Show MEN AND AfFAIRS AT WASHINGTON L By R T S 1 Copyright 1023 WASHINGTON Feb reb 3 Its It's It Its It's a pop pop- popular popular popular ular pastime thi this mirroring of Washington but It Is seldom Indeed I that the looking glass e ever eser er has sent back quite so BO many grins as those thos which ha have base e gl the recent out out- outburst oUtburst out outburst burst of Mrs frs Miles Poindexter wife o of the thc junior senator from Washington state When Mrs ter wrote her piece Ilece about the gay official life here ro tor for the home papers she ot of course did not give a 0 thought to the th consequences o of It should It get got back tu to the capital city But It would C ouid have been a shame for lor Washington to have missed thit t trenchant pen and the pun getting comment For Instance the cabinet meeting of lost last Tuesday would have been entirely polled This was the first meeting after atter Mrs Mn Poindexter had put tho said c cabinet on the grill and toast toast- toasted toasted toasted ed it tt to 10 a II nice itice rich brown Naturally the cabinet was lS as Interested and those members who had escape escaped the pungent pung- pung eat ent pen had many ninny an arrow to ellna aling In the direction o ot of those who had been over the hot coals of feminine scorn President Harding himself can pull a wicked bow when he wants to and he too let fly with some shatto ot of It lt and wisdom at the expense ot of the supposed discomfited who however refused to be discomfited discomfited I When hen Secretary Fall arri arrived ed at the tho White House ho he let It be known that he ha wa as very anxious to see Secretary of War Var Weeks Ho said some someer sery er nice mice ladles ladies wanted anted to hold a 0 reception and wished the war secretary tary ouid send st-nd some sonic handsome young officers to attend It Mrs ter ou re remember re- re remember member said It was great to bo be the of the Secretary of ot War VAr bec because I handI lof of the In the way of hand hand- I some some hand some oung officers assigned to at- at attend tend your at It homes and other social I doo dads I I Well Veil John ho ha hoe have e 3 you you- ou any nice young handsome officers morn morn- mornIng lug Ing the secretary of war was aa asked I Wo have nothing but handsome ot- ot came the tho grinning And there was the secretary of the navy Denby Mr Mrs Poindexter thought she would rather ha base haie e that portfolio in the cabinet than any of ot the others Think of the tho nice speed boats on the Potomac the tho naval yachts the marIne marine ma- ma marine rine band to play at it your our teas and receptions and of course coune plenty of ot handsome oung naval officers at command to say nothing of the wonderful one could take onoe ones one's family on Secretary Denb Denby will admit to any anyone anyone anyone one that he has ha had a bully time as head bead of the tho navy n vy He has haB had as aB much fun In his Job a as Theodore Roosevelt had In the tho White House al- al although I 1 though naturally he ha has not broken as many pates paten with the big stick But think of ot It it In addition to going to the tho Orient last year on a a naval transport and flying around China in a 0 rickety aeroplane which jolly well crashed to the ground with aU all aboard and roving the deep seas In submarino Secretary Denby a few tew nights ago went coon hunting right In the hills of Old VIr- VIr Vir Virginia ginia ginia There were coon dogs and re real 1 old coon huntin colored persons and of course the white hosts to the Bec eec eec- rotary rotary They treed II a a coon and did dide e that coon hunters should haie hae done Its It's a 0 shame that the coon hunting expedition didn t get Into the th official record Secretary Denby likes the n nivy Y I-fe I H I was In tho the marino marine corps during the war and anti If It anyone any one should come como for tor- forward for forward ward and ask it if an anybody body is Ic having basing a 0 good time In Washington today Mr Denby would give a hitch to his trous trous- trousers trousers ers set forward salute and say Aye aye sir or better still Aye a e madame madam There Thero is one dee deep dark darl dank cab cab- cabInet cabinet met Inet which Mrs l failed to expose It has Ion long been I kno n to lii his associates In the tha official family that Attorney General Daugh- Daugh Daugherty Daugherty erty possesses the only high powered ored lerty lImousine In existence which sports as apart part of it Its regular equipment a luge round bias blass cuspidor It hS his hSI hi been the en envy y ot of o other che ers In Inthe inthe I the cabinet but while automotive en- en en Inera hove have r racked their brains I I I stud Ing g car equipment the tho installation tion of the cuspidor was sas M MIr Mr Ir tM til own Idea Which recalls a 0 story once told tod 1 by b old Bill Hurley nurle of the state depart depart- department department department ment A fond parent seated In the library window was wa watching Ills his young daughter a 0 sort Bort of Tomboy Tombo tailor playing with other children In Ina ina lia a park across the tho street The Thc fond parent was startled by seeing his hi hia daughter suddenly set upon a 0 bo boy In Ina ina a rough and tumble tight light In a twink t twinkling ling hug they were rolling on the ground but e eventually the tho girl I landed on top She continued to pound the sellIng boy and then as If It an nn Inspiration had seized her she ehe bent over and spat In his hi ear Her horrified but still fond parent dashed duhe across the street and admon admon- admonIshed admonished admonished the scrappy daughter What In tho the world made you do that he exclaimed I think the devil must have havo got In you Well father said the tho alt all but breathless daughter the d II may made me mo hit Ind and nd knock him down but spitting in his ear was my myown myown myown own Idea The air about Washington the lest latt few days has been redolent of ot crude crud and refined oil Reason why Hist Standard Oil The Tho oil barons have been boen l n here From Indiana na and all points west even as far tar as California they Into the capital city for tor the tha hearings that Senator LaFollette is holding ostensibly in an effort eUort to find out whY gasoline costs so much The farmers In want to know No less than five officials of the Standard ot of California came caine to town with two trunks full of Information about their comp company ny Fifteen or more came from the Standard of Indiana Some of the theother other her Standards still are to be heard from rom Ordinarily a congressional Investigation Investigation gation gatlon of this sort Bort with subpoenaed from every part of the country would be a frightfully expensive 01 she sive e at affair fair But Senator LaFollette land and his bi others of ot the special com corn comI committee I aro frugal folk Although his name namo ha has II a a decidedly French tang t ng ng to lit it there must be a lot of ot Scotch an ancestry only In Mr LaFollette in- in In Instead stead of Issuing subpoenas tor for the I hearing which would have the government In travel and per diem expenses for tor all w witnesses the tho senator from Wisconsin ha has been issuing Invitations The InvItations have been so effective and Inexpensive that they are likely to become a 0 habit with senate committees especially 1 hero here magnates are arc Involved I I IA A A good story Is just out of the tho com corn committee rooms concerning Senator La La-J rollett La-rollett rollett and the tho hearing bearing From timi tl time during the taking of ot the tes- tes testimony testimony tes testimony I tho the senator Benator has uttered a II lot lotof lotof of real reat snappy crisp little loti jokes as It were On a a 0 certain daY this week just after otter getting oft ott what he considered a particularly good one the tho senator Benator turned to the tha official stenographer and bald said Of Ot course courBe Mr Stenographer louwill oU will put those little mUe joke jokes of ot mine In Inthe inthe Inthe the record But senator Benator how am ant I to know which are art the joke inquired the Innocent looking man One On of the oil barons birons In town was wa Phil Patchin formerly of the corps IPhil I of Washington correspondents and the man who handled bandied the tha pre press pros ar- ar ar for the state department at the tho arms armi conference a year ago go Phils Phil's presence started Incipient ru- ru ru rumor more mor of a new now conference but lie he quickly assured his hll friends ha he W was 8 here bore only to help belp prove to Mr r LA- LA La La Follette what a decidedly that Standard OH Oil of Call Call- really reilly l f ii J 4 t k a- a l W Wor or |