The Washington times., 1937-03-24
NOW
Justice Is Good
Time Keeper
COURT FASHION
By HELEN EssARY

When the student boarders at
Holton.Arms look out Of the win
dows each morning and see Chief
Justice Hughes walking past
they know it is eight o'clock,
They hurry into their clothes so
that they won't be late for break.
fast.
It's school history that on the
exact stroke Of the hour, the
gentleman whose mental and
physical agility is now under the
national microscope will swing
lightfootedly down S Street.
Former Governor Clifford Pin
chot, though a Republican, is
firmly in favor of the Supreme
Court Retirement Bill.
Why? Because he says he be-
ueves in the will of the majority.
The opinion of Tony, a village
barber, on the Supreme Court
controversy is. also worth a
thought. A customer asked:
"TOny, how do you feel about
the Supreme COurt?""
Tony waved his razor:
"Ah, she is very, very simple.
YOn see, Wit six men in my
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good. With nine-Still no good.
But with eleven, twelve, men,
then we have one dagun fine
argument! You see?"
The assertion in the soft, South
ern voice of a colored maid in
Chevy Chase that President
Roos'Vel is sho' doin' the bes' he
kin for us po'folks" had arresting
results the other day. President
Roosevelt had just finished his
fireside chat to the nation on the
Supreme Court issue when the col
ored maid appeared, carrying a
tray of refreshments. She asked:
"What did the President talk
ab0ut?"
Her mistress (very, very South
ern replied:
"He was discussing some
changes he wants in the Su-
preme Cou't."
The maid almost dropped the
tray in surprise, exclaiming:
"Ef he amt the beatin'est
man. There amt nOthin' he
won't do for us! JeS' what
changes do he want to make
in de spring cOats?"
When Madame SEE, wife of the
Chinese Ambassador, stopped in
q dress shop yesterday on Con-
necticut Avenue, the shop owner
said:
Madame, we will gladly ex-
change any dress from our
stock for the Chinese costume
you have on at this moment"
Madame SEE always wears ma
tive costume-and very smart
and becoming it is, too. A long
one.piece sheath is nodded but
not tightly.fitted to the figure.
The plain band Of the collar is
stiffened.
Touches of embroidery
brighten Madame Sees street
dresses. Her evening dresses are
of brocaded heavy silk in gor-
geouS Chinese colors, are ankle
length and slit almost to the
knee.
Madame SEE was charmed with
the shopkeeper's suggestion but
decided to keep her own dress.
She imports her clothes from
Chinese dreSSmakers.
What do Congressman do, be-
sides play golf, when they have
time out from earnest legislature?
RepreSentative-at-Large Usher L..
Burdick Of North Dakota Che's a
Republican, you know, and kept
pretty busy these days trying not
to bump into a Democrat every
time he turns around runs his
own Attic Book Shop, that rem
devious of secondhand book col
lectorS on H Street. The other day
Representative Burdick bought
out another secondhand book
shop on G Street.
Before moving its wares to his
first shop he decided to sell the
books he didn't particularly like.
With the abandon of politician
making campaign promises, he
tossed thousands and thousands
Of musty, ragged volumes on the
floor and offered them for sale at
one cent apiece!
The only political patronage
Jobs open during the rest of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's second term will
be the result Of death or discour-
agement. This is how one high
ranking Democratic leader de-
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