Evening star., 1937-11-20

WIN criminal ANY one who saw
it or heard of it would recognize the
danger. But no one thinks of the
unseen danger Of pneumonia. VIM
ter rains have nice way of drenching
through my cap, running down my
neck and soaking everything under
the raincoat. This past winter had
pneumonia and recovered from it.
Two of my brother officers had it and
did not recover The United States
Park Police is composed of about
80 men. In addition to the two who
have died Of pneumonia since 1 have
been here, one was killed by a hit
and-run driver while patrolling his
beat. Another was riding his motor
cycle uphill around a curve, when a
faSt-driVen car coming down on the
wrong side killed him instantly. An
other was beaten to death by a mob
OF fourteen negroes =. / would not
want my job to be different" con-
cludes Officer Moreau plaintively. 4
simply say that it is dangerous"
And maybe you thought that being
a policeman was nice outdoor work!
Well, there is no tip as good as the
one from the horses mouth
Officer Moreau seems to like polio
ing, just the same. Anyhow, he So VS.
that unless the writing Of the article
unSeats him, eve pray that it does
noD he means to stay until he gets his
pension.
A FAMOUS WaShingtonian's face
appears on the cover of the last
issue Of Time, and that is the hand
some face Of Mr.. Justice Brandeis.
ReminlScing about the court of which
Mr. Brandeis is member, Times re-
porter says mellOWly that When
Woodrow Wilson sent Louis Dembl.z
Brandeis' name to the Senate as a
nominee for the Supreme Court in
1916. it caused an uprOar over his con-
frmatlon which made last summers
disturbance over Hugo Black look like
pillow fight. The Senate'S judiciary
Committee wrangled over the Brandais
nomination for four months. From
SIX one-time presidents of the Amer
ican Bar Association, the committee
got a petition stating succinctly that
he was not a fit person to be mem
Der of the United States Supreme
Court One of the bar asSoca ton
also one-tlme President Of the
United StateS-Wllllam Howard Taft"
But, the article continues, when Mr..
Taft himself came to the Supreme
Court bench, he admitted that he had
been wrong, and asked Justice Bran
deis' pardon
Mentioning the fact that the Justice
will celebrate his 8lst birthday this
week. Times article says that, great
as his influence has been in the past,
he may be expected to exert even
greater power in the future 1t quotes
his Well-knoWn remark apropos Of
monopOlies-"Care is taken that the
trees do not Scrape the skies"
Hundreds and hundreds of times, "
says the writer, he has expressed the
same theme-a theme which marks
the enormous difference between his
liberal thinking and that for instance.
which is eXempllhed by the New
Deal"
A NEW magazine appears this week,
a thing called You The re-
viewer fears that it IS dedicated 10
what are known as 'Women'S inter-
estS," Anyway. it contains articles on
popularity, glamour, how to achieve a
certain look" (would you rather be
'Well-bred," it asks or "laquered")
face powder. the shape of the bosom
llpstick, girls who wear glasses. what
not to do to be charming and a lot Of
other very ancient miSh-mash You
/ is very much one of the slick variety
of publications too; it has lots OF
| photographs on the arty side; it has
| a more than slightly up-stage manner
! which reminds one of pain IN the
! facial muscles (or neCkD acuur2c
| from trying to hold the pose. Never
/ theleSs women who go in for "WOm-