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“This Way To The
First Washington”
While elsewhere in tl|is fair land the fathers were being served breakfast in bed and basking in the glory of “Father’s Day,” Sunday proceeded as- usual in Washington—the women were still in the limelight.
Other famous ladies are beginning the trek to observe Washington’s famous ladies. Councilmember-elect Ruby Jenkins was phoned Saturday night and asked for an interview.
For three hours Sunday Miss Jenkins discussed possible town improvements with Helen Fuller,, editor of “New Republic,” Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas, Congresswoman from California, who were weekend. visitors at “Jessamine Hill.”
Since these two ladies> wholeheartedly approve of women in politics, the alt-women election .in Washington added a star to the feminine crown.
Although they spoke of Washington as already “heavenly in beauty,” they suggested several improvements: viz., beautifying the town with more flowers, trees, and shrubbery; cleaning the marker lot and the lot across from the Courthouse; and building a playground for the children of the town.
To encourage tourist trade they suggested post cards of the town (which could be printed At no cost to the community); erection of signs for each entrance declaring “Washington, Virginia, the First Washington of All;” and a sign at Centreville directing tourists “The Way to Skyline Drive by Washington, Virginia.”
It is understood that these suggestions will be oonsiderred by the woman council-and-mayor in September when the ladies begin to reign officially.
A picture of the seven ladies of Washington appeared in Monday's Richmond Times-Disp^tch, along with the picture of the Mayor-elect Mrs. Davis, before the monument in Washington.
This story by Jean Meredith Stevens gave an account of Mrs. Davis’s experiences in trying to explain by telephone to a New York reporter the difference in being mayor in -a metropolis being mayor of a village of 260 persons.
The story was charmingly told, but its crowing light was a verse from the poet laureate of Rappahannock, D. Lyle Miller, called “Passing the Buck.” His poem appears on page 2 of this paper..
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