeding
auto. Mahsney struck an obstruc-
tion and lost his balance. His hat
was knocked OF by the street car
and the shield was cut In half.
Mahaney II doing duty In a new fail
slouch hat.
Edward ]. Ward, a532 warder
street north west, recently returned
from Alaska. has decided that the
big terms and long names of geol-
ogy are not lacking In interest TO
the youth OF the nation. -
Yesterday Miss Frances Farley.
principal Of Park View School, in
yited Ward to tell her pupils some
stories concerning q group of
anthropological specimens which he
recently presented to the school
library.
Picking up the tooth of a Caliga-
buck. the speaker asked of the as
sembled youths And what Is thisT'
One of the bright-eyed pupils
boy Of about 1o-wig-wagged a de-
sire to fiaunt his knowledge. IT'S
dragon tooth" was his answer
Ward later explained that the
Caligabuck Is species of pre-his-
toric elephant. But what's the diff
ference between a dragon tooth and
a Caligabuck-as long as they, both
have big teeth. is the argument of
the Park View pupils.
| Mourners do not mourn as they
once did. according to a pr ,mi-
nent undertaken here.
! Now, don't get me wrong" he
said. Il don't mean that folks
feel the loss of a relative or friend
less these days than. in the past.
They simply don't show their grief
so much. The mournful sobbing
and wailing OF other days seems
to have disappeared"
Here's another observation by
this same undertaken:
Yes. funeral PROFESSIONS are
growing shorter. The average num-
Der of automobiles we are asked
to provide at funerals now is six.
In the old days. however, there
were few funerals that didn't have
at least twenty carriages to con-
vey the mourners to the ceme-
terry"
Women don't seem to be as
camera-shy' as men," said a member Z
of the United States park police
1 o.. 40 aa I'D
to mind how large a crowd collects
while they are making snapshots.
Men are sensitive to onlookers
Women don't mind carrying big
camera boxes, while you see few
men. except the news photographers.
| with 'em. II a man does carry q
camera It usually is one of those vest
pocket kind.
In Potomac Park. Lafayette Park
and other breathing spaces at lunch
hours you can see groups of two
and three girls posing for amateuT
photographer. Indifferent to the
crowds Of watchers. Did you ever
see men or boys posing for pictures
at such places and at such an hour?
In street cars or on buses on Sat-
urdays, Sundays and holidays you
can see girls a-plenty with cameras
boldly displayed upon their laps. but
men doomed to carry camera boxes
act decidedly uncomfortable and
they try to hide them under bun
dies or b.hind newspapers.
Short skirtsf
The two words were received with
chorus of appreciation from an in
formal meeting OF Alpha XII Delta
alumnae at the American Associa-
tion of University Women recently.
Evidently the last seasons garments
were popular.
They are the only things for the
campus" the meeting agreed. (The
problems Of the alumnae are con-
cerned with undergraduates.) Long
trailing draperies. high heels and
picture hats are not only unhe ealthy
and uncomfortable; they are ridicu-
lous!"
Thereupon Alpha Xi Delta alum
nae passed a resolution indorsing
the fiapper costume for co-eds.
And when they dispersed. an OBJ
servant maid noticed that only one
Of the number conspicuously and
strong mindedly adhered to last
years styles.
The strong arm squad" of the
Park View Fairgrounds Is continu-
ing its dirty work"
Armed, with rakes, hoes. and
shovels. the squad has wrought its
vengeance On large lot adjacent
to the Fairgrounds and turned what
was an eyesore 20 the community
into one of the best equipped soccer
fields in the District.
whenever anything is to be done
around the Fairgrounds Miss Mar
tina Durham, the popular teacher
In charge. blows her whistle ana
the squad comes to attention, pre-
pared 10 go tho limit to improve
the playgrounds.
Several of the oidtimers who have
graduated" from the squad. su-
perintend the work and It takes
little urging from them to get tho
squad into action. Recently these
boys and girls built a dance floor
and h00tha for q hazaar which