Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1935, Page 10

Washingto n Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. MILK MAN MAKES MERRY. “OMITTY” was a good milk man un- til the night he went berserk and did the thing he must have wanted to do for years. The residents of the fashionable Mount Pleasant apartment house where “Smitty” made his rounds when most people were lost in slum- ber seldom saw him and even more rarely heard him. But one 2 am. “Smitty” let loose all his pent-up emotions ‘Without warning there was a tre- mendous crash in the corridor. A few moments of quiet, and another crash. Everybody on the floor was awake and the heads that cautiously peered from cracked doors saw the ruin—a sea of milk and a mass of broken glass. N “Smitty”—slightly inebriated—had been playing a game. Arraying quart bottles of his dairy’s grade AA in pyramid formation, he had backed off with another bottle and tried his hand at bowling. * % % X TALLEST BUILDINGS. HE tallest commercial building in Washington is the Munsey Build- ing, with 12 floors. The dome on the Capitol makes it the tallest building. * ¥ % X HEAD OR FEET FIRST? HE problem of whether passengers I should sleep head or feet for- ward, which is a matter of con- eern to railioad companies and ambu- lance drivers, causes the operators of the new air transport sleeping planes no worry. American Airlines, which operates overnight sleeping plane service be- tween Washington and Los Angeles, says that, because the airline does not have to worry about soot, switching in the yards, drafts or sudden stops and starts, its stewardesses simply ask the passenger which way he prefers to sleep and makes up the berth ac- cordingly. Most experienced air travelers, it has been found, prefer to sleep head | forward because the tail of the plane, when on the ground, is lower than the nose. In flight there is no sense of forward motion and the positior makes little difference. * ok X % GROCERY RACKET. JA N OLD racket has been revived A and is being worked with success in groceries. It goes something like this: A man makes a small purchase fcr crowded stores, usually which he tenders a $20 bill, receives| $19 and some odd change and departs. He has barely left the store oefore a woman accomplice enters, orders some inexpensive item and pays for it with a $1 bill. Pocketing her change, she leaves, but returns a few minutes later and indignantly demands the rest of her money. “I gave the clerk a $20 bill and received change for $1,” she might If the clerk is not easily swayed, the women then is likely to add: “Well, if you doubt my word, the $20 bill I gave you had a telephone number in the right-hand corner—I wrote it there yesterday while I was playing: bridge” To erase any fur- ther skepticism, she then cites the number. That cinches the case for the erooks—the male half of the fleecing combination having marked the bill previously—and Mrs. Racketeer walks out with $19 of the grocer’s money. Storekeepers, however, fall only once for this expensive gag. * ¥ ¥ X FENCE HISTORIES. ESIDES the old gun-barrel fence surrounding the house at 2803 P street, in Georgetown, there is another fence which has a story. This is the one surrounding the property of J. Leo Shugrue at 160 Quincy street, in Chevy Chase, A few years ago, while they were tearing down the old Klingle Bridge, at Connecticut avenue and Devon- shire place, Shugrue noticed the rail- ings and made arrangements to ob- tain them. Not certain they would be suitable for the purpose he had in mind, they lay in his basement for several months. Finally he decided to set them in stone about his yard Ever tried this one? If you are one of those men who has tried dozens of razors—we ask you— go right now to your nearest dealer. 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Perhaps not as historic in age or significance as the gun-barrel fence, still they are becoming talked about. At first laughed at, Shugrue admits, now the fence is greatly admired. ‘The gun-barrel fence, it will be re- membered, was built at the northwest corner of Twenty-eighth and P streets by Rueben Dorr during the War of 1812. Funds for the war were advanced by the citizens of George- town, who were allowed to get old castings in payment. Dorr procured some old muskets, and from these constructed the odd fence which now has been a Georgetown landmark for well over a century. LIQUOR PRACTICES LIMITATION IS 0.K.’D City Heads Set Back Hopes of Industry for Closer Co- operation. The District Commissioners todsy dealt a blow to the hopes of liquor manufacturers, wholesalers and re- tailers for approval of their prwu'ces of the interchange of signs, free serv- ices and co-operative advertising. In approving an opinion by Cor- poration Counsel Prettyman, the Com- | missioners upheld the decision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in ordering these practices must stop by April 20. The liquor board found they were in violation of the District liquor act which forbids financial or other tie-ups between retailers, manu- facturers and wholesalers. | Specifically, Prettyman ruled and the Commissioners agreed that the lending of signs to retailers was pro- hibited; that this applied even in cases where signs bore only the name of a manufacturer’s product, and that the brewers’ code of fair competition, which permits beer manufacturers to furnish retailers with signs each year up to the value of $100, does not su- persede the terms of the District liquor act. Prettyman also found various co- operative advertising plans to be in violation of the District law. ‘DEAD BEATS’ FACE SUITS H. 0. L. C. Files Against Bor- rowers Deliberately Delinquent. ‘The Home Owners’ Loan Corp. an- nounced yesterday that it had insti- tuted foreclosure proceedings against 141 persons who it called “deliberately delinquent borrowers.” It added, however, that “the num- ber of willful defaulters is small con- sidering the total of 850,000 home owners whose loans are held by the corporation.” jsufficient appropriations to last it 44’5 77 < THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1935. MUTT AND JEFF— THERES A GYPSY BAN! LETS GO SEE THE YOUR LIFE Grand Canyon. Explorer Tells Of Adventures Modern explorations right here in America are as dangerous as any of the vaunted expeditions of history, says Clyde Eddy, the only man who ever fought his way twice through perilous Grand Canyon. He tells the story of his hair-rasing fight with the “mad, crazy Colorado” in next Sunday's issues of “This Week,” The Star's new colorgravure magazine. According to Eddy, men have died of thirst among the cliffs, unable to reach the tempting water they could see thousands of feet below. Others have died of hunger because they were unable to find their way out of the canyon. While there are 254 dan- gercus ‘whirlpools and rapids between Lees Ferry and Boulder Dam, a dis- tance of 350 miles, there are only 12 | known trails leading out of the can- | yon. Another adventure story in “This Week,” but of an entirely different kind, shows “Babe” Ruth changing from orphan boy in a reform achool to professional ball player and finally into successful business man as vice president of the Boston Braves. The in “This Week” contrast between the younger Ruth, of whom Ban Johnson once said that “he has the mind of a 15-year-old,” and the practical, sober-minded Babe of today is skillfully reported by Lowell Thomas. In addition to these special articles, three famous Englishmen contribute the stellar fiction for “This Week.” Sir Philip Gibbs best known of the World War correspondents, writes a romantic drama of two young lovers in riot- ridden Paris; Robert Hichens, author of “The Garden of Allah," turns his story around the soul of a ‘“big busi- ness man.”” And P. G. Wodehouse continues his hilarious comedy of Hollywood, “Laughing Gas,” which everybody—or almost everybody—in town has been talking about for the past three weeks. Other short stories are from the pens of Honore Morrow, noted writer of historic novels; Taylor Bynum, Carl Clausen and Katherine Newlin Burt. As usual, the leading stories are all | illustrated in full color by famous art- ists, and there is a color cover fit for framing. PARK VIEW CITIZENS ASK WELFARE FUNDS Congress Urged to Appropriate Money for Board on Plea of Hospital. The Park View Citizens’ Assocla- tion, at its meeting last night in the Park View Platoon School, adopted a resolution requesting Congress to give the Board of Public Welfare throughout the year. Action was taken after the association received | a letter from the Children’s Hospital | asking co-operation. A letter will be sent to Traffic Di- rector W. A. Van Duzer asking him ' LUCKIES USE ON ' s m to place a reflecting sign on the street car loading platform on the west side of Georgia avenue below Rock Creek Church road. It was claimed that the platform is too low to be seen after a car turns there and that its red lantern looks like a tail light. Five dollars was appropriated for the Community Center and $10 for the National Symphony Orchestra. Mattresses Remade The Stein Bedding Co. 1004 Eye St. N.W. ME. 9490 o 1S SHORT/ THIS ACE OF CLUBS ASSOCIATION HITS HIDDEN BAR EVILS Congress Heights Group to In- form Commissioners of Its Action. Claiming “hidden bars” are a men- ace to public health, the Congress Heights Citizens’ Association went on record last night favoring their re- moval. The motion was presented by E. J. Newcomb, who said a restaurant pa- | tron “never knows just what he is get- ting or whether the glasses are steril- ized after use.” The secretary was instructed to send copies of the motion to the Dis- trict Commissioners, the House and Senate District Committees and the | Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations. A motion by Louis A. Gelbman «to inform the Public Utilities Commis- sion of the association’s recent mass | meeting was approved. The group | favored the substitution of busses for the present street cars by a vote of 27 to 24. After & discussion on airports, the | group decided that po action was nec- | essary, since a motion favoring the ! Benning race track for a local airport W I am a friend indeed. A better friend than others, because I am made only of mild, fragrant, expensive center leaves. I don’t permit a single sharp top leaf nor Well, Jeff Will Have One of His Own, Anyway! site was made by the association five or six years ago. W. A. ers, president of the Kenilworth Citizens’ Association, spoke fot the® Benning area site. The Street and Highways Commit- tee was authorized to contact resi- dents in the area of Raleigh street from Sterling street to Highview place southeast and determine the type of street grading desired. Robert H. Marshall and George F. Sullivan were elected to membership in the association. ACCOUNTING ASKED Couzens’ Resolution Seeks Infor- mation oh Relief Expenditures. Information on how the Emergency Relief Administration has spent more than two billion dollars in the pest three years was asked yesterday by Senator Couzens, Republican, of Mich- igan in a resolution introduced in the Senate. 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