Evening star., 1925-06-12
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VJLE

Wisconsin awaits the arrival of Sen.
ator La Toilette with his big stick.
Fighting Bob" is expected to put an
abrupt end to the internecine strife
that is raging in his own camp. He
has had considerable experience in
that direction. Barkings and billings
have habit. it is said, of subsiding
promptly, once the pompadour boss
orders hostilities to cease. The State
administration, nominalIy a happy La
Toilette family, has been shot to
pieces during the past few weeks be-
cause of chickering's between Gov.
Blaine and Attorney General Ekern.
political lieutenant. The progressive
chieftain's supporters contend that
enemy hopes of political profit from
mutiny in La Toilette ranks are
doomed to disappointment.
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Gen. Lincoln c. Andrews, the new
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
in charge of prohibition enforcement,
is renewing acquaintances in Wash.
ington with comrades of West Point
days. Gen. Andrews was once an in
structor at the Military Academy. A
member of the cadet corps of that
period, now an official colleague of
Andrews here, is Lieut.. Col. J. Frank
lin Bell, Engineer Commissioner of
the District of Columbia. Gen. An
drews is under no illusions as to the
mans size job he accepted at Secre-
tary Melons urgent invitation. He is
certain that none Of the difficulties he
face in front Of the enemy in France
begin to measure up to the trials and
tribulations that confront him in his
present post. AS the husband of a
Vermont lady, Gen. Andrews qualities
for the Green Mountain hierarchy at
present enthroned on the Potomac.
He has found that one of his former
orderlies Is now a prohibition agent.
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One OF the pet aversions Of the
Bishop of Washington is the provin-
cialism Of New York City. DR.. Free
man related at a public dinner this
week what he termed characteristic
example OF the average New Workers.
self-sufficiency. My fellow clergy.
man, Rabbi Stephen Wise of New
York" the bishop said, used to live
in Portland, Greg. Once he was en-
tertaining a typical New Yorker and
showing him the magnificent noun
tain views that abound in that beau
tiful city. The sun was setting with
more than usual splendor. What do
you think of that?' asked Wise. Well,
replied the man from Manhattan, I'd
AheiiSi pS u iebAhpPoSI dl L VI -SSCOHu
and Broadway than the aurora bore
alis. Bishop Freeman, by the way,
is proud Of being an honorary rabbi
of DR.. Wise's Free Synagogue.
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An observation in Washington
Scene, drug store corner near big and
fashionable high school, somewhere in
the northwest. Group of four young
sters, with bearing Of seniors-three
girls and a boy. Lad poised in center
of group, holding even with his chin
vanity box. First one girl, then
another, makes up before the mirror
on inside of box. Business Of rouging
| cheeks, applying lipstick and painting
eyebrows. Then fappers complete
their toilet with the aid Of patient
sheik's handkerchief, gayly snached
from his breast pocket. Sheik prob
ably captain Of his foot ball team, hav-
ing shoulders and height But at
this hour and place in question looked
more like ladies' maid
Washington has just been entertain
ing a distinguished British Journalist.
Asked by his American colleagues
what impressed him most about the
United States. he said: Your con-
sumption of ice water and your colos-
sal Sunday newspapers" He'd been
visiting the Congressional Library.
What struck him there was not the
marbled magnificence, but the fact
that Sunday newspapers are filed in