The Washington times., 1934-11-28
Now
Wanna Buy a Stadium.
Smiles From Moscow.
Teaching the Army to Shop
By Helen ESSaFy

weren't honorable people-it
still would De the truth.
It's about the stadium Mr..
Farnham owns.
Mr.. Farnham is now working
for the Securities and EX-
change Commission. He was
reasonably free from care until
a loving ancestor died and left
him a stadium, to enjoy as long
as he shall live.
Or at least until some invad-
ing air fleet bombed Roosevelt
Field, in New York, where the
stadium is stored.
As stadiums come and go
you know how they are-Mr.
Farnham's isn't too large. 1t
is about half the size Of the
Yale Bowl. And seats only
about 10000 people, fur coats,
cheers, and soda water bottles
included.
It has another advantage
Mr.. Farnham's stadium-lt IS
collapsible. Five or six hun
dred men can easily knock it
apart. Fold it up ready to be
carted off somewhere. One hun
dred and seventy motor trucks
will transport it to most any
spot where a collapsible stadium
is needed, in hurry.
At present the stadium is re-
posing in warehouse about
the size of the Department OF
Commerce. The storage rent is
pretty high. 1t is slowly de.
vouring Mr.. Farnham and all
his substance. However, Mr..
Farnham is sporting about the
matter. He probably inherited
the happy CHARACTERISTIC from
his ancestor, along with the
legacy.
He's going to do the best he
can with his 100000 chairs and
raillngs.
Besides owning portable sta
dunn isn't a blessing enjoyed by
everybody you meet.
Supporting a white elephant
or two is by comparison a
meagre experience.
So the Lady said to Mr.. Troy
anovsky, Ambassador Of the
Union of Soviet Socialistic Re
publicS:
"Of course, you know, Mr..
Ambassador, what a trouble the
rule of precedence is to Wash
ington hOStesseS."
The Ambassador bowed and
smiled.
"And so I do feel that it is
the duty of the State Depart
ment to be especially helpful to
us. Really, Mr.. Ambassador, 1
feel so strongly on the subject.
/ should like to start a move
ment to compel the State De-
partment to keep a person in
formed as to the rules of pre-
cedence, on call both night and
day. Dinner hOStesSes are fire.
quently embarrassed about the
seating of guests. The Division
of Protocol should be open until
ten at night. 1t is most inn
important. Er-er-dO you, Mr..
Ambassador, have much trouble
with precedence in Moscow"
The Soviet Ambassador smiled
and bowed and smiled again.
Not only must one keep on
knowing the Right People. but
one must know the Right
Things. And with Christmas
rushing on, it's really too ex-
hausting.
There, for instance, is the i'm
portance of knowing where tin
is mined. We haven't been
hearing much about tin lately.
Gold and silver have been more
popular in conversation.
But at the tea given the
other afternoon by the Director
of the Army Industrial College
and Mrs. Harry B. Jordan we
talked to agreeable members OF
the 1885 class of Industrial Col
lege Warriors. And we found
out that it is most important
Gf we are thinking about the
next war; to know where tin
does come from-there being
none in the United States.
Its the same with other re-
quirements of war-inanimate
ones. The Army must know
where all kinds of supplies can
be most readily and economi-
cally purchased in the world
markets. That's why the Army
Industrial College each year
gives specially chosen groups of
Army and Navy officers a
course on how to go to market
in a hurry-when the next war
comes.
It's a sound idea. Sort of
like making out a Christmas
list.
From our envied contempt
rary, the Manchester Guardian,
an extract from "A D1gn1fleo
Ceremony"
prince George, now the Duke
of Kent, then took his seat on
a chair set on the left hand OF
the throne, putting on his black
cooked hat. Then he rose and
lifted his hat and bowed, re.
Sumed it, and sat down again,
a salute to the Lord Chancellor
repeated three times, and three
times returned in the same
manner by the Lord ChanceL-