Evening star., 1937-03-28
EFFICIENCY.

EFFICIENCY.
A Conoressn,an uhose name
shall be unrevealed, received let
ter from a constituent out West the
other day, asking specifically uhdt
the r. Uas going on in this city.
The jello,D is custodian OF Gou-
errment building in a small toDn.
He decided construction of GER
tain partition in the building ,Dould
be an excellent ,oay to provide ad-
ditional Office space.
Wrote to the department head
about it, A teU days later sent
another letter, suggesting also that
uicket vindow ,Dould be neces-
sdry in the partition.
Some time later he receiued
reply, saying no soap on the par
tition. About tUo ueeks later came
another letter, assuring him there
mould BE- no ricket built in the
partition that uosnt going to be
built.
CAUSE.
HERETOFORE our only crusade has
been for larger butter-pats in res
taurants. but in view OF letter re-
ceived by one Of our opera tives we
are considering a bit OF picketing un-
til something is done about this.
To wit. our operative wrote the
department. asking
why something wasn't done about
various papers, broken bottles, rags
and whatnot she had observed lying
around the Capital City Of this fair
Nation.
Here was the reply:
This ONCE would like very much
to comply with your request to place
trash boxes in your neighborhood, but
it Is against present policy to place
these receptacles in residential sec
tions. as it has been found they are
oftentimes abused by small storekeep-
ers and others in that they are not
used for the purposes intended and
rather than bettering conditions they
are frequently made worse.
Because Of decreased appropria-
tions for street cleaning work, the fire.
quency Of cleaning in the last few
years has been gradually lessened and
this division finds itself unable to
maintain past standards Of cleanli-
ness. ="
vERNACULAR.
I ADY we know is worrying lest she
went to the wrong schools or
learned the wrong language when she
believed she was studying modern Eng
lish
Recently she entered a restaurant
and ordered two poached eggs. The
counterman faced the kitchen and
yelled, Two dropped on dipped"
On another visit she tried fried eggs
Adam and Eve on a raft" said the
counterman, still bent on amazing oul
lady.
Climax came when she walked into
= grocery store and asked for pounds
Of lard A clerk turned to another
and barked, Grease me twice"
She got what she wanted each time
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LONG WAIT.
WED never thought much about
W this until recently, but the more
contemplation the more logical the
thing seems. We refer to a certain
young parent who remarked the
other night that he could scarcely
wait until his child reaches the age
Of comprehension, 50 he can tell ii
to shut up.
NO EGGS.
Apropos of tomorro1C's annual
Easter egg rolling bout on the
White House lawn, did you knotO
tinued during the maritime days of
the Wilson odministrdtion because
the food administrator decided too
many eggs Dere Ddsted7
The annual melee Ddsn't restored
until President Harding came into
Office.
NOTES.
IN THE absence Of the sixth men,
Der Of . coroner's jury the other
day, Star reporter was called upon
to I'LL the breach AS he was covering
the story for his paper and trying to
assimilate evidence for judicial de-
cision at the same time. he took volu-
minous notes.
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