Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1935, Page 10

Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things, A HELP AT BREAKFAST ASHINGTON'S only lunch room “starter” i & small but enterprising colored boy who hss attached him- 8elf to a drug sto>c - Connecticut and Florida avenues, where he warns pi trons who must eat breakfast and rur of the approach of tneir street cars or busses. “Your car for the Bureau of graving is coming cver the hill, lad he says to one patron, who hast tosses him a nickel and gulps the last +of her coffee, or: “You can catch the Potomac Park car now, mister.” The small boy also whistles dowr taxis for hurry-up breakfasters w may be munching a final bite of toa and thus are incapacitated. by The youngster’s service seems to be more popular than that of the r muffin army of volunteer autom and shoe dusters. =k oy HAVE YOU SEEN IT? ition to the cage the woods voir, almost any day you can playful little four-footed an different from most of He is a totally white rel. * % x % THE BOSS HERSELF. THE out-of-town employer of Washington man found himsel posesssion of a quantity of il gold in the form of antiques, € asked his employe here to find out what he should do with it. The employe called the mint, but t young woman who answered th phone couldn’t help him out ne said, “you want t to Ross.” Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross ¢ the telephone next and ga directions for the disposal of old gold The young man made quite a h with his boss when he structions direct from t the Mint herself. x % % x ONLY ONE FOUNTAIN. Thirsty Senmators of a necessity must either drink their water at their offices or in the Senate cloak room. Reason? The drinking fountain in the cc of the Senate Office B which covers a large city block, is in the subbasement, out of the usual path of the lcwmakers. |1 BUT HE GOT THE SHOES. vlwh.\.E bums that go round ask- ing for money ought to be ashumed of themselves,” said Sam- \|‘(Kans of Lewes, Del, dis- ¢led young engineer, who had his s stolen the night befcre while % in Potomec Park, cver ask any one for a nickel, naven't had anything to eat either vesterday morning. But an voung fellow who's able to von't have any trouble get- Ng somehow until he finds I had taken my shoes off they hurt my feet and some- le them from me while I ¢p last night down by the Memorial. I walked .down Iransient Bureau, but they t glve me any shoes. Here's my plocket with an address they said I might get es. But I never ask for T'd be ashamed to ask any money. I'm going to my Columbus, Ohio. This map w I'll get there somehow, I guess. Maybe I'll get a But I won't have to ne for money. I wouldn't do minutes later after some about how he wouldn't funds Sam walked out of the store in a pair of good es which one kind listener for him and two quar- e only two other men in “ ok ok I'S THE LAW. / the good old St. Pat- stivities in which cob- ame ammunition still e District code. The that if any person a cobblestone and replace the same “to n of the director of ngs and public parks al Capital within the R MOTORISTy g yS $SEITER LUgpigaTION ATOCRAy MOTOR OIL |Pennsylrvanial Finest BAYERSON OIL_WORKS MORE MILK To make it richer MORE SUGAR To make it sweeter THE EVENING STAR, - WASHINGTON, time prescribed by him,” such per- son shall be subject to a fine of .$25 and costs. A cobblestone, used for flinging purposes, incidentally, was known as a “dornick,” as con- trasted with bricks, which were “Irish confetti” * kX % JUST A FILL-IN, A NEW “taxi” racket has appeared “™ in Washington. A man in a small coupe stopped at a bus stand recently and asked the only potential bus passenger there if he would like to ride to town. The passenger accepted gladly, surprised ’ but pleased at the display of neigh- borliness. g The driver proceeded toward town after finding out the destination of his passenger. He explained he had been working until recently on a high- way project but had been laid off. He would take the passenger on to town if he would “give me a little something toward the gasoline.” He explained he was able tqgpick up a little small change each day by picking up pedestrians—not enough to live on, he said—but enough to pay for the operation of his car while he is hunting another job. COMMISSIONER NAMED ON MOONEY TESTIMONY San Francisco Attorney to Ques- tion Out-of-State Witnesses in Perjury Probe. ¥ By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 2—The California Supreme Court yesterday appointed A. E. S8haw, San Prancisco attorney, commissioner to take testi- mony of out-State witnesses in habeas corpus proceedings for Thomas J. D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1935. Mooney, convicted S8an Prancisco 1916 Preparedness day bomber, ‘The court defined the issues upon which all witnesses will present evi- dence as dealing chiefly with the question of perjury. Shaw will leave soon for Baltimore, Md, to take testimony of John Mc- Donald, itinerant waiter, who testified at Mooney’s original trial. McDonald is reported seriously ill in a Baltimore hospital. Testimony also wijll be obtained frym John A. Fitch, New York rews- ant, who was acquitted in the trial, and F. E. Rigall of Grayville, Ill GOLD— REVALUE PASSES Uruguay Senate Favors New Cur- rency Issue at Profit. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, August 2 (#).—The Senate has approved and sent to the House a goverrment plan to revalue the gold stock in the Bank | paper and magazine writer; Israel|of the Republic of Uruguay in accor- Weinberg, Cleveland, Ohio, a defend- | dance with the present market value ) of gold and to issue new paper money to replace the bills now in circulation. ‘The government estimated such ac- tion would result in a government profit of 48,500,000 pesos, of which 12,- 000,000 pesos could be used for gove | ernment internal financial operations with 36,500,000 for public works. The measure, regarded as controlled inflation, is designed to depreciate the value of the Uruguayan peso, which at present is worth about 45 cents, United States currency. It is expected the House will pass the measure and that it will be con= verted into law within two weeks. 7 ’ Special August Event at The National! “GIFT-GROUP™ SALE [ English Lounge Sofa and Lounge Chair covered in durable materials. 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