The Washington herald., 1922-09-07
The Spotlight
In Washington
From Ny Home-brewed Diary
By The Stroller.


strange animals both inside and
outside the cages. / counted auto
tags from eighteen States. not in
cluding Maryland or the District,
which is not a State. The baby
bears drew the attention of many
as did the odd birds Of many coIors
both great and small. But II was
to the monkeys the most attention
was paid. The mother monkeys
were caring for their young, hold
ing them in their arms and comb
ing them with care. One mother
monkey seemed afraid of another
who appeared to be the town bully.
1 noticed that many sidestepped the
rails and bars when the bully carae
along. Another seemed to be the
town policeman, for it appeared he
had general supervision of things.
One monkey played with a piece of
glass until it slipped from his
grasp and broke into several pieces
Another quickly picked up a piece
and held il TO his eve, looking
through it as do our English cousins
nut not in nearly as funny a fashion
as does the Englishmsn. Al this
antlc the audience roared and The
monkey looked up in great sunrise
then threw the glass away in dis
gust. How ill-mannered, thought
the monkey to himself If glass Is
not to look through what is il foro
one baby monkey would cling
tightly to its mother with all four
feet while she would jump from a
rail to the side Of the cage. Then
the youngster would try il and lust
make II as the mother looked an
IN anxiety. / noted that the haby
never got bumped while clinEinr 10
mother no matter what she did. or
how she jumped about.
Thence to the golf course. whore
did see strong men and littla
whackinG away at a small white
oaIl and cursing. some softly and
some loudly. at the antics of the
haI upon departing from the club
10 me the antics of the men wers
much fuEnier than the antics of n.
Dali they so abused. / did see one
squad, however. that seemed 10
Know what they were about In
TINS set were Agnew, the colonel
Altken. Brooke" the musical
player and Prendable Of the nav,
Thls four could send the ball Win
precision and far None of then,
seemed to he fewer than .wo
strokes upon the Creensward; which
l understand is the thing desired
only wished that I could have had
some of the monkeys from the Zoo
there with me to see Starter Dave
Keep the humans from cheating ,pe
another in an endeavor to get IF
before their allotted time. Then
there was the Judge" and Mrs
joyce. a polly pair. who Of all the
throng refuse to take the game too
seriously. The judge is the LEADING
citizen OF Mount Rainier. the one in
Maryland. He is the leading ,iti-
zen. some folks say. because II is 70
him they quickly lead you IL Won
motor that way without a Marylan.J
tag or in too much of a hurry. All
in all. golf is an odd game ana full
or surprises. wonder what tba
monkeys would say could they VIE
ness an afternoon on the roI,
course and learn that not a man IL
the crowd could leap fifteen feat
from bar to bar and with anv ease
and grace while doing il. wItb,l7
oscar lie Roi Moxness. Won are
hereby made a member Of the SUI
rise Club and decorated with ~.
Silver Sunrays bars because OF vour
letter to the Open Court. knowing
that the Open Court has nowhere
near the readers this pendulum Of
perspicacity has. I quote from thar
part OF your letter on the CITY Of
" washington which makes Won a
member OF the Sunrise Club nd
litum:
Morning. The dawn Of ano,bar
day across the fiery eastern orb
The rising sun-beyond a nlm of
clouds-silhouetted in translucent
glory a painted picture wrought hy
natures mystic hand! Against this
wall OF splendor. now, the Capitors
gray dome.
Washington-a flourishing city
of awakening souls-like the first
few years in a child's life-spring-
time! Morning! Alarm clocks.
ouzzing autos, spluttering in pro-
test: and across the early day-a
ROSTERS crow! A wild rush and
hustle in the cool atmosphere Of
with IL the birth Of
day."
The Hall of Fame is growing.
Mons. Atchison, the F street clothes
man, says he sees great possibiIi-