The Washington times., 1936-01-15
NOW
'TWuS Too Bad
About 'AAA'
THE FRAUD
By HELEN ESSARY

The Lady who told me this sale
she would take oath before
Bailiff-With-a.Bi a.Big-Stick, that the
story is true.
She said she wouldn't expect
me or anybody else to believe her
However, by all the gods OF Vera
city, here's what happened:
At a luncheon il a smart house
the talk was principally about
politics. Mrs. j., who had beer
intent on her food, suddenly
looked up blandly and said:
But I can't understand just
why, after all it's doing to make
the world SAFE, those judges Of
the Supreme Court should want
to abolish the American Auto
mobile Association"
AS one person the other guests
exclaimed:
my Dear! The AAA has moth
ing whatever to do with auto
mobiles. It's about farms"
Mrs. j. answered brightly:
"Oh! Is 1t really? You see Pm
80 very busy, it's awfully hard
for me to keep up with things.
/ never seem to have time to
read the papers,"
AS a Stratfordite-or a member
Of the Robert E. Lee Memorial
Foundation-it is encouraging to
learn that the stable where GenI
Lee used to keep his horses and
wagons is about to be restored.
Mr.. and Mrs. David x. E. Bruce
are making the restoration in
honor Of Mr.. Bruce's mother, Mrs
William Cabell Bruce. who is &C,
tive on the Baltimore committee
Of Stratford. Mrs. Bruce is the
daughter of Mr.. Andrew Mellon
At present the Stratford stable
IS a fine old ruin in unhappy con
trast to the kitchen, garden and
mansion. Its walls, made of the
same rare brick used in the man
sion, are tottering. The rain
washes through holes in the roof
The live stock, housed there, had
. chilly time in January. The
restoration is very fortunate.
That the Republican National
Committee hasn't been able to run
up a telephone bill like the $4,000
owed by the Democrats isn't sur,
prising. During the last few years
the Republicans have had nothing
to say.
I'm heartily in sympathy with
the work of the Women'S Safety
Council of the American Auto
mobile Association.
Women couldn't turn their en-
thusiaSm and good sense to a bet
ter cause than cutting down the
appalling number of automobile
accidents.
Mrs. George Barnett and Mrs
Sidney Taliaferro had recently
left a council meeting when I saw
them at one Of Judge and Mrs
Lawrence Groner's Mondays-at.
home. They explained to me
their determination to persuade
Congress to pass legislation max
ing insurance for taxicabs and
semiannual inspection of brakes
and other car machinery com
pulsory.
The rewards Of shopowners to
delivery wagon drivers with the
fewest accidents, and the hopes
Of Mr.. E. Barrett Prettyman to
separate traffic courts from magis.
terial courts also interests me.
We are about to hear some good
Russian opera. The Cote D. Or
and Boris" will be given at the
National Theater on the after.
noon and evening of Sunday, Jan
uary 26, by the Russian Opera
Company, which lately played
with the Philharmonic. The pro
ceeds of the performances will
be used for the benefit of the
Musicians Emergency Fund. Mrs
Tracy Dows, who encourages
many good musical enterprises, is
awfully keen about the Russian
prospect.
People-Early in December Mrs
william A. Becker wrote State
and committee chairmen to gel
ready for the D. A. RS annua
convention in April. Miss Eliza
beth Howry and group OF I'm
pacific ladies have an organiza
fion which urges military train
ing in the schools as a means o1
preventing war. wv hen Mrs
Roosevelt walks about the White
House during a big reception, g
tall. handsome Aide follows her al
$he distance of about three feet,