Evening star., 1923-12-28
TALKS and TALES
With and About
CAPITALS GUESTS

With absolutely no desire to start
anything, least of all a rehashing of
the age-long controversy between
cog fanciers and lovers of the horse
as to which is the more intelligent
of'the two animals, it's interesting to
note couple of happenings that oc-
CURED during the past few weeks,
when members of both the horse and
dog families had ample opportunity
to demonstrate their resourcefulness.
In a recent news dispatch from a
small town in Minnesota it was stated
that six fine dray horses, after having
been freee from a burning barn, de-
Iiberately turned. rushed back into
the flames and were burned to death
In conversation with Prof Carl c.
Piehn, noted economist of the Uni
Nersity of California, and president of
the American Economic Association,
low IN convention at the New Will
lard Hotel, it was learned that in the
IRE that wiped out siXty-four city
blocks at Berkeley, Calf, an Aire-
dale dog, pet of one of the instruc-
tors. was found unscathed in vicin-
fty that had been raZed to the ground.
In detailing the extent of the fire,
which at one time threatened ali
buildings at the university, Prof.
Plehn said that when residents of
the destroyed area returned to inspect
the damage done they were dunn
founded to hear the bark of a dog
investigation showed that the animal.
which was chained, had dug himself
deep hole in the ground where he lay
until rescued
TT was one of the fercest blazes
ever witnessed in our section" said
the educator. THE flames spread
rapidly and in less than an hour and
IN a CT r.Et III
destroyed. A sudden shifting of the
wind was all that saved our buildings
from being enveloped.''
Prof. Plehn reported marvellous
progress for the California institu-
tion and said that while the student
body had not increased during the
past year, because of many in the
freshman class having been taken
care of at the various state colleges,
such arrangements were most fortu-
nate, as the capacity of the university
had been greatly taxed of late years.
He said further that the state as a
whole is enjoying a steady prosperity
and that luckily the recent freeze had
not affected citrus crops.
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The peaceful quiet, so pronounced
around local hotel. lobbies for the past
few days. has hied itself to other pas
lures, for with six large conventions
now in season at the downtown houses
he buzz and chatter of visiting dele
gates once more holds sway. and the
game goes on.
Fully 1900 members OF the Amer
lean Economic Association and its
subsidiary bodies, the American Sta
tlstlcal Association, the American AS
sociation for Labor Legislation, and
the American Farm Economic Asso-
ciation, all of which are holding
separate conferences at the Willard
and New Ebbitt hotels, are making
things lively at those two houses,
while at the Hotel Washington its
force is kept on the jump looking
after the wants of several hundred
visitors, here to attend the annual
conventions of the Kappa Alpha Fra
ternity and the American Sociological
Society, which are meeting there.
Fully 200 young college students,
mostly from the south and west. and
all dolled out in the latest college
fashions, are on for the big pow
pow of their society. and when seen
brushing through the lobby, Henry
c. Chfles Of Lexington, Ky. knight
commander. had otly "a minute in
which to say that never in the history
Of the order had prospects looked
brighter
You know interviewing IA cluster
of college students is tick lish busi-
ness. for there's absolutely no way
of telling just when some trivial
remark might upset their highly
sensitive natures. a yell is forthcom-
ing, and the next thing one knows
ridden on a rail. OF course, this is
not to imply that the Kappa Alpha
boys would do any of these things,
but so far as this interviewer is con-
cerned they are not going to have the
chance.
Many vital sociological and statis-
tical problems confronting this coun-
try and Canada are being discussed by
approximately 250 delegates to the So
Geological convention. which is hold
Ing forth on the roof of the house,
and here, too. it was learned from
President L. @. Weatherly of Indiana
University, that most satisfa ctory re-
suits would be attained from the as
sembly.
1t will doubteless be gratifying to
many in Washington to learn that ap-
proximately two thirds of the amount
of $4,000 required by the ladies of the
Kenmore Association of Fredericks-
1,urg, Va, to purchase the old colonial
Gome of Betty Washington. sister to
the first President and wife of Col
Fielding Lewis, patriot. has been
raised.
This was learned from W. B. F.
Cole, prominent attorney of the south
Mr.. Cole is district trustee of the
Fredericksburg Kiwanis Club and was
in town to consult with officials of the
local organization.
Pressed for an opinion of the po-
litical situation in his home bailiwick,
the lawyer said things had not begun
to stir around Fredericksburg as yet
''Of course. the democrats will
sweep the country, but just who will
head the sweepers is difficult to tell
at this time. 1t may be that Virginia
viii insist upOn@ IA mplimentary
vote being extended Senator Carter
Glass. but after him / really couldn't
say which candidate is favored most
by our people. McAdoo has some
support. as has Underwood. while not
few are figuring on dark horse
booming up at the psychological mo-
ment" was the way the Virginian
put 1t. And if the rest of the country
is one-tenth as certain that Miss
Democracy will win, then it would be
perfectly all right to start paying
off now.
With Mr.. Cole at the time was E.
W. Lintner of Wilmington, Del, an
other Kfwanian of prominence, he
being the governor of the Capital
District of the organization, which
includes the city of Washington.
Mr.. Lintner is the proprietor of a
large wholesale drug business in the
Delaware city, and when asked if
folks in his section felt as confident
over democratic success as did his
fellow Kiwanian he merely put his
hand to his head and made little
whirligigs. pointing all the time TO
MIR Cole. who wasn't looking.
mo. it's. quite the opposite in our
city" began Mr.. Lintner. when his
friend turned around From all
can gather it doesn't seem as if the
democratic party had a look in at
this election. The sentiment through
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