Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1915 — Diplomats Now Call Washington Plymouth Rock [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Diplomats Now Call Washington Plymouth Rock

... « -- * -A WASHINGTON has been nicknamed “Plymouth Rock” in diplomatic circles. Formerly it was considered one of the most desirable posts, especially for bachelors. Several bills passed by the present congress, however, have

had the effect of almost putting the city in the class of one of the towns carefully managed by the Puritans a couple of centuries ago. If strains of. music percolate through the window of an apartment a policeman immediately makes a note of the fact with name and number. If such concerts take place often, the police are likely to make a personal investigation. Such investigations are sometimes followed by the arrival of patrol wagons, even in the

most select sections of the, city. Though diplomats are not liable to arrest for misdemeanors, they practice discretion in affairs that might be brought to the attention of their embassies. Money will not buy liquor after one o’clock in the morning or on Sunday. Even the Metropolitan club, sometimes supposed to be in a class by itself, has been affected by the latest legislation. . - Drinks are not “sold, dispensed, or given away” in the club on Sunday or after the morning. The real guests at hotels also must go thirsty at the prohibited times. The law is so written that it is impossible for hotel managements to serve liquor legally on Sunday, even*though it was paid for on the previous day. That is why diplomats, accustomed to continental life, are calling this nation’s capital “Plymouth Rock.”