Evening star., 1937-08-23
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
CORRESPONDENCE.

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CORRESPONDENCE.
A 8 IF there were not enough
n things driving us slowly but
~ certainly mad these days, we
a have just come across this
hastily typed memo from one Of our
correspondents. In his rush to get it
of, here's how it turned out:
The American consumption OF
Chop Suie is volumnious. One hears
many stories that 1t is unknown in the
orient, never eaten there, but origi-
mated IN chop house in Chicago.
However, it was An amusing sight
to see a Chinese guest in d 10
cent stores restaurant counter forking
away sizeable dish of the bean
spouts and onions which are supposed
to be his native dish"
OF all the spelling we like "Chop
suie" best. You have something
there, pal.
RECOGNITION.
Talk the other afternoon turned
to this matter OF fatterine the ego
OF the customers by pointing them
ont, mhich is tollo,ped BY masters
OF ceremonies in sundry night clubs
throughout the land So Gene Ford
finally broke doDn and admitted
he had been recognized once in one
OF Brodd,oays theater
~ Ar FnrH's N..f; ~k
the moment 1Dds to hare look at
the floor shotD. Troubled With an
eye infection. ne Uas Wearing dark
glasses, 10 ne asked the hedd,oditer
to plant him somemhere in a back
corner. All through the sho,p he
noticed the cigarette girl eyeing
him every time she passed.
Finally, after slipping by him a
hall dozen times, she slithered Mp
and whispered to Gene, NTH aUe
in her poice:
Say, mister, are yox q G-man'"
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TSK-TSK-T -TSK.
NEVSBOYs have a habit Of turning
up in places like this column.
We've just heard OF another. who has
taken to heart all Of this bloody
business IN the Orient.
Read all about the big war" he
shouted about the corner OF Thirteenth
and F. Isn't it terrible!" He shouted
1t again and again
But after he would finish one SEN
tence and before he started the next,
he could be heard to cluck his tongue
sadly. "Tsk, tsk. tsk" Or, IL you
prefer, Itch, tch, tch."
PHENOMENON.
WHILE on the subject Of newsboys,
there's the phenomenon We
noticed the other day, about which
you will have to draw your own
conclusions. At the corner Of Fiji
teenth and F We discovered. you can
hear clearly the cry OF the chap
selling the Daily Worker \ block
away At Fourteenth street. Can't
hear any Of the rest Of the boys; Just
this Daily Worker salesman.
FUMIGATED.
AN OPERATIVE discovered the
other day that there is likely to
be good reason for everything
Learned 1t from a farmer out Fred
erick way, who called his attention to
something he had noticed every time
he drove to the rural friends house
this Summer-that the cats, chickens
and dogs liked to rest underneath his
automobile
Know why they do that?" the
farmer asked.
Sure, they're looking for 4 shady
place
mo sir. The air under your car is
fumiRated. Oil fumes keep bugs and
flies away"
'Nonsense! Who in the world told
you that?"
Farmer started quoting acientists
and statistics and the operative gave
up. convinced.
CHEESE.
'"P W HcP' P'eScVtUttDSS NeTC
having lunch in the House Restau-
rant the other day. got around to
the subject OF eating idiosyncrasies
OF Their parious States. Represent-
dttre B. J. Gehrn1dnn of Wisconsin
opined as ho,o you can lead people
to the table but you can't make
EN- eat. or something.
"Seperdl years ago the Leoisla-
ture OF my State" he said, passed
lnD requiring ounces OF cheese
to be serped NTH every meal cost
ing IS cents or more"
Seems they pdnted to help the
Wisconsin dairy industry. Moth
ing much eper cdn,e of it, though,
for the Legislature couldn't make
the people eat the cheese. The law,
hoDeUer, still il on the statute
books, 20 remember it merit time
you're eating your Ddy through
Wisconsin. Get your tuH quota OF
cheese.
FAILURE.
n EPORTS come in of 4 romantic
meeting that didn't come of.
even though 1t should have. The girl
IN the case, . young Government
worker. sat on . park bench reading
the paper awhile. then folded it,