In Cincinnati

City managers are not so numerous as politicians. But Cincinnati, having decided that she prefers one of the former rather than one of the latter for her lord and master, last week announced her choice: Lieutenant Colonel Clarence O. Sherrill of the Engineering Corps of the Army. She will bring him a dower of $25,000 a year.

Colonel Sherrill is a North Carolinian. In 1901 he was graduated from West Point, second in a class of 142. As an Engineer officer he served in the Philippines, at Mobile on the Rivers and Harbors Commission, at New Orleans during the severe floods of 1912 and 1913, and on the Panama Canal. He went overseas with the A. E. F. and became Chief of Staff of the 77th Division. In 1921 he was made Director of Public Buildings and Grounds of the District of Columbia, a post which carried with it the duties of Chief Military Aide to the President. But he made so much of his job in the city that it became necessary to relieve him of his duties as "aide" at formal White House functions.

Hear the rhapsodic description of him which the Washington correspondent wired to the Enquirer for consumption by the eager citizens of Cincinnati:

"Not a day passes that he is not called upon to act as engineer, architect, artist, interior and exterior decorator, landscape gardener, tree doctor, florist, gamekeeper, director of outdoor sports, and censor of beauty, morals and safety. "He is the man who provides 'love nests' for the birds and squirrels in Washington's numerous parks and playgrounds, shelter for the park policemen, benches for the weary as well as the lovelorn, golf links, tennis courts, and bathing beaches for the thousands of Government workers. He blazes bridle paths through the cool woods, supervises the care of the flowers and cherry trees along the Potomac speedway, and provides the camp for summer tourists amid a setting of blooms and municipal gardens.

"He cooperates in selecting sites for monuments, makes plans for their dedication and memorial, and keeps them cleaned and decorated. At his command, the United States flag flings its challenge of pride from the tops of public buildings, or at half mast expresses grief at the loss of a patriot.

"He causes public squares to bloom, fountains and bands to play, and sandpiles to grow for the kiddies.

"He arranges patriotic parades and celebrations, issues permits and invitations, makes traffic regulations, erects pavilions, receives delegations, reviews high school cadets, and serves on floor committees of charity balls.

"Formerly he might have been seen in the daytime conferring with the mistress of the White House concerning a leak in the roof. That night, in gold trappings and with soldierly bearing, he would be announcing the guests to the President and the First Lady.

"Economy has played a large part in Colonel Sherrill's efficiency scheme; he has learned how to squeeze the eagle until it can be heard squealing down at the Treasury."