The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-11-23
Inside
Washington
By HELEN ESSARY

guilingly on her recent American
tour that the Chinese exclusion ar,
would not have been changed ~
permit more of her immigrant
countrymen to enter the Unite5
States than have crossed our Dor.
ders during recent years.
what a hateful cynic you have
become!' l told myself next. You
are forever dividing events and
people into unimportant pieces
and wondering why you have moth,
ing left in which to believe. Be
careful or you will find yourself
believing in nothing, and then
what will be the fun in Ivinp9
Every well, then, in what do
you believe?" I continued 10
argue with myself. Mention
few of your faiths. Tangible Or
intangible but mention a few,
Let me see-what do I believe
in?
I believe in the Declaration of
independence and in the Consti.
tuition of the United States. TIL.
originals of these two imperisb.
able papers have been stored
away for the duration of the war
In spirit, I believe they are al.
ways present here.
believe in the American T.,
dian in the war bonnet. STANDING
or the dome of the capitol. I am
very fond of that Indian. He sipni.
fles the pioneering, adventurjng
growing nation
I believe in the enduring sim.
plicity of the White House
pleasant residence surrounded NV
a garden. 1t signifies democracy
end straight thinking.
l believe in the Washington mon.
ument, its white marble shaft ri,.
ing triumphantly to the clouds typ.
flies the American ideal.
I believe in the classic sever.
ity of the Lincoln memorial, an
emblem of pride in great Amer.
lea.
I believe in old Andrew Jack
son, bowling to the populace from
a rearing stone horse in Lafayette
Square. And I believe in Mount
Vernon. It typifies the standards
ON which this country was built.
I believe in the strength and
kindness of my own countrymen,
heller SHELTER optimists that we
are. And in freedom Of speech,
though it demands many living
sacrifices.
| I believe that every man and
woman who takes public office in
Washington deeply prays to do his
best for his country.
I believe in lovely Washington
springs even though the cherry
blossoms had to go Asiatic for
the duration, and in the fall colors
of Rock Creek park.
Some memories I believe in con-
cretely. There was that road in
northern France winding between
vineyards on the way to Bolougne.
can see it today And the chill
dren sailing their little boats on the
Round Pond in Kensington Gar.
dens on a rare sunny morning in
London; and the Norwegian peas
ants hauling their small loads OF
hay with pulleys over the cliffs
of a ford
l believe in the feel Of the air
end the look of the sky on Christ
mas morning at daybreak on my
way to early mass at st Matthews
church. I believe in youth and
jsincerity and
There is much that I believe in
And I'm glad. Not until you have
lost a little faith can you enjoy
the faith which you have left.
The Sale de Bots. one of Wash
ington's good French restaurants
responding magnificently to the IT.
national temper. has changed the
name of its most famous soup
from "Vichy soisse" to "Glraud
else" You know 'Vichy-soisse.
It's that heavenly concoction MADE
with chives and things.
| suppose the restaurants no.
lnenclature generally will follow
the path of victory. When Italy
wriggles a little freer of the Nazls,
Spa ghetti Caruso'' will be IN good
flavor again. We ought to be nav
ing chicken Tetrazzini' any day
nov. But it will be a long time
before "Bier und Pumpernlckel
will have a popular vogue.
Perhaps I'm wrong. but l think
there are too many lawyers III
congress and that maybe 1t was
a mistake to bar cuspldors anu
plug to b eco from legislative
halls.
Why do I think these things
Beginning with the lawyer ooleg'
ton on the Hill I have been reao'
ing biographies in the Congres'
s1onal Record and counted 81 law.
yers therein before I got througn
the "C's." 1t isn't surprlSllls'
therefore, with such coneresslon,,
al population that every big an.
little bill that rears its ahxlouI
head is bounced on by great lesa,
minds-is argued over, flattens.
out and minced up until 1t enu'
reeled of useful flesh and llhe
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