Evening star., 1937-05-17
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
ENTRANCE.

i and Things. |
ENTRANCE.
TOR good. II not obvious, reasons
~ this anecdote will carry nc
names.
1t seems, however, that two
getters-about among the news scribes
OF the town were invited to attend an
adieu AFFAIR at Connecticut avenue
nitery. 1t was to start at 3 an, but
when they arrived the door wa
closed-the doorman having gone up-
stairs to the party.
They knocked. Nothing happened
They looked for bells or buzzers. They
found none. The cause seemed en-
tirely lost
why not be human fly and scale
up the side Of the building?" sug-
gested the master mind OF the COM
bination.
Sure" said the master body Of
the two, "but you stand on the cor
ner and watch that policeman. He
might not understand"
The master mind took up his vigil,
the master body his climbing. In 20
seconds the latter was standing on
the window sill outside the second
floor banquet hall. In another i've
seconds he had the window open and
was inside.
Pretty good? Yes, but not half 80
good as the fact that of the 100 diners
In the room not one looked up when
the young man slid through the
windowl
MEETING.
IRIS KINGSLEY, who danced with
the "Follies" last week, did a lot OF
sightseeing in town, but she did not
get to see her favorite person. She
looked for her at every performance
and even kept an eye on passersby
on the street, but to no avail. Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt Just was not
around where Miss Kingsley was.
Miss Kingsley has very good reason
for electing Mrs. Roosevelt her favor.
ite person. When she (Miss Kingsley
was doing her first stage work last
year, Mrs. Roosevelt dropped in to
rehearsal. Miss Kingsley caught her
eye.
who Is the little girl over there?"
Mrs. Roosevelt asked. The one eat
ing the orange" she added.
The director brought the little girl
over and introduced her. Her whole
hand and arm were fairly dripping
orange juice. But Mrs. Roosevelt
shook hands. And Miss Kingsley will
never forget that she didn't mind
the orange juice.
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TIM.
Dan Terrelps cocker spaniel, Tim,
either is the smartest pup IN West
n.oreland Hills or the ldus OF CO.
incidence 1Dere ,oorkin1 Overtime
the other night.
Some friends Of the Terrells who
like Tim, but regard him as dumb,
1Dere making nasty cracks about
his I. Q. Tins master decided to
shou them!
Fetching three rubber toys, he
put them o., the floor some distance
from the dog.
"Get your rabbit, Tim," he CON-
nanded. Tim did.
"Get your dog, Tim" Tim did.
rect your bone, Tim" Tim did.
Each time, he got the item
named. Went through the per-
Torrance three times, amazing Mr..
Terrell t,0ice as much as the dogs
critical
OBIT.
IN EDERLY chimpan1ee suffered
. heart attack and died several
days ago when keepers tried to entice
him into the cage in which they
planned to ship him to the Washing
ton Zoo, where display oompart-
ment in the local parks new $275,-
900 house for great apes and small
mammals awaited him.
The chimp's keepers were inclined
to believe he knew he was about to
leave his old friends and died Of q
broken heart. The great ape from
Philadelphia was to have replaced
Soko, the veteran chimp, who died
here last Winter after more than 20
years on display in Washington.
CHECK.
Col. Robert Gates, genial, silver-
haired press relations officer for
Attorney General Cummings, wds
IN something Of a dtther one re-
cent day ,Dhen the Justice Depart
n.ent's nrtn1eograph section tDds be-
ing kept late to get out a depart
mental release.
The colonel, ,Dtsht1g to learn II
the proper instructions had been
gtuen, picked up phone and called
the min1eogrdph room. Miss Wat
ktns dnsDered.
Hello, Miss Watkins" Col. Gates
said. are you stu there?"
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DIET.
A RARE and valuable squirrel re-
= Gently acquired by the Zoo had
such delicate appetite that grave
fears were felt for his life until keep
ers discovered he would pass up the
most tempting nuts to 60 for . slice
Of orange.
The valuable newcomer Is 4 Kaibah
squirrel, large Of size, with tufted ears
and . white, plumelike tail, which
inhabits one small area Of the Kaibab
table lands Of Arizona, near the Grand
Canyon.
The first bit Of orange the squirrel
ever saw was circular slice. He
nibbled at the rind. made = wry face
and discarded the tidbit. When the
circle WAS cut in half the squirrel
tried again, then seized the fruit in
his forepaws, sat erect and began to
eat.
He dived into that orange" thu
keeper said, like = pickaninny into q
watermelon!"