Evening star., 1937-05-03
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.

OF interesting Events
and Things.
A STORY is going the rounds
~ these days-may have been
~ for years, for all We know
which indicates routine
postal regulations are pretty occult
things to some people. And that if
the heroine of the story had things
her way, Postmaster Vincent Burke
would have thousands OF dollars
worth OF well being coming to him.
However, to get on with the story,
physician here employed 4 new sec
retary-bookkeeper His bills were in
none too good shape and he asked
the girl to concentrate on them for
couple OF months. Shed be glad to,
she said
Some time later the physician asked
her how things were coming along
between himself and the customers.
Not so good" said the girl. Quite
q bit OF money has come In in the
form OF postal orders, 1t is all from
Vincent Burke, however, and we
never even sent bill to him."
The physician carefully explained
that as postmaster Mr.. Burke's name
appeared on all such money orders.
And he added that, by cracky, the girl
better get hep to the idea pretty
quickly.
NOCTURNE.
Noel CoWdrd maybe uouldn't
care rap about hearing it, but
that song OF his you Were There"
1ods responsible for an odd sioht
on local thoroughtare the other
night.
As matter OF fact, it ,uas some
time after } am. that one OF our
Operatives (the night NAM drove
up behind car from which is
sued the words of Co,Dard's melody.
The dome light OF the car uas
burning, the chap had the song
spread out before him on the
steering Uheel and he Dds singing
dDdy ,Dith an abandon that mould
haze been more appropriate out on
the desert.
Our man listened through
couple OF choruses, then droDe dudy
humntno softly, Il sdW you and
my heart stopped beating"
WANTED-ROOM.
DOROTHY HOWE, who used to
make the Wayside column with
practically boring regularity. came
back to Washington Friday to do a
bit Of singing in professional way.
First friend she ran across listened
with rapture while Miss Howe de-
claimed Of Washington's beauty.
There's no place like 1t in the
world" she went on. What loveli-
ness! What atmospheric What spa
ciousness! What splendid people!"
She paused then, a look OF wistful-
ness chasing enchantment from her
deep brown eyes.
But where" she suddenly asked,
do you find \ room to live in for
q week."
EARTH-BOUND.
ONE Of the girls We know (Wayside's s
circle OF female acquaintance
must seem almost nmitleY) recently
obtained job with an airline operat-
ing out of Washington.
Pleased with her work and her
enthusiasm for the company, her en-
ployers decided to treat her to an
air trip to Chicago. She had never
been up before, and we regret to re-
port that her initiation was so rough
she will think twice before flying
again
Both westbound and eastbound the
weather was so bad that our friends
plane behaved like fractious bronco,
and her enthusiasm for air travel has
become principally a matter of ad-
miration for the pilots who tame"
the big sky busses when they buck.
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TALENT.
Maybe you'ue heard this before.
At any rate, the person who told
It to US swedrs it's true. IT'S about
a member OF prominent Wash
in0ton family 1Dho happened to be
the only member OF that family
Without any particular talents or
accomplishments UndcQudinted
Dith this fact, young lady who
had just been introduced to the
unfortunate tellow inquired OF him
as to the triumphs-soctdl, athletic
and other,oise-of other members of
his family.
And phdt do you do7" she said
at last. WELL" replied our friend.
II treckle In the Summer"
UNCEAsING.
A MOTHER lad connected with this
department finished reading the
copy for yesterdays column with q
sigh Of relief that maybe the last item
would stem the flow Of calls about
that Simpson Building Duke OF Wind
sor Inn thing. He started into the
art department to have the column
illustrated, but was stopped by the
phone.
Hello" helloed q CHEEKY, enthus-
iastic voice. 1--WE got q really hot
Wayside item. Up at the corner Of
Calvert street and Connecticut ave-
nue."
P. S.-Our operative is at Gallinger
for observation, but he's doing well