The Washington times., 1936-05-27

Wnen the love cali Oh Cne 4OCuSt
ceases-nature willing-the vote
call Of the candidates will shatter
the air.
I hope, when that second vista
tion Of yearning and fury comes
upon us, that one LADY WE
KNOW won't have to consult DR.,
Daniel F. Moffett a second time.
About week ago she went to see
the ear specialist. She said that
something perfectly dreadful had
happened to her hearing. There
was a roaring in her ears that
never seemed to stop.
DR.. Moffett examined the ear
drums with microscopes and what
not. Looked at her sadly and said:
Madam, there is nothing Or
ganically wrong with you. You
are suffering from that COM
plant common to most Washing
tOnians at the present time
cicaditis."
And next it will be-candidatitis!
With the pomp and circum.
stance of gold braid and martial
music. a painting was unveiled at
the U. S. Naval Academy at An.
napolis yesterday in honor of a
man who "Stuck to his guns" at
the cost Of resigning from the
Navy.
Rear Admiral Willard H. Brown.
son, U. S. NJ, in whose memory the
murHl was unveiled, was once a
belligerent in a personal battle
with President Theodore RooSe
velt.
The first Roosevelt ordered
Rear Admiral Brownson to put a
medical officer in command Of q
battle ship. The Naval Officer
said mo. Mr.. President" Even
the thought was outrageous. De.
clined to follow the Presidents
wishes and so resigned from the
service.
Ten years later his ruling was
sustained by Naval Court Of In
quiry.
Yesterday. his grandson, Charles
Hart, released the cord that un'
veiled the memorial to his vindi'
Gated ancestor. Charles Hart'S IA
ther, like Rear Admiral BroWnSon,
was q Naval Academy Superin
tendent. The memorial mural
shows q sea engagement, and is
called 1.-The Constellation and
L'Insurgente.
Rear Admiral Brownson was
probably the Insurgent in the
presidential conflict. T. r. was
surely the Constellation.
They're probably Human Val.
ues (see New Deal Litany), but
they certainly pleased me.
That traffic officer riding
home in a street car with pot Of
petunias and a spade in his lap.
That abandoned taxi cab astride
the remains of lamp post at the
corner of Cleveland Avenue and
Twenty-ninth Street while 80 citi'
zens, a fire engine, hook and
ladder, a fire chiefs automobile,
nine policemen, a bride and groom
from Wardman Park (holding
hands,, Is firemen with their hats
on backwards, hatchetS and rub
Der gloves in their hands, a pale
moon, a trouble wagon from the
Electric Power Company, six line
men in leather leggins, an ambu.
lance, a patrol wagon, three neigh.
borhood cooks, four buffers and
two dogs, wondered what to do
with the live wires burning under
the taxi and what had become of
the taxi driver.
That National Figure who, when
he told the Hagerstown Club
Chairman that he really couldn't
accept fee for his speech, was re-
warded with this appreciative
reply:
That's very kind of you, sir.
Well put the money in special
fund we are saving up 50 we
can get better speakers"
That Quaker Lady eddie Becker
told me this), who, thrilled by
the delicate beauty of the Grey
Chiffon Matron ahead Of her in
a winding White House Garden
Party line, heard the Grey Chit.
fon Matron say as glass of
punch was spilled on her, well,
I'll be damned"
One of the misfortunes Of life
in Washington is that ones
friends. particularly ones most
amusing friends, are likely to go
dashing off to live somewhere else
at moments notice. However,
in some cases the disadvantage
turns to an advantage. The friends
come back to cheer the deserted
Old Residents.
Miss Ramona LeFevre, of Pan
ANA (the name is like muSic) who
was so popular in Washington
when her brothers were in the dip
lomatic corps, is now staying with
the Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Sumner WelleS at Oxon
Hill.
Miss LeFevre's brother was
President of Panama. Another of
her interesting family, Joseph Le-
Fevre, is now Minister of Agricul-
ture for the republic. Still an
other brother, Edwin, now an
American citizen, is a writer.
Miss LeFevre has animation and
charm, has lived all over the
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