The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-14
NOW
Courts Ruling
"HOt Stuff?
FIRE STORY
BY HELEN ESsARY


BY HELEN ESSARY
know an automobile with
newly broken heart and nerves
that will never untwist again.
Until noon on Monday, it was g
strong, big-muscled roadster. But
no more will it ride triumphantly
past red lights. Because it was all
but destroyed by spontaneous COM
bustion the instant, the very In
slant, the Supreme Court said:
1.-THE Wagner labor bill Is our
favOrite child"
This car with the sensitive soul
was standing in front Of the Su-
preme Court on Monday. It's owner
had gone in to hear what the Nine
Old Gentlemen were going to say
next. He was standing enthralled
with the words of wisdom falling
from the judicial lips Of the Chief
Justice when one of the guards
of the building tapped him on the
shoulder.
"Mr. Buckley Griffin, Sir?"
eyes,"
'YOur cars on fire. Just burst
out in flames for no reason as
we could see."
This was Mr.. Griffin's second
shock during the last half hour
the first was the decision. He tot
tered down the million or two gllS-
tening marble steps to find great
crowd around the wounded body
of the once proud motor.
"She fIared up all of sudden.
A bus driver put the fire out,
but she don't look just right
yet"
The car was smoking in the
April sunlight.
1--WE don't seem able to &C
count for the trouble" explained
q policeman, stepping out from
the mob of spectators.
Its just the effect Of the Su-
preme Court decision on New
Dealers automobile" said Mr..
Griffin sadly, and wept little.
The famous gardens of Dunn
barton Oaks will be open for the
benefit of the Home for Incur
ables on Saturday afternoon. April
"a, from 2 to 8 o'clock-this
through the courtesy Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. Tea will
be served in the conservatory
throughout the afternoon, prob
ably out on the terrace also.
Mrs. Hugh Campbell Wallace,
president Of the board of mana
gers Of the home, has selected a
group Of her board members to
arrange the tour. They in turn
will be assisted by a group Of
young girls.
It's almost a tradition in Wash
ington, this passing down mem
bership on a board to the next
generation. Mrs. Edward r.
FinkenStaedt, chairman Of the
tour, has her charming young
schoolgirl daughter Sta working
with her.
And Mrs. Theodore s. Wilkin-
son, whose own mother, Mrs.
Richard Harlow, was member
of the board for many years, took
her place. And now Mrs. Wilkin-
sons two daughters, Joan and
Ann, are taking an active interest
along with their mother.
If you ever feel that you are
all tagged out, perhaps a bit dis
gruntled with things in general
don't crab. Instead, go out to the
Home for 1ncurableS, Wisconsin
Avenue and Tilden Street. Talk
with some Of the patients, most Of
whom are crippled with arthritiS
or by infantile paralysis, a greater
part Of them getting around in
wheel chairs-unlesS actually bed
ridden.
Talk with Phil McGrath, who
came to the home 43 years ago at
the age Of 4. He is the busiest
person in the place-runs the tele-
phone switchboard part Of the
time, delivers newspapers to all
the patients, and in his spare
time canes chairs-and does it
eXpertly.
An old lady, So years young, a
cancer patient, has just completed
quilting her twenty-sixth quilt.
Another old lady, just SO, keeps
busy braiding and weaving rugs.
And still another, doomed to a
wheel chair, is SO independent
that she won't let anyone make
her bed or clean her room. She
glides around in her chair quicker
than you or I could walk, and
takes the most beautiful care of
everything about her.
One young man, who has lost
both legs, skids along the CORR
doris on his little cart, running
errands, helping with all sorts Of
odd jobs about the home.
You won't hear any complaints.
Those in charge seem to have Just
one purpose in life-Mrs. Viner,
the superintendent, the nurses
and orderlieS- make every
patient as comfortable and happy
as possible.