The Washington herald., 1920-07-25
By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.

II
on earth Is there such constant
stream Of people. and of interesting
people, from the four quarters OF
the globe coming and going, as in
Washington. 1t sometimes makes
enc dizzy to watch them, but II is
interesting. Also, sooner or later,
everybody who has done anything
worth while turns up in the Capital.
And II Is almost safe to state that
most Of the people of this country,
and many OF other nations, who
oome into the public eye have liveu
IN or visited Washington at one
time or another and are known
here.
Almost always the Presidential
candidates have lived in Washing
ton sometime or other, and the
present candidates are no exception
TO the rule. Everywhere one hears
the question asked, DO you know
the Hardings?" or Have you met
the COxes?" or perhaps, Did you
Daniel Mahoney?" Some have much
70 say and others answer, mo,
nver met them" And so the line
Of conversation goes.
tAnd people who do know either
one Of the candidates have suddenly
found themselves very much in the
limelight and enjoying a rather
abrupt popularity. There just isn't
any place like Washington, any
way people are here today and
gone tomorrow; folk are in the CEN
ter OF the social stage today and
very much in the back ground to-
morrow; or, perhaps, not on the
stage at all, and those whom one
has scarcely heard Of. perhaps. are
of great importance all Of a sud
den. For, you know, one can never
tell what prominent, influential
position they may hold under a new
regime.
ANSBERRYs NOW
UNDER DISCUSSION.
tTake for example. Judge and Mrs.
T. T. Ansberry of Defiance, Ohio.
One can hardly imagine how import
ant they have become as intimates
Of a possible President all of a sud
den, right out of a clear sky" They
were members of Washington So
ciety of a very desirable standing,
belonging. l should say, in a way,
to both the official and Presidential
circles, but many people, both in So
Gety and out of it, had never heard
Of Judge and Mrs. Timothy T. Ans
berry. and they aren't in the social
register. But who doesn't now know
that Judge Ansberry and Governor
James NJ. Cox of Ohio are "as thick
as thieves" and that Governor Cox
visited Judge and Mrs. Ansberry al
their beautiful home-and know that
the home is quite new-in Woodley
Drive last weekend when the gov
ernor came TO Washington to con-
fer with the President, and that Gov.
and Mrs Cox. with their small
daughter. Anne Baker Cox, are go
ing to visit the Ansberrys shortly,
and that Mrs Ansberry and her
small son. Peter, were guests OF
Gov. and Mrs. Cox at Trails End in
Ohio recently. and that Mrs. Ans
berry, and Mrs. Cox are to be in the
White Mountains near Bethlehem to-
gether whil. their husbands go cam
paigning? OF course everybody
Knows all that now
And the public is just learning
that the AuSberrys, used to belong
decidedly to the official set in Wash
ingtOn society until about fivc years
or so ago. wh"r Judge AnSberry,
who had been Il member of the
Lower House of Congress for three
terms. was defeated for reelection
in 1913 Like many such. having
lived in Washington as officials and
learning to love he Capital enough
to make it their permanent home
after retiring from official life.
Judge and Mrs. Ansberry bought
home here in lie Roy place and
ihen. selling that. recently. moved
into the handsome new residence
which they had built. Washington
fz Of
icnting various periods of official
ife whose representatives have
-oUnd life hsre pleasant and estab-
iShcd themselves permanently when
heir constituents failed to return
lem and became thenceforth mem
.ers Of the residential set" in So
iety.
In that way the residential set
as become divided into two parts,
ne made up of folk like the Ans
. errys, and that is the larger sec
on. and that comprised of old,
~riginal Washingtonians. often re-
erred TO as cave dwellers," who
Iink they are very select. indeed
nd usually are-but who are rap
ny diminishing in number A
FashingtOnian, born and bred, is
ifficult to find nowadays.
ERT BUSY
Asst TWO WEEKS.
Mrs. Ansberry went out to Ohio to
eet her husband - she and little
0ter-whO had reached that State
ter attending the convention in
Francisco. She is leaving early
is week for the White Mountains
ith Peter They were out in Ohio
. % weeks ago today. and then the
-Xt day they accompanied Gov.
o. X to Dayton for his first official
citing with Franklin D. Roosevelt
the Governors mansion, and then
st reached Washington in time to
-aw their brcaths before their
lest in the Iterson of Gov. Cox ar
we'd here. They did practically no
rItertaining for Mr. Cox, who came
n here merely that he and his run
ing mate. Mr.. Roosevelt, might
We 4 chance to talk with Presi-
ut Wilson. Therefore the public
Int have a chance to meet him
hear him, but they did have
cd look at him. for the public in
ge numbers flocked to the Union
Ition about the hour he was due
i gave him a rcusing welcome. 1t
IS Saturday, and with every one
:joyfng q half holiday the crowd
IS very large indeed.
Not only the District officials met
q ". Coz. but all OF the members of
g Cabinet who were in town-and
Sat was a large share of them
I'd. of course. Judge Ansberry, to
hose home he went Immediately.
sere they kept open house for a