The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-03

on former Senator Weeks Of Massa-
chusetts, who is reported as thor
oughly enjoying life on his farm at
Manchester, n. II. He has recently
been getting in his hay-doesn't that
sound bucolic and is not at all in
clined to envy his former colleagues
who have been sweItering in Wash
ington. and wrestling with the va
rious ramifications OF the business of
making peace, or ratifying it. The
State Of New Hampshire owes Sena-
tor Weeks of Massachusetts its 400. 900
acres Of forest reserve land now own
ed by the Government-and if he has
any influence with Uncle Sam-as he
conceivably may, even if he is no
longer Senator, these holdings will uI-
timately be about doubled.
They tell a funny story about his
successor, Senator Walsh, the first
Democrat Massachusetts has had in
the Senate since the civil war, shock
ing the clerks and bell boys at the
Willard almost to death There are
democrats-and Democrats. Senator
Walsh is both, even il he does live at
the willard. He came in the other
day with a friend and went up to his
quarters. 1t was hot, and he rang for
ice water. 1t didn't come. Then
he grabbed up a pitcher and made his
way down to the desk. inquired where
they kept the bloomIn' ice water, fill
ed it up and retired with his loot to
his rooms again. Heaven helps those
that help themselves" was a favorfte
motto in his school days, but 1t is one
that the Willard doesn't often see ap-
plied-and the help there was quite
scandalized at any United States Sena-
tor so demeaning himself.
Mrs. MediH Mccormick
Back on the Farm.
Speaking of farms. Mrs. Medill Nc
CoTmick, who has been on hers back
in Illinois since the first of June, with
the two children, while her husband
was here wrestling with the league
which he hopes to help bury-is about
due back. She was to come back Au-
gust 1. and while 1 haven't heard Of
her arrival as yet, she'll be here in a
day or two. Mrs. Mccormick is a per-
son that sticks to her schedule pretty
closely. The children were to go to
their grandmother, Mrs. Robert Nc
Cormick, on Long Island for August,
and Mrs. Robert Mccormick passed
through Washington on her way to
New York a day or two ago. l fancy
that as soon as she is ready for the
youngsters, their mother will be back
here functioning as vigorously as head
of the National WOman's Executive
Committee, as she has for the last two
months as head OF one of the most
complete dairy farms in the country
Which suggests quite naturally the
Secretary Of Agriculture. and his long
trip through the West, largely 20 find
out IL possible the why" of the H. c.
him-and the Swiss Min
lister and Nine. Hans Sulzer. Secre-
tary Houston is back, and DR.. SuIzer
is expected at the legation Tuesday,
but neither Of the wives are coming TO
Washingt for the present-both
having returned to the children who
we're in Massachusetts for the sum-
mer-the Sulzer toys at NOnQuitt, and
the Houston youngsters at Woods
Hole.
Recess
Regarded us a joke.
The Congressional recess which was
10 have begun yesterday and last
until September Q has all along been
regarded as something of joke The
idea seemed to be that so long as no
one officially calls attention to the
il is i'm session; on the same principle
presumably that physicists claim I'M
less there is some one presenet to hear
a sound, there is no sound (the sound
being the product of the waves in the
ether beating on the drum of the ear,
and with the ear drum absent, the
sound cannot exist. There used to
be a rule that neither house could
recess for moro than three DAYS with
out adjournment. But rules? What
are they among friends? No more
than presidents to Presidents: and Mr.
Wilson has taught them a thing or
two on that score. So they just agreed
among themselves to keep very quiet
about it-and nobody call attention
10 lack Of a quorum. until September
9-and they sent over a concurrent
resolution to the Senate. whereby that
august body promised not to tell on
en- and Gayly prepared to ely the
coop"
And then. SOmehow. the President