Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-01
This and That
BIZ Charles E. TraceDeu.
SIXTEENTH STREET.
Dear Sir:

SIXTEENTH STREET.
Dear Sir:
IN your column noticed q refer
ence to the silent dog whistle. At one
time I had one Of these whistles and
the failure of your Mr.. Templeton
Jones to locate one spurred me on to
an unsuccessful search through old
trunks, etc.
81 no longer have dog-in fact, l
never used my whistle and was going
to send it to you.
while walking past shop the other
day I noticed that they had two of
these whistles in the window. If your
friend Jones really wants one of these
would suggest that he contact this
place.
II cannot begin to tell you how much
enjoy your column. For the past year
have been living in an apartment
with cat, and miss the birds and
squirrels of Chevy Chase.
II still visit my old haunts, and each
time do I spend part Of the time
watching the birds and squirrels eat,
as all my relatives out there feed them
regularly.
VERY truly yours, M. s. M"
This good letter arrived in time
enough so that we Immediately pur-
chased one of the whistles and pre-
sented 1t to Templeton Jones for a pre-
Christmas gift
Gifts before Christmas, as gifts after
Christmas. have their place. One ought
not to get into the habit of believing
that Christmas time is the only time
in which it is possible to give . present
to another.
Well, old Jones glimpsed the shining
gadget with joy, but we could easily
see. after he had given 1t few hearty
blows, that he was disappointed
Jones has such crystal-clear coun-
tenance that it is impossible for him
to fake anything.
He was disappointed with that whis-
tie, and do you know why?
Because it made noise!
A silent dog whistle" so labeled,
we both held ought not to make any
noise.
This one, which cost but a dollar,
seemed made well enough, but the
manufacturer had evidently not thought
well enough of It to put his name to
the card Of directions which accom-
panied 1t.
That, one may believe, was suspicious
in itself, but the plain fact that 1t
made plenty Of noise also was very
much against it.
Jones turned the barrel, after loosen
ing the lock nut as instructed, but the
whistle still made noise, very plain
noise.
When, by dint Of much turning. the
gadget was got to the point where it
made no audible noise, 1t became so
difficult to blow that Jones had to give
it up.
He was red in the face and painting
for breath.
mo dog is worth that" we laughed.
Jones pointed out that q perfectly
good dog on the other side Of the street
paid no attention at all to the "higher
frequency" so-called.
Maybe that dog" we ventured, "has
not been trained on Hollywood stage. "
Whistles Of this type are used on
the sound stages. They also found a
place In the war zones, where trainers
could call back their dogs without at
tracing the attention of the enemy.
Templeton Jones finally pocketed his
dog whistle, and we could see that he
had his doubts about It,
This means that we will have to
continue our search for q genuine,
high-frequency, really silent dog whis-
tie. Old Jones will never be happy
till he gets one.
The one he had In mind cost six
times as much, and maybe that makes
difference.
It usually does.