The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-29
Inside
Washington
BY HELEN ESSApv

uor shortage that keeps the ~,
tlonal spirit low can be managoa
so some hotel people say. BY -.
tioning. Not rationing the LIQUOR
Rationing the drinking hours,
For example, permit no drinkiru
in public places except durino '@ oa,5
tain periods. Possibly betweer |e -
and 2::30 in the afternoon ans
and 10 o'clock in the eveninp,
It's that late drinking that no..
midnight drinking, that den R1s,,
the liquor supply, say the N bots,
people. And lowers the stsrd l.o'el
OF behavior, say the moralists
washington husbands are honinr
their wives didn't ask for onp
those new platinum mink coats fo y.
Christmas. Honest brown ni nv.
isn't what it used to be. Wbs4 n
a mere $4,000 for a fur coat n nS.
initiation has one foot in the do nr,a
Mink, honsy. You can pick m wv.
for $4,000. Or wangle that ~ o ons
and only white mink, now '1ivin wy
IN magazine picture on the sln,
back OF a model. I'm not sure yon
can take either of these creatr ou
out of your income tax TbonsE
they might be a dead loss At fbst
hope the girls don't wear tbn @',
woe-begone Ellis Island 'fascinas
tors now in vogue with thoi.
minks. N''''
Problems of today as expross.s
IN books seem to be exnerieno ."
OF war and thoughts on peace
The publishers and authors Nv.
Whanglng out such volumes with
the recklessness of new bns
driver making a sudden turn $50
One of the problems of the dsv
not touched on in the Christms.
BOOKS, is What is to be done with
the war veterans ALREADY dis
charged from hospitals who aro
unable to fight and unprepared to
Work?' Some members of Cow
gress have told me they are w.
ceiving letters daily saying "Tbi,
thing had better be looked into At
once. We don't want another bonus
march on the capital"
After the last war, wounded men
were kept in the hospitals al.
most too long in some cases II is
the disqualification policy of this
war to shorten the hospital stav
as much as possible.
! AS soon as soldier is dischare,
ed from a hospital, government
pay to his wife and children STOPS
automatically. And the poor fel-
low, often crippled in body and
distressed in spirit, is turned loose
at the job Of making a living in
the civilian world he only half re.
members. Often he finds his old
job gone and it does happen some
times that he literally has no
place to go.
1 heard of veteran of this war.
a recent psyci1iartric case dischar
ed from a west coast hospital, who
disappeared. His family in the east
cannot trace him. His wife and
children are in need of money.
The man is wandering among
people no longer interested in him
because he is not in uniform. The
number of such strays is Of
cours e, insignificant compared
with the throng that will soon be
rudderless.
This may be dangerous policy
especially in the cases of men who
are mentally depressed It is likely
that such convalescents may fig
ure in quarrels and fights Of all
sorts, so one of my wise friends
tells me. This will be because any
man who for months has been
trained to kill as soldiers must kill
if they would survive will auto
matically strike who ever gets IN
his way.
Former Governor Ali NJ Lam
don can do blither VienneSe
waltz. I danced with him myself
the other night at Friendship at
one of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Me-
Leans exciting dinner parties.
The governor looked definitely IN
the pink Note phrase in the
pink" proving that Anglo-Amer'
can understanding is having It's
better way
The former Republican presl'
dental nominee pretended GER
tain modesty about his danchg,.
He protested that he got out Of
breath on the 45th tWirl and dared
Supreme Court Justice Stanley
Reep to out step him,
l regret to say that Justcs
Reed declined the challenge Ju'
case of Kansas out doing Ken
| lucky I suppose.