Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1935, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1935 Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ‘WHAT A RELIEF! PANIC bubble that burst suddenly Sunday afternoon relieved a score of motorists who anticipated nothing short of a wholesale wreck. At least " a major crash seemed imminent to m;:h.:e:s st‘kl:t we mot only mis- |drivers unacquainted with the con- uoted a society girl who astounded a | ditions. social gathering with an ungrammatic | An old automobile stalled on the interlude, but we also misinterpreted | trolley crossing on the road en route §t. What she said was this: to Clarendon. Cars to the rear were | “If T'd 'a knowed I could 'a rode I |forced to stop also and their drivers woulda went, but if I hada went I could not see down the track. On- wouldn’t of et nothin’.” lookers were suddenly’ horrified at All of which, Mary Alice Brown and | seeing occupants of the stalled car Marion H. Witmer inform us, is & pet | scatter in all directions while its phrase of the Indiana society girl and driver, standing on the tracks, shouted | was certainly not an ignorant assault and waived his arms as though at-| #n the King's English. | tempting to flag down an express | L tra t"ll:.en with dramatic happy endingi HISTORY ON ROCK CREEK. |ine trolley car moved into view and | Robert Fulton is said to have 5 . made his irst steamboat in 1806 in | °MC ' 18 customary siow stop. a barn back of the Kalorama man- SAGA OF A MOTORMAN. sion. The boat was launched in the | JHOW iovous is the lite of the motor- owill pondiof Rock Creeka yomy be men on the Capital Transit Com- | fore the launching of the Clermont | . . L0 0 0 O e ars? [ on the Hudson, and the experiment S e | twas pronounced a success. fortable as those occupied by the | ik passengers, he controls the car's power THE QUICKEST ROUTE. with one foot and operates the brakes JOR a moment he pondered, ap- | With the other, just as if he were driv- parently worried, then, sighting a | iNg 8n automobile. He opens the front mTraMc Bureau policeman at a safety | doors with a small hand lever and the wone in midstreet, the well-dressed | middle doors are automatic. In front voung man dashed out to the officer. | of him is an eye shade he can pull ‘Automobiles buzzed about him in the down in the same manner as on an e afternoon traffic rush. auto, & mirror that reduces reflections Glrls Fa" Coqts “Officer, can you tell me how to get !0 & minimum and a curtain that is | to Emergency Hospital?” he inquired, | lowered after dark and fastened to the | Chinehilia 1 58 rindow ) weeds and cars passing close by him all the time D&CK of his chair. The windows in | 3 ;1-"»; e 7 ng, - Fruit of the " Loom” Gowns PACEMAKING BARGAINS \{ “ FROM THE MAIL BAC. N THE evening mail comes & note | A from Mary Alice Brown and Marion H. Witmer criticizing our item of Monday captioned “Gram- | S Y F YL N e T L URS N N gy N\ o TN A Day of Days Tomorrow— 58 Super Values —58 Typical Examples of why more and more people are spending their money in the Palais Royal Downstairs Store. my ZALO FROILE, TPZAAE 0¥ C.OD. Oleate/ed » Knit Underwear Infants’ Shirts 2 for 58c¢ Soft and warm; 1212% wool, Sizes 2 to 5. fect qual bloomers, Quilted Pads, 5 for f S8- Infants’ Shirts Extra stitched: well ab- and non - ; as he stood outside the safety zone. front of him are said to be tinted | fote Don - liritar “Continue to stand where you are Slightly to protect his Lyes from street | and you'll be there in five minutes,” | 8lare. The power pick-up is remark- | Sitie i pal b taa 3 ixeloat: able and the brakes are so good that * % ok % he can stop with amazing quickness. | Under these happy conditions, all | J ONCEURONAT M e he has to do is to guard the safety Washington's colored population of his passengers and watch out for | is 3o content to have the name 0f |pe tnousands of taxi drivers and their hero, Joe Louis, before them | o a6 auto operators who cross his at all times that it apparently does | payy without rhyme or reason. Also not seem strange to them that |4 105k out for trucks, bicycle riders, ! there are still displayed along U | cpjigren, and jaywalkers who some- street signs proclaiming: “Go 10 | times pay no attention to where they | the Louis-Baer Fight.” are in the streets or where they are e o | going. Furthermore. he must keep his NEAR VIENNA AT LEAST. | car on time, regardless of traffic jams VAPPEARANC!S. especially in so far and slippery rails. Yes, it's a great | as women are concerned, can fre- ' life! | wuently be misleading, one gentleman | at a recent Army-Navy Country Club | dance discovered. His interest and curiosity aroused ®ver the striking appearance of a Princess foreign-looking young lady, whose dress, manner and general style raused him to feel that she should be from Austria, he soon effected an in- Single-breast- ed. cotton: half | | | sieeves. | . aizes | 2t years. Childs’ Union Suits 58 f e s Girls’ Smart Coats Rayon Taffeta Belted or but- ton-on ' styles . Fall Hat wrd in F :fi.‘hp; o8, €tC wool seat sleeves 2t 6 drop years, two-color com- binations; 3 0 6. PRINCE 1S INJURED colors. Boys’ Wash Suits S38: Daughter Also Hurt in Crash. | i . nals: PARIS, October 2 (#).—Prince and | 4 tehi b Princess Casimir Poniatowsky and | = = troduction. | their daughter, shaken up and slightly | Making conversation, he said, “Are | hurt when their automobile was | you from Vienna?” wrecked in a collision with a taxi Frankly and unsuspectingly, she re- | September 29 near Versailles, were plied: | reported recovering today. “Why, no. I was born half-way | The prince is the son of Prince and | Petween Vienna and Fairfax.” | Princess Andre Poniatowsky. His | * ok Kk % mother is the former Elizabeth Sperry | MONEY IN THE MAIL. of Stockton, Calif. Pontiakowsky and suede chin- 0 quantity Girls’ and Tots’ Uplifting Bandettes 3 for 1.58 1.95 2-Piece Dresses T T2 158 Women'’s Flann. Robes ‘I.58 Acetate Jacket Dresses The popular pin 1 5 weaves: new high shades, also white. Extra- ordinary values. Soft and eontrasting color trimmed: waist- line belted with cord: medium and large Dainty lace up- lifting band- ettes; all sizes, 32 to 38. striped fabric: va- rious colors; 14 to bty 20, % 14 u 1, some morning in the mail, you open a letter from the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co. and find a coin precisely fitted into @ small card, think back and try to remember. 1t you think hard enough, you'll recollect putting a coin in a dead ! phone, getting no service and mak- ing a report to the head office. At the time you might have thought it strange the operator asked for your name and address, but if you gave it to her, the mysterious coin in the morning mail is explained. 1t's a personal refund. Too many dead phone reports from the same person prompt an investigation. | VISIT OUR FURNISHED WHITNEY HOUSPF Eight occupants in the taxi were | | reported recovering in the hospital to they were taken after the | | which | accident. 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