The Washington times., 1937-06-22
NOW
Rain Legend
Is Reported
OLD REFRAINS'
BY HELEN EsSARY

It Is reported on reliable author
fly that in the neighborho0d OF
the AHtacostia fats, q bentshoul-
dered old man, with q long white
beard, is seen about the time Of
.Washington'S daily cloudburst,
gathering up odds and ends OF
lumber.
Sometimes the old fellow wan.
ders off to the river and looks
anxiously up and down. Sometimes
he stands still, head thrown back,
long white beard sticking out like
q feather buster, and Stares at the
black clouded sky.
He never speaks. But passerSby
report that they have heard loose
metal jingling in his pocket and
several times they have noticed
him studying handful Of strong
nails. ~.
The boys in the neighborhood
say the old fellow Is Mr.. Noah,
getting ready to build a second ark
and save the good folks and the
dumb animals from being washed
away by the June rains.
This is q grubby old world at
best. Plenty Of disillusionment
turks around every corner.
But I've heard Of q celebration
near Frederick, Md, that is sort
Of perennial restoration Of faith.
Prof. Anon Burgee, now approach
ing 80 years Of age, is its hero.
One hundred and fifty men
who studied under Prof. Burgee
when he was principal Of the
Frederick Boys High School, met
at Vindobia Lodge, Braddock
Heights, last week, and gave their
adored teacher his forty-Second
annual dinner.
The Boys High School doesn't
exist today. It has been incorpo-
rated into o high school which
admits girls. But the old students
have not forgotten the wisdom
and the kindness Of Prof. Bur-
gee. Many Of them have moved
to other cities. Each year, how.
ever. they return to honor their
old master.
Unlike other alumni groups,
this one includes no young grads.
But there were members from
Prof. Burgess first class and his
last class. aa
At the dinner meeting Friday
night were doctors, lawyers, edi'
tors and business men. To Prof.
Burgee they were still his boys.
He said so in his speech. The
boys felt right proud to hear him
say it.
Among ''the boys" at the re-
union were the two Delaplaine
brothers, Edward and Robert.
These and many other successful
men present were typical Of the
results Of Prof. Burgess influ-
ence.
Robert is the distinguished edi-
to- Of two Frederick papers, the
News and the Post. Edward, q
successful lawyer, is a biographer
Of wide reputation. He is about
to issue life Of Francis Scott
Key. Already he has published
o biography Of another Mary
lander-ThomaS w. johnson.
Arthur H. Doll, president, and
c. Thomas Summers, vice preSi-
dent of the Alumni Society, and
w. Harry Haller were others of
Prof. Burgess Boys who had made
good.
Frederick is elated, I under
stand. because Of the determine
ton Of DR.. Charles III. Conley to
run for governor Of Maryland on
the Democratic ticket.
DR.. Conley is q substantial citi-
zen--a combination Of physician,
banker and politician. It was he
who was mainly responsible for
the defeat Of the late Albert C.
Richie by the present governor
Of Maryland, Harry w. Nice.
DR.. Conley lost In the Democratic
primaries to the then Governor
Richie. His attack on Ritchie was
so strong that many Of Ritchie's
adherentS deserted. The party
split resulted in Nice's election.
Other peoples favOrite songs are
o hobby with, Orchestra Conductor
Barnee, Of the ,Shoreham.
There's q Small Hotel" is the
pet tune Of the Duke of Windsor
according to Cornelius Vanderbilt,
jr., recently at the Shoreham
after q visit to France where he
collected material for a magazine
story about the former King of
England.
Herr Hitler, so Nelly Wander
bilt says, like that popular waltz
''Wien." -
Gust q Gigolo," Of ancient vim
tage, remains the favorite song
of Edsel Ford. Mr.. Barnee also
discovered that Mrs. Royal s.
Copeland, the senatorial wife who
recently wrote a book about
Washington. likes 'Boo-HoO."
Mrs. william B. Bankhead, wife
Of the Spekaer Of the House, is
unhappy because "Skippy," her
six-monthS old wire-haired terrier,
had to be sent to her country place
In Alabama. Skippy was too fond
of digging in the garden Of the
house at @341O Volta Place, which
the Speaker and Mrs. Bankhead
rented for the summer.
Judge, jurors, defendants, wit
nesSes, attorneys, and employees
have to drink from the same mug