Evening star., 1925-02-12
THIS AND THAT.
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Does the fact that there IL no suf-
frage in the District OF Columbia ac-
count for the lack Of frIendlines IS
which some. profess to fnd among
the inhabitants OF the National Gapi
tai? ~.
This is the interesting viewpoint
put forward by one of my corre-
ing. the communication cenciy
printed in this column and. signed
H. A.
H. A., it will be remembered. end
ed his letter by declaring that Wash
ington, in his opinion. is distinctly
below par as a friendly city.
Letters received since are evenly
divided upon the question. and from
the nanber I select two typical ones,
representing the opposing schools. OF
thought. r. S. writes: 80
Your This and That talks are
very Interesting. and especially do
like Is Washington a Friendly City,
Unlike the gentleman from the South
(Mr. n. Al. I was born and reared
in this very city.
Uncle Sans Navy though. has
given me that oportunity to travel
and l have been in about all the
large cities OF the United States
which has given me a chance to
STUDY HoHdH haeoic " ny o"'
cord.
And in time l was forced to admit,
Washington is below par, but
can't say greatly, The people OF the
South do have that noticeable air OF
friendliness and more brotherly' love
than that found among Washing-
tonians.
Especially was I Impressed when
In that wonderful Northwest country
I'M a ~
The people there have n way about
them that makes us feel life is just
wonderful and made up of wonderful
people put here for each others hap
piness.
"FoIks here don't seem to realize
that. If you ride the cars during
work hours l think you'll agree with
me. It's just every one for himself
showing and walking, on each othel
to get off or get that seat about
to be vacated .
"A local theater tries out it's new
plays here before taking them else
where: Why? Because X II goes
here it's a sure-fire riot anywhere
else. What jolly town this was
when backed with, say, the Shrfners
Holy Manners. etc! SO many of them
said, This town is dead. - -s. :
The town isn't dead nor the peo-
pIe, but they do think 1t is curse
to be alive--they must from the way
they act. I wonder if it's because
though we are Americans we have nc
voice in who we wish as our Presi-
dent, nor have we much to say In
how our town is rum?
- y X
Representing the opposite school
r. +. p. writes: -
mil
clamation. Well, what do you know
about that" in The Star. after Fon
had finished quoting letter iron!
H. A. anent- the. anfriendliness OF
Washington. - z-
Last April came toSWashington--
1t was not my first time here-from
Dallas, and am native Texan, hav-
ing spent all my "a years in Dallas
with the exception of three or four
years. The first noticeable impress
sion ! received on my arrival here
was the courtesy OF the street cal
conductors and / am sorry to say
they are. far ahead of the street. cat
men Of my home city. - --'
When one starts commenting on
the evils of Washington and speaking
of the wonderfulness of the South
1t is often quite evident that he be-
longs to the type Of the sectionalist
who can see nothing good in any
thing outside of the South.
That applies to the narrow North
erner.@ westerner or Fastener as
well. I am a Southerrer and proud
of IL, but l refuse to believe that out
of our o,000. 900 population only fif-
teen or twenty million of them are
any good. and that they all reside
in the South. +. s-
'In my estimation. Washington is
the finest city in the world, from
a standpoint Of friendliness, of ,eour-
tesy and of natural beauty. Ny ex:
perience since taking up my resi-