Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1935, Page 34

Washingto n Wayside Random -Observations of Interesting Events and Things. CLOISTERED JUSTICE. OVE'S blind ali right. It can't even recognize the United States Supreme Court’s new building. “What's that building,” the young bride on the street car asked the young bridegroom, both obviously strangers to Washington. “That's the White House, 1 think.” As the car rounded the corner, the bridegroom caught another facade of the building and thought again. “] was wrong about that,” he said. *It's a convent.” * ¥ Kk NIC: LADY. The normally busy street sud- denly wasn’t busy at all. All the cars and all the pedestrians in Washington were somewhere else. The corner belonged entirely to a girl Treasury worker. Suddenly a large limousine drew up. Out hopped siz Secret Service men. They scrutinized our heroine, ap- parently decided she was harmless, hopped back in their car. The trafiic signal flashed green—the limousine, followed by another which carried the President flashed ahead. The young lady still feels Nattered. o ok % BIG PIGEON MYSTERY. l WASHINGTON man has been sleepless for two weeks. Driving down Ninth street a couple of weeks ®go he noticed an old brick building which, high up on a perfectly blank wall has lost two or three bricks. In projection on which the pigeon could have alighted. The opening was t00 small for it to have flown into and turned around. Obviously the bird did not enter the opening flying in reverse. The motorist quickly turned around the block and parked in front of the building. But hslf an hour's study, in which the pigeon kept its poise, failed to offer a solution. The poor citizen is still trying to figure out how the pigeon got there. * kX % THAT WALRUS LOOK. ’I‘OWN POLICEMAN GEORGE GIDDENS of Mount Rainier be- lieves he will be more impressive if he grows a “walrus” mustache. The officer, who took & prominent part in the Corinna Loring murder mystery, saw & proof of mustache- impressiveness recently when he escorted a friend to a masquerade ball. The friend, dressed as a policeman, with mustache “en’ everything.” was stopped by a citizen as he walked down the street with Giddens, who also was in uniform. The citizen asked several questions concerning Maryland motor vehicle registration, addressing himself entirely to the pseudo cop. He ignored Giddens completely. * ok % % WAITRESS JINXED. At ome of the local barbecue shoppes waitress No. 13 had 13 persons in the first party she served November 13. Just to be funny they left a 13-cent tip. * ok kX “A” FOR ARTFULNESS. A WASHINGTON college professor | was recalling his own student days. “There was a snap course,” he said, “called Biblical literature.” “The teacher was a retired minister. INVEST IN REST That's exactly what you do if you Few showed up at his classes, except for the final examination. He gave the same final year after year, Every- body knew what the questions would “But the year I fook the course somebody had tipped off the old man. He didn’'t ask for the 12 kings of Isrsel. Instead the question was: Name the major and minor prophets. “I was stuck. Finally I had an tion. “‘Par be it from me,’ I wrote, ‘to discriminate against any of the prophets or intimate that one was in- ferlor to another. The 12 kings’ of Israel, however, were—.' “I passed the course.” * % k¥ WHAT'S GOT INTO BALLY? FM-YEAR-OLD SALLY, just started in kindergarten, has been bringing home stories from scl 5 “There’s one little girl who's an Wise LADIES REDUCE! Safely and Sanely REMOLD Harmful Your REMOVE ol et L e bty el HOME FURNISHINGS « GIFTS I the time and the teacher has to take | BY - FRANCE AND SPAIN| P her on her lap. The teacher says ‘The . canvention g BY the Associated Press. signatory nations—PFrance, Spain and been officially announced. 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