The Washington times., 1935-03-15
NOW
Walking Is Just
A Fad NOW
CARS ARE "OUT"
By HELEN ESSARY

By HELEN ESSARY
ListenerS-in on the radio take
ofatorical remarks personally.
Could it be that the spoken word
is more powerful than the
printed?
In either event, the mails dur
ing the past month of radio
combustion have been bulging
with protests and approvals.
Bishop Ryan, president Of
Catholic University, Immediately
after he had spoken at the end
Of the World Court fight in the
Senate Contrary to Father
Coughlin, Bishop Ryan urged
the United States to abandon
nationalism), received this ad'
vice from an American patriot:
81 have just heard you speak
ing for the League Of Nations.
Why the hell, If you like that
country so much, don't you go
there to live"
The new fad now is-walking.
Just plain, simple walking. Pro-
pelling ones self along by means
Of the legs the Lord gave.
Time was when walking was
a sign of poverty, Of the lack
Of a horse or car. Now walk
ing is a sign of pioneering. OF
independence. OF a determine
ton to keep ones simple de-
mocracy and ones "figger."
Moreover, it's chic to walk.
The best people are doing it.
And the lower classes Chose
who follow may thus regain
the use of their legs before the
nation as a whole shrinks to
the state of a caterpillar.
Prominent characters who
might easily whiz to the busy
Marts of Trade and to the
Rialto in overstuffed motors do
now of their own free will,
after their coffee and morning
paper, start for a brisk prone
made. Some swing their canes
as they stride. Others go over
coatless (hearty creatures.
theSe1.
All of them proceed in a
steady streamline.
Nor is it the balmy spring
days that encourage them to
exerciSe-openly. They are, as
a class. these walkers, sturdy
citizens who never mind the
weather,
Every morning, rain or shine,
picking q jaunty way on Con-
necticut Avenue are 1--WE refer
only to q few Daniel c. Roper,
Secretary of Commerce; Joseph
P. Tumulty, James Sharp, Sen.
ator Tom Connally, of Texas;
Robert Lincoln O'Brien, chair
man of the Tariff Commission:
Edward Watkins, Washington's
authority on Indiana politics;
and former Representative Ed
ward Keating, of Colorado. Sem
ator William E. Borah walks
across the Taft Bridge daily to
his apartment at 2101 Connec.
ticut Ave-, after his ride from
the Saddle Club.
These walkers are a proud
lot. Don't try to give them a
lift as you go your plebeian
path in an automobile.
They spurn you with a merry
wave and firmly plod the broad
highway.
We've known about sweet po-
tatoes for plain eating purposes,
but we didn't realize they had
other practical uses as well un-
til we read Mr.. William j. Hale's
recent book, "The Farm Chem
urgic."
Mr.. Hale is also the author
of Chemistry Triumphant" He
wrote both books for the
Chemical Foundation, of which
he is a member.
'The farm" says Mr.. Hale,
"is the key to human happiness"
Among other explanations Of
this statement he mentions the
value of sweet potato starch:
"Sweet potato starch is now
produced in Laurel, Miss, and
has been the refuge for two mil
lion excess pounds of last years
sweet potato crop. The profits
of its sale have bought clothes
and new cars land a longing to
EO) to farmers down on the
delta"
Mrs. John Garner has an un-
fair advantage over every other
woman we know. Not satisfied
with being a busy official
hostess as well as her husbands
secretary, she finds time to knit
stunning sport suits for her.
self.
Vice President Garner is so
proud of this art of his wife
that his first question to every
caller is:
''Have you seen her knitting?"
Mrs. Garner's knitting appeals
strongly to out-of-town constitu-
ents who at heart approve Of
women'S accomplishments in
the home.
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