Evening star., 1923-02-04
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT +. SMALL.

erty possesses the only high-powered
limousine in existence which sports
large. round. shiny brass cuspidor. j.
has been the envy of other "chewers'
In the cabinet, but while automotive
engineers have racked their brains In
studying car equipment, the installa
ton of the cuspidor was Mr.. Daugh
erty's own idea.
Which recalls a story once told by
Ola Bill Hurley, Of the State Depart
!! ment A fond parent, seated in the
library window, was watching his
young daughter. a sort Of 'Tomboy
Taylor" playing with other children
IN park across the street. The fond
parent was startled by seeing his
daughter suddenly set upon by a boy
In a rough and tumble fight. In a
twfnkling they were rolling on the
ground, but eventually the girl landed
| on top. She continued to pound the
yelling boy, and then, as If an inspira
spat in his ear.
Her Mortified but still fond parent
dashed across the street and admon-
ished the scrappy daughter.
What in the world made you do
| that?" he exclaimed. IT think the
devil must have got in you"
Well. father" said the all but
breathless daughter. 'the devil ma
down. but splitting in his ear was ms
own idea"
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iT~HE air about Washington the last
few days has been redolent of
crude and refined OIL Reason why
Hist. Standard Oil!
The oil barons have been here
! From Indiana and all points west
even as far as California, they focked
| into the Capital city for the hearings
1 that Senator La Toilette is holding.
| ostensibly in an effort to find out why
gasoline costs SO much. The farmers
| in particular want to know. No les
than five officials of the Standard or
| California came to town with two
| trunks full of information about their
| company. Fifteen or more came from
the Standard of Indiana. Some OF
heard from.
Ordinarily a congressional invest-
cation of this sort, with witnesses
subpoenaed from every part of the
pensive affair. But Senator La Fol-
! lette and his brothers Of the special
| committee are frugal folk. Although
| his name has a decidedly French tang
| to il, there must be lot of Scotch
(ancestry only in Mr.. La Toilette.
| Instead of issuing subpoenas for the
hearing. which would have entailed
| the government in travel and per diem
| expenses IOT ali WltHebSSS, Lie EGtllOI
senator from Wisconsin has been is
| suing "invitations." The invitations
] have been so effective and inexpen-
siye that they are likely to become
a habit with Senate committees. espe-
| cially where magnates are involved.
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| a GOOD story is just out OF the
"A committee rooms concerning
| Senator La Toilette and the hearing.
From time to time during the taking
! of the testimony the senator has ut
| tered lot of real snappy asides--
crisp little jokes. as it were. On
| certain day this week, just after get
ting off what he considered a partic-
| ularly good one, the senator turned TO
! the official stenographer and said.
"Of course, Mr.. Stenographer, you
will not put these little jokes of mine
\ in the record"
! But, senator. how am I TO. know
which are the jokes?" inquired the
entirely innocent-looking shorthand
| man.
1nNE of the oil .barons in town is
~ Phil Patchin, formerly OF the
corps of Washington correspondents,
and the man who handled the press
arrangements for the State Depart
, ment at the arms conference a year
ago. Phil's presence started incipient
| rumors of a new conference, but he
| quickly assured his friends he was
here only TO help prove to Mr.. La Fol-
lette what a decidedly eleemosynary
| institution that Standard Oil of Cali
fornia really is.
| fConyrirht 1929