Stupid

It befell that an ex-President of the U. S. celebrated his 67th birthday anniversary in his home on S. Street, Washington. Unnamed friends presented him with an automobile, "a new specially designed model of an exclusive make" (a Rolls-Royce with touring and limousine bodies). The first Mr. Wilson knew of the gift was when the new car drove up to his home to take him for his daily ride.

Next morning the Daily News, Manhattan gum-chewers' sheetlet, published photographs of Mr. Wilson in his new car.

Not content with this thoroughly legitimate evidence of good journalism, the News added to one of its picture captions the following sentence:

"EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS WERE RUSHED HERE BY SPECIAL TRAIN FROM WASHINGTON, D. C."

Since trains leave Washington for Manhattan at frequent intervals, the idea of running a special train to carry photographs savored of stupidity.

As a matter of fact, the photographs had been taken at Washington by the Pacific and Atlantic photograph agency, whose courier had traveled on the Congressional Limited, which leaves Washington every afternoon at four o'clock.