The Washington times., 1937-06-16
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CIVIC EVENT
Wallace BOys
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By HELEN EsSARY

ANE4A~SAgeAA "a VEtA1yN0 Va
father, Secretary Henry A. Wal
lace. Henry will spend the sum.
mer on the Mount Hope poultry
farm in Williamstown, Mass. He
has beeE interested in poultry
since he was q little boy.
Robert will go to Cape Roman,
a wild bird sanctuary in McClel-
1anville, s. C. It was Robert, or
Bob, as the family calls him,
who used to keep snakes in the
family hathtub. Birds If you
know your natural history, are
merely reptiles grown older and
wiser. Bob means to be an orni-
thologist.
With his brother he has been
studying at Iowa State University.
Civic minded ladies of the
Twentieth Century Club-it is
feminine Cosmos Club-are con-
Quoting a homely contest which
paSSionately commend. Their
plan, is to speed, up four lowly
municipal departments: ash, trash,
street cleaning and garbage.
The District Commissioners, ad-
miring the clubs enterprise and
lofty aims, have helped with
prizes for the head men in the
contest. The prizes are threefold.
Cash awards, certificate of honor
and proud pennants labeled Prize
Winner"
The winners for this year are:
Best ash collector, Thomas Ware;
best garbage collector, Horace
Barnes; best Street-cleaner, Tom
Prue, and best trash collector,
Fred Coates. The awards were
given for the work of the entire
year.
So-f you see a trash wagon
going by with a beautiful flag
waving over the top of tin cans
and old newspapers you will know
a pretty fine fellow is at the
wheel.
can think Of things I'd rather
do than collect other peoples
trash. Nor is sweeping UP streets
and calling for garbage my idea
of an inspirational life.
If prize and pat on the back
or even a little boost in salary
will put ZeSt into the grimy buSi-
ness then I'm for rewards a thou
sand per cent.
The Twentieth Century ladies
should carry their crusade fur
ther. They should try to get the
Washington public to realize what
a dirty city this is.
How unnecessarily untidy are
its streets and sidewalks and how
tramped down It's supposed.to-be-
flower beds and grass plots,
Classic white marble temples that
arise from neighborhoods Uttered
with match cases, cigarette wrap
pers and newspapers are only
cheap limitations Of beauty.
I've been in most of the capitals
of Europe. Not one is as dirty as
Washington. It's the people that
need education in a cleanup cam
paign. People like you and mes
A prize to the street cleaner
is an encouragement to hard
driven workman, but it isn't
enough.
Let's rout cut the careless
citizenry, Ladies of the Twen-
tieth Century!
The Virginia reel dancers at
the recent White House party
found the temperature OF the
East Room-shall I say-notice-
able.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who led the
figures that night, was called on
in this weeks trip to North Caro-
lima for an even greater endurance
test.
The temperature in the town
where an outdoor festival was
being held was a little more than
11O degrees in the sun. The days
chairman called on Mrs. Roose-
welt to "step out" on an i'm
.provised dance floor. The plat.
form was raised at stage-level
above the crowd and was COM
pletely in the broiling sun.
Mrs. Roosevelt was undaunted,
and swung her partners while per-
spiration bathed her famous brow.
This continual casting about for
the movie of "G- W the
W" is getting on my summer.
time nerves. One hundred and
sixty-four people have themselves
told they have been trying out for
the roles.
I understand by accurate hear
say, that 7,693,226 2-3 are taking
screen tests. Factually, I know
only one person who has no hopes
for any part in the film.
He's Texas Jack Garner.
The elegance Of Mrs. Robert
Wood Bliss always enchants me.
In delicate pinks and lavenderS at
q garden party at Dover House
she looked like a Flemish minia-
ture.
only weighs 90 pounds.
Enlarging the personal appear
ance department, Beau Brummel
division: Mr.. Donald Richberg has
an exotic June costume. The coat
is of blue and white plaid flannel
The trousers have fine blue and
white stripes. The shirt is white,
and the tie a harmonizing blue.
Too bad if some day such bright
ness must be covered with the