Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1921, Page 59

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 13, 1921—PART 4. 5 Tripping It With Torchy By Sewell Ford THE RAMBLER WRITES OF OLD CAUSEWAY FROM MASON'’S ISLAND TO VIRGINIA SHORE that the Potomac river along the but he wished the applicants to give another objection. This might be, he HO was the wise guy that wrote the piece about every cloud being a thermos bot- v t1e? You know, silver lined. |Georgetown front was difficult of)notice of their intentions in order said, the commencement of a scheme Anyway, he had the correct dope. I've e aved Roadway;na\u:ul:mn by ships of deep draught|that any person conceiving himself which would compel all boats coming |or heavy cargo. because of mud banks, ! likely to be aggrieved should have down the Potomac to unload their had a demonstration lately that has got me quotin’ him above par as a forecaster. = f‘nd further set forth that there was|oppostunity of being heard. This was cargoes at rgetown. This would and Dam Are Plam- an especially troublesome mud bar|the usual ‘course in the state where be effccted by obstructions in the off Easbys point It was asked that|he resided. river above the town and a canal The cloud I met up with spread Congress give its permission to the| Thomas Clairborne of Virginia was “terminating in a basin in this city, over the general offices of the Corru- l Se Wh th erection of a dam across Little River, [by no means satisfied that the re- thus diverting to the exclusive ben gated Trust one morning about 9 y en en € |the object being to stop the flow of moval of the mud hank would do no ' efit of Washington all the labor a and before noon time it was so threat- water between Analostan island and |injury to the Lastern branch and fo | expense which had been joimtly in- enin’ that the whole force had a case P t I L the Virginia shore, and to force all Alexandria curred by Marviand and Virginia for of jumpy nerves. As usual. the storm otomac Is at LLOW|the flow of the river through the| S opening | the avization e 1;*0:5& town channel. it being be- 2 ®) < ieve that this would have a scour- loger Nelson of Maryland said that John i Jackhson of Virgin Tlde _ P etition ing effect, remote the mud banks and [on a question so important to the Rediced thi he wis wiliis Dlalned sof jand Smiake "h’l upper parts of Maryiand and Vir- moy s y o center was in Old Hickory's private otomic office. Even Mr. Robert could work up only a poor imitation of a grin as he comes out after a ten-minute % 5 +,* {Georgctown channcl one of great plained of. and which they roquired say, Torchy,” he remarks confi- Sulnmt‘ted l)y Citi-|dcm BTeAt! ginia he could not refrain from stat- to be done Josey \ on ess Maryland said dential, as he leaves some papers on il my desk, “my respected parent seems mza on the rampage today, doesn't he “Well, he ain’t maimed anybody yet” says I, “but I look for casual- ties before the day's out. “Hm-m-~m!" says Mr. Robert. “And the market seems to be steady enough, 00.” i s t ain't stocks,” says L “It's that bad knee of his. You should have been here early and seen Piddie and me easin’ him in from the elevator. Say, my shoulders ache yet from the weight he put_on ‘em. And as for his language—Wowey! 1f he didn't hang up a brimstone record then I'm no judge. This soggy weather seems to have got to him strong.” lain proposition,|ing Some reasons in favor of the and the citizens of Georgetown stated | measure and against the motion of | Session he had zens of Georgetown it plainly in their petition. Yel thethe speaker. which was intended to | @ biidge over matter had some lard siedding in|destroy the bill. It had been urged. WOuld oppose ihe d . « |Congress. though no appropriation of | he said. that the sediment which now | thought Congress h i an the lg t 11 |public money was asked. The George- obstructed navigation at Georgetown, | %th the o B town people said to Congress, “We|if Set afloat, by increasing the cur-|°f the Potomac river shield of Mussachusetts opposed the Well. for several davs the poor old bill was talked on a vote on evening, December 13, 1801 Con M want mk pay for this thing out of l’ol:,l m;,n volume of water would im- | SHi€) ol : — = |OUF DOCKets." Yet there were many |pede the navigation of the Eastern [Pl because only the prople of George- ngSS AT Y = |members of Congress. and some. of | branch and ill up the harbor ef Alex- | [OWI Were taxed, while other prrsons 1 d V. o o d them h‘lghl)h pruminent vocalists ,,,Iu;m:;:a P’rh».«» who wouid take a view | Would be benefited that body, who could not see the thing |0f the Eastern branch would be con- | * & % % and, ll’glnla ANA {coming or goink. Some could mnot|vinced it could make no deposit there. | h o = 1 understand it at all, and some very 1t beink intercepted or turned aside {llustrious members misunderstod it|BY @ Point which projected into the ! dam and causeway the DlStrlct A 1 altogether. | Some who did dimiy un. | Eastern branch, and as the water of | i the House and came t d . |derstand it saw flery devils in it that gtenh‘:‘u.;g' hnnru!:] asimore Y(”‘xll Thursday Siooa by ready to Jabith ) han the Potomac. the breadth of the 28 Had an Interest inijsedy roady o smb their phiontorks it bt mach ‘euks thatt ihe | s of Virginia. the soverc {former. There ceriainly Wia nn dAIEET | yone Wil e At e follows the vote “Then it's high time he called in 5 n rights of U ; Dr. Frasier,” says Mr. Robert Pro ect the stute of Marylund, tne sovereign o arirehended in that quarter Asluo. ia. Simeon Ha “That Scotch twinge specialist of i} . ghts of the people of Georgetown. | [0 0athat the solid mase of sedi | e Wit i his.” says L “Nothing doing. He's off i |the soverc gn rights of the Potomac| Tent was to be taken off the bac at | s o e him for life on account of that I - {FIVer, the sovereign rights of the mud | onee and lodsed in that harbor: the | Te i farl caos bank oif Easoys point, etc. Everybody | probability w 1d be re. s Ve JAGGED Jine of gray wodke|ln Virginte Marviand, Geerpetown |t ey oy A e reuches from Analostan Isl- | Washington. Alexandria and else- | eddy on wach side of the river. while anl te e T ore. | Whore cried out, “Let "the dam be|the union of the Eastern branch with e 3 slyn s built,” but there were so many mem-|the Potomac would increase th \ese rocks can be plainly |bers of Congress looking around for | celerity of the current and carry it seen when the Potomac is at low tide, |SOVereign rights to defend that it was| far below Alexandria. He imagined | Conn . Juin A. and 4t high tide you will mark by |® Dard jobtoget the measure through. | that the inhabitants of Alexandria|Pu.: Juw Hoge. Pa. James Holaad, N, C. e S S and the citizens of Virgi wished { Sumuel Hunt, N, B William Kenaeds. N ¢ he disturbance of the water as it success to the measure. He knew his | S Laraed, Mane: Josenh Lowis, r.. ¥ flows above the rocks that therc is| Representative Matthew Clay of Vir- | constituents had it much at heart, | Heney W Livingston, N. Y. Thouas Lowudes b i o A Jonn B Lawas Pac William M an obstructio Se - | ginia i knowing that a choice of markets ix|S C: Joha I : n there. Seen from the a presented to the House on | i)t ccommodation (0 the farmer, | (et Mo Nahum Mickell Mase Aqueduct bridge or from the city | Thursday, November 22, 1804, “a peti- |and if defeated it would be as much | B G Jenmiah M sirects that are high above the nortn |tion from sundry citizens of George- | to their advantaze to bring their| i o diet list he was put on. He think: s the Doc. made a wrong guess and brought o'w these spasms worse than ever. He wouldn't let Frazier inside the_door.” “We'll see about that” say. Robert. “Get him on the "phone talk to him myself.” “All right,” says I, “but dom't let on it was me did the callin’ up. 1 don't carry any accident policy, you know." Just what Mr. Robert told this higl priced expert in knee misery I didn't 5 . o e s - = § . " ol S g priced expert in knuoe mizery ¥ oi0ns| AFYER ONE/TURY ON DECK I DASHES DOWN TO THE STATERCOM, SHEDS MY HEAVY SERGE SUITFOR N Conn.: Zarle, X, € N, 3 Mr. i R that s, arrives and is towed in where Old A PAIR OF ICE CREAM PANTS AND A THIN COAT. end of the bridge, you think that it 3 <hip| - : Hickory is glarin' savage at.a list of | i a4 narrow e, on think LI 3 town'aruting ithat the) channaltorSehe | PEOIHSS 10 5 SHIBPICE ROXL &LSDSE 0V | Pattcrpan. 5 5 Tbama Fist investments he's had me ‘et q . socks vhlahl e lsla vir: rilzclomacimaaic 3 2 L BE g o, N i :;: fn‘; nim. Also n?.\- right in the | don’t tell him anything. Oh, seven|dingy. steam-heated office. Wouldn't| youngs! an see the wheels R0 [ginia, ]l"': :‘r y;":“ulnl:,ufil,}:'.l :ngagr:r(r tomac was considerably obstructed ' structed at such prodigious expense. | Lrastus Roof, N. Y.. Bbenozer Seav D o I e e o mments | curdled curses on' thit old knee of [be any better livin' in town, though. | round. Its great Stull for the dispo- | View, either from the island or from on some of the items. mine’ |T'm stale on New York, too. Its an!sition, this sudden shift from the |y noint on the river shore below o8s. .7 . “What the blistering basilisk is| But by that time I'm slidin’ through | u noisy, messy old burg, ain’t it?" | freezing point to 74 in the shade Iy, you. would see’ that the’ beit of Y 1his™ he's demandin. “Two hundred | the door thankful. I'd been throughi “I simply loathe the city iall Weld hud tiearly three whole days| S fa Woulq sce that the belt of A iy hares Titchfield Hotel Corporation!|a cloudburst and was still ali at this time of year” agrecs Vee |of it with the awnin's streiched over | Giog Totke, set syimmetrically by g 2 . Now where the sulphuretted | Then for mearly an hour nothing | “The shops are having their stupid | fhe promeiade deck and the fan | milong Tormed a roadway thirty feer Bl B happens. Nobody's called into the pri-) mark-down sales. of last scason s | buzzing merts in the staterooms, be- | Wiic and six feet above S Atat ainary -, i ay: vate ce a vou can bet nobody |goods, we've seen a he best plays, | fore we sights ¢ high spots o < el Jamaica, sir," says 1. ate afice and ¥ou & and | Jamaica loomin' up off the port bow | M&h tides, and on each side of the roadway was a stone wall four feet “Hah!" he grow: “How idiotic: | went without being sent for. I was|and 5th avenue looks tacky high. It was a causeway from Ma- Have we any interesis in Madagascar | just figurin’ on making a dash for|dreary.” o “lsn't that stunning?’ says Ve or Patagonia? Some of Robert's bril-|an early train home. too, when my| “Worse than that” 1 adds, “if youclappin’ her hands enthus e e L ; e liant financing, I suppose. Call him in | number is rung on the buzzer. have to push through mobs of strik-| “Rexlar stage mountains’ says 1 L e e e him—En: Whos that at| “Hard luck!" thinks I, but I has|ing buttonhole makers every moon-| ‘Belasco couldm't do any belter. ofl . Luiit primarily as a dam, but it o to_answer it. time, the way I do. Course, I don’t|light ‘em up fancier.” S0 o4 £ 2 ¢ ‘hfj:o'}-(oberl, sir, and—and Dr. Fra-| The old boy is still sittin' there,|know much about how we'll find it in| Then came the thrillin' moment |,.-f..:‘g|:°.1'.'..““-“?‘”? or paved road, zier,” says I, slidin’ out of my chair | chewin’ a cigar and scowlin’ savage | this Jamaica plac | when we picks up a darky pilot, miles | DECRUSE the owner of the island and and edgin’ behind the desk. at that list of investments. He's| “Oh, it will be heavenly out at sea, and another when we gou|9f (he land on the Virginia side—Gen. “What!” roars Old Hickory, twist-|calmed down a lot, though. enthusiastfe. “Just think, near enough to see cocoanut mu RO Masan L I dgteeing foithie bulld in® his neck. “Frazier, you sin-soaked | “Torchy.” savs he eems that|warmy, sunny days all the time, leanin (ontiover the water lkelthey ing of the dam stipulated that it i v vn 3 B i S 0 < a o a el 3 n' us he friendly hai ut | ¥ S - ©old pirate, how dare you come here|we own a lc. of things in this fool | nanas and oranges and flowers e i elvint us the trtenaly hall SBREG GG B SRR e after feeding me on nuts and sawdust | island where, and mountains rising out W 5 ring 3 Bitchile and etting me into this| “You mean—" T begins. the sea. We'll drop into summer. 1lnarrow channcl finto Port Antonio Whenhe e eue) Coienkine deed “¥ ¢ what I mean, aks | m i Tk Suits and white | bay. and saw the big hotel squattin’ {{7om . iason to the corporation ou know what ean.” he breaks|must put in comfy on a bluff, and the pink and |©f Georgetown. says the Doc.,|in. “Don't have banana plantations I L A = , smilin’ genial. ou djdn’t fancy |in Iceland, do they? Yes, Jamaica. fo on’ says I I cam't believe it.” | blue and white stucco houses cluster-| | That branch of the Potomac river be the diet, eh. Ellins I've never been there. Don't wish to| She had the right dope, though. even |il" around. that Vee really gets so n Analostan lsland and Virginia A O ok squirrel?” demands| 8o now. But. lt.may be mecessary.|if we did start out past Sandy Hook |excited that she hops up und down (8 Litile river. it hus been sald that o018 Hickers “Nutat T11 thank you|Gur interests, vou understand, I must|with three inches of snow clutterin’ |and suaps four picturcs on her cam- [t I the natural channel of the Lo- Frazier, to do your experimenting on | look them up, Straighten our affairs,|up the decks and a northeast gale|cri without ouce windin' it up olss andl it nasibesnuan)d ioh fan someone else. sell off some, maybe buy others. Per-|hummin’ dreary through the riggin’.| -Oh Torchy!™ says sie Knowi|jgauslCetom or centaintyldnat sl ndt “How long, may I ask,” says Fra-|haps I shall be there several weeks|Evervbody was bundled up in ulsters m just going to fall in love with|ihe natural channel of the Potomac, s this ‘island. When her Analostan Island was cat ier, “ you stick to the li v by busy. Can’ t | s it was a shivery, grouchy | thl} A zier, “did you s 0 the list I gave [and I shall be very busy. Can't get|and fursand it PEYARTOLELY Long as you don't include the|Off from the mainiand on the west Yyou? around very well alone. Yowll have|crowd that collected in o 5 s : e p e e ‘ “Three mortal days,” snaps Old|to go along, young man.” room. I'd helped Old Hickory into aluatives. says I “you can't make mety o o the river or from the main- . Hickory. “And I grew worse by the| “Me!” says I, gawpin. corner seat and he was glarin' around |Jealous. and on the east side of the river, or hour.” “Yes, T understand.” says he, “Lit-|like he was pickin’ out who he'd bite| Well, we did the usual tourist| |8 Jeft as an island between two Fes, you would” says the Doc.|tle wife and youngster. Well, bring |in the leg next. Vee and me huddled |stunts.’ We had dinner that night out | branches when the great flood of “But about the fifth day you'd have | 'em along, too. We'll make a party of in a sheltered spot aft and watched|on the wide veranda and hunted the waters seeking the low level of the had relict “However, as vou wouldn't| it. There's a steamer next Tuesday. the smoky blur over the stern thatlblue velvet sky for the Southern %¢4s crished and ground a half-mile give Nature @ chance we': Lave to t reservations, good ones. And tell| was New York. ICross: we tried drinkin’ iced cocoa- | Wide chasm through the rocks and send you where you can't help your- | Robert to step in here.” So long, old town, says L. “Much[nut milk and eatin’ fresh mangoes; |Scoured a valley through the softer self. Didn't.] hear Jamaica mention-| How was that for a grateful jolt|cbliged to leave you.' we snickered every time a brunette [ Sedimentary rormdation. is something ed as T came in? Well, that will do.| to be handed you just when the indi-| “I wish we were going clear to the{Jamaican sprung any of his near-{!hatno oneseems to know. It may be Nice little gail down there and the |cations were a something exactly op-| equator,” adds Vee, “and w not | cockney Engzlish on us; and we dis- | thil it is unknowable. {Jimate willpake vou out thoroughly. | posite? But thats Old_Hickory to|coming back until ith of July covered that benanas were banah- S You'd bettef sall by the next boat?” |the life. He can throw in reverse| “Me. too says I heart < and that pincapples didn't grow snorts Old,Hickory. “You're| gear quickern anybody I ever knew.| “Seemed like that banana boat never tree. but were T in row ny scientists have thought and crazy, Think'T can drop every-|I can keep him in sight. though. If|w . where, though, the cabbuges. And nex ¢ we got italked on this subject, and perhaps Old Hickory to a tourin’ car and r 5 o oot 4T 18 some of them have talked on it with- i some banah-nah plantations, and saw |Out thinking much about it. How l M the East India coolies loadin' carts | ever, if with green Iilt and Heata fhe s oy YOU WaRL (o setie his queds Jamaica women chantin’ their weird | tlon for your own peace of mind and Songs as they did the family wash in|happiness of spirit, go to it. The a4 roadside brook. And Old Hickory | island, the river and the mainland below Masons Island by a ud bank | having afterward to go with their|James Sioan. N. 3.; John Cotton Smith. Cous.: recently formed which did not allow | produce to Alexandria by land. Henry Nouthard. N. 3. Willlam Stedmai, mlore than (hmleen or l’olurlefenvzf'elel It wads moved that the commuue‘,fl-fi*-;"!_’-:-fi::lr-:n;_ 'n::?: !!r-T-rI- admits that his knee is better, but|shores are there, and perhaps yo Of water; that few vessels of eighi- | rise and report progress. Mr. Macon, | Fi: Samuel . Mass.: Be Tl Browls that he wilts down collars as | be able to rasd the geological history |6h feet draught passed the same | the Speaker, opposed this motion, be- | B M Pnitip Van Tortiandi. N T fast as he can put ‘em on. of Analostan Island, The Rambler|9afely, and praying to be allowed to | cause it would leave the business juSt juac Vao Herve. Ps.: Daniel C. Verpiauck, Tt ‘sure does get hot there in the|will give some auotations on this|'215¢ & tax not exceeding one per cent | where it stood, but as he was de-|X. Y. Peieg Wadsworih. Mass: Jobn White: middle of the day. and then again|subject before we get through with | oD [he real estate of the inhabltants | termined to vote against the bill in|hill. Pa: Lemuel Williams Mam.: Richard st after mundown when the frade |iho) o eror N et d ough With |to be applied to erecting & causeway | any and every shape. he was prepared | Wsan. S C.. Joseph Winston, N. C.; Thomas i Whocks off for the day and the | I omertes: | (0l peiand Was,in theland dam from the island to the Vir- |10 decide now. The gentlemen in | W: & % night breeze from the mountains|the Rambler came {o these pats. Ir| iRia shore, which they conceived | favor of this dam and causeway. he ays—Nathaniel Alexander. C. hasn't begun to trickle in. And that|was probably the Potomac river be- i“r’yov.‘:lrl\]d::l"{lzc‘:fitlginc‘:?el::ni‘:r:i o heY | said. say it will do no harm. but where | 3 g A e e constant blaze of white s s r 3 f | ation? O e e - i e 3 1| thix continient from Asiu or wherever | Tort of the Virginia snore, who were | (g™ o STRTCNOUS etk upon | adsn Vas Wi rewnshiela.” Mo the sights that was handy they did come from. and set up their|the only persons who could possibly |1he navy yard in the Iastern branch ¢ > S D pillages here. This island may have i injured by the work contemplated ,nd jts causing obstructions in the Comiwsm, V. Hickery had quit, vin' been created at the time the inla heavy o E0 jA =3 Hereaced e ne e inland Lo be erecte p | > Hay st 4 o sbrouck. N B have much pon o taekie mil#t Harpers Ferry and washed the House resolved ‘itself into committee | JURRT S0 SPP G000 OL0 (1 hor- | B I Miclael Leib, Pa b ess he'd let o 3 ust of the away until of the whole on the bill “authorizing | & P IEE ACLOMM LS SO K. Moors, dugine y ton Lo na soihne ered th 8 rocks of gne the rporation of Georgetown fo ] RS th a draw for the passage of anxious 1o look after. Not until he'd | 2 “Grent palis, Difficult Run e Tt iond causewas from M. | Vessels. The petitioners urged the had & couple of dayu of sittin on the|Run. Litde Fulls and all the way son's I1sland to the western shore of i eneral utility of the measure to all 2 B e s R Mr"e‘:“""ldmvn to Analostan Island. And that |the river Potomac.” Nathaniel Macon r_';:‘“;';“(:*‘{Jfl:ngl:‘:‘r:f;rf" the north Ne—— Then he begins to stir things up. was probably before man came upon|of North Cerclina, Spceker of ‘0f | peneft accruing to the inhabitants of : Jonid Smith, Must write those letters” says he, |the €arth. So. though the Ramblers) House, moved 19, MUILS 2U% Claw to | the District of Columbia by affording | (P % O Philip R Thompson. e e e ent drops ot s anc: | recollections appear sometimes to ex-|section of the bill “with a view to Dinteict lorAing | B. Vartum. Mass.— 88 & b e = tend back to the time of the settle. |trying its merits.” John Randolph of (& solid and secure means o s e - = ‘See if vou can't induce that YOUung | nen¢ of this neighborh Virginia seconded the motion “of his | course between its several parts. This Maryland's delegation in that Con- lady stenographer to come out here | Ment of this neighborhood by Euro-) F IR 2, FECOPTCt 4" (The Speaker). | measure was opposed by the present | Bress—second session of the Eighth— and take & few, young man, while |eaRs—a trifling matter of three hun- | iiBeEl €, | nac, he sald, was the | Detitioners on the ground of the com-|Were John = Archer. Walter Bowie, you look up those fool wharfage |fce% Feals Dluscbe confesses that| il oroperty of the citizens of Mary- | pact between Maryland and Virginia John Campbell. John Dennis. Nichol- people.” i B tains o mmemory of that time |07\ ind Virginia, under compact be. | Securing the right of free navigation |30n R. Moore. Win McCreery, Roger Yes, sir” says 1, registerin’! VASH SDTOREN Iiand Was ot tween themselves, This property, at|of the river and also alleging thatNelson. Joseph R Nicholson and snappy motions. e ey eon Which ¥OUT|ienat on the part of Virginia. had [the navigation of Georgetown would Thomas ~ Plater. Archer, Bowie As a matter of fact, I was glad to)attentioln Bas been Colled to. was be-|neyer been relinquished. be impeded. The argument which they | Campbell. Dennis Nelson and Nich have something to do besides watch |17 et e citizens of | "3\ o C5s. in his conception. had not | applied then now applies against them | 91son did not vote; Moore, no: McCreery the lazy Caribbean ®ive off heat |GCOTEOIOWN pelitioned Congress (o right to pass the law in question, but[and it ought in the minds of some | and Plater. ay waves or listen to mockin' birds {Permit the city of Georgetown to!if"(; haq there was another ob-|legislators to apply with equal suc-| I Virginia's delegation Thomas trillin’ away in the orange trees, It's|Make a certain improvement in the | jiction. The corporation of George- | cess. : Ciairborne, John Trige, Matthew Clay. a1l fine enough fo loaf around in |Potomac river. The petition set forth!{own was empowered to lay @ tax| William Findley of Pennsylvania!John Clopton. Edwin Gray, John 4 white clothes and fill yourself with | ich would be unequal and oppres- | favored the bill because the deepen-|Jdckson. Thomas Lewi Andrew lime squashes—for a couple of days. | Sive. since the property on which it|ing of the channel at Georgetown was | Moore, Alexander Wilson and Abram After that T get restless. o 1 Kot!uway from this pokey old island and , WS Lo be levied would not be equally | of interest to some of the citizens of | 11155 did ot vote: Christopher Clack. busy interviewin' important lookin' | 4WaY from thix pokey old island and,pejefitcd by deepening the harbor.|(he western counties of Pensylvania, |Jiohn Dawson. John W. Eppe, Deterson Englishmen and in no time at all 1| 3en imagine how tired 1 am of| gypposing that effect 1o be accom- | saveral of their boatable creeks near- | wood¥yn, Thomas Griftin, David Holmes, had all the dope it was possible to | c¢ing nothing but banana planta-| i .q He hoped that a prompt re- | iy interlocking with those of the Po- | WAllr Jones, Anthony New. Thopias e tions “and orange groves and palm | Y. {lon of the bill would serve as & Ldneniockine COEEhE i Newton, jr., John Randolph, John Smith Meanwhile Vee has made friends| Secs o oot povevepn® Climate of New| goneral notice to the inhabitants of| i Ry ey T and Philip R. Thompson voted -mo: with the young lady stenog.. a meek, & - the District of Columbia to desist ‘Thomas M. Randolph, James Stephen- i “Oh, it gets nippy now and then,” a Vi % 3 ™ § i n - thin-blooded little thing Wwith big. | caye 1. i hen.” | from their daily and frivolous appli-| Calvin Goddard of Connecticut son and Joseph Lewis. jr.. voted ave. wistful eyes and a quick {ouch on the | S2¥® I. "Just enough to make furs|cytions to Congress, to the great ob- % e ' The dam and bill e Mo Vhe® B, aick toeh on thE land overcoats feel comfortable; but | iiruction of che public busitess hoped the committee would rise and |y ought into the Senate F 1 3 ; s nice weather. life o2y e the subject be postponed until suf-|ber 14, 150 e Her name is Violet Semple anil shes | mostly it's nice v ome 1ife | ® John Smilie of Pennsylvania said he po er 14, 1504, and referred to a committes double orphan who liwes with an|in the air. Makes you feel kinky and | understood there was a rival inter-|ficient light was obtained to guide |consisting of John Quincy Adams of D oy hhan Who Jives Vith 8% ibucks you up. Not like this hot-| eat between the towns of Alexandria | (heir votes to a Gecision and | Massachusetts, William B. Giles of Vir- e ot precior of aylittle chureh { house stuff you have down here. Wliy. | und Georgetown. and ue this rivalry | (' YOtes 1o & Proper decl<ion. 81" |ginia and Samuel Smith of Maryland. three hundred po Wy, a couple of montha of this would | mad heen exhibited on many Tormer|he urged caution in dealing with such |So far as the records show. its Course “Pounds of what v Lal.ku”;'tl:oll':;vlpur";i”;ulmcl-‘fem i \::lllc occasions r:,e daemetl'l it proper before|a momentous question. 'l}lmuzh .t’hg'Senzvr wnge:relu}:. "",’,"f," or pork cl EEe oD of them | they passed any bill for the encour-| ¢ vashi c slow. and it was passed by that body A hop, days we Ket in October or November, | agement of eliher place that - the| U¢OTEe Washington Campbell of|jonugry 16, 1505. illy 5 Vee. “She' for- 3 f Jorn little thing. Let xo'. ’;v:r a"':'d 1 feel like T could lick the town:|parties should be obliged to publish Tennessee would not declare himself 0k to her | She wants o ver A0l Givex me an appetite like a long- ! their intentions some weeks before |for or against the bill. but he was - about New York shoreman. “And the eats you can get|application, that if there were any g e Ominous. | : disposed to take note of the applica . el we tried to tell her. And|il Some of those places on Broad- ' objections to a measure cantemplated |\ ‘ > say, iUs dstonishin’ Row enthusiastic | Way! Remember that last dinner we | they migtt be before the House at|lions to Congress made from time to uGERMA.\'\ S attitude toward had at Morini's; eh, Vee?" the same time. The reporter of the|time by the inhabitants of the Dis- Siea e Uibe oMIEHRAT ] wath Tk : lover the Youre"a Coupie of thonsand milca| SLm-memi saw Vee o Annals of Congress added: “He|trict of Columbia whethor Lo redress IN NEW YORK, TOO,” SIG HS VIOLET. “IF—IF I COU! ‘LY GE . away from it. Yo 5 then noticed that Old|stated this merely as a ground for grievances or procure benefits. But PIAGHE Y OLET. “IF—IF I COULD ONLY GET A SITUATION | i7AY from . You, should haveliickory had roused up from the nap | postponement, not saying whether he |he by no means approved of the prin- SR oA mtaterat a Mhoara Cop'fornia lne'd been taking in the easy chair|was for or against the measure. ciple of legislation without repre- Afnner out on the veranda near the window | Mr. Gregg of Pennsylvania thought | sentation. He regretted that they where we were chattin,’ but I didn’t | the House bound to legislate for these | were placed in this unfortunate situ- Army officer at a luncheon in Louis- “HOW I WISH I COULD LIVE reminds me. in faet, of the new parlor maid whose mistress thiug at = moment's notice and run (I:}':“’flke’rvl:iel p:ug;l»:flm}m instead of way she was chuggin' and rollin’|, Y¢S says L "it's the only regu-:(hink anything of it. people (citizens of the District of | ation. said to her: Off Xo lne cnds of the earth? You|chuckin' a paper weight at my head |along. About dinner time we peeked lar spot_on the map. It's the big| “How 1 wish I could live in New | Columbia) until they (the Congress) | Henry Southard of New Jersey said| ..y nq, above all things, 1 expect gom ¥ nom, jliein Gk aimiolon A m nter cruise | through a port hole and saw a light- | ShOW. You n tell that just by|york, too!" sighs Violet. “If—if I|relinquished claim to ghe jurisdiction {he had not considered this subject of 2 . . L phe e i sh i bavpy ta e woplcR W SalniCimu ing s Culiget yHousenb ki n* Solamniat sl glancin® at the sky line as You sail|could only get a situation there.” either by authorizing them to legis- much consequence at the outset, but'¥OU 1o be reticent. o samits Frasier, “im happy tojmad over fe | Notme Theonly thing| | *Barexst:” suva Vee. “Thavs ‘the| 0P the bav. Why isay our ‘shy-| " “Do you reslly mean’ asks Ves|lata for|themuelves or|retroceding Jhel fonnd)ichat 15 mportine L Yes, ma'am: certainly. of course. E 5 a pa WOrri about was whether V last land we shall see until we get | SCTADErs start the ‘Battery and|«that you would leave all this?’ and | them to the states to which they orig- | creased as it toiled along. He spoke -Fr:"n :.‘: I";'n ';“:' "‘fllg-h g e caned toward her mis- wracked 0ld business man when I see | would think she could make such a ere e ) ' ‘e i i rackediold pusinens n somewhere in the Bahamas, there's almoxt & olid line of "em up |<he waves her hand out at the blue| inally belonged. If Alexandria were jat length in favor of the bill & Jhen Shelienna Gow rheumatism | quick shift or not. Three d “Hope I'll be thawed toliForly-seconds street s ¥ i | / otk te 5] o d my s I pack and ¢ . e cd out b; - street. You ought' ey ; sco m 3 0! the bill, it is probable they | John Randolph requested that the|tre & l;‘hl‘: n‘_:‘?“narn n ‘..\rtllr‘r:_:hl‘zuun fl'.‘n.'? ‘fl,;d ‘y:"’"{ up a count says L Y then," | ¢ cew ‘em about b o'clock some wiu—i u:"ld, 'l:;yum\!flmt. "3‘:"1';:“:::; me ‘-’v"n‘l.m"n’,.'i’e :em in a mg cial on thy |act of cession by Virginia be read. He ‘And what's there to be reticent Herer Elilna. for the next month or|reglas sport. Vee Is. But say, in less than 48 hours wej €T fternoon with all the office win-1{,n opportunits. T etore ‘this time: thelr mot|said that it clearly appeared thai|aboul, maam? she asked.” two So pack your trunk EOn: Toremy!s savs. she . woke up’ one mornin' to find tne|doWs lighted up and the Woolworth | “ 08PN " oroyis 01 Hickory | having done so inclined him to ‘be- | Virginia had not ceded and had not i rach rehy s’ savs she, givin' melsteamer plowin' through an ocean|2Rd Singer towers floatin’ aboveinrough the window. “You may go|lieve that they were satisfied that the intended to cede to the United States wal tiere Knd St i the sunt ) e Byiny teckle afier beari (lio an-|as (calm &b a golnfiel ool iand’ ax|/SYeyhInE like e e AD- | back with us. Torchy, get us accom- | mpasure should o Into epsration. Dog Ido.atry. < his fist on the desk i e AT e blue as a bottle 'of writin® fluid, Ve | 2ther view that would knock your exe | ggations on the next boat.” HE did not think the bill perfact,|pact with Maryland. He made a long B2t tatandiheatde 2 And just when T was be. | says (s Uhe gUIT Stream. Aoes airoe! out I8 the one vou ket lookin® ncross | *UAiont et saya 1. wawpin but he would not oppose its progress | speech. the intent of which was 10| ¢¢(“HILDLESS married couples,” said 3 > . ; sir? o ehow that Virginia should have been 2 Woran novaltet “wie fo 5 2 3 Binning to get desperate over thaf|one turn on deck 1 dashes o trom. ‘the Pualisades at Riverside vou y wis, Jr."of Virginii i mineapples and papava Chew some|for couple of wecks A Urip ‘ol suit for a pair of ice cream pupes agd | DISRL: crisp afternoon from the tob | DCTGig Haven't we finished all our | very Eenerally signed the petition to [deepen the channel of batruct the . of the papava seeds Youll not like Jumaical Why, you cleyer boy! How |a thin coal, and gocs bick (o breaine | of & bus! Sav, that gels lo you. cven | bisiness? Then whats® the sense | Congress. and no persons outside of | navigation ofthes BiverS Fotomuc Batter atay & couple of months. That's| “Huht says 1. surugein’ in great chunks of mild, bumy seq |IL YOU Ve seun it almost every day of | giewing away in this dull hole where | the walls of the House gave It oppo- | SmewRcre s 4 i DTty & DL o Tn i | dern yaays 1. shruggin’ my shoul-air. "I noticed that the ship's officers | YOUF life; like I have. ~Makes you|tne air is like a bake oven and there's [ sition. The people of Alexandria were John Dawson of Virginia said he 2il 1 think. LIl send my bill In ta-|ders “Maybe vou never saw me in|had blossomed out in white duck uni. | (66 a8 if youw'd got somewhere nothing to do or see? Com S| eontent. and the owner of the island | ®as convinced by his colleague (Mr. ow. @ big one. (iood-| my boss trainin’ act? Well, they say | forms and they sure did look. spiffy, |, Oh. it must be wonderful!” says L ¢ AL o Randolph)ithat It required s joint act zier, taxed in France 35 per cent of their incomes. A good thing, too. People who prefer dogs to children should be taxed quite out of existence. “These French dog lovers! I was There's a steamer loading over at|and the western shore of the river | RONISWR) (NEL 5*UiCi an g0 any” day to you.” I'm a fast worker. You wouldn't| They b i 4 ac “Hig = . < egun to get folksy, and. | Violet. And 1 suppose the shops " 5 o o Highbinder ”;r::rls‘_'(;lt:pllx;;r:)’l‘-z rather make it the Rivicra or Japan, | in' around chaitin’ w,n.”n‘\‘:";.f“,:g:{_ are larger than those on King street ;2:: doglc snee if we can't get pas- ;’:’n,'r:,‘:t,‘:,“"ve"“’,',’e°','m'§°;§vm ei""h'i‘;lmxng {o the Potomac river :'“_"““5 r’|‘""":‘ the 0“"’;’“ "" the ““:" . i '. QUsC You . gers, showing 'em wh, g o |in Kingston?" L ers o " Ly % > ! Roger Griswold of Connecticut said | leine i aris on day in a motor man. 1 1o work again. Now | “No. ho. says she. “I've always|Se to sec the fimne are tpatand so| % KRN v they were:” chimes |, ARG Ill sdmit I dian't lose any time | hearty assent. He was well satisfied | Roer Griswold of Comnecticut said | D08, [0 "{"C “Voung woman with streaking it down to the bookin no injury would be done to the navi- e e next morning we wa o | &ation of the Eastern branch or to | Redincy of (he, BIZ, WaR seticl, but board, Violet and all. Was we|the port of Alexandria. Tf. therefore. .p,ve no exclusive jurisdiction over a little poodle Sat near me. She raised her hand and the omnibus stopped. whaU's the next it Wharfage Company in Vee. “Why, there's no-such shop- ping center anywhere in the world 2" Port_Antonio | wanted to visit Jamalca. Auntie spent | from the bows 3 4 . 4 bonds. Where is|a winter there, you Know. and she|of shuffie h::md":n;rfi..":m .y any right scquired under her unm-; ) that place”” says it's delightful. I'll get her to|noon nearly eve loss. By |4ind the windows are i i faMoiaamnies it s iway. And Til have the trunks [suits and white flannels, and the wom. | /S0 many theaters, 00" says|Wwas up T T e worvs | Droperty. he trusted the House would | tions. quoted the Constitution and re- | the window and stuck her little dog ailpthousht it was ¢ then. ady by Tow afternoon en in thin waists and straw lids, and | violet. wasiuniin thel bowilookhiiidug: north ) PEORSEY: ke il cited. the acts of cession by Maryland | half way out of it. talking a kind of Ciider Head o thenw 6. Whroumn el Sa v e e Il [ AU Bl weanuninced “More than fifty within ten blocks [ would he before we caught a glimj PR and ‘Virginia_ giving ‘fo ‘Copgress com-haby talk—or rather dog talkwdn ey sl aritinay ome thuough [fiad W runa] __’n}..',- to a travelin’ pri- | many west coast campers, Say. you|of Times Square” says I. “and when | of Barnegat Hght pe plete authority over ten miles square.' the livu-l, and at the same time . window. But all he does i let | vate sec. all right, Usfor the sunny | wouldn't have thought it was the same | they all let oul, about 11 pm. th UreiE ekt {0 being able to get| James Sloan of New Jersey felt in- | Fo8er Nelson of Maryland argued | pointing and gesturing with her - o banket. It was a reckless thing | today, 'm Just “y'él e ;‘,}"’,,L',U:," me Shiverin® abourd two turn loose about’ the biggest bunch of | what you want when you want it is | terested in the- result of this meas- i‘.d‘e{"fl;‘xn‘l:“lu:n)ovr-lEht'r:e Nyt "'-5‘?;'5},—?"’31‘”5:‘."aH:f‘"'sa.d the con- e oF {his commutin’ stuntrollin' out | bridke game with thre ather more|mive you a thrill, our lobter dis- |first ~experience ~with * 2 oz inen | nobody to loak to but Consress to g4l (g Jon-mile square o the AMG IOy ons e - Qut'™ says he iy outs}for the 8:03; puddiin' meross torn 1o 5 Potty old sports, and the crab- | trict.” snowfall and she's a little wabbly on | meke legislative provision for their| Christopher Clark of Virginia at-|young woman. ‘T i o She t I8 e o8 by lookin' chief ej s = -