Evening star., 1926-11-10
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
RY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Peabody is mailing a pamphlet con-
tanning his letter to Mr.. Coolidge and
some of the Favorable comments il
evoked at is earnestly hoped" says
Mr.. Peabody, that those who sympa'
thize with the purpose Of this pam
phlet and who agree with me that ma
| tion-Wide organiZat ton for nationwide
action is imperative, if substantial re-
suits are to be achieved, will send
their names for tentative enrolment.
| The plan contemplateS no fees or dues
and calls only for voluntary local CO.
operation. Later a committee of 100
or 600. aS may be deemed advisable
will be formed" There isn't much
| New England restraint in the lurid Ian
guage which adorns the cover Of Mr..
Peabody'S preachment. America,
awake! Awake!" 1t shrieks, and then
you are being sold, betrayed, dishon.
ored. Your great dead demand you,
vindication! Your unborn must not
| be shamed"'
| Winter dinner tables in Washington
the whispering gallery Of the Nation
are bound to buzz when people begin
talking about "Revelry," the latest
novel of Capital life. Its author, Sam
uel Hopkins Adams. purports to deal
with men, women and events familiar
to most persons who now live in
Washington, for they are supposed to
| have to do with the years 1921, 1922
and 1923. The publishers confidently
proclaim that readers will have nc
difficulty in recognizing the real iden
titles of ''Revelry's" characters, who
| include a President of the United
| States. cabinet officers and others who
can be identified in the Federal pic
ture of two or three years ago. Mr.
| Adams, d romanticiSt of renown has
drawn literally upon his imagination
and not shrunk from making gossip
| serve freely and vividly the purposes
of fiction.
| Louis u. Brandeis, associate jus
tice of the Supreme Court. enters the
septuagenarian class on November 13
though in looks, bearing and menta
vigor no one ever takes him for a
day more than 60 years of age. Mr.
Brandeis is now the second oldest mar
on the Supreme Court bench, only
| Mr.. Holmes being his senior. Chief
Justice Taft is a year younger thar
! Brandeis. The year 1926 marks the
! tenth anniversary of the latter's ap
J pointment to the Nations tribuna
! of last resort. President Wilson
named him an associate Justice or
January 28, 1916. and then ensued the
famous contest over his confirmation
which lasted until the succeeding
June. Taft, now Brandeis' chief, was
in the forefront of the fight against
him, but five years of intimate asso
citation have entirely obliterated the
animosities of that acrimonious day
Brandeis appointment was widely
hailed as that of an ultra-radical To
day the lawyers of the country &C
claim him as one Of the keenes
analytical minds that ever adorned
the Supreme Court.
II X Il
| One Of the earliest rumors of the
| congressional season, which sets IL
with the assembling of the Senate IL
special session, Is that a distinguished
member of the Coolidge cabinet may
shortly vacate his portfolio. He hail.
from the West and Is concerned
mainly with Western problems.
+, MidWestern Senator, who fell by tn.
wayside in the 1926 primaries, i.
| heralded as the successor of the exec
utive chief said to be hankering 70
private life.
Copyright. 19o6.l