Evening star., 1934-10-21

nominated for Congress in New YORK
City. It does not take the metropolis
long to take up new man. Sam Cox
left Ohio for New York and he was
almost straightway sent to Congress.
Mr.. Pulitzer has been in New York
a little over a year. his great claim
to prominence being that he has
made a respectable paper a sensa-
tional one and that he has made it pay.
Mr.. Pulitzer is still under 40. He Is
tall and thin and his Jewish face is
the nearest representation of Punch
OF any have ever seen on a human
being. He came to America a green
boy OF IS, beginning work as a coal
shoveler on Mississippi River steam
boat. Shortly after this he got out
OF money at st. Louis and replenlShed
his pockets by digging the graves and
aiding in the burying of cholera pa
tients there. Then he became a coach
man, but curiously enough did not
run away with his employers daugh-
ter. Later he took up newspaper work
In st. Louis; now he is going to Cor
gress. Is he to be a second Carl
Schurz? 1t remains to be seen. In
the meantime he has a wife who is
said to be as pretty as her husband
is homely. If he is elected she will
probably be one of the beauties Of
the Capital.
The Democratic party is largely led
/ by newspaper men this year. There
is Joe Pulitzer in New York, John Nc
Lean in Ohio and Henry Watterson
in Kentucky The East, West and
South each has its representatives.
Besides this, Dan Manning, C,eve-
lands closest adviser, is a journali5t;
Dan Lamont, his private secretary.
was formerly newspaper man, and
Of his independent supporters there
are more editors than preachers.
I saw Gen. Joe Johnston on the
street today. He is as straight as an
arrow, and the only sign Of age is
seen in his full gray beard and his
silky-gray hair which flows in silvery
curls almost to his shoulders. Other
wise he might pass for young man
His dignif1ed step is firm, his eyes
| bright and his health is apparently
perfect. He is now n years of age,
I but he does not look over CO. He
lives on Connecticut avenue, one of
the elegant streets of the Capital, and
is, suppose, in comfortable circum-
| stances. Now, over year ago,
called upon him to ask him about the
| Confederate battle flag. He told me
then that it was only partially his de-
sign. Said he:
"At the battle of Manassas-you
Northerners call it Bull Run-the
Stars and Bars proved a failure be-
cause they were so much like the
| Union colors. Indeed, both armies
mistook their enemies for friends,
and vice versa. After the battle re-
solved to discard this flag, and called
for each regiment to procure its State
colors. This they were not able to do,
so asked the army for new designs.
Among those presented, one by Gen.
Beauregard was chosen, and altered
it only in making it square instead Of
oblong The flag was afterward adopt
ed by the Confederate armies gener-
ally 1t was Greek cross of blue on
a red field. with white stars on the
blue band"
BicycIists in Washington.
The use of bicycles is fast increas-
ing at the National Capital. There
are now over 600 in daily use, and the
number is continually growing. The
asphalt streets of Washington fur
nish miles and miles of pleasant rides.
Tricycles are also fast coming into
| general use, and quite a number of
ladies are now learning to ride them.
Belva Lockwood was the first lady
tricyclist here, but there is tricycle.
club now formed, which boasts among
its 80 members ladies, some of whom
are expert riders.
Belva Lockwood, the first female
candidate for the presidency, rides
down street on tricycle. every morn
ing on her way to her law office. Any
admirer of the beautiful can see as she
| goes whizzing by that Belva has a
well-turned ankle. and I would in
form the Woman's Rights voters Of the
country that their candidate wears
red stockings. Miss Lockwood, how
ever, is not a bad-looking woman.
She has blue eyes, fair face, which
still knows how to blush, and gray
hair, which she combs tightly back
of her forehead like that which one
sees in the pictures of Queen Anne.
Belva Lockwood is so years old, more
or less, and though Susan B. An
thony considers her young and indis-
Greet, her eye teeth are 50 well cut
that she manages to make a living at
the law. The cases she affects are
those of breach of promise and di-
vorce, and at times she has made
| arguments before the committees of
Congress. She has been interviewed
| regarding the presidential situation.
and she announces that her case is
hopeful.
Hanson Cabs.
had chat last night with Mr..
Naylor who for the last 20 wears has
been the leading livery man at Wash
lngton. He told me he considered
| the cheap cab system as marking a
new era in city transportation. Said
he:
When the first Hanson cabs were
introduced here over a year ago. I
thought this meant an end of the
profits in the livery business. and I
bought into them only to protect my
self. I found, on the contrary, that
they pay very well and that the in
crease of travel more than makes I'D
the reduction in fares. There are
now So Hanson cabs in use in WASH
ington, and these with the other two
wheelers, with Gurney cabs, Herdic
cabs, etc., make the number of cheap
cabs over one hundred. This Is very
large for city the size of Washing
ton. see the Gurney cab is being
adopted in New York, and I think
before long we will have a cheap cab
system in all Of our large cities. By
them we catch many young men and
other people who would never think
OF hiring carriage. They are used
largely by business men for short trims
from one part of the city to the other
They perfer the cabs to the street car
The Gurney cab consider one of
the best vehicles in use, and 1t win
be the great cab of the future. There
is one standing out there at the door
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