Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Chesterf1eldian courtliness, Robinson
asked the Iowan to yield. II DO not
believe If we stood here and talked
about prohibition for 80 days" the
Democratic leader pleaded, that we
would accomplish anything except our
own embarrassment" Brookhart re-
torted that he was sorry Robinson
couldn't put bride on our friend
from Maryland and keep this frothy
stuff out Of the debate. I didn't bring
it in" Robinson rejoined: "All the
Senator says is entirely true" Then
the sharpshooter statesman from the
corn belt sat down, explaining that
he'd postpone further prohibition propa-
ganda until another occasion"
x X
There's black-haired, black-eyed
washington taXicab driver who speaks
English with cultured Spanish accent
and who's hoping one of these days to
pick up some fares" whom he knew
when he was a debonair and shining
light in Capital diplomatic society. It
was during the last days of the DiaZ
regime in Mexico. The taximan, &C
cording to the yarn he spins, then was
an attache of the Mexican embassy, or
legation, as it then was. With the old
out OF job. He ccnfides to an occa-
sional guest in his chariot that once
upon time he spent $4,000 a year"
on entertainment here. His fortunes
went from bad to worse. and now he
says he's grateful for the tips that
hackers sometimes, but not always, get.
x Y X
Sonora Maria LuiSa S. de Ferrara,
Wif of
de Ferrara, Cuban Ambassador at
Washington distributed to friends at
New Year charming greeting in the
form of a 100-paged booklet entitled
From Tientsin to Byelo- Ostrow." It's
an account Of the railroad trip she and
Ambassador Ferrara made across China
and Siberia last Summer, homeward
bound from the Far East. Written in
classic English, it tells of the vicissi-
;udes Of preSent-day life, especially araiI,
in Sovietland and only thinly DISCUSSES
the writer's conviction that Bolshevism
isn't all it's cracked up to be- Sonora
Ferrara, who spent the holidays in Ha-
vana, tells of meeting New York news
paper correspondent, who announced
that he'd taken unto himself a wife
that very day. When the Ferr>ras
sought to tender congratulations, the
1dnkee scribe interrupted: on no. III
not in love, or any of that sort of thing.
This Is merely Russian experiment 10
get divorced rapidly and know first
hand what the proceedings imply!"
X X X
It's reported that Representative
Louis T. McFadden, Republican, OF
Pennsylvania, now travels about Wash
ington with private bodyguard of three
detectives. Apparently these precau-
tons are the result of threats against
his life after his recent denunciation of
President Hoover and the international
bankers" in the House.
n X y
Uncle Sam is supervising another pres
idential election this year besides his
own. Nicaragua will try to say it with
ballots instead of bullets, and to help
her do so her government requested
President Hoover to designate an Amer
lean officer to superintend the election.
Rear Admiral Clark Howell Woodward,
U. s. NJ has just reported for duty at
Managua, presented Mr.. Hoovers greet
! ings and announced that he'll be back
on the job in June to remain until after
tia election.
(Copyrisht, 1922