Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
The
Rambler
Shining Record
Set by Newsmon
By JACK JONAS

Journalist Donald Ludlow
surely must have set a world
record - a truly shining
achievement to look back
upon.
Mr.. Ludlow claims to possess
the Oldest pair of still-serv-
iceable trousers in Washing
ton. He is too modest to do
it, so we'll 60 out on a limb,
risking our own ancient baggy
breeches, and make it a global
record. Yes, including Scot
land.
AS of today-brace yourself
his indestructible trousers
are 81 years and IA days old.
That certainly should entitle
him to two legs on any special
longevity trophy the clothiers
might see fit to award.
These iron-clad step-ins
came with Mr.. Ludlow's first
tuxedo, given him by his
parents on his 18th birthday.
On November 16, Mr.. Ludlow
turned As, but he has not
gone to pot over the years and
lost his trim figure.
Properly proud, but not a
button-popping braggart, he
says: II can still get into
them, and do so on occasion. {"
Dapper Don has worn them
to functions in Washington,
New York, London, Singapore,
Australia, Holland, India and
France. He has been carry
ing them around in his suit
case during his travels for the
London Daily Express, which
he represents in Washington
at present,
The tux jacket? It, too,
survived the acid tests of the
banquet circuit for many sea-
sons, but finally was liqui-
dated.
Solution
The recent auction by the
dead letter branch of the
Washington Post Office
solved the problem of Lot
No. $50. 1t was listed in the
catalOg as zone lot of sharp
inStrumentS-use unknown"
Before the sale, Post
Office officials explained
these instruments, wedge
shaped and made of fine
steel, had been around sew
eral years. But nobody
seemed to know what they
were or seemed interested
in bidding for them.
At this years sale, they
went for $50. Carl Malone
of the dead letter branch
said they turned out to be
medical laboratory instru-
mentS used for slicing tissue
thin specimens for micro
scOpic examination.
Adumunt
A lady who lives on Six
teenth street NV. across from
q big hotel says, by golly, she's
going to leave those EiSen-
hover pictures in the windows
of her apartment.
Shortly after the election
she began getting telephone
calls from pranksters, who
opened like this:
Don't you know the cleo
TONS over?"
You're not an Eisenhower
supporter, are you?"
Our friend had intended
taking the pictures down, but
just hadn't got around to it
yet. Now, she says, she's Just
going to be stubborn and
leave them up until after
Christmas.
Catastrophe
One Of our men tells the
story of the cat in the cold
tin furnace.
He went on vacation
shortly before furnace-turn-
ing-On time, and left the
two family cats with reIa-
tives for safekeeping.
One Of the cats, display
ing normal curiosity, found
a damaged hot-air register,
and crawled through. Our
friends relatives heard It
scraping around in the
pipes and meOwing like II
wanted out but couldn't find
the way.
They tried all sorts Of
ways to coax IL out.
By next morning the Err
rant feline had worked its
way down into the furnace
proper, and the man in the
house did the only thing he
could think Of-gOt out his
tools, ripped a hole in the
side Of the furnace, reached
in and pulled out the cat.