Evening star., 1925-08-02

him, he nearly always sits down to
lunch at the Plate of Stew two min
utes after the 12 O'Clock whistle
blows.
Mention of the Plate of Stew was
not heedlessly made. 1t was for the
purpose of piquing public curiosity
Rri raising furore of inquiries which
would peIYG!s The Rambler to say
something like this: I'm response to
many urgent requests and in obedi-
ence to insistent demands from the
public of Washington, the Rambler
must devote this story to the Plate of
Stew"
The public demand has not reached
him yet. Nobody seems to have read
the story. A literary man suffers
many disappointments. He draws
from depths of his wondrous mind
thought that is bound to turn the rip
pies of the Potomac into leaping
flames. halt Earth in it's orbit and
rock the Monument. He puts that
thought in the paper. He waits for
the citizenry Of Washington to surge
down to Eleventh and the Avenue to
shake his hand. He waits. Every
body goes to office, lunch and home
as though naught unusual had hap
pened.
Ought that I might truly say.
''In response " thousand telephone
calls on The Star anent the Plate of
Stew, the Rambler feels in duty
bound tan ancient phrase) to loosen
up and write upon this subject" But
the Rambler will write about il, any
how. There are reasons why he had
not time last week TO go to houses in
which George Washington slept and
which stand beside the road on which
Braddock marched. His note-bag is
empty. the time is here to write
ramble and he'll write one, because
he knows you could not go to your
devotions with grace of spirit today
without having read the Rambler.
The Plate of Stew is the assembly
hall of civic association to which
the Rambler belongs. He believes that
it is an important organization, and
that in uplifting humanity and reg
ulating the world, 1t yields neither
the palm nor the bacon to other asso-
Citations.
The purposes of our association, as
set forth in our constitution, are:
THE objects of this association are
to regenerate the human race, make
the United States fit to live in, guide
the President in the conduct of his
office, aid Congress with our coun-
sci, review the decisions of the Su-
preme Court. keep the newspapers
in the path Of chastity and rectitude,
District Commissioners.
The purposes of our association are
not so broad and far-reaching as those
of the association you belong to, still,
we do our best.
There is no politics in our assocl-
alton. Such a thing is contrary to
our constitution and the genius of our
bylaws, but l have never been keen
enough as a politician to get elected
office h0nnrG
done me. I have had conferred on me
the Ham Bone degree, which is a
most impressive service. / have been
iE-ested with the robes and feathers
of High -Cockalorum, but in this or
ganization where there IS no politics
l have not been able to buy cigars
enough to be elected even Noble
Bearer Of the Soup Bowl and have
not been able to laugh loud enough at
old gags to be called a good-fellow.
r K
THE name Of our organization is
u the Every Noon Lunch Club
Though We are a harmonious body Of
serious men bent on leading our fell
low-men to the loftiest state of civic
consciousness we have some of those
misunderstanding which rifle the
calm Of more celebrated associations.
One of these disagreements was on "a
name for our meeting place. l can
not tell you this in as clear a way
as il is shown in the minutes of yes
terdays meeting, which follow:
President Noodle in the Chair: He
said: Gentlemen of this progressive
aSsocia sec. -N-cre is pending a mo-
tion in which an element of this club
/ will not say the most intelligent ele-
ment OF this club-has expressed dis
satisfaction with the name of our
eating-place.
when the question of a choice of
name came under consideration of
a committee of our leading members
all prominent citizens of this metrop-
olis-our poet-laureate, Mr.. Sop, was
instructed to prepare a name which
would be soothing and dignifled and
which would be more exclusive than
such names as Golden Orchid Tea
Room Rose and Iris Cafeteria
Crystal Goblet and the like. Mr..
Sop threw into this matter all his
poetic talent and submitted as a
graceful and delicate name for our
meeting place The Plate of Stew
Several of our members, lacking
in appreciation Of art and fine poetic
utterance, objected to this name on
the ground that it was too sentimen-
tai. Without consulting your hon
Orable president, they directed an.
other gifted poet of our society to In
spire more dramatic and sympa-
thetic name. That gifted son of our
association is Mr.. Homer Byron Bard.
This honored member has written
many poems for the press He has
also got 'em back. Which provieS
that they were good. In the interest
of this club he has subjected himself
to severe literary strain and offers us
a substitute for the name The Plate
of Stew He proposes that our meet
ing-place shall hereafter be known as
The Bowl of Mush.' II any gentle
man desires to speak on this subject
for more than one hour, the chair
will be glad
Mr.. Bunk (risingl-Mr. Chairman:
In the public activities of this great
association we have never come to
the consideration of a more important
public question than this. The great
body of earnest, intelligent and liberty.
loving people of this city wait upon
our decision. This club has adopted
resolutions to aid the Commissioners
in their deliberation on public mat
ters. 1t has given advice to Congress
which has guided Ii in it's consider
alton Of momentous questions. 1t has
made recommendations to the Presi-
dent of transcendent value in direct
ing the destinies of this Nation. 1t
mas reviewed the decisions OF the Su-
preme Court and strengthened with
its counsel the justices of that august
tribunal. No question of greater i'm
portance, of more far.reaching con.
sequences, has come before the peo-
pie of this country than now con-
fronts us in the choice of a fitting
name for our meeting place. That
question:
Mr.. TeeZle (rising|-Mr. Chairman:
If the Honorable Mr.. Bunk is given
ha1 hn, ha will al 80 Hof