Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1921, Page 12

12 Fay , MY FAVORITE STORIES BY IRVIN S. COBB. THE RIGHT PLACE TO SEND IT. bailed him out. Late Saturday night he was brought in again, with a police- man supporting him upon either side. As they held kim upright beforc the station house desk the offender fixed a wavering eye upon the face of the lieu- Three times within the space of one week a vaudeville actor, well known socially on Broadway and better known professionally on the road, was escorted to the same police station and booked | wavering eye upon the fuc on a charge of intoxication. On each | IARH WRQ BAE TIRE LAY ickly, “got of these occasions friends who had|any mail here for me” learned of his embarrassing position ! (Copyright, y _—n part of the work of the pension bureau <which the commissioner's re- port shows is progressing satisfac- torily. To June 30, 1921, 7,367 claims for annuity had been filed, 6,463 being or age and 904 on account of dis- R i ability. At the close of the year there were on the retirement roll 6,471 annuitants of whom 6,066 were men and 405 women. ————————| Press Association.) Commissioner Would Make Work Current Because of ||~ = Urgent Needs T You a : Lunch at Temporary additions to the force of the parenu of pensions, i order| | Bellevue Farms Lunch to make the work there current, is 1332-34-36 G St. N.W. 1338 New York Avenue asked by Commissioner Washington Gardner, in his annual report to Con- gress today The present force is not sufficient to cope with the greatly increased amount of work, the commissioner { ~ states, and points to the retirement | division, as an example, where the small force on retirement and re- fund claims under the civil service retirement law is inadequate to bring the work up to date. 99,100 Claims on Hand. The commissioner points out that at the beginning of the fiscal year 1921 there were on hand 52,537 pending | claims; that during the year 138,078 claims were received and 91515 cluims disposed of, leaving 99,100 claims pending at the close of ‘the vear. There is a great influx of claims under the act granting ill-[ creased pensions to civil war vet- erans, and under the act granting ensions to Spanish war vet- sees cases of | cal helplessness | “When the publi dire distress or p unalleviated by reason of long delay in considering claims for pensions, | when they witness the soldiers . and widows. especially of the civil w dying before being granted the lief provided for them by the laws of a generous government, the bu- reau become the subject of severe | critic which, in turn, reflects | upon those charged with the admin- | istration_of the affairs of the gov- ernment,” declares the commissioner. “It would be a great relief to the bureau if the work of adjudicating | claims was current.” i Pension List Reduced. 1 On June 30, 1921, there were 566,033 | pensioners on the roll, a net loss of 26,137 from the total of 592,190 on' the roll at the beginning of the year. ' = c . o total number of pensioners | An appropriate Xmas Gift were civil war soldiers and for children as well as 7 widows, minor children and ! 251, | dependents of those who had served |l gTOWn-ups. | ~ in the civil war. The highest num- | der of civil war soldiers on_ the roll . as in_ 1898, when 1 2. The highest wnle i at any one time 5. widows on the purposes by a standard which would In the commissioner's report sug- dier who willfully and permanently ing the benefits of the act of May 1, Harry C' Grove The administration of the act of ivil war roll was in 1912, when there were 304,373, gestions are made of legislation to | permit the bureau to admit evidence | . | be uniform throughout the United - States; that a pensionable status as Washington Home of | abandons or deserts him without just cause, or who during his lifetime is 1920, to all Mexican and civil war INC. veterans on whom Congress has May 22, 1920, for the retirement of | classified civil seryice employes is a Legislation Suggested. to prove marriage for pensionable widow be denied the wife of a sol- | The Kodak married to another.man, and extend- heretofore conferred a pensionable status. | t | . NOTHING TO DO BUT FRY! All prepared. Potatoes and every- - thing. A can makes six big cakes. 20c. Much less expensive than meat. Rich, Deep Sea Flavor S You Get it in Gorton’s Ready-to-Fry DEFJ’:ea cod caught by sturdy New England fisher ‘men. Cured in the bracing sunshine and carefully blended with choice Maine potatoes. All this palate-pleasing flavor comes to you packed in } a can. A clean, enamel lined can. Rip off the cover 1 and pat into plump cakes. Fry in piping hot fat and ! serve quick; then see them all smile. | They are so convenient. You don’t have to bother | with mixing or peeling. They’re all prepared. ~ i ~ how good fish cakes can taste, till you try Gorton’s, and } | i they’re so inexpensive—cost farless than meat. 4 can cosis only 20c. Get some cans of Gorton’s Ready-to-Fry today. They are good for any meal. At grocers everywhere. From the Gorton-Pew Fisheries, Packers of Gorton's Cod Fish Gloucester, Mass. 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