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And It Reined!!!!!!!!!!
By Doris Joyner
Bright spirits and
threatening weather pre
vailed as we journalism
students began our I'Tashing-
ton Trip, April 2k. La-
Rue's unusual interpret
ations of advertisements
kept everyone roaring. To
her, "hot" meant "cold''
and "south" meant "north".
By the time we reached the
Vircinia state line Mrs.
Farmer had caught LaRue's
spirit and cheerfully an
nounced, "Tfe are now enter
ing South Carolina I" It
took i'ilr r Farmer nearly all
day to understand what we
were talking about I
Our spirits were only
slightly dampened by the
four day rain which began
while we were luncheoning
in Richmond. From the time
we left Richmond until we
returned to Bailey, every
one kept remembering that
..cheerful song, "Singing in
The Rain".
While touring Mount
Vernon, Yfeyne was asked by
a guard if he was the only
boy in our group. To
V.'ayne's "yes" the guard
just ansT/ered "Tough I
Tough I"
Rain, but we put on ker
chiefs and kept moving.
As soon as v/e checked in
at our hotel, everyone
raced for the showers.
After a refreshing shower,
we struck out into another
shorrer (vdthout raincoats
or umbrellas) for supper
at the S and '7 Cafeteria
and screen and stage show
at the beautifully dec
orated Capitol Theater,
comparable to Roxy Theater
of Nev; York,
Many interesting things
happened at the hotels.
Eunice, standing under the
shower fully dressed, txir-
ned the v/rong knob and com
pletely soaked herself.
Three Pennsylvania boys,
riding the elevator with
Reba and me, asked, "Do
you really say >You-all*
in the South?" "Sho, we
say you-allV Reba prompt
ly answered.
Speaking of elevators
makes me think of Y/ayne,
He just couldn't seem to
adjust himself to them I
Everytime an elevator
would start or stop, Vfayne
vfould draw up and go "A-H-
H-Hl" He even asked one el
evator girl, "Do you ever
get use to these things?"
Anyv/ay every time ITayne
went to his hotel room, he
walked up three flights of
stairs I
At the F, B, I, Building
we Y;ere shown a dot about
the size of a period,
which after being magni
fied over 300 times proved
to contain a letter I This
is one of several v;ays
used to smuggle messages
into the country during
wartime,
Rain, rain falling right
on, but we shook our ker
chiefs dry and moved on,
A cab driver who didn’t
know where the Lotus Club
T/as located could easily
recognize us as Souther
ners, (By the way, he had
been driving cabs in Wash
ington for quite a time.)
1/0'd vjalk into a "high-
class" cafeteria looldng
like drowned pigs, give
our kerchiefs a fev/ shakes
to remove some of the rain,
order our dinners, and
then settle down to eat
just as happily as if the
sun were shining*.
Every time Mrs, Farmer
spoke to Jackie Lamm, she
received a cough as an an
swer, This seemed to be
J^rs. Farmer's cue to ask,
"Want another pill, Jack
ie?"
In the Pan American build
ing is a moon idol which,
the guide explained, would
"bring good fortune to any
girl who touched it I" Nat
urally all of us girls (in
cluding Mrs. Farmer and
I.Irs, Lassiter) eagerly
rubbed it. The‘guide then
winked at Ilr. Farmer and
said nonchalantly, "Oh '. I
forgot to tell you what
the good fortune ^vas I Any
girl T^ho touches this idol
vail never marry I Nov;,
vdll you 'old maids' fol-
lov; me dov;n stairs?"
It rained but what did we
care about the rain v;hen
we could ride on "the
little train" to the Capi
tol building; eat in the
Capitol cafeteria marked,
"Employees and Members On
ly" j gaze at hand painted
domes too beautiful to de
scribe; view 85 year old
live parrots, $500 dresses,
and $10,000 columns; shake
hands with Senators; watch
feet in a picture change
positions, see Mr, Parson
jitterbug vdth LaRue; and
many other things students
rarely get the chance to
do.
Everyone enjoyed ’the Lo
tus Club ViThich Mr. Parson
and lir. Farmer treated us
to. It was a first visit
to a night club for a ma-
joriety of us.
Although the v/eather v;as
v/et, our spirits were high
and dry during the entire
trip I