The Washington times., 1936-07-08
NOW
Preparedness in
The NYA
SILVER is BACK
By HELEN ESSARY

ton, received this letter from one
Of his workers in the mountains
Of Virginia:
II wish you would advise me
on q delicate problem. Some OF
the girls in our sewing class
have spent their first pay checks
in q peculiar way-fOur bought
wedding rings, and one bought
an engagement ring.
"The funny part is that not
one Of the five is married or en-
gagged or expect to be. / asked
them why they used their money
like this. They answered, all OF
them about the same:
Things like that come In
handy sometimes
Mr.. williams has not reported
his reply. It was probably some
thing significant about this being
Leap Year.
Politics is the shop talk Of Wash.
ington. By induStriouSly reading
papers in other cities during these
dull July days have been diScov
ering the shop talk Of, for in
stance:
,Quesnell, B. C. Quesnell is a
new place to me. One Of its CON
Versational themes of the moment
is the boom in the SuSpender bust
ness.
Local residents are wearing
both belts and suSpenderS. The
temperance of the latter is
declared to be due to the fact
that Canadian silver dollars
have come back freely into cir
CulatiOn and additional support
IS needed for trousers"
Seattle, Wash, is in a state OF
mind over the coming Shrine con-
vention in August. $50 was
Washington, D. c., this time last
year)
I've a feeling, however, that
Seattle is going to Guido us IN
hospitality. In preparation for
the coming Of the boys with the
fezzes the superintendent of the
municipal street car system, AL
bert e. Pierce, has ordered mo-
tormen to wear clean uniform
shirts and warned that suspen'
ders will not be allowed outside
of shirts.
Kansas City, though leaning at
the present moment toward po'
litical shop talk, still has flair
for romance. A gentleman gu t
there has written to the papers
advice on how to be happy though
married. He wants all recent
brides and grooms to have sep.
arate tubes of tooth paste. He
adds:
Then it doesn't make any
difference whether one member
of the family is habitual top
leaver-offer or not"
Mr.. Roosevelt, like other Amer
lean men sometimes does W h a
1.-THE MissuS" tells him.
In Virginia the other day, the
dedication of the Shenandoah Ma
ticnal Park had been ceremoni-
ously made. Everybody was ready
to leave 1.-THE Meadows"
Black clouds over the mountain
tops threatened a big storm. But
the President fingered. He said
to Governor Peery:
"COme on over here. Talk to
me a little while. She hasn't
finished her piece yet"
He pointed in the direction Of
the car, second in the Presidential
encourage.
There, with her hat off, her
typewriter on her knee, and writ
ing fiercely. sat Mrs. Roosevelt
writing her column.
This modern passion for organi.
Zation breaks many a carefree
heart.
Late news on this copycat eff
cheney, this eagernesS to abide by
hard rules, comes to, me from a
touring friend. It tells of the or.
Ranization of Trailer Fans.
Trailer Fans?
They are the people who, emulat-
ing a snail'S habits but not his
pace, go about the country with a
house trailer attached to the back
Of their cars.
They are the people who block
the road when you want to pass
on q hill or see who's coming
around the curve. ,
They are the people who, when
the wanderluSt hits them, get into
their funny houses on wheels and
go off to see the world. While
Pa bumps and steers along the de-
tours, Ma fries eggs and potatoes.
Throws the empty tin cans
through the lace-curtained win.
dow. And wonders where the next
stop is going to be.
A charming and inconsequen-
tial mode of life, that of a
Trailer. One that appeals vaguely
to my sometimes wandering spirit
providing, of course, that there
Is running water in the offing.
Therefore, I am annoyed at the
Organization" of these gasoline
gypsies.
Not only is there one provident
and proSaic organization of
Trailer Fans, there are two rival
societies. The Tin Can Tourists
of the World and the Automobile
Tourists Association.
Each sponsors regular meetings
of the trailer population of va