The Washington times., 1935-03-12
NOW
Mr.. Curtis and
DR.. BrinkLey
D. A. RS PLANS
BY HELEN ESSARY

soon DurSC lnCO song, ana Lne
Jennie June Bug will soon be
chasing Freddy FREELY" it is
nice to know that the snail has
135 rows Of teeth.
In each row are los teeth.
Making a grand total Of 14,175
teeth per snail.
We find our children very
slow moving at times, but we
are thankful that the snail SIM
ilarity does not extend to dent
istry and probable dentist bills.
It Is an old observation that
politics makes strange bed-fel-
lows. Strange bed-fellowship,
however, is not confined to the
sort of politics that is described
in terms of holding office.
For example, there is Charlie
Curtis, former Vice President
Of the United States, now en-
gagged in the practice of law in
Washington (and other activi-
ties which we described the
other day), who has been de-
Tending DR.. j. r. Brinkley, Of
Kansas.
DR.. Brinkley made himself a
celebrity by advertising his goat
gland operations, and also by
his quick Jump into politics. He
ran for Governor Of Kansas in
O recent campaign and so
nearly crossed the line that he
frightened both the Republicans
and the Democrats out Of their
wits.
The fact that DR.. Brinkley
went out to destroy the party
which sent Mr.. Curtis to the
United States Senate from Kan
sas and elected him Vice Prcsi'
dent did not prevent the former
Vice President from fighting
the battles of the goat gland
Goat glands, one likes to
believe, have the power of giving
eternal youth to human beings.
At least DR.. Brinkley said so
from his own radio station in
Milford, Kansas. Citizens OF
kansas disliked DR.. Brinkley'S
broadcasts of goat gland hokum
and took his physicians ana
radio licenses away from him.
The doctor then went across
the Mexican border where he
set I'D a goat gland hospital and
his own radio station which was
80 powerful that it could be
heard all over this country.
The State Department in
washington mptly COM
planned that DR.. Brinkley might
as well be in the United States
as Mexico and that his goat
gland advertisements were
illegal.
It was then that Mr.. Curtis
went to Mexico to defend him.
TO no avail, however.
Again DR.. Brinkley's broad"
casting station was closed down.
Easter will bring again not
only the cherry blossoms but
also the annual convention
of the extraordinarily worthy
Daughters Of the American
Revolution.
The first objective of this
years OAR. congress is. as
usual. the election of new OF"
ficers-A procedure of log-rolling
and political maneuvers which
has won for the feminine de.
scendants of the patriots of
1776 the title of the "Daughters
of the Annual Rumpus."
The second objective is the
praiseworthy wish to raise, dur
Ing convention week, the entire
indebtedness upon Constitution
Hall.
If the Daughters succeed in
raising the money for the hall,
their treasurer general should
be eligible to fill the post Of
Secretary. of the Treasury. She
will be an improvement, actu'
ally, on Alexander Hamilton
and Andrew Mellon.
Mr.. Pope, the architect of Con-
gtitution Hall, originally planned
the building with a vaulted dome
as a ceiling. The Daughters,
under President General Brous-
Seau, however, were more practi'
cal than artistic. Library Stor-
age space was tucked in where
the arch was planned.
AS q result, ones eye does not
soar into space, but looks at a
flat ceiling, unaware that rows
and rows of books on genealogy
are stored above the head.
When the hard lights dazzle us
st Constitution Hall concerts, we
wish that our eyes might travel
upwards into grateful space in
stead Of beating against an i'm.
prisoning ceiling.
While noble characters com.
plain of the illegal system Of
lotteries that goes on under
their disapproving noses, it is
well to remember that many
fine patriotic causes were sup
ported by lotteries of the Revo-
1utionary days.
Representative Carl Vinson,
of Georgia, says that funds for
the first Capitol Of the United
States in New York city were
raised by a lottery held in the
New York City Hall.
The brave men who ShiVered