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about the whole thing myself. And as said
good-by to her and few of my friends who
had come down to the station to see me off,
had the sad forebodng that the next news
of me would be in the form of letter from the
Governor of Missouri containing my identifica-
ton tag, my last letters, and the information
that had died bravely.
This leaving for the front" feeling was
further augmented that night on the sleeper
when tried to find my pajamas and discovered
that my wife had filled my suit case with little
packages containing. among other things an
infiatable pillow, blanket, a dozen towels, two
tins of canned heat" and first aid kit.
am not quite sure what she thought hotel life
was going to be like, but I am sure that she
would have been just as surprised as I was
when I arrived at my destination and was
ushered into room 1888 of the Settle
I had chosen the Settle because of an ad-
vertisement which proclaimed Every Room a
Home" That was what I wanted-a home.
And after about three days in room 1898, I
began to feel that for once had found an
advertising slogan that was completely justified
liked the Settle-and discovered that was
beginning to like hotel life OF course there
were certain things miSsed-certain omissions
which made me vaguely long for my own little
nest. For instance in our shower bath at home
the water Spurted sharply and viciously (when
1t functioned at alb from only three of the
holes in the spray, whereas at the Settle the
spray was uniform and worked perfectly
Then, too, 1t was little disconcerting to find
that heat actually came into the radiator when
the valve was opened, and for a while quite
missed our own dear furnace which could only
De counted on when the moon was right. And
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signed and put the seals on the treaty Of
peace.
The Secretary Of State has his Office on the
second floor Of the south wing 1t is a beau
tiful room with an open fireplace and a mantel
Just of the office is the Secretary's famous
bath room-a very plain, unpretentious affair
without the formality of tiled floor
There is a special dignity and splendor sur
rounding the office of the Secretary Of State
that Is found in no other cabinet office of the
Government. There are many things that con-
tribute to this air of greatness. One of them
is the dignified, gray-spatted personnel of the
Office, another is the portraits of past Secre-
taries hanging In the corridors outside
Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, James
Madison, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster, James c. Blaine, Hamilton
Fish and many others famous in American
history look down from their frames on the
wall to those passing by.
In his high-ceilinged, Sun-lighted room the
Secretary of State receives all dignitaries,
foreign ambassadors and potentates. When a
great parsonage arrives in America he is due
TO pay his respects to the United States
through the Secretary Of State. On such oc-
casions great excitement prevails It would
seem as II those old Soundproof walls whispered
the news to every clerk in the building. They
doris. And how they cheer
When Ramsay Macdonald stepped out of the
elevator in front Of the Secretary Of States
office he was greeted by a burst of applause
from the clerks. He smiled and seemed alto
gether pleased as he walked straight to Eddies
desk Eddie was an important person that
day. He was wearing his ''regimentas," and
the scissor-taM points his coat almost
touched the floor. The crowd applauded while
Eddie ushered MIR. Macdonald into the Secre-
tary's Office. But when Eddie shut the door .
great sigh went up from the corridors outside
The clerks wanted to know what happened
behind those closed doors. So it Is with all
such affairs, the clerks get neeting glimpse Of
the great-personages like Queen Marie Lind
bergh and the Prince Of wales-then they 20
back TO their humdrum tasks Of life
Sometimes these guests do not seem to like
she cheering elerks-but usually they do
When the dusky Princess Fatima OF Afghani-
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stan came to Washington, she wore a blue
blouse and short pink Skirt-in the DAYS of
long skirts. She was interesting The clerks
wanted to see the ruby in her nose and the
largest diamond in the world. So they stood
on the stairs and saw this strange woman
carrying a gray cat into the Secretary of
States Office.
When the Prince of Wales visited President
Wilson the clerks waited to see him It was
a cold, rainy day and he did not appear at
the appointed time, they gave him up One
clerk, however, remained to watch She sat
out in the cold on fourth-story window ledge
racing the White House. At last the prince
came and when he saw the lone girl perched
so high up there in the rain he dotted his hat
and waved gayly to her. He, too was out in
the rain-in an open car. And so the prince
passed by! These windows serve the clerks as
grandstand seats for all kinds of parades and
celebrations Usually tickets are distributed to
individuals which assign them to certain win
dows in important events such as inaugurals
The vast marble corridors Of the State War
and Navy Building have been used to house
troops for almost all the great inaugural cele-
brations. However, in 1905 the building was
not used for this purpose At the time of the
previous inaugural the 5000 troops billeted in
the checkerbcard halls caused considerable
damage to its walls. borders and columns This
aroused the ire of Congress.
HE ONCE of the Secretary Of War is the
second floor in the center Of the west wing
The walls Of the Northern half of the corridors
on this floor are hung with portraits of the past
Secretaries Of War. They are arranged in a
chronological procession from Col. Timothy
Pickering Member Board Of War, 1777 and
James McHenry, the first Secretary OF War
during WaShington's administration, down to
the recent War Secretaries. The space sur
rounding the entrance to the Secretary of Wars
ONCE presents . very military appearance
Models Of machine guns trucks, soldiers uni
forms, fags. miniature dug-Out In France,
and toy transport furnish interesting dis
plays and settings for warriors
Inc walls and open fireplaces are more
ornate in the War Offices than those in the
rest OF the building. The repeating stars of
the parquetry noors are very beguiling You
can never tell where one star and another be-
gins. 1t seems that every time the builders
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came upon q new art design or border they
added it to the interior of the building as they
went along. 1t Is true that each wing became
more ornate than the one preceding 1t. There
are q border designs encircling the dome over
the northeast stairwell.
At the present time the majority Of the 2 600
clerks in the State, War and Navy Building
belong to the War Department. Yet the build
ing itself would accommodate less than one
third of the civilian employees of the War De-
partment in Washington. During the Great
War clerks were crowded into every available
space; even the corridors were filled with desks
The War Departments personnel grew by leaps
and bounds until 1t rose to 80 900 persons
scattered all over the city Of Washington--in
private buildings. egg-shell temporary struc-
lures, and in Sanda Court. Sanda Court was,
as one of the engineers put it, never quite
right on its pins" This nimsy building was
put in the north court of the State, War and
Navy Building to house the Supply and Ac-
counts Division Of the Finance once. s. and
A. was affectionately pronounced Sanda, but
Sanda Court Is only war memory now.
Inside the northern entrance to the old
building is the guards desk The mahogany
rail over the gate to this desk was taken from
the old War Department House that stood on
this spot Across the hall Is q large bronze
tablet donated by the American Humane So
ciety concentrating the services and suffer-
ings of the 243,l35 horses and mules employed
by the A. Z. F. during the World War. The
north, east and west entrances are ornamented
by cannons captured in the various wars d
the United States
The basement of the building Is now used
for offices, but 1t was originally intended for
storage rooms The subbasement Is the scene
Of great mechanical activity. Down there
throbs the boilers of the great heating plant,
electric generators ice plants and various me-
chsnical shops. The largest and most inter
esting objects in the subbasement are the nix
new oil-burning bciiers-each 250 hip. These
great boilers heat not only the vast area Of the
great building. but its next-door neighbor the
White House. and the Civil Service Walker
johnson and Lemon Buildings as we'll The
new heating plant has many advantages over
the old one. Two men all that are needed
TO operate the boilers. The oil, water and air
are automatically controlled by the mechanism
Of the SYSTEM. What tremendous labor was
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the heating of this building in the past when
there were IL steam boilers and IL hot-water
heating boilers to feed. It was at that time
the largest hot-water heating plant in the
world. its aggregated heating surface being
21,192 square feet. On January 6, 1904 a very
cold day, IS tons of coal were burned. Think
Of the laborers, fremen and mechanics needed
on such a day!
The State War and Navy plant also furnishes
electricity to the White House and four other
Government buildings. Admiral Baird says
there was . great celebration the night the
lights were turned on at the White House.
The ceremony of turning the switch, by the
admiral himself, was an outstanding event in
the history of these two great buildings-the
White House and the State, War and Navy. .
In those days electric lights were not COM
monplace, as they are now. The State, War
and Navy plant ran night and day. An ex-
tract from report OF the superintendent Of
the building in 1888 said: 1.-THE lights are
needed constantly They are used mostly dur
ing the day by the Government clerks and
mostly at night by the White House." An
other report was found, dated July %, 1899:
For six months clerks in the adjutant gen
erals office and the quartermaster worked until
1880, using electric lights constantly and
freely"
The White House Is also indebted to the
state, War and Navy for its ice supply. I'M
the Summer the ice plant manufacturers 10
tons daily It cOols the drinking water of.
the IS fountains in the building and furnishes,
Ice TO various Government departments The
eight original hydraulic elevators have beenl
replaced by six electric machines The old
elevators were deliberately decorated with de-
signs OF birds and flowers, but they had to
CO. For they were always out of commotion. -.
as the messengers used to say. At the present.
time there are 1O3 laborers of various kinds
employed in the building.
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is Uery good tOda,

other things, such as having constant supply
of clean towels and a fresh cake Of soap every
morning, got on my nerves terribly at first But
gradually became accustomed to such minor
irritations, and by the end of the first week
I had become thoroughly convinced that there
was something in this hotel idea after all.
A WEEK later I returned home and for
awhile everything went well. My friends
seemed glad to see me back and settled more
or less naturally down into the old routine Of
home life. At least, thought I had settled
down. But after about 10 days I became in
creasngly aware that something was wrong.
was missing Something-and I didn't know
what it was. began to lose weight. Ny
friends became worried. My wife took to re-
garding me anxiously and suggesting tonic.
I tried cutting out smoking and green peppers.
Nothing seemed 70 give me my old peace of
mind. And them finally, I discovered the
trouble-and, as soon as was sure, I went
to the bank and looked up my friend Bob
Cutler
Bob" said earnestly. "I want the bank
to lend me $4,000"
What for?" asked Bob pausing in the act
OF lighting his pipe.
well, now, If you're going to act that
way" demonstrated.
mo offense old fellow" said Bob quickly.
Forgive me-"
oh that's all right" I said "I just don't
like to have the bank prying into my affairs"
"Of course not" agreed Bob. But maybe
you would tell me-"
We'll, if you won't tell anybody else" said
IF we're going to lend you $50 ,0o0," said Bob.
81 ought to say something to the president"
We'll. just the president" agreed, but no.
body else"
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"AI right" said Bob. Now"
And so I told Bob what wanted the money
for He listened attentively, and When nao
finished he excused himself and went In 10 see
the president. The net result was, OF course.
that I got my money. I didn't get quite as
much a: I had asked for, but got $500, and
with that as a starter I laid my plans and
waited for my chance to put them into effect.
The chance came the next week BY rare
stroke of good luck, my wife was called TO
Hartford by the illness OF relative. l worked
feverishly, and by the time her kinswoman
had passed the crisis had things pretty well
arranged. She arrived home Thursday night
very tired, and went right to bed.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the next morning the
telephone rang. My wife answered
Wrong number" she replied Sleeply, and
hung up.
What was it?" I asked innocently.
Somebody said, Good morning. It's
o'clock" she replied
"Oh, yes" said, and the telephone rang
again
''What?" asked my wife into the transmitter,
"What?" and, turning to me, she announced:
"You must complain to the telephone COM
pany."
"Why?" I asked, with smile.
She handed me the receiver. took 1t con-
fidently.
"Yes?' said.
This is room service" was the reply
"Oh, yes said will you send waiter
with menu up to room 1709? Thank you"
and handed the telephone back to my some.
what bewildered spouse. She looked at me in
amazement, and then her gaze quickly shifted
10 the crack under the door.
whats that?' she whispered in terror.
ooh. that" replied, that's the morning
paper" and as soon as it had been pushed
completely into the room, picked it up and
carried it to her. On the front page was neatly
stamped: Good morning, Mr.. and Mrs. Stew
art Compliments Of the management"
- interrupted by knock. waiter in white
entered.
Good morning" he smiled, handing us each
a menu. The finnan haddie Is very good to-
day"
And then explained. explained that ever
since had returned from Kansas City had
been conscious of certain things about our home
life-certain faultS-which had never noticed
seen what our home needed Had never gone
to hotel I might have lived the rest of my
life in ignorance of certain comforts which were
mans inalienable right. But now, thank good
ness, my eyes were open. My home was no
longer to be n11NAly a home-it was to be a
hotel.
Just give it trial. DEAR" pleaded.
Well to make long story short, she yielded
to my wishes and We gave it a trial Need
say that it was a success? It was. And now
our only wish Is that others may profit from
experiment and make their homes Just like
hotels. The home obsolete. It had to 20.
Vive Fhotel Long live hotes)
(Copyrisht, 1s3o)
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Forest Land in Haqeaii

HAWAII b blessed with q considerable
quantity Of forest land, yet with the ex-
ception Of one type of wood koa or Hawaiian
mahogany the forest lands are Of little value.
Inc Total acreage Of woodland is estimated at
LOCO, 600 acres, but 1t n largely In tropical
forests with much mesquite. OAia Iehua. an
other type of tree has considerable value as a
protection for watershed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12
One Of the Stories Of
"he Galaxy Of Gayey"
Contributed to The
Stars Sunday Maya
sine BY the Leading
Hum0rists Of the Day.

vO begin with have always been what
is known as home body'-to dis
tinguish me, 1 suppose from hotel
BODY or a steamboat body" or just
any body found floating down some
river on a dark night. AT any rate, lived at
home with my family until was married, and
after I married lived at home with my wife,
Hotels meant nothing to me. If I went to
another city, visited other home bodies" and
spent the night with them. If they came to
Newton Center. they visited me. 1t was
great arrangement-at least, thought 1t was
a great arrangement And, then, one day,
came the crisis. had to go to Kansas City.
i've got to go to Kansas City," announced
TO my wife.
"Oh, dear" she said. where's that?"
Its in the West" explained, with wester-
ly wave of my hand.
oh good" she said. '"Then you can stay
with Tom and Ella. They live in the West"
1t was quite while before my wife could be
made to understand that couldn't stay with
Tom and Ella.
Don't you see, darling" I pleaded, Tom
and Ella live in st. Louise"
But" she protested.
mo" 1 said firmly. at shall have to go to a
hotel"
My wife turned pale
"A hotel" she gasped. "Over night?"
/ nodded
Possibly for two weeks" said. 1--WE must
be brave dear"
TT was some time. however, before my wife
became reconciled to the idea. advanced
all the reassuring arguments in my power. I
told her stories of various relatives Of mine who
had spent nights in hotels without harm.
even manufactured tale of an Aunt Frieda
who had actually lived In a hotel.
YES" she argued, "but that was in Boston"
Nonsense" replied. Western hotels are
Just good Eastern hotels. Some of our
best citizens came from the West Look at
Lincoln"
My arguments were only partially effective
As a matter Of fact. was just little doubtful
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
SQUADS
TAPERINC OFF
There'll Be Whoopee In
Austin If Texas
Comes Through

AUSTIN. Nov. 25-P-with no
noticeable let-dovn IN spirit and IN
prime physical condition. the Uni
yeTsity Of Texas Steers continued TO
add polish TO their offensive In the
hope Of presenting the smootheSt
running and passing attack seen on
Memorial stadium gridiron this year
when they meet the Farmers from
Texas A. & NJ in the premier game
OF the season Thursday.
Fear that the Orange and White
gridsters might become stale after
their long lay off was dispelled when
coaches reported the team was
maintaining the same logged deter
mlnation that has characterized the
play OF the Steers since their early
season defeat BIZ Rice Institute. The
same determination has carried the
Longhorns TO we'll earned victories
over S. M. u. BAYLOR and +. G. u.
on three straight Saturdays and has
placed them in the lead position for
the 1880 Southwest conference
championship
Coach Clyde Littlefield and the
steer staff expressed the opinion
their charges would be prepared 10
olav the game OF their lives and
would throw every ounce OF football
i-to the traditional fray with the
Aegies. Although the dope favors
the Steers TO win, II has become
almost a tradition IN the historic
rivalry between the two institutions
for the under dog 70 walk OIL the
cridiron with the bacon.
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THAT BIG IF

AUSTIN. Nov. 25-There Will De
vhoopee IN staid old Austin town
Thursday night II the Texas Long
HONS run true 10 form and beat
our the Texas Aggles in the thirty
seventh game between the tradition
al rivals. That much was assured
SATURDAY when the Baylor Bears
trounced the oncc-miEhty Horned
Frogs or r. G. u. TO give Littleiield :
Steers a clear shot at the title, and
a chance for a celebration that only
a group Of enthusiastic alumni and
students know how TO put on
Two years ago. when the Long
horns won their first title IN eight
years hy handing the Aggles a ls-O
defeat on Thanksgiving Day, the
Orange took charge OF the town r
the 5000 visitors who had crowd
ed in for the game. The famous
Lonrhorn band p5reded sans pants
through the streets and into the
most fashionable hotels IN toVll
v.here thew took possession OF tables
chairs and ali other furniture they
could use To stand on while they put
~ their wierd victory music. The
tl:cat-cs were rushed by students en-
r1asse. and the Eyes or Texas re-
p,sccd the squawking characteristic
~ early sound pictures. II was q
celebration that only a fandom mao
With 4 rare and sweet victory could
puy on.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
Andy High Is
Sold To Minors
By St. Louis

ST LOUIS. NOV. 25.-iP-Little
Andy High. one Or Dazzv Vance's
biE problems. i going back TO the
minors.
The veteran ~infielder. whose
pinch hitting in the final ST. Louis
Brooklyn series last fall won two
straight games when tho Cardinals
needed them most. has been sold
10 Rochester or the International
league. The Cardinal Business Of
flee announced today. Rochester is
a Cardinal farm
Nigh has been a ~colorful major
Lacquer chiefly because Of his
ability TO rise r. great heights In
emergencies. and for his ability 10
hit Brooklyn's famous daZ5ler.
Andy. now 30 years old. has been
in baseball since 1919. when he
81 ted with Memphis and has
played with Brooklyn. Boston and
St. Louis in the national league.
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FIGHTS LAST

tPy The Asscciated Press

FHILADELPHIA-Benny Bass,
Philadelphia. outpointed Lew Mas
sey. Philadelphia. u0).
CANTON. O.-Maxie Rosenbloom.
world light heavyweight champion,
outpo!nted Patsy Pirroni. Canton.
10D. non-title.
BOSTON.-Al Friedman. Boston,
outpoin.ed Dick Daniels. Minncap-
oils. d0).
BUFFALO.-Jackie Fields. Los
Angeles. outpointed Sam Bruce.
Buffalo. i0A.
DAVENPORT. Ia.-YounE Leon
ard. East Moline. III. oltpointed
BABY Stribling. Macon. Ga. d0D.
newspaper consensus.
DIES MONIES. Ia.,-Tommy
Grcgan. Omaha. Neb. outDointed
Billy Wallace. Cleveland. I0l. news
paner consensus.
PITTSBURGH.-Buck McTiern-
an. Pittsburgh. ~oitpointed Sergeant
Sammy Baker. New York. u0).
SALT LAKE CITY-Frankie
Murphy. San Diego. and Juddy La
Sale. salt Lake Citv. drew. az.
Joe Trabon. Kansas City. knocked
ont Allen Lewis. Pocatelio. 90.
Charlie Peraci. Salt Lake City.
knocked out Patsy Wallace. Saw
annah. Ga. a..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
Yoder, Robinson
Clash For Title

HkPLINCEN. Nov. 25-Yoder Of
Harlineen and Robinson OF Merce-
dies will cross rackets here TUESDAY
afternoon for the tennis singles
championship Of the Valley Mid
Winter fair These players won
their way through the semi-finai
round yesterday.
The Rcbinson-Seabury combina-
ton won the doubles championship
Yesterday. defeating Southwell Of
NcAllen and Patrick or Edjnburg
SO. SIS. Seabury is 4 Brownsville
PLAYER.
Medals will go to the winners II.
both singles and doubles.