Letters: Jan. 27, 1930

Opera Glasses in the Senate Sirs:

WHY? Recently I visited, for the first time, the two Houses of Congress in the Capitol at Washington, D. C.

It happens that my eyesight is seriously impaired and I frequently carry opera glasses to help out. I had anticipated pleasure in looking at, and identifying, many of the august (?) members of the upper house, including Borah, Glass, Tom Tom Heflin who mortally fears, etc. Imagine my chagrin when I lifted my glasses to my eyes, to be told by the doorkeeper that it was...

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