Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-25

Unknown to fame, there's a respected
attache of the White House named
Charlie" Williams, messenger by night
and asbestos worker by day. Charles"
Government pay is exclusively for mes
Senser service. His asbestos income is
derived in private life. Asbestos, as
every one knows, is chiefly noted for its
incombustible qualities. When wrapped
around other objects it also has the
capacity of preserving heat and warmth.
The relations existing between the
White House and the Senate suggest to
innocent bystandcrs that President Hoo
yer might do worse than to give his
nighttime messenger q daytime job
and put him to work on flreproofing the
pipe line between 1900 Pennsylvania
avenue and Capitol Hill. The week be-
tween now and the assembling of Con-
gresS for the regular session would be
an ideal time for some political asbestos
work. Charlie" williams hasn't any
experience along that particular line,
but he might have some useful hints
about how to warm up things in gen.
eral and keep them at an even tenn
perature. Unless this is to be a VIM
ter OF perpetual discomfort in Washing
ton, something of the sort Is called for.
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Runor Is not included among Senator
Reed Shoots numerous QualititeS-or
apparently is not. At the close of the
special seSs ion the corner of the Senate
chamber back of the Republican side
was occupied by big table loaded with
q variety of objects affected by the
tari- bill. Among the toys displayed
was band wagon, probably made In
Germany. Smoot, being in charge of
the bill, also had supervision over the
table. When the solemn and lanky
Utahan wasn't looking, some wag of
q sign reading, boy Scouts" This is
the appellation given to the amateur
politicians who hover around the Hoo
yer throne, Senator Moses being credit
ed with its authorship. Another West
ern Senator happened to be standing
at the table with Smoot a day or two
before the adjournment and asked him,
In all seriousness, II he had put the
Boy Scouts" label on the band wagon.
Il certainly did not" the ranking apos-
tie OF the Mormon Church replied, as
he Jerked down the sign.
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At a recent public meeting in wash
ington Mabel Walker Willebrandt de-
livered an address on the efforts of the
Department of Justice to humanize
wound up by apologizing to her audi
ence, which was deeply interested in
Portals" talk, for having been $50
dry" When the time came for the
chairman of the meeting to make the
closing remarks, he got rise out of the
prohibition Joan of Arc by turning to
her and asking if she thought anybody
ever suspected her OF being anything
but dry"
During tn! late unpleaSantness in
Wall Street and all points North, South,
East and West great many people
have gone to the public libraries and
asked for q book called "Other Peoples
Money" The author Is Louis D. Bran
deis, associate justice of the United
States Supreme Court. Judge BrandeiS
wrote the book in 1912, four years be-
fore President Wilson appointed him to
the Supreme Court The volume is
based to a considerable extent on the
revelations of American financial con-
ditions, as developed before the cele-
brated Pujo money trust" investigation
in the House Of Representatives. Bran
deis was GO that time at the head of his
own law Arm in Boston. A couple OF
years later he was special counsel for
the United States Government III the
Riggs National Bank case at Washing
ton.
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Constitutional lawyers in and out Of
Congress are tremendously interested in
. case just reported by one Of the ma
ttonal law journals. In o certain juriS-
diction not far from the District of Co
lumbia a court issued decree of divorce
| in favor of woman suing for detach-
ment from her husband, but divorced
her son instead. BY the same error the
| husband. AS the court had adjourned
I for a protracted period, the authorities
ruled that the error could only be recti-
fed at the succeeding term. probably by
institution Of new proceedings after the
wife had consented to relinquish her
husband from custody. The position OF
the son meantime Ia not clear, as there
Y no precedent q man being divorced