| Show A r WASHINGTON BYSTANDER I IBY t BY HERBERT C. C PLUMMER WASHINGTON One y One of the tho Ing in- things about ut this city is the one one encounters pc po plo tucked tucked away In some some- obscure buIlding corner of a government constantly working at peculiar tasks They are scattered scattered scat scat- iv c 7 j In the department t of t th there re is a L' L man who ho does 11 nothing but conduct ex- ex ts designed design design- ed to give better putting greens to golfers In the library IiA li- li A of congress a noted anthropologist ogist is measuring measuring ing time the heads heads' of members of congress congress con con- gress hopIng lie he can arrive at the legislative ability of tIle the national legislature cally In a one man office at the public health service is' is isa a doctor who has devoted his lI life e to chasing typhoid germs and FO o successful has he ben bean that hi his colleagues refer refet to him as one of tho Sr det in time o Jd I I I FORECASTING FISH Lewis Radcliffe deputy ot the bUreau of fisheries has hasin hasin in his department a or of men melt engaged in tasks that that sound absurd absurd ab- ab surd to the layman but Upon examination ex- ex prove to be Of f the utmost value There is oCr example a chap connected with the bureau who attempts at- at t tempts to forecast these sons son's of fish in much the same Vay ra that an agrIcultural predicts the cotton crop Ills lIls have hav been remarkably accurate te and of untold ld value to time the industry There are those who are making a stud study of seaweed Experiments with ager a type mif seaweed found on the West coast have proven that this plant can be made of great value to the woman oman wh who desires to reduce and much Of it is Is being used for that purpose GOLDFISH TARIFF While we were talking talling to the deputy dep- dep uty commissioner there was an oc- oc caslon to refer to a request on file at the of commerce for a. a tariff on goldfish Was Vas there thel-e any real roal reason for such such- a a. thing He was ot of the opinion that such sucha a tariff would wo-uld not bo be a bad bad- Idea and that such a move should be oon- oon than more a joke jole The goldfish is rapidly nearing the million dollar class class' In Inthis this are as a and therefore a fit for t tam a riff A dut duty on mm- ports would also serve to protect time the industry in thIs country countr from disease that nay may be brought In w with th the foreign fIsh Spanking of of- goldfish he sai said perhaps ou will ivill bs be Interested in inthis inthis this story A man and his wife move move-d to an apartment nt in lathe the city where all pets were wc-re barred A prIze bulldog had to be disposed of Ti c couple uple beIng fond of lots to goldfish for fo the dog They went to an aquarium were to to find that the they could find fish that sported fac-eJ fac closely r the dog they ha l. l to give up A |
