Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
Capital Sidelights
BIZ WILL p. KENNEDY.

How small this world is" was i'm
pressed upon Minority Leader Jack"
Garner, who will be Speaker II the
Democrats gain control of the House
in the incoming Congress. while obey
ing President Hoover's summons to the
recent White House conference with
congressional leaders for banking relief
Mr.. Garner was enjoying nice long
airplane ride from his home in Uvalde,
Tex, in an Army plane rendered by
the President. He found his pilot "a
nice, sociable boy who seemed to know
something about Texas and the Uvalde
Valley" so when they made their over
night stop Mr.. Garner, who had been
rather hasty in his take-off, conversed
some more with the pilot, Lieut.. WI.
liam Olds Of Kelly Field, and found
that as a lad he had lived In the Uvalde
Valley and knew the Gamers. Then
the Congressman asked him his name.
You don't by any chance happen TO
be related to my. old friend, one OF the
best friends I ever had, Billy Olds,
do you?" was his next query, and he
was amazed to find that this was a
grandson of his old personal and politi-
cal 1TlenQ, WnOm he AildO SuCCccOed do
Judge on the circuit Bench.
In telling friends about the Capitol
Of this interesting renewal Of family
ties Representative Garner commented:
And I gave the last six shooter ever
owned to Billy Olds when he was
leaving Texas to settle in Arizona"
Tho old squabble as to whether
nightshirts or pajamas are preferable
for sleeping attire for nen-and Con-
gressmen-has bobbed up again to be
the subject of cloak-rcom discussion
when Congress reconVenes. Not salts
fed with the draw" declared last
year following notable debate on the
subject by experts at a public health
convention here, and fresh from some
success as an exponent of the old-fash-
toned nightshirt in his home district in
Western Massachusetts,, Rep. Allen I.
Treadway, on his visit here last week
to attend the Presidents White House
conference, varied the heavy argument
over banking relief and restoration OF
public confidence by some light obser-
walton about the advantages Of wearing
nightshirtS At veteran hotel man,
born in the business at a famous old
stagecoach inn and having been most
gracious mine host" to many OF the
most notable men Of his time, Repre-
sentative Treadway sets himself up as
something Of an authority-not so
much on the question Of heaithfulneSs
Of nightshirts as against pajamaS, as
on the comfort of that old-faShioned
garment and its popularity with men
whose brains have made the country
great and who must perforce "unlax"
and sleep with the maximum OF release
from lettering garments.
Mr.. Treadway harks back to the old
graceful lines Of the Greek and Roman
togaS, and does not recall that he ever
saw a picture of an angel wearing pa
jamas, but he has seen countless works
Of art displaying their grace and beauty
in the long-flowing robes most similar
to the but abbreviated nightshirts.
Even for those who prefer the pa
jamas, and who will wear them even
If Friend Treadway declares them less
comfortable, the Massachusetts, Repre-
sentative has a suggestion-that they
ought to be made with elastic in the
bottom Of the pants legs, either cross
wise as Uncle Sam and Abe Lincoln
used to have strap under their instep,
or around the bottom to bind the
ankles, just as the modern golf trousers
bind the wearers below the knee.
Mr.. Treadway is awaiting all debaters
on this subject when he returns for
the opening Of Congress.
The reported improvement In the
condition Of Representative Percy Quin
Of Mississippi, who has been seriously
i'll with heart attack for some weeks,
is good news for his many friends in
Congress, where Mr. Quin is one Of the
most picturesque characters. When
ever Percy Quin is going to speak there
is rush to the House chamber to hear
him-not because he has a melodious
voice or Is finished orator with NOV
ing eloquence, but because of his ner-
yous earnestness and his plain, blunt
way Of saying things that other mem
bers would skid away from, and be-
cause Of his peculiar style of gesticula-
ton.
Representative Quin, born on a farm,
is the son of a Baptist minister. He
worked his way through college, wash
ed his own clothes and later went into
the laundry business. Through hard
work and frugality he has earned a
fortune and is rated among the near
millionaires in Congress. He has never
gotten away from the humble ways dur
ing his 10 years in the House and has
won Nationwide celebrity on account
of his old corncob pipe and the fact
that he brought his dinner pail with
him to the House chamber.