The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-16
MILK SUPPLY DROPPING !
NOW
- Bibles GiUen
White House
AFTER VOTES
BY HELEN ESSARY

mere are Gideon Bibles IN tn
White House now.
Mr.. Samuel A. Fulton, interns
tional chaplain of the Gideol
Society, has gone back to Mil
waukee after presenting Is Bible
to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Eleven are for the II Whit
House guest rooms, now being
remodeled. Each guest room
Bible bears the Gideon emblem
Under the emblem is the inscrip
ton. white House Copy"
Two of the Bibles are fol
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
Each Of these will be especially
engraved with the name of the
President and of Mrs. Roosevelt
Modern campaigners with ar
eye on the Presidency or a post
mastership may think they have
many troubles.
For the consolation of such sui
ferers, Senator Robert Buckley, Of
Ohio, has resurrected on account
Of campaigning in Middletown
Ohio. in 1900. Here's the record
Lost four months, % days
canvaSSing; lost one whole pO-
tatO crop, four sheep, five hogs
and one beef.
"Gave away IS plugs of to-
baccO, 33,489 drinks of whisky,
1884 glasses of beer, eight Sun.
day school books, two pairs of
SuSpenderS, three calico dresses,
nine dolls and % baby rattles.
"Kindled Is kitchen fires, dug
II bushels Of potatoes, tOted ~
buckets of water, put up seven
stoves, kissed 146 babies, shook
hands with 23,377 m n and
women and told more than e..
1888 lies.
Loaned three barrels of flour,
20 bushels of meal, $50 pounds
Of bacon, 81 pounds of butter,
az dozen eggs, three umbrellas,
13 lead pencils, one Bible die
tiOnary, one moving blade, seven
boxes Of collars, one OvercOat
and two horses. None have
been returned.
'Was bitten by dogs three
times and a baby broke my
watch chain, which cost me So
to repair. Called my opponent
. 'perambulating liar and paid
$40 doctor bills. Had three ar
guments with my wife, who
threw one flower pot, broke
one broom handle and pulled
out two handfuIS of whiSkerS."
p. S. He also lost the cleo
tiOn.
I suppose that I am more than
usually peeviSh in hot weather
But I don't like the movies
since they have gone. realistic. ]
don't like heroes with four days
growth 81 beard on their cleft
chins.
like my heroes to emerge from
the hearts of jungles, the holds
of slave ships and the burning
sands of deserts smooth checked
and Soigne.
Maybe I feel this way because
I really don't know much about
the movies. I don't go very often
unless it's hot.
But this week I've been to two
movies. Two days in succession
I found "San Francisco" a thrill
ing picture. Its earthquake was
Superbly done.
But would have been happier
if Clark Gable, the two-fisted 70
mantle, could have met a ba1foer
somewhere in the tottering, burn
ing buildings of the Barbary
Coast. I don't think even Clark
is pretty with a dirty face. Ger
tainly not for is uninterrupted
minutes.
In Baltimore I saw the "Three
Godfathers." Chester Morris
and the immaculate Lewis Stone
got lost in a desert. For days
they stumbled over SAND dunes
and sage brush while their faces
grew grubbier and grubbier.
admit that BARRIERS aren't sup
posed to be waiting with shaving
mugs and safety razorS 7S miles
from the nearest town.
But, that's my point. I don't
like too much realism in the
movies. I go to be pleased as well
as to be cooled off.
Besides, heroines may lose theil
loved one and their honor, but
they keep their permanent waves
smooth. So let's have no more
Observation-Disclosures!