The Washington times., 1935-06-14


tain Senators.
OF Senator Harry Byrd, we
wanted to inquire did he sleep
more comfortably in his chair
or on the couch on which he
mapped ever so often?
OF Senator Capper, who left
the Senate floor in a sack suit
and appeared again at 2::3o a. m.
In a dinner coat, We wished to
ask-where were you in between
times?
OF Senator Barkley-what
kept you going so strong and so
long? Was it unadulterated
rage?
OF Russell Long, the son OF
the Senator from Louisiana,
we'd like to have asked during
the filibuster-and now:
"What does a boy like you
really think of q father like
Huey?"
In the gallery crowd, listening
to Huey, sat woman knitting a
yellow sweater. She knit ana
listened until 2:15 a. m. Then
she and the sweater folded up
simultaneously, The sweater
slid on the floor. She dropped
In her seat and slept.
The sleeping, both in the gal
lery and in the Senate chamber,
was quite open and unreStrained.
A yellow head slept happily
on a blue-Shirted shoulder until
the last syllable.
And what kept Huey going?
The feeling that he was staging
q show. Several times when the
gallery applauded we could see
life being renewed in the Louis
lana gentleman. His cheeks,
which had begun to sag, puffed
out pinkly. His eyes tingled and
his voice doomed.
Applause is an electric spark
to most anybody.
The new telephone directory,
soon to be issued, should have
a page Of advice on Telephone
Etiquette. Here is a subject sell
dom undertaken by even the
stoutest social arbiter; and one
on which, heaven knows, most
Of the world needs education.
The first problem when tele-
phoning is the choice of the
proper time to call. When you
feel inspired to talk over the
phone, the person at the other
end of the line seldom has time
or inclination to talk to you.
We've noticed so often that
when we are rung up for lit
tie conversation, we do not feel
like talking. 1t must follow,
then, that when we feel chatty,
our victim feels morose.
The ring of telephone al.
ways breaks into privacy, ex-
cept when a call is eagerly
awaited. Then the ring seems
never to come.
Nothing is as dead as tele-
phone when you are expecting a
call. And nothing as persistent
or as noisy as a telephone when
YOU are in the tub or eating din.
, ner.
How to end a telephone con-
verSation is advice which the
telephone company might give.
We end our telephone converse
lions too abruptly. Or we cling
to the receiver until the person
at the other end of the phone
has acquired a dead arm and a
deaf ear.
Telephone etiquette should
suggest the good manners of re-
plying to a wrong number"
We have answered an intrusive
ring. Patiently told our num-
Der several times to a rude
voice. Then had the phone
crashed into our inoffensive ear
because the other Person had
asked for the Wrong Number.
There's an opportunity for
magnificent work on telephone
etiquette. When televiSion
comes over. the wire, completely
to destroy home life, the trea-
tise on etiquette will have to in
clude what to wear, how to tint
the nails: curl the hair, and
shadow the eyes when talking.
We suppose the next advance
will be the transmission over the
telephone of odors. The aroma
of boiled onions, cabbage, and
corned beef will have to be kept
carefully in the kitchen. Per-
sonal perfumes such as Night
of Love and Your Sin may never
be worn in the mornings.
Mrs. Leonard P. Steuart, wife
OF the new Imperial Potentate
OF the Shrine, is a graduate Of
the Wilson Teachers College.
She was Bessie Pyles and a pub
lie school teacher of ability
until the time of her marriage.
She has always been active in
club work. The two daughters
of the family will have g.
year Of travel and are looking
forward to studying geography
and history in this agreeable
way.
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