Evening star., 1923-10-22
TALKS and TALES
Wish apd-About
CAPITALS GUESTS

! CAPITAL IS GUESTS
Then there came another week, And
with 1t many new faces and different
settings. for no sooner had adjourn
ment been voted by the visiting
opthalmologists, electragists, Scottish
Rite Masons and state executives than
the scene shifted and out strutted the
| United Typothetae of America, with
Its $500 delegates from every corner
Of these United States and not a few
| onlookers from Canada and Merrie
England. for their annual five-day,
session. which convenes this day at
the New Willard Hotel.
You know every & ne a convention
OF any size is staged / ] San Francisco,
Los Angeles. Chicago, Atlanta and
other conference communities
| ousy chambers of commerce imme-
diately dispatch broadcast tons of at
| tractiye literature announcing the
event and in consequence folks begin
! to regard such cities as the natural
gathering places of all worthwhile
| organizations, but il the truth were
known, taking it day in and day out.
there are probably more conventions
held right here in the heart of the
out our fair land.
And in mentioning the Typothetae
| 1t might be in order 10 explain TO
the many who havn't the faintest
lit is an organization of employing
printers. The name is formed from
| two Greek words, typo" meaning
ahyth"s which fG do signifies MIN fyPs oPganza hnd
ton, gathering, mixing-it.pp, etc;
| is probably placed there just to make
| it more intricate.
Anyhow, the Typothetae is here and
every hotel in the city is housing
| adelphia, president of the huge or
ganization. is registered at the VIII
ard and when seen stroiling through
Peacock alley in company with Ed
ward T. Miller of Chicago, secretary,
and Frank 7. Howard. chairman Of
/ the local convention committee, was
/ beaming with enthusiasm over the
outlook of the present conference.
genial oficial, this probably will be
| the most successful convention ever
| held by our organization. II Is
/ pleasure to know that Canada and
| England have sent SO many visitors
! to learn how American printers con
| duct their affairs. and l feel certain
i they will be well repaid for their
| trip"
| whether due to pressing business
at home or just a natural longing
| for their gubernatorial chairs, the
visiting governors who slipped into
town to discuss with President
| Coolidge the enforcement act and
| other important matters didn't tarry
/ very long. for no sooner had they
| completed their business than hurried
! rusheS were made for all outgoing
| trains. and with but few exceptions.
| all had left the city before yesterday
! afternoon.
| A rear-end view of Gov. Charles
| w. Bryan of Nebraska was obtained.
J however just as he. accompanied by
| his famous brother, William Jennings
| Bryan, dashed from the Hotel La
| Fayette for Union station but so
| fast did the Bryan brothers travel
! that it was impossible TO learn
/ whether Charles W. or William J.
| was leaving the city. Unlike many
brothers. the Bryan boys" walk arm
| in arm.
| That the characteristics OF the two
| peoples were plainly discernible In
| the actions of Zev and Papyrus, the
I racing cracks of America and Eng
! land. before their memorable race at
! Belmont Park on Saturday, was
! learned from Edmond G. Fletcher or
Kansas City, now special assistant TO
| Attorney General Daugherty, who
| went 10 New York to witness the
| event.
! When seen at the Lee House on his
return to Washington Mr.. Fletcher,
who was a roommate at Kansas Unit
tversity in 1893 with Harry +. Sinclair.
1 owner of the winner, said that befofe
the horses went to the post he visited
the paddock, where he found the son
| of The Finn and Miss kearney in d
high state of nervous anticipation.
nostrils dilated, eyes fiery and buig-
ing and silken coat dripping with
PRECIPITATION, while on the other hand
| the English Derby winner was as
stolid and unconcerned as il the race
had been run several days ago ana
he was just waiting for his. usual
daily exercise.
This difference in temperament
continued as the two beauties parad-
ed before the grandstand on their
way to the post, and was remarkeG:s
continued Mr.. Fletcher. 1t was
| magnificent spectacle and the best
horse won. 1 was the first to grasp
| the hand of my old college mate ana
| 1 tell YOU he was nervous himself"
| The Kansas man said that senator
Curtis of the Sun Flower state. WIN
| Hays, former Representative Camp
| bell and Col. Zeveley of the Sinclair
| oil Company. for whom the great
racer was named, were guests In the
box of Mr.. Sinclair.
And now a word from little Rhody.
Not much has been heard from the
ancient and honorable New England
commonwealth for quite some time,
but, according to George A. Freeman
of the old Merchants National Bank
of Providence, who. with Mrs. Free
man, is making a short stay at the
Hotel Shoreham, conditions are fair
| ly good up in his section of the coun--
| try.
in Rhode Island, as well as those in
| other New England Industrial CEN
ters are having our troubles over
the labor question. The forty-eight-
| hour issue is the burning question
with most OF our people, who find II
! almost impossible to compete with
! the unfair basis upon which labor is
! employed in some of the southern
states. We can't compete with the
cheap wages paid by many manufac
\ turerS in that section OF the country"
Mr.. Freeman said that the state
was naturally proud of the fact that
a New Englander was in the White
House, and that it could be, consid-
cred a certainty that the republicans
| of Rhode Island would support Presi-
dent Coolidge for the nomination TO
| succeed himself.
| personally. / think him one OF the
most efficient officials that ever oc-
! cupied the high seat. His speech to
| the governors was jewel. to the
| point and was the stand any right
/ minded man would take under the
conditions" he said. Prohibition is
| the law of the land, and it is up to
all law-abiding citizens to stand by
the Constitution" "