Evening star., 1924-02-11
TALKS and TALES
With and about
CAPITALS GUESTS

Deplorable as the Teapot Dome oil
scandal is in the opinion of the vast
majority Of American people. there's
no gainsaying the. fact that the
farther tho investigation goes the
greater seems to be the interest dis
prayed by all classes and kinds.
Little else is talked In hotel lobbics,
which today are crowded with visi-
tors, many of whom have journeyed
TO tho city to catch a glimpse, If pos
Siote, OF the star performers in this
celebrated drama.
On street cars, in theatcrs, and
along public thoroughfares one hears
nothing but oil Shop girls discuss
1t, BARRIERS feature it and garage men
Sell 1t, but not without Cracking" u
joke. Its scope for banter among
bankers, brokers, lawyers, doctors
and business men is unlimited, while
seldom in the history of unusual
events have newsboys taken keener
delight in screeching their thriller"
Inpeknown to many, some of the
most noted men in the country have
shpped into Washington lust for the
day" and If those merely passing
d
ctty's weekly transient travel. then
the heart of the nation is the greatest
stop-oVer Junction in these United
States.
Not since the hectic period of the
world war has Washington been such
a magnet for celebrities as now. In
fact, it is doubtful if even in those
erve-racking days the city ever en-
tertained a greater number of out
standing personageS ut one time.
Tragic. yes! But it's an i'll wind
that blows no good. SO on with the
probe and let oil be unrefined!
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Remember, the old saying about
an honest man being the noblest
work of God applies to politicians
the same as to regular folks.
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The little afternoon mah-jons game
in the Hotel La Fayette lobby was
over. Guests had gone aloft to pre-
pare for dinner, and quiet prevailed
throughout the lounge.
Taking advantage of u dull moment
Jim Breast was rechecking his
register, when suddenly pitifuf wall
caused him to look up. Glancing
over in the direction of the news
stand, whence came tho cry. the genial
clerk was surprised to see a lone
kid believing his eyes out.
whats the trouble, son?" asked
Jim of the youngster.
Il want my Mah-Jong!" came back
from the boy between piteous sobs.
You want your mahjong:" re-
peated the aStcnished Breast. as he
laid down his pencil. 1T seems TO
me you're rather young to be SO af-
fected by gaming
II want my Nah -Jong:" pierced the
lobby once more.
oh. you do, do you" replied Jim.
you'll get your Mah-Jong all right.
and plenty of it, If ever l find out
where your poor mother lives-come
here. bell boy!"
oh. thanks SO much. mister"
shouted the youngster as he wiped
away his tears. I'm afraid to go
home without him. He was with me
just minute ago, but when stopped
out there to get dad his paper he ran
into this hotel He's little fuzzy
wuzzy white dog, mister, with three
brown spots on his back and d long
brown stripe running"
But the kid had to explain no
further. for right then. -Jong, AS
ftp as you make EN-, Joined in the
conversation iwth q most outlandish
yeip. and in another second he and his
master were hot-footing it home. =,
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Nor does the young blood want TO
act unduly uppish, because of the new
cut of his trousers-saiior- bottom
pants were all the rage away back in
the early SOS.
Z x + !.
Considerably upset over the little
experience at the New Willard, an in
excusable blunder was made on en-
tering the Raleigh. when a member of
the supreme court of Ohio was asked
about the political situation out in
that section.
Reaching the desk just as Judge
Florence f. Allen of Cleveland regis
tered, the genial Ohio "Portia." the
first woman in the Buckeye state
or in the United States, for that mat
ter-to be elected to the supreme
court, was requested to express her
presidential preference. -
I'm nightly afraid you have your
signals twisted" smiled the charm
ing jurist- You know we of the
bench are not supposed to have politi-
cal preferences"
"A million pardons, your honor!
was aware of the. fact, but Just hav-
ing had a run-in with a couple of
a bit out Of gear. Parole me this
time. judge, and I promise never to
appear before your tribunal again."
Judge Allen was on her way to de-
liver an address at the North Carolina
College for Women at Greensboro,
n. c.
And even though your daddy was
wizard in a way it nakes No djfar-