The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-14
Wandering Thoughts

Wandering Thoughts
Thousands of people tell me
"Oh I never eat lunch" But
there's q waiting line every day
from noon until 2 o'clock at
all the good town and country
tea rooms and hotels.
That big agreeable police
man-Number 2 is on the license
Of his motorcycle-Says motor
cycle cops do not ride with &C.
companying bath tub side cars
in the hopes Of catching a pretty
girl on the way. The vacant
side cars are to keep the noble
fellows from skidding and top
ping over when they are pur-
suing law breaker or when the
streets are icy.
I don't know which Is harder
on the nervous system Of a
motorists motorcycle cop who
blazes by at 80 miles an hour
or one who chugs slowly along
and looks friendly. drove
along Connecticut Avenue for
Is minutes behind Slow-going
one, and was a nervous wreck
from thinking over my past life
when he turned off at F Street.
It's probably pleasant if you
are q duck, but just sitting on a
cake Of ice in the Potomac flats
in January doesn't look too agree
able. A hundred feathered ice
Sitters were encamped in the
sanctuary on Reaches Run,
yeSterday-disagreeable name
Reaches Run.
Our sewing woman says she
doesn't mind working for ladies
that have jobs. But she does wish
we'd have a piece Of chalk instead
Of an aspirin tablet for marking
alterations.
If you are feeling little bored,
step into a millinery department
and watch the women in galoSheS
and gloomy woolenS trying on
dropping pastel feltS" or casual
caShmereS" for Florida wear.
sights That Haunt
Dignified warriors Of the Marine
Band, uniformed in scarlet and
gold playing that rowdy THE
Music Goes Round and Around"
The distinguished looking gentle
man parked in a handsome
limousine waiting for his wife, a
celebrated office holder, to emerge
from the Department of Com.
merce Building, having a game of
checkers with his chauffeur.
Senator Joe Guffey, Pennsyl-
vania bachelor who dated up the
Democratic national convention
for Philadelphia, was dancing
happily with Representative Ca
roline O'Day the other night at
the Army-Navy Country Club.
They were guests at the same
party. DIR. and Mrs. Louis G.
Greene have one of the most in.
tereSting houses in Washington.
Their mahogany, portraits and
silver have the air of belonging
in the family. AS well they might
since they are heirlooms. Mrs.
Greene was one of the Carriers of
Shirley.on-the-James and is re-
lated to the Lees and other ia
nous Virginia families It's nice
to see that the William StanleyS
haven't forgotten Washington
since the former Assistant Attor-
ney Eeaeral resigned for private
practice. They frequently come
in from Laurel to see their city
friends. When a kitten Of noble
ancestry takes her favorite place
on top Of Frances Nash'S grand
piano, Mrs. Nash, who in private
life is the wife of Col. E. M. Wat
son, White House military aide.
does her best practicing Mrs.
Karl Fenning, working success
fully for the Goodwill Industries,
has a new name. When they call
her on the phoneO to ask about
wagon calls for their caStoff
clothes and furniture. people say:
"I'd like to speak to Mrs. Good.
will, please. Postcards show
the delightful Leland HarriSonS
he's now American Minister, at
Misunderstanding happily in a
cart drawn by a Rumanian OK.
Rumanian oxen, we understand,
are quite different from Ameri-
can oxen. They are more ami.
mated and polite and very anus
ing.
The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Foundation will celebrate Gen.
eral Lees birthday on Sunday
with a meeting at the home of
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