The Washington times., 1936-04-23
NOW
RecOLLectiOns
OF q Rite
1886 COIN
BY HELEN EssARY

thoughtful of it's kind I have evel
heardD at the Blair Mansion dur
ing the unwilling of the tablet com
memorating the offer of the com
mand Of the Union Army to Gen
Robert e. Lee, Mrs. Clark was re
membering another dedication in
which she had aSSisted-by mar
Tiage.
This other was the opening OF
the Champ Clark bridge across
the Mississippi River just above
ST., Louis. Mrs. Clark was there.
So was Mrs. James M. Thomson,
Of New Orleans, who was Gene.
We've Clark. So was young Champ
Clark, grandson of the famous
Speaker of the House of Represen.
tatives who was almost President.
So also was the sudden and pow.
erful gust of wind which caught
the billowing summertime chiffon
skirts Of Mrs. Clark and Mrs.
Thomson and wrapped them
around young Champ.
In the news reels next day
young Champ, while cutting the
ceremonial ribbon that opened the
bridge to traffic, appeared being
borne to heaven in chiffon clouds
Of female relatives.
You've seen that Democratic
1886 campaign coin? It's the size
Of q fifty-cent piece and very
golden.
On one side is medallion-the
profile of Roosevelt above the pro.
file Of Garner.
On the other side-a rear view
Of q Republican elephant.
sand" says the Democrat
who asks you to flip the coin,
"heads you win, tails yOu lOse."
It is a Young Democratic idea.
Mrs. Lawrence w. Cramer, wife
Of the governor of the Virgin Is
lands, wants to know the secret
Of the fatal lure Of concrete for
men in. uniform.
When she and her husband first
went to the Virgin Islands she was
shocked and irritated to discover
what, during the regime of the
American Navy rule in the Virgin
Islands, had happened in the way
Of concrete.
The beautiful brick-paved yard
Of the governors mansion, built
with bricks whose colors had been
Softened and warmed through the
years and laid out in patterns Of
exquisite design, had had concrete
poured over it promiscuously to
fill in cracks and smooth out
roughneSS. Il suspect some adj
miral following a party considered
it beneath his dignity; but since
admiralS do not change habits. the
bricks must be brought to orderO
And the great sweeping outside
steps, unique in island architec-
ture! What had happened 70
them?
One particularly lovely set had
had smaller pair Of concrete
steps, railing included, built over
them.
The governor and his wife
came to Washington for a visit.
Happened to walk through La
fayette Square with all its love-
illness despoiled any citizen of
washington walking may see
with concrete mixing machines.
Mrs. Cfamer gazed at the beau.
tiful trees being set about with
concrete, the shrubbery being
methodically laid out between
acres Of concrete, turned with
anguish to her husband and
asked:
"Does the Navy run the
Washington parks, too? What
Is the fatal lure Of concrete for
unifOrmS?"
Miss Anne Martin, the first
woman ever to run for the office
of Senator of the United States,
says the most marked change be-
tween the present and the days
so long ago when women were
clamoring for suffrage rights is
this:
In the past they were told to
use indirect influence" in bring
ing the men around to their way
Of thinking.
Today the word is "sex appeal"
Children are children whether
they come from Alaska, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico or a State of the
United States of America as far as
the Children's Bureau is concerned.
When Assistant Director Martha
Eliot was discussing with the press
the other day the bureaus part in
executing the Social Security Act
she mentioned casually that 81
States had already complied with
certain provisions.
Noticing the surprised express
sion on the faces of her listeners
who had always thought of 48 as
the limit, she explained:
cYOu understand, Of course,
that my figure includes terri
tories and possessions which