| Show Men and Affairs B ROBERT T SMALL I Copyright t 1913 WASHINGTON D ID C Sept 29 dirt Urt- diri When Wh n the mammoth navy gible floated down Pennsyl so vanla vanJa avenue a few days ago low lov that thU you could M uld fee see the pro propellers pro pro- turnIng and could almost visualize the Uia faces facet of the te officers offIcer and mon men In the dependent gondo- gondo gondola gondolas lan gondo-lan las la It recalled to mind a comic Incident ot of o one of ot the early Zep- Zep Zep Zeppelin raids over London It was In 1816 1916 a time when tha th English had taken virtually no at all for or the protection of their C capital from rom the th So on this occasion one of the tho marauding Zeppelins deliberatelY Sit et Its It course do down n the tho Strand calling extremely low v ind md with perfect safety dropping its little t laj lots Iota of A pound 20 bombs ral racket cd In a a door of ot the Gaiety theater and generally mak-ing mak lag Jig ever bOdY furious I i When hen the 11 till cry ery Zeppelin start start- started started ed down the Strand it so BO happen happed 4 d that a 1 London messenger bO boy was rIding in to the direction on ht 1113 Hearing Hearing- the hunt hum of o the tho motors the boy up and was terrified to see the Zeppelin corn corn- com coming ing right after him Ha Ho put on I more speed but as he looked back ho saw the Zeppelin was hlll Once more ho pedalled with stil bW greater vigor Igor but l ut still the Zeppelin Zeppelin lin BBS tas gaining Tho The monster seemed to tp ha e e ees es that looked at him alone And it was just about to pounce when suddenly a creat Inspiration came to the h rd pr sed meSsenger He s ewer en ed hIs ble ele Into a black alley and leaping from the heel hecl quickly blew out his lamp Th strategy was a success The Zeppelin miss miss- missed miss missed ed ed Its it quarrY It circled a about bout the city for or a time but In Its chief mission it had lied failed The boyes- boyes boy es- es es escaped cap d Its w ath and 11 ed to be a a- hero among a all his mates ates I W Jett Lauck of thu this thia city has one of ot the rarest rare t qualities ever bestowed upon an expert statistician everI I clan cian clan clan-a a sense of humor Mr Lauck was waa one of ot the recently called In during the anthracite strIke negotiations at Harrisburg I being a close ad of John LLeWis L Lewis Lev president o of the United LI I Mine Workers Harrisburg at the time was waa ne all broken out with e ex experts The streets were lined v with Ith IOle olenn n faced men wearing horn horn- 1 rimmed spectacles and carrying ca cases es Somo Some were expert pert rg for tor the miners some for or Gov Gov- Gov- Gov Governor ernol Pinchot and some somo for fOt the nine mine operators opel Some of the cx- cx ex experts crts It appeared were unattached unattached ed a They Just stood around ready to 0 expert on the slightest call for tor torII II in any direction I never saw quite so many and such euch varied experts In all my ray life said Mr Lauck But at that they dId not compare with nith one I met meton meton meton on a case some tears ears ago We e were e at a pretty good I pace pue when the expert I have in I mind r rpsa se upon the conference and sa sale eaSa Q what wh t this care cue needs ts is isz Isa 1 z little constructive research In my dais da s I had heard ofa of s a good many kinds of research but this was a new one Just what l is constructive rese research timidly requested one of my roy asso- asso asso asso- associates associates dates Constructive research he replied is Js where you ou reach your our own conclusions and then go out outto outto outto to find something to substantiate them Royal D I Smead sometimes of Honolulu but mostly of ot Washing Washing- Washington ton has hes just r returned turned from rom a va- va va vacation a cation down In Maine spending much of ot his time motoring through the small villages and mingling wIth the tho goodew good New ew England fOlk It was a great relief said Mr Smead today to find one bit of the country at least still immune tron the waves of ot wild spendIng and wild Indulgence which seems to be sweeping the nation at large larg eIn In some villages of Maine Malle the nick nIck- nIckel nickel el ci still is regarded as ILS legal tend tend- tendel tender el ci er Even the penny la Js not entire entire- entirely entirely ly tf olete I attended a village auction sale one day A QuIte I ela kerosene lamp Jamp was put started at 30 I up The bidding bidding- I cents I think and went up by leaps cents bid until l d bounds at 6 5 a the price reached a 0 dollar By ByI I tills this tino two to old farmers locked I Ihorn horn horns horni A A dollar five said one oneA I I A dollar doUar ten by said the other Dollar fifteen said the first Just about this time the tile much perturbed wife of one of ot the farm farni- farm farm- farmers ers era leaned over and In a n very au- au audIble au audible dible voice admonished Now HI- HI HIam Hiim Hl I im am dont don't get e don t get elicited Perhaps New Nw England may et admonish the rest of the t country I not to get excited and overbid it- it itself It Itself self I Some Inquiry has hIlS been rondo made of I the government here as s to er ar anything cart can can be done to stop ot of German marks on the of ot New ew York Peddlers It ItIs itIs itIs Is reported are standing on the with ahe of the S 1 sheet e t corners mark notes in their hands and calling German marks for forI J I 0 cents Of course the Idea I ii that many people want to buy the bIg mark not notes s as S SOU en Irs or cu- cu cu But thele are two to points attack the practice One of If upon 1 fr that It Is nol not an exactly thing to do toward a 8 friend friend- friendly friendly i ly Iy po power er even If It its currency Is virtually outlawed The second IsI I of attack Is that If it the men notes are cheat cheat ms ho sell the mark I 19 sand and swindlers rne of ot the I endors recently recently arrested for or cheating because he sold lold only marks to the dime The for forI tora million marks lew rate Tate of ot one I dollar is of course all out of proportion to the market quota quota- quotations lons which have run all the nay I 11 iD to to the dollar One ne of the puzzles of the situation as I-as I as to do with ith who would bother to 0 bring over the bales of Iv Iv V worthless marks notes iotes |
