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Evening star., 1937-01-19
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
GUESTS.

~ UESTS at a formal dinner
party in the Northwest
section had an illustration
~ of the trusting confidence
Of the very young which shattered
the conversational ice and afforded
them considerable amusement.
A portion Of the candle-lit table
was visible from the dining room
windows facing the street and shortly
after the first course had been
served there came q timid knock at
the door. When the maid answered,
she gazed upon very small boy
and girl, Of S and 6 years, hold
ing hands and looking somewhat
abashed. It Is quite likely when they
left home earlier in the afternoon
they were neatly dressed and freshly
scrubbed but play had taken its toll
and their clothes were bedraggled
and their faces begrimed.
Can we come in to see the BIRTH
day cake'" queried the boy. The
maid was about to say no but the
hostess heard their request and had
them ushered into the dining room.
After enjoying their candid COM
ments upon the guests and the table
decorations the maid took them to
the pantry where they had cake and
ice cream to the limit OF their
capacity.
As they accompanied the maid to
the front door the boy rose to the
occasion to say, We had a good time
at your party and I'm going to ask
mother if you can come to my
birthday party"
COMMENT.
There obviously tDas something
on the mind OF O prominent Wash
ingtoniars butler yesterday as the
latter helped with the formers
packing, prelude to a trip to NetD
Orleans.
What are you thinkine?" the
employer finally asked.
"Nothing," said the butler, "er-
cept that ii you expect to see any
Southerners il, the South, you cer-
tainly are going to be disappointed.
They oil are coming here for the
Inauguration.
x X
NO SLEEP. NO BOOTS.
EE EVERETT. local radio an
nouncer connected with the
National Broadcasting Co., is con-
fronted with perpleXing problem,
due to break" on inaugural day.
As yet he hasn't found a way to
solve his problem. If so, he hasn't
let his friends in on It,
At any rate, Everett has been
assigned to describe the parade from
an Army caisson. The other day,
fired with enthusiasm, Everett jour-
neyed over to nearby Fort Myer. Va.
He informed the commanding officer
that he was ready for practice. Then
came the shock. The young an
nouncer was informed first of all
that there would be no civilians
riding with the units. Lee laughed
this one off as he had served in the
Army in 1918 and besides had a new
pair of riding boots he wanted to
try out. However, his relief was short
lived. He was told by the same stern
commander that he would not only
have to wear the regulation Army
uniform, but would have to wear
official Cavalry boots, slightly worn,
yet highly polished, to conform with
the rest of TIE troop.
Evening star., 1937-01-19
Former Convict Forced to Grow Beard
in Identity Test.

Former Convict Forced to Grow Beard
in Identity Test.
TACOMA, Wash, January l9 (P.-
ESewitnesses of the Charles Mattson
kidnapping will confront ex-Convict
Leigh Haskell Fowler, 36. now that he
has been compelled to grow a beard,
It was learned today from an unim-
peachable source.
This was disclosed as Federal Bureau
OF Investigation agents finished ques-
tioning Fowler for the third time at
Bellingham. Wash.
The meeting of Fowler and the wit
nesses-two older Mattson children
and a child visitor saw the seizure
will take place, 1t was reported. when
he is taken from his solitary conflne-
ment cell in the Whatcom County Jail
within the next few days to the State
penitentiary at Walla Walla. There
he will serve 20 years for holl-up
December II, in Bellingham.
Although Fowler repeatedly has
asked permission to shave, Sheriff w.
Il, FaIuleT IldS IclOoC0s AlC c3iSA AA
said he acted on instructions OF Fed
eral agents. The kidnaper Of 10
year-old Charles had dark beard.
One by one series Of clues led
Federal, State and local authorities
to apparently dead ends.
Onicers in several cities reported
the release OF men detained for
questioning because they appeared to
resemble the shabbily dressed gun
man who stole the Mattson boy from
his Tacoma home on the night OF
last December ~ for $4,000 ransom,
then SHE'D at accepting payment.
Withdrawal of several State patrol
men from the foot-by-foot search Of
brushland near Everett, Wash, where
Charles nude, beaten body was found
In the snow eight days ago, indicated
the hope OF finding important clues
In that area was fading.
TWO MEN QUESTIONED.
Evening star., 1937-01-19
Ho.Hum, No News,
Saws White House
On Inaugural Eve

On the eve of one of Wash
ington,s greatest quadrennial
news events-the Inauguration OF
a President Of the United States
"A notice was posted on the bull
letin board In the House Press
Gallery which read as follows:
The Presidents press confer
ence this afternoon has been
called OF because Of the lack Of
news"
Several hundred Washington
newspaper correspon n d nts
chuckled when they read the
notice.
Evening star., 1937-01-19
AIR BILL OFFERED

Representative Wilcox, Democrat.
Of Florida proposed to Congress today
creation Of an independent Army Air
Corps under the Secretary Of War.
He introduced bill providing for q
force Of 5000 airmen to be recruited
to full rensth within five years
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MattsOn

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sanitarium, receiving treatment for
er1en1ia.
WILL FACE CHILDREN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
Close-ups of Washington

Americans have been eulogizing George Washington and moraliZing about him, for 15O years. He was big enough to stand that, and still survive in the hearts of the nation. But perhaps he needs little humanizing and personalizlng. Here are few closeup views of him that may be interesting.
 Washington loved company, society, dinners, parties At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, of which he was chairman, he was the leading diner out. He drove in the country, fished for trout, attended grange meetings, horse races and church services, and was lndlt- ferent to denomination.
 He paid his own expenses throughout the Revolutionary War and drew no sal ary. When the war was over, he merely filed an expense account for 1000 for money actually paid out of his own pocket, not including food. He went ln so strong for real estate that he had to travel 700 miles to encircle the lands he owned During the entire Constitutional Convention, while Gouvernour Morris made 173 speeches, Madison 161 and var ious other leaders accordingly, Washing ton made one.
 As president, his dinner parties seem to have been somewhat like those of Cal win Coolidge. They are described in recent book as dull and silent" But Washington loved to dance and would play flute on slight provacation He was a "ladies' man." gravely and ceremonl- ously courteous.
 He was never brilliant" and never put himself forward. He was much con- suited by others in public and private matters. He was at the same time revo- lutionist and liberator, hard-headed business man and the richest American of his time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
Just A Generalization

State Senator J. Kenneth Bradley o1 Westport doesn't know whether or not there were 10000 fraudulent votes cast in Hartford at the last national election. He thinks Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy ought to know if there were, though. At least he says this in letter to the Hartford mayor which was in reply to criticism forwarded to Senator Bradley following public speech in Hartford in January The Westport republican was quoted at the time as claiming that 10000 illegal votes had been cast in Hartford.
 According to the senator he actually said, Tt has been openly charged, as far as know, never denied that there were at least 10000 fradulent votes cast in the City of Hartford in the last national elec- ton ." If so then whoever made the charge must have selected a moment when nobody was around to listen. Prob ably about a. m, some bitter cold morn- ing. For if any person, no matter what his station or his position, had made this claim he or she would have been accorded the same prominence in the newspapers of the state that Senator Bradley was.
 To make his position bit stronger and to throw the burden of any proof on the Hartfordites who might protest Sen ator Bradley goes into recital on the election evils that were actually unearthed in Hartford several years ago. That's all right and we presume there are people who will conclude that since Hartford was daubed with bit of mud then, she still must display dirty face every time she goes to the polls. What Hartford and the rest of the state is still concerned with is the statement that there were 10,- 900 fraudulent votes cast there in 1886. If that is SO then it must be equally true that proportionate numbers of the same kind of votes were cast in every town of the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
Oriental Economy

The English firm that makes Rolls Royces used to boast that none of them eveI wore out, and maybe it's true. The Nizam of Hyderabad, famous Indian po- tentate known as the richest man in the world, celebrating his silver jubilee the other day, rode in car of that breed said to be 26 years old. He also had two other cars in the parade that were 30 years old The story doesn't say whether they were Rolls-Royces or prehistoric Fords.
 The Nizam also wore his old clothes, and made the whole business as simple as possible to keep down the cost. He is only worth about $2,000, ,000, ,000, you see, and regards himself as comparatively young man, and wants to stretch out his little fortune to take care of his declining years. He got about $1 100000 worth of gifts from other potentates and rich sub jects, and will salt them down.
 Evidently the NiZam hasn't heard of the new economic doctrines of western lands, which teach that he who saves his money shall lose it, and the way to get rich is to put money into circulation. We'd like to know whether there are booms and depression in Hyderabad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

take Ss,OO0,0O0 every year probably wouldn't interfere with the departments business. But it would enable the state to make more adequate school grants than it does at present. It might even enable the state to do more than this.
 Opposing the principle of diversion the solution, as we see it, is further reduc- tion of those taxes by which the highway department benefits to the point where it could not afford to give away one single penny without endangering it's program. If $3,000,0 ,000 could be sliced off the mo- torist's taxes in the course of year, it would not be such hardship to impose some other form of taxation that would make up this deficit. In fact liquor and cigarets are more than doing that now as the actual income from them continues to surpaSs all estimates
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

The new pipe line from the Morris reservoir is without question necessity. We are quite surprised that the city got along without it for so long as it did. However, it is no excuse now to prolong the years. Anything could have hap pened in the forty-two years that the present pipe has been doing duty. That it hasn't is good evidence that a fine job was done in the beginning. All praise to those workmen responsible for the pipe line from the resc voir Let us build another pipe line as sturdy and there should be no need of talking about this angle of the ity's water situation for an- other half century. We believe the sec- ond pipe line is needed, not so much as to provide means whereby we may sell water to adjoining towns but to provide protection for the consumers of Water bury. After all it's this city's interests which should be protected and not the welfare of another town that we must look out for. By all means give us the second pipe line but in the name of Waterbury not some other community.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
The Iceberg Patrol Boats Called to Duty Month Earlier This Year
 Modern Methods Used to
Detect Presence
NEW YORK SUN

chunk of ice which he does not dig nifty with the name berg.
 The ice patrol was instituted after the Titanic was sunk through strik- ing an iceberg in 1912. The United States Coast Guard was charged with maintaining the patrol; the other maritime nations which agreed to contribute to the cost were Canada, Belgium, Germany, France, Denmark, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The patrol area is 150,- 900 square miles of the North At- lantic. The efficiency of the serv- ice is shown by the fact that in 1892 the patrol completed its twen- tieth year without a single fatality attributed to icebergs.
 A widely spread belief that the patrol blows bergs to fragments with dynamite is erroneous. The method was tried but failed in most instances because it merely resulted in crrmbling the top section and left the great submerged mass in- tact. On their southward Journey bergs roll over periodically. sending out great waves. The first sign of bergs is the low haze that over- hangs them; soon after the temper ature drops. The charting of the position and course of 8 berg is a long and tedious job, as the course rf nIa .1 against the course of the berg and the speed of the current. Reports of bergs sighted are exchanged by ships and the Coast Guard. All such reports are sent to the Wealth. CT Bureau in New York city for re- broadcast lest a vessel which missed the initial report should be steam ing into the path of 8 berg. In an average year not more than 500 bergs drift south of Newfoundland: :: occasionally one survives as far south as the Azores.
 A method of detecting the pres- ence of bergs at sea by recording their explosions as they disinte- grate was perfected by Dr. How- ard T. Barnes of Mcill University, ice engineer, during a voyage of experiment off Newfoundland. At tempts to pick up the sounds of the explosions on marine microphone failed, but an improvised micro phone made of a rubber hose with a funnel attached to one end and a sheet of rubber placed oyer it to make 1t waterproof recorded the explosions up to g distance of six miles. lhl al@s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
Diversion Wrong Way

There is much talk these days of divert ing funds from those realized by the State Highway Department to finance other pressing needs of the state, such as a wider distribution of grants to cities and towns for school aid. The state officials and legislators have for many years suc- cessfully resisted the efforts of those who believe that diversion of funds from one department to another is advisable, es- pecially during bad times. Naturally the Highway Department with its rich source oi income has been eyed rather enviously. Let it be said to our credit that we did not dig in with both hands.
 Right now, however, there seems to be more willingness on the part of those who were formerly adamant on no di- version to discuss the subject. It is no secret that the highway department funds over and above what is needed to carry on the work of the department would solve many perplexing problem right now. To
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

The news from Waterville that valu- able dog was killed by an automobile on Thomaston avenue last week recalls to us the efforts of legislators in many states to make it misdemeanor or a crime for motorist to drive away after his car has struck dog without offer ing assistance or trying to find out the owner of the dog. It may be interesting to know that the Noble Dog Foundation is working in this state to put across such law. Much support to the bill proposing such law has already been promised New York State has such a law and it has been invoked several times. All animals should get some pro- lection from hit-and-run drivers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
Presidents Are Only as Great as Followers Let Them Be
 

THERE isn't very much nourishment in the old l game of trying to figure out what George Washington would do if he were president today. We play it every time the 22d of February comes around, but never get any satisfactory answers. One mans gusss is about as good another's The only certainty b that we have to work out our own salvation without any help from the great leaders of the past.
 But the game is worth playing nevertheless. For 1t inevitably leads to the reflection that what ever Washington would do, he would be obliged to do 1t through and with the human material at hand. No leader can be greater than his followers will let him be. If we are as good men as our an- cestors of 1776, and thereabuts, Washington would do as well he did then; if we are not, he wouldn't.
 So we wind up with self-examination - which can be the most healthful of all mental exercises
 
 T,HERE Is no better time for such an exercise Il than Washington's birthday It is not enough to reflect that colonial America produced Q su- premely great man in Washington; we must go on from there and realize that 1t also produced peo- pie who were capable of following great leadership of recognizing great man when they saw one and of giving him the support without which he could not do the job he had set himself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
How do we stack up today?

How do we stack up today?
 There is no Valley Forge ahead of us We don't have any machine-ke ranks of relocated soldiers, drilled with continental precision, moving in on our towns and our farmlands. Todays great man, wherever we find him. is not likely to have to steel us to resist invasion or die on battlefelds. INSTEAD, we face problems infinitely subtler and Il more confusing.
 It is our job to take the heritage of freedom which the of 1776 won for us and make it work in this modern world. We have to decide where if at al it needs to be adjusted to new conditions. We have to remember that what Wash ington led the nation to fight and die for was chiefly thing of the spirit - an intangible gain that could never be reckoned up on bookkeepers ledgers.
 Are we capable of it? We are, if we can still hunger and thirst after the freer, nobler life which our ancestors saw above the frozen huts of Valley Forge-K we can face today's chaotic world with the same courage and intelligence that responded to Washingtons summons century and half ago.
 We cannot spend Washingtons birthday more proftably than by realizing anew that neither he nor any other leader could do more than his fol- lowers would let him do.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

looking Harry Hopkins, WPA chief, on an inspection trip.
 Merry Go Round
 Reports from the flood areas are that eco men, WPA boys and army engineers worked most efa- ciently together to check the surge of the Mississippi. Roosevelt's 1898 inauguration netted $6O,O00 for the District of Columbia which was paid to local charities. But the rained-out 1887 Inauguration showed a deficit of $l5,OO0 which will have to be made good by local guarantors. The telephone company has decided to watch its step with congress. Eugene s. Wilson, vice. president of American Telephone and Telegraph, has established permanent ofiices in Washington in order to answer inquiries about the giant utility. As an aftermath of the floods, the U. s. Conference of Mayors is urging on its member cities the adoption of a disaster plan." This cells for advance organizing of all the life-saving and rescue forces within a city.
 Copyright, 1887, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

where locomotion by lateral uyidula- tions was especially advantageous All snakes have vestigial hind legs, and in the pythons and boa constric- tors these rldimentary legs arc still used to some extent. Snakes are really lizards that have lost their legs and undergone other modifica- tions. The so-callec glass snake" ', .icii is classified as legless liz- ard, is an example of a lizard in the process of becoming snake. It is a connecting link between the true snakes and the true lizards. e. When engaging hotel accom- modations by the day, how is the time measured?
 A. The general practice has been to fix the expiration time at 6 p. n. In other words. the occupant is charged an extra day when remain- ing after. that hour, unless he is given permission to remain | r,lsil later in the evening.
 e. How many players comprise an outdoor polo team? 4. Four
 If you want a copy of our book let on Etiquette for Everybody" write The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C. Enclose 4 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
A Book a Day
City Couple Try Life in a Modern Eden
BY BRUCE CATION

Desmond Holdridge, young New York writing man, decided a couple of years ago that life in New York was both too hectic and too expen- sive.. So he and his wife decided to get away from 1t all by hunting ur some tropic island where they could sit down and enjoy life.
 The experiment is recorded by MT. Holdridge in his new book Escape to the Tropics" (Harcourt Brace: $25O). And 1t must be said that the experiment worked SC well, and MT. Holdridge wrote such an engaging book about 1t, that Escape to the Tropics" is power fully unsettling thing to read. Il fills you with mighty urge to go and do likewise.
 The Holdridges were far from rich. To make go of their plan they had to find some spot where life was not only pleasant but cheap. They found 1t, on one of the Virgin Islands.
 There they took g pleasant little mousse OH 6 LTOplC iuli OVcIOoAAAe a blue bay. Servants were plentiful '. food was good, the bathing and the fishing were excellent the weather was never bad. the scenery was grand, and the whole business seems to have been little like slice out of the Garden of Eden And 1t all cost about $50 month for the two of them.
 Eventually they bought a small boat and cruised all about the Caribbean. MT. Holdridge made side trip to Dutch Guiana to hunt for traces of Paul Redfern. had divers jungle adventures, and satis- field himself that Redfern crashed in the jungle and is now either dead or prisoner there.
 All this he has woven into a highly fascinating story; one that gives the full flavor of a gay ex- pertinent living. makes you ac- quainted with two charming people and, as I say, Is apt to i'll you with irnpatience to Dc of In hunt for an iAland paxaAiss os xoiiy own
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

If the appearance of birds means anything about the change of seasons we are in the midst of such an occur renee. The last few days has seen many new birds either back in our midst or else more active and noisier than they have been. The crows are starting to cav; the blue-jays are shrilling in the trees; woodpeckers are tapping cut their messages. Somebody can name the rest of lem; we don't know their names.