Evening star., 1933-07-17
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

cupations is found on the farms. num-
bering In 1880 close to half million.
But no attempt was made toward regu-
lating their work under the former Fed
eral laws, when Congress was believed
to have the power to pass child labor
legislation. Those laws applied only to
factories and mines and set up very
moderate standards.
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A constituent Of these Observations
who has been rereading "Emerson's s
Journal" submits an excerpt Of timely
appropriateness, In view Of the fact that
the present President Of the United
States can 60 swimming in q private
White House pool. In an entry dated
at Alexandria May 10, 1928. Emerson
recounts the following famous natatorial
experience Of John Quincy Adams, sixth
President: "Mr. Adams went out "a
swimming the other day into the Poto-
coming down the river. Some rude
blackguards were in 1t, who. not know
ing the character Of the swimmer,
amused themselves with laughing at his
bald head as it poppled up and down
In the water and, as they drew nearer,
threatened to crack open his round pate
If he came nigh them. The President
Of the United States was, believe, COM
PEELED to waive the point Of honor and
seek more retired bathing place"
Unemployed sculptors, model-makers
and other artisans anxious to make q
few odd dollars have an opportunity
offered them by the United States
Public Health Service Bids are about
to be opened for a plaster model Of
two slices of cooked liver ON a plate. "
Admiral Frank Brooks Upham, who
will shortly assume the command of the
United States Asiatic squadron. is
known in the Navy as Stump" Upham
"a nickname he got in Naval Academy
days in tribute to the conflgura IN Of
his lower extremities. He has extremely
short legs. Admiral Upham is q native
Of Arizona and an unterrified scrapper
for the needs Of the feet, no matter
how high up the opposition he has to
combat. AS chief of the Bureau of
Navigation, his late post in the Navy
Department, Upham had an especially
difhcult Job on his hands because of
recent governmental policy in cutting
down the naval establishment. It was
largely through Upham's wise handling
OF his problems that greater harm did
not ensue, as far as efficiency and con-
tentment among personnel are con-
cered. The activities of the Bureau
of Navigation intimately affect some
$50, 900 men, and those who comprise
their families. Admiral Upham leaves
fleet morale in fine shape, as he trans
fers his flag to the Far East.
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A newly-elected Senator from the
State Of Washington and a Maine
Democratic first-termer in the House of
Representatives, both born in johnson
County, Ind, ran across each other
for the hrst time In years during the
late session. They were boys together
and received their early education in
the schools of Franklin, not far from
indianapolis. Senator Homer Truett
Bone at an early age went to the
Northwest and settled in Tacoma, q
Democrat in a Republican family, of
which Scott T. Bone, Governor of
Alaska In the Harding administration,
is an outstanding member. Senator
Bone had just taken his seat In Wash
ington when he encountered Repre-
sentative John G. Utterback, his
schoolboy friend of Hosier days, In o
Capitol corridor.
(Copyrisht, 1933.)