The Washington times., 1929-07-11
GLEANINGS
-s--:s AND
SCREENINGS
BY jim RING
BEGINNING
TWO SHOTS RANG OUT
IA Daring Expose Of the Summer
Resort Situation In and
Around Washington


The man with the girnlet eyes
climbed in the office window
and turned back the lapel Of his
coat.
II am Blake, Of Scotland
Yard" he said steadily.
II made little difference in the
situation, as the office was
empty.
It's erstwhiIe occupant, one
Leonard Schloss, was expound-
ing the beauties Of Glen Echo
Park to committee Of the
press on the new velanda OUT
side the offices Of the resort,
Of which he was manager.
Filters from Boiling Field
head for the airplane swing as
soon as they hit the park.
explained Mr.. Schloss, "and
sailors on leave always take
water ride in the Old Mill.
With these words, he show
cred the committee with passes,
shrugged his shoulders and re-
turned to his office, where we
left Blake, Of Scotland Yard,
the man with the gimlet eyes.
Oddly enough, there was no
question of acceptance Of the
passes by the guardians of the
various amusements, and the re-
port which follows is based upon
the investigation made thereby:
AIRPLANE SWIM This in
genious contrivance consists Of
4 number of gondola-shaped air.
planes, suspended by cables
from central piece. The best
way to get air-minded is to 90
to sleep just before the ride
begins and open your eyes when
the car has reached an angle Of
30 degrees and is flying On its
side over Pennyland and skim-
ming the branches Of trees.
When you peer down at your
feet and find them on 4 level
with your neck, it is time to
begin looking for soft lending
THE sKooTERs-These are
mechanical automobiles which
keep running into each other
and bruising the occupants
knees. The accepted method of
enjoying skoOter rides is to pick
out 4 car driven by d girl in q
red dress and chase her around
the floor I'm your own car, Of
course. If her escort resents
your playful intentions, invite
him to take 3 ride on the
COASTER DIPS SThis is q
roller-coaster on a bigger and
better scale. The first 85-foot
drop usually takes you out of
your seat. Then you lose your
breath. Coaster dip riding is no
sport for persons who want to
handy words, or, in fact, to
handy anything else. This
brings us to
THE WHIP-This is where
the chiropractors got their idea.
What the Whip won't do to
your spinal column is nobody's
business. Right here we should
bring in the Derby Racer, the
Caterpillar, the Caroussel, and
McWilliams' own orchestra in
the dance pavilion, but space
forbids, so we 60 on to
THE MIDWAY-Up in the
crows nest in the big building
which passes under this name
sits q gentleman whose duty is
to watch the. feminine patrons.
Every time one of them steps
over one of the little holes in
the Midway floor, the crows
nest gentleman pulls q lever or
presses q button or something.
and stream Of compressed air
shoots up through the hole.
What this does to feminine ap-
parel must keep the gentleman
in good hunor all day long. The
Midway also has q kiddie car
track, made especially for long,
legged nerry-makers; q revolv.
ing barrel, chutes, and 50 forth,
As you can see by the fore
going, it is practically impossi-
BILE to leave Glen Echo Park
safe and sound after pleasant
evening. Yet thousands are do
ing It every night. But, we
digress: Let us return to the
story.
As Mr.. Schloss stepped into
his office he was confronted by
the man with the gin1let eyes.
am Blake, Of Scotland
Yard" said the stranger.
Good Heavens" cried Mr..
Schloss.. Not Blake, Of Scot
land Yard"
Yes, Blake, Of Scotland
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