Evening star., 1937-08-02

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'Nawsuh, this is KenWood."
tThe house is in Somerset ant
always has been)
Then where is Somerset?"
Never heard of any such place
said the gardener, digging into tn,
earth.
The eavesdropper slouched back t.
his library and went digging in tn,
shelves. Brought out a world atlas
set 1t up on the table in front of him
and began to read it, upside down.
MESSAGE.
This same chap continues to hare
his troubles Nth the messenger
boys. Recently a colleague in an
adjoining Office handed messen-
ger an envelope, said: "Deliuer this
to Mr.. So-and-So."
Couple of hours later Mr.. So
dnd-So's telephone rang.
This is the Post Office Depart
ment," said a roice. Did you send
yourSet an dirnaH letter and torget
to put the address on it?"
"Uh, no." said our friend, in
freak bencilderment.
An the same, there's an airmail
letter orer here, addressed to you,
and it's inclosed in an enrelope
7rith Star letterhead. Whadya
make of that2"
Said he didn't make anything:
1oould they please send it back.
P. O. said O. K, but some papers
and slips and things ,Dould hdue
to be signed. When. they pere, and
the enuelope opened, out tumbled
the interofice memo. NoW he
doesn't knou uhether the d,rmail
stamp is a collectors item or not.
FLAUTIST.
we haven't been arount
much where people were brush
ing up on their flute playing, but S
far as we know the only lady faults
(fautiste in this case?) in town i
Mary Allen, a student at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania during the Winter
and in the Summer flute tootler TO
the Washington Gas Light Voluntee
Band. She also plays the cello ant
viola, and with her father, Davit
Allen, vell-known local engineer
could almost make up band at home
Mr.. Allen plays with the w. G. L
Volunteers also, however, and tn,
gives Miss Allen specia
attention. She's the only woman
member of the organization, joinet
up when the leader couldn't find an.
who would 60 SO far as t
volunteer to play the flute.
EMBASSIES.
D GAMING around the Foreign
Buildings Office of the State De
partment in search of new and useles
we heard that Finland
a country dear to the hearts Of Ameri
cans for reasons too obvious to men
ton, is to witness the building of :
new American Legation at Helsink
this year. The building will be o
Georgian style, for rea
sons best known to the architects.
Also heard that the United State!
own palace in Berlin near the Adlor
Hotel, but no Ambassador to German,
has ever lived in it. Reason is i
needs thousands of dollars worth O.
renovation and repair, and the Unitee
States no has done.
X X
HEARTY SPIRIT.
on the pest side of Wisconsin
Avenue near o street is a building
that has garage on the first floor.
storage space on the upper floors.
Passersby on the street car haze
noted this Summer that su1nac
bush, apparently taking root in the
stone and nourishinD itself upon
carbon nonoride gas, has gro1on to
height OF almost feet along the
second-story 1Uindo1D ledge.
X X 4
WHY NOT MONEY?
CLERK in a local shoe store wa!
startled out Of his late Afternoon
the other day when a yount
lady waltzed in, asked If she nigh
purchase some Of the bright greer
wrapping paper the firm uses Il
bundle up shoes.
BE glad to give you some, madam
No charge" said he.