Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

once was farm han nd at 10 cents
day. No man in the farm movement
has wider experience in every phase
IF the agricultural game than this
Iincoln.Iike lanky Virginia n who has
just turned "A. Atkeson started out
TO be a lawyer. but was detected into
farming. which he has practiced near
Iy all his life. barring period as a
professor of agriculture at the Uni
versitN Of West Virginia He's
Methodist. a Democrat and an author
Of books and numerous brochures on
farming problems. DR. Atkeson has
Il Gift for expressive English. He
says that one Of the troubles with the
farm problem" is that TOO many i'm
mature statesmen are towing with it
who were spewed to the surface by
exiSency."
Representative Fred A. Britten of
Illinois, who hagged the 1926 Army
Navy foot ball game for his beloved
Chicago. has lost the vote of the
naval and military officers stationed
on the Alta ntic seaboard. Few of
them have the time or the money to
attend service game as far afield
as Lake Michigan, and many for the
first time in their lives will this year
Hii>S the classic. I0cN "a
that the original purpose of the game
was to give pleasure to odd boys"
of West Point and Annapolis: that it
was never intended to be a gate"
attraction either for the public or
Tor booster communities. and that
transfer OF the event to Il place 80 re-
mote that only handful of Army
ana Navy officers will he able to enjoy
1t Is rude wrench with the tradition
which gave birth TO the game.
X
al lee Moore, lately our viyacious
envoy at the Spanish court gets the
lions share of glory for inducing King
Alfonso and Queen Marie to visit the
United States. as is now said to he
their plan. The former Pittsburgh
publisher conquered an utterly unique
place for himself At Madrid. When
Alfonso tarries on American soil the
President Ia sure to designate Moore
to be the Kings official escort Am
bilious hosts and hostesses who want
to lionize the grandest of the gra ndees
VIII therefore have to work through
/ the genial Alec who, till further no.
tee, is certain to be bomb rded with
requests for social favors when their
Spanish ma iesties are with u.s. Every
Enelishman dearly loves lord. Near
~ every American dOteS on 4 king.
| Pittsburgh, which usually figures only
| on the itineraries of steel kings, is
| sure to be given chance of paving
| homage to MOores royal friend.
The blithe Springtime is expected
to bring news Of matrimonial al
lance which will unite representatives
of Americas favorite two sports
politics and base ball. Stupid has been
propelling his darts all Winter in the
direction Of a world famou star of the
diamond and charming young
Southerner who made her debut in
the senatorial circle at Washington
not SO many seasons ago. They have
been seen together SO long and SO
often that friends call them insepara-
BILE and bets are being laid that
June wedding is in sight. Parental
authorities insist that matters. as far
as they know, are still remote from
the betrothal stage. but they are
watchfully waiting for romantic de-
velopments. A training-camp season
has temporarily parted the lovers. but
by the time PLAY ball!' is next an
nounced In Washington Cupid's score
board is altogether likely to chalk up
"a victory.
(Copyright. 1921