The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
NOW
Dull on the Hill
Without Huey
POLITE POLICE
BY HELEN ESSARY

AS w. Corcoran Thorn. jr., in
troduced the scholarly DR.. Harold
G. Moulton, president of the
Brookings Institution, to the ban.
quet guests of the Junior Board
of Commerce he explained the re-
lationship of the junior board to
the Chamber of Commerce and TO
the Board of Trade.
DR.. Moulton, in replying, said
he was delighted to have had the
relationship of the youthful crowd
before him made quite clear. He
was reminded thereby of an Eng
liShman who went to his club to
sit and res billiard players in
the next room disturbed the weaIy
gentlemen with their noise. 1rri'
tated, he called waiter and de-
manded to know if the objection
able people were habitues of the
club. The waiter replied:
mo, sir-nOt habitues. They're
sons of habitueS."
ThOughtS-POlitical More or Less
Say what you will, and how,
about the late Huey Long-it'S
dull on THE Hill" without him
Senator Hattie Caraway made
pleasant impression when she
spok> out in meeting the other
day. Her voice was clear. She
said her piece effectively. She
ought to try again some time. I'd
like to see Mrs. Caraway steal the
reputation of The Best Dressed
Senator away from Senator
James Hamilton Lewis.
Any noticeable evaSiveneSs on
the part of the gentlemen of Con-
greSS is undoubtedly the result Of
their efforts to walk on slippery
Capitol corridors. The marble
floors are as slick as a frozen
pond.
Skidding away from the Senate
in the manner just minated l
arrived at the House and found
the lawmakers intent with geS-
lures and elocution in a discus
sion of Deficiency" Pausing a
minute, I discovered Deficiency"
to be Republican-and in Penn
sylvania, of all places.
Living within the aura of the
Supreme Court is sometimes hard
on the eyes. Particularly If you
have an apartment opposite the
white marble walls of the Temple
of Justice. The Harry GilroyS
and other jewellers in the Metho-
dist Building are buying Vene-
tian blinds to shut out the mag
nificent glare.
Virginia policemen are very po-
lite. If you ask a direction from
one of the Very Kindest he's
likely to say:
'Wait a minute. I'm not very
busy. Just follow me. I'll lead
the way"
FAME
Isabel Buckley Griffin has a
brass watering pot which she
bought in Brussels while standing
in the same puddle of water with
Edward VIII at a Belgian state
Fair, She says at the time the
then Prince of Wales had his
bowler hat pulled down over one
eve. The collar of his raincoat
was pulled up. And he looked
mad.
Mrs. Griffin is having the
watering can photographed. She
is going to put it on an Easter
card along with some caffodlls.
People continue to write me
notes to the effect that no more
are women beautiful and dumb"
They are beautiful and intelh-
gent" The notes give as ex-
amples of modern femininity:
Miss Dorothy Gray, college
trained bakery expert in charge
of cakes, pies, ETC., in large de-
partment store; youngest of fam
ily Of IL (not bakers DOZEN;
is tall. slim, wears fascinating
clothes.
Miss Grace Frysinger, expert
on rural extension work among
farm women, American chairman
of international farm women's
Observation-Disclosures from 40 ma
tions, including Australia and
New Zealand, meeting in Wash
ington May Sis devastating in
evening gown.