The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-28
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WAR HERO
By HELEN ESSARY

Anonymous" writes this:
Dear Helen ESSary::
''YOur column has been pretty
noble lately. think you must
have been seeing Washington
through the rosy haze Of spring.
May suggest as material for
7OO-wOrd essays the following
themes:
"The Town Of One Joke: or,
how A. LOngworth Threw A
Bon Mot To the Dog.
Gas I Breathe But Do Not
Live, Being the Memoirs Of an
Old WaShingtOnian.
"FOotSie Under the Table: A
TabIeau Of Washington Nights.
"YOu might also in your spare
moments compose little villa
nelleS "a French verse poem of
10 lines) on the following
ideas:"
"'Oh Promise Me'-by the
voters of America.
"'Ours Not to Reason Why
. cOrnet solo by Secretary
MOrgenthaJ.
"'Just for a Handful Of
Silver He Left U.s. played on
the Spinet by the Chinese Am
baSSadOr."
AS o vacation note, Anony-
nous suggests the thought:
"RehObOth-Where the Plati-
tudeS Of WashingtOn'S winter
are warmed over and prepared
for the next seasons serving"
Passing reluctantly from the
frivolities of my correspondent
] come to the recent school
children's spelling bee in our
town.
Among such products Of Amer
termination Schools as Miss Al
bina Pacekonis of Hartford
Conn.," and Miss Trygve Tholfsen
Of Long Island" was a good Anglo
Saxon, MAGNOLIA Cox of Akron.
kathleen Roger wanted to pro
nounce "feign" fine" as they dc
in Kentucky but the judges
wouldn't let her.
I found my old friend, Hamp
son Gary, at Mrs. Mark Bristol's
tea the other day and made him
tell me about that great general
Field Marshal ViScount Allenby
who just died.
Mr.. Gary, former U. 8. Minister
TO Switzerland, and now general
counsel Of the Federal Communi'
cations Commission, was Minister
to Cairo during the World War.
He knew the famous Britisher
well.
General Allenby. according to
Mr.. Gary, was the modest con-
queror of the Holy City, the vic.
tor at Megiddo, which is in the
Hebrew "Armageddon," and thus
became the fulfiller of two ancient
prophecies. He was the Man on
Foot" of the Arab Sages as well
as the bringer of the Nile to Jeru.
salem as foretold by the Hebrew
seer" Mr.. Gary said:
ut was characteristic Of Al
lenby'S character that he should
have treated Col. Lawrence of
Arabia as generously as he
did. You know frequently a pro-
fesSiOnal soldier regards an un-
orthodox leader like Lawrence
with suspicion. Many of the reg.
ular British Army officers
thought Lawrence a fanatic and
q nuisance. Allenby gave him
full support and official recOgni-
ton"
A few years ago, Lord and Lady
Allenby were Mr.. Gary's guests in
washington for week. Mr.. Gary
received from General Allenby
yesterday a letter, the last he
wrote before his death, saying:
"My wife and I are both very
Well.'
I can't seem to forget the To-
Gusts.
Secretary of War Dern had the
same affliction the other night.
His grandchildren, son and daugh'
ter of Mrs. Henry Baxter, took a
market basket full of live locuSts
into their rooms. The pleasant in
door atmosphere of "Highwood"
awakened the locusts. They be
gan and continued to sing loudly.
Mr.. Dern might well have
thought their noise was a message
from the Arlington radio station
saying that an invading army was
on it's way.
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