The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-30

WASHINGTON. Dec. sO.-wal.
jer Cunning CHAM. Of Huntington,
secretary Of the West Virginia
coal oeprstora' association, is In
10 Nv on business connected
nth tie coal trade.
John s. Miller. Of Webster
sprtngs, Is a visitor in the city.
\ sspstor Sutherland on Monday
COX up With the pension commits
!! iionet, urging Immediate decision,
The application Of Mrs. Marion c.
4 Her Of Waynesburg. Pa. and
Jat1 9. Durham, Of Weston, w.
Fred w. Perkins, head of the
educational hlm department OF the
Department of Agriculture. was
J jummoned to Hinton, w. Va, on
ghftstmRs evening by a telegram
announcing the death Of q relative.
PurBegloYe is the official name
~ Q new postoffice established in
tonongalia county, Of which John
III O'C0nnell has been commission
Id postmaster.
Miss Emily johnson. daughter
II Senator and Mrs. Edwin S.
johnson, Of South Dakota, whose
aIlga cement to Mr.. Alfred p. Ok
loby, Of Wheeling, W. Va, was re-
,3ent1y announced, has set Febru-
4 Tiny 3 as the date OF her wedding.
Etle marriage will take place at
S1oon at the Willard hotel in this
a marriage license was issued
Ia this city to Herbert w. Myers,
ri Seattle, w. Va, and Dess
France Ramsey, OF the same ad-
5ress,
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Gall, Of
Rhilippi, w. Va, are spending the
ftstmas holidays in this city
! With their daughters, Mrs. Frank
Castell and Miss Edna Gall.
For the first time in a number
sc Christmases, Mrs. Stephen b.
Elkins has all her children with
i ser for the festival season. They
ire her eldest son, Senator Davis
Elki1s, Blaine, Richard and Ste
I 9hefl B., the latter resicdnt Of
Sew York, where he is in charge
N the offices of the Elkins inter
y .55ts, and Mrs. William r. Hit. the
Sn1y daughter, who owns and per-
3onaily operates a large stock
farm in Virginia, thirty miles
rom washington.
President Roosevelt had his
tennis cabinet OF fair-haired
Boys, and President Harding is to
nave his ''playmates." AS mat
Ter OF fact, he has them already,
BUT may add to their membership
fs time goes on.
The newspaper correspondents
lere dubbed them ''playmates"
: and the term took and stuck. They
ire three of them, all members Of
the senate. While thoy may be
members Of the SENATE oligarchy
sWhichEso excited Governor Jane
~. Cox when he was barnstoruiH..
when they are with Harding thay
put aside "oligarchying" and do
al sfplaymates" are expected to 10
just play" They are Dave
i Elkius, OF West Virginia; Erred"
Efale, Of Maine, and Joe" Ere
Einghuysen, of New Jersey.
3 The trio can do the things well
which the new president likes
best They are expert on tho
4 inks, adopts at poker and bridge,
know how to fish, can hunt, they
ys@ilL wager with the now president
sIyhenaver he wants to bet, and.
lot the reformers brace themselves
Tor the Harding will
s6stcha at the drop of the hat and
irop It himself, It's a wager for
hissn every hole around the
Course. UnIes he has a little wa
I ger up his interest in Whatever he
may be doing at the tip doesn't
Use to Its highest peak. When he
smokes he prefers a cigarette Of
The Turkish blend, but when he
:.'dry'' smokes, he shifts Wheel
ling stogIe of diminutive size from