Evening star., 1923-09-27
TALKS and TALES
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bounds to carry on! Appeals to
the necessary machinery for rssump-
ton of business are daily floating in
from Toxic, Yokohama and other
busting communities affected by the
recent catastrophe. ana according to
S. Uyeno, publisher and owner OF the
Aszhi one Of the most widely read
newspapers in Nippon, who is stop
ping at the Shoreham Hotel ne let
up will be tolerated until the strick-
en- cities are rehabilitated. -
Mr.. Uyeno is accompanied by !.
Fukada, New York correspondent of
the Asahi. which has branch offices
in Toxic and Osaka, the latter being
when seen at the hotel displayed a
cablexram from NJ. Murayarla, the
seventy -six-year-old president OF the
company and pioneer pswspaper man
of Japan, asking that Hoe q 90. OF
New York make haste IN shipping
the big rotary presses needed to re-
establish the Foisio Iplant, which was
laid In waste by are; ,,,o ,..o,,-
home offics In KsaRI was untouched
by the earthquake. We. are 300
miles from Toxic, and are located IN
the great industrial center OF Japan
AS terrible as the DAMAGE was, II
would have been far more telling had
touched. The Toxic building was
gutted, leaving only the walls stand
ing. ! was sdR London when II nap
pened. and, had contemplated Tour
ing the United States. put viii nov
cut short my visit ana return nome
as quickly as possible.
The newspaper man was deeply
touched by the quick response OF the
United States following the earth,
quake and said such generosity Wouid
lxr n DO
men for generations to come. We
are an appreciative people" contin-
ued Mr. Uyeno. "and have always
been nated for our fidelity TO frlends.
The promptness OF your country in
offering substantial assistance was g,
revelation to the japanese and will
never be forgotten"
Mr.. Uyeno said, further. that tuss
prior to the catastrophe arrange
ments had been made for the ex-
graphs between TOXIC and Osaka by
airplane. another step forward IN
Japanese Journalism. Your Ameri-
can papers will receive shortly some
wonderful pictures of the distressing
scenes taken by our own photogra-
day" said the Osaka man. as he and
friend hurried away in taxi
Not since Arnhistice day. 1918. has
been the scene of SO much excite
1 ment as yesterday afternoon when
real, live, honest-to-goodness. thir-
teen-week-old lion cub held court on
| the ground floor OF the house. much
TO the delight of the hundreds os
| The cat was brought downtown
! from the Zoo by William H Black
! burne, superintendent, TO permit the
Lions Club of Washington to ofticialS
4 To- exfr- M m
| for more than an hour before the
| organization convened many peek
l was taken into the cage, mostly by
4 the fair sex. and what was said about
4 its beauty must have made even a.
/ lion cub vince from embarrassment
moniker of the little thing until
l George Lewis called his fellow Lions
1 to order and Caleb O'Connor. conduct"
ing a vote, announced that hence
| forth and hereafter the cub would
turn deaf ear unless called b. the
| name of Wanda. This was in cempli-
ment to Wanda Lyon, the stoc! sc-
| tress so we'll known to Washing
| tonians.
! wsnda,s life has not been alto
month old Supt. Blackburne was
| forced to take her away from her
mother, Trilby, who for some unbe-
known reason had twitched her Off
| spring about so roughly that one,
leg was broken and the neck so
eNed the tears would run down IFS
back. Duke. the proud father, re-
fused to interfere
At first wv. H" was for destroy
Ing the poor beast. but on second
ithought he decided to bring 1t up
himself. and now. with the exception
of a slightly crooked neck, the cat
is as playful and healthy as any at
the Zoo.
AS invited sponsors to the christen-
Nick Altrock. Muddy" Ruel. Memo
Leibold and Roger Peckinpaugh of
the Washington base ball team added
distinction to the occasion, Uncle"
Nick being the only one to act at all
iobstreperous, he allowing wheR the
really and truly 1t was a dandy
lion"
And speaking of animals, IL might
be interesting to know just how they
! go about things in st. Louis, Mo. One
of the most persistent peekers into
| Wanda's cage at the Willard was
George B. Webster of st. Louis. well
known lawyer, who is making his
home while in the city at the Hotel
Washington and from him it was
learned how the zoo of that city OBJ
tanned its lone elephant.
I'VE had no elephant short while
ago and we wanted one. scheme
school child in the city should con-
tribute one cent. This was SO sue
icessful that not only were sufficient
funds secured to purchase one Of the
!enough left over to establish fund
for it's upkeep. which will guarantees
a life of ease for the balance OF her
days
it was further learned from the
iwesterner that a vote was taken
Iamong the children for a name. This
Twas done prior to the purchase. The
rather unromantic name of Jim was
the popular fancy, but. sad to relate
when the animal arrived, owing to it's
sex the name. was unsuitable. In
idaunted, however, the choosers of the
iname refused to be denied. A COM
promise was reached, the prefix Miss
iadded and from that day to this the
numbering animal at the 81. Louis zoo
will lift UP it's snout IL an admirer
Just chirps and calls her Miss, 'Jim.s =
From interviews held with several
Michiganders during the past few
! weeks 1t would seem that the here
tofore generally accepted theory that
citizens of Missouri always have TO
be shown viii SOON be quite appli-
| cable to those who make their homo
in the great Wolverine state.
/ without exception, when asked how
President Coolidge was regarded in
their section. all have answered: We
really have no line on the new Chief
Executive. We are waiting to see
what he does. or course, our people
wish him good luck, otherwise he is
an enigma to most of our folks"
These seemingly. stock sentiments
were expressed again by Dean Luck
ing. noted lawyer of Detroit, who.
with Mrs. Lucking, is spending q few
days at the Hotel La Fayette. when
the question was put in the lobby OF
that house.