The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-08
NOW
NOW Is the Time
For AL GOOd---
MODERN HORSE
BY HELEN ESSARY
ne campaign is on!

noble phrases 1or Ine use VI VI
ators:
my only aim is to serve my
/ country"
"The hand of the DICTATOR"
'Is charm enOugh?"
"The principles on which our
nation was founded"
This gr-r-reat land of ours"
Il would gladly sacrifice my
personal interests, If only"
Put human values above
property valueS!"
Generations to come will
struggle under the burden Of
such taxatiOn!"
1--WE cannot go back to the old
system of government"
I'VE must go back to the old
SYSTEM"
Where is the live stock Of yes
teryear-that lately mooed and
neighed?
A thoroughly truthful friend Of
ours, given to riding horses in the
early dawn, jumped a fence into
a field Of Illuminating cows yes
terday.
AS her horse saw the cows, he
reared back on his hind legs. He
was very frightened. He was a
> city horse, not accustomed to
cows. Only milk bottles.
And the cows-our friend de-
Clares-switched their tails in
alarm.
They were inmates of modern
dairy farm. They weren't used to
horses. Only automobiles and
milking machines.
We found this same truthful
friend waiting at a bus stand. She
said one of her pleasures in Wash
ington life was being taken away
by returning prosperity. The taxi
drivers were buying radios for
their cars. And they wouldn't
talk to her any more. They pre-
ferred the music and wit that
came over the air, to Capital
anecdotes.
Sir Anthony jenkins, who Wis
tied this country last year, has
sent from London a copy Of his
amusing book. America Came
My Way" Sir Anthony is a
clever young man.. quote a few
of his remarks about Washing.
ton:
Social functions play an in
diSpenSable part in politics, ex-
pecially Congressional politics.
The professional lobbyist has
also to be professional host,
adept with the cocktail shaker,
ready with his small talk. Per-
hapS the major portion of the
salary paid him by the particu-
lar business interest for which
he works goes towards paying
his entertainment expense
There is nothing like the
warmth of a drawing room, or
a CHEEKY dinner party, to make
a Senator see reason. Not that
Congressman are the only peO-
pie in Washington who enjoy
the lobbyists hospitality. There
are also the influential news
papermen and administrative
officials.
"When the Capital goes gay,
It does so in a strictly political
way. Little else but politics is
talked at its parties. If you crave
to be amongst the smart set, if
your feet itch to dance to the
rhythmS of high-class Orches-
traS, or if you just have a
yen for the lights and music,
stick to the East FiftieS. or
possibly to Broadway. Don't go
down to Washington.
"MOre than anything else,
1t is the gum-chewing on the
part of the Senators that sur
priSes the visitor from Eng
land. accustomed to the almost
morbid dignity of the House
of Commons and the House Of
Lords"
The new Speaker of the House
William B. Bankhead. of Ala
bama, is strong and silent until
he makes a speech. Then he
tn 70 VS. beautiful language all
over the place"
When he was growing up down
South he was captain of one of
the famous University of Alabama
football teams. This was when
"the Crimson Tide" meant a vic
tory on the gridiron.
Domestic relations on the Ten.
mis- Courts.
The Minister to Czechoslovakia
and Madame Veverka were having
a game of singles at the Chevy
Chase Club the other day.
On the nearby court, the Aus
trian Minister and Madame Proch'
mix were playing together.
Departures, as they say in fash.
ion magazines.
Young Henry Suydam, jr, is
on his way to Wyoming to spend
the summer with his mother, Mrs
Gordon Suydam, on Wyoming
ranch. . Edward KulikoWSki OF
the Polish Embassy is about tc
take a vacation in Poland where
his sister, Madame KulikoWSki
HiperShernar. iS alreadu Established