Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Ter who'd suddenly fallen Ill. As the
doctor passed through the living room
Lasker introduced his distinguished
guest with the simple remark: This
| Is our Vice President" When the doc
tor returned from the sick room Curtis
asked him some questions which
prompted the doctor to inquire: Are
you q physicianP The v. P. started
70 reply; mo. I'm only !. -" when s1
course, how stupid OF me. You're vice
president Of Lord a. Thomas" There
was a tableau when Lasker calculated:
Doctor, you're wrong. he's Vice Presi-
dent Of the United Statesl"
~ +
When Mrs. Hoover recently visited
| the restored President James Monroe
law ONCE in Fredericksburg, Va, she
was received by the attendant, Vir-
| GINA belle. who failed to recognize the
unassuming First Lady Of the Land.
OBSERVING Mrs. Hoover's interest In the
personal possessions Of the fifth Presi-
dent, and hearing her say to a COM
parion that a certain piece OF furniture
resembled a relic of the Monroe period
which is still in the white House, the
girl asked: do you live in washing"
| ton?" with a twinkle In her eye, Mrs.
Hoover replied: Yes. we're there tenn
porarily. Just as the MonroeS were. IN
case anybody has forgotten, Monroe was
, President for two terms.
X
william r. Castle, jr.. Undersecretary
of State, is INDUCING at Hot Springs,
Va, In his first vacation since he be-
came Secretary Stimson's next in com.
mand last Spring. Before, during and
after the moratorium business Bill
weathered single handed about the most
strenuous season Of work that has be-
fallen any State Department higher-up
since the World War. Castle made
notably successful use of the chance to
DO his stun, and 1t Is an open secret that
although he was already high In White
House graces he signally enhanced his
prestige in that quarter.
Eight Government oficials, including
two United States Senators (Walcott OF
Connecticut and Norbeck OF South
Dakota) and one member Of the House,
Representative Carter Of California,
are bubbling with enthusiasm over their
Summer fartheSt North. The others
were Henry O'Malley commissioner OF
fisheries; Assistant Attorney Generals
Charles p. Sisson and Charles B. Rugg
| Paul Redington, chief of the Biological
Survey, and Carl Shoemaker, secretary
to the Senate Committee on Wild Lie
Resources. The party left Seattle on
June % on Commissioner O'Malley's
inspection ship. u. s. s. Penguin. Put
ting In at Metlakatla, Alaska, the way
farers proceeded in turn to Ketchikan,
Anan Creek, Juneau, Western Alaska,
Bristol Bay, the Pribilof Islands, Wal
rus Island, Unalaska. Kenai PENN
sula and Mckinley Park. At Anan Greek
they saw something to make a fisher
mans mouth water-one Of the many
counting weirs" which the Bureau OF
Fisheries maintains in Alaska under
the White law. providing that there
shall be q so per cent escapement to
spawning beds. Some $4,000 FISH were
disporting themselves in the first Ia
miles of river at the time. At the
Pribilof Islands the Neutrality-suspicious.
gazed upon O herd Of million seals.
Senators Walcott and Norbeck went 10
Alaska to brush up on wild life re-
sources. Messrs. 6isson and Rugg want
ed to survey Department Of Justice ac-
tivities in the territory.
(Copyrieht. 1879