The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-05

ence in the two which are one. If the
paints were meant to go to the city
of Washington, as the capital Of the
United States, the works of art must
hang in the National Gallery of Art,
whereas, on the other hand, if she
meant that they should become the
property of the City of Washington
as an entity in itself, without any
connection with the rest of the coun-
try, the canvases will go to another
gallery to be selected by the commits
sioners of the District of Columbia
OF such simple things are law suits
sometimes made.
A number of new government
structures are being completed in
Washington; others are being started.
These will give rise to new problems
for those who have to do with the
public buildings in the capital, for,
with the addition of each square foot
of space on exterior walls, officials
will have so much more space to clean
each year from the discolorations OF
smoke and other elements which find
their way into the otherwise ex-
ceptionally clean air of Washington.
According to unofficial information it
now costs the government million
dollars a year to clean walls. The
cost will probably be about two mil
lion when all these new buildings
plans are carried through to compile
ton.
The government wishes to help the
cotton industry. For that reason its
postal service has gone in for the use
of cotton Irvine in preference to string
made of jute. Postoffices use about
eighty carloads of Irvine year for
tying packages of letters. Jute is i'm
ported from India. Now the postof-
flee department is arranging to buy
one million, three hundred thousand
pounds of cotton Irvine.
So wonderful is Indian summer IN
Washington, that the other day a
young woman chose the out of doors
for bridal setting. She was married
on bride path in Rock Creek Park.
The spelling of the second bride is
correct. 1t is the path where people
enjoy horseback riding. Miss Frankie
Joe Mann made it her bridal path.
She is now Mrs. Raymond Torpy.
Twelve kinds of postage stamps
will be issued by the United States
government for the purpose of giving
prominence to the George Washing
ton bicentennial to be celebrated next
year. Each one of the stickers Will
carry the features Of the first presl-
dent, who was born February 22,17o2
in Virginia. The stamps will begin
with the one-half cent issue and run
up to the ten-cent denomination. They
will be ready for use the second
of January. Of course, the one which
will see the greatest circulation will
be the two-cent variety. The stamp
will be printed in red and will be IN
closed in a narrow white line border,
with small ornaments resembling
fleur Ills in each upper corner. BE-
ginning slightly above the corner on
each side and reaching the top in a
semi-circular panel, with the words
"United States Postage" in white
Roman on a solid background. The
ends of the panel will be supported
by acanthus scrolls ri~ing from up
right ovals in each lower corner.
Within these ovals, with white edges,
will be the Roman mineral "2" in
white on a solid background. AT the
base of the stamp between the ovals
will be a white-bordered panel with
the word Scents" in white Roman
letters on a solid background. The
Gilbert Stuart likeness of Washing
ton will be seen in the center. The
figures "1732" and 1882" will be seen
at the sides.
Twenty-Five states were represent
| ed in a parade which wendell its way
down Pennsylvania Avenue, Saturday
| of last week. 1t was the climax OF
a ten thousand mile journey across
and around the country. It was the
Peace Caravan of the Women's Inter
national League for Peace. President
Hoover greeted the women at the
| White House.
The teaching of religion in the
| schools of the District of Columbia is
being urged to great extent this
season. Inasmuch as the Congress OF
the United States is the governor and
guardian of the people of the District,
it is very likely that there win be
some tall wrangling in the House and
| in the Senate before the question will
ever be settled one way or the other.
Old age pensions are now in effect
| in seventeen states, according to Abra-
ham Epstein, secretary of the Ameri-
can Association for Old Age Security
. and he claims that the results are