The Washington times., 1920-05-15
Presidents and Pies
An Interesting Account of Washington Peo
pie of Yesterday and Today By the Wife
of the Well -KnOUn DiDlomafist e
Bv Mrs Lsrx Anderson.
/, BY Mrs. Larx Anderson.

hsmian flavor that was quite de-
IShtful.
For Instance. there was a lively
evening spent Al the Abb Club. The
quaint little rooms. their walls COW
cred with clever sketches; were fill-
I'd with people and smoke. hrs.
Clarence Edwards received, and
Mrs. Bpurke Cochran and her STA
ter sat on the floor and gave Ss-
moan songs quite enchantingiy. Mrs.
Gibson. the artists wife. also sang
and Nicholas Longworth played the
violin. and there were many card
tricks. The dinner took place, az
usual. In the kitchen. where pots
and pans adorned the walls.
The cooking, OF the good Oh
Southern kind, wss generally done
by the members themselves: some
times one OF them bringing in
duck that he had shot, as a contri-
button TO the menu. That night the
table had a pond In the center with
fish and boats and a lighthouse,
while in a corner OF the room was
tree on which perched an owl
with illuminated, blinking eyes. and
near by smiled the round face OF
shining moon. To help make things
even more lively the guests were
supplied with snap crackers aPd
confetti. ...-
A series OF political dinners fkkN
lowed. We attended one at Sen41j
tor Brandegee's. where old Joe Cart
non was full OF his fight. and Ia
and Aldrich talked as though thSg:
felt bitterly the criticism both hadu
received. Aldricb said he had pass. |
ed seventy and at the end OF tEc
term would refuse TO run again q:
Cannon was seventy-four. and Ga .
linger a greats -grahdfathcr; butl
they were all as lively as youLai
crickets. A suffragist discusscd
hotly the meeting OF the night b 4
fore when TAFT had been hiss d.
while giving The Eu?frage party ~
slight lecture. Th3 French military
attache. Count de Chambrun, who
had married a cousin. gave a smsll
family dinner for tho President at
which Nicholas Longworth's conver-i
sation with Mr.. Taft over some
Ohio political troubles proved most
absorbing. .r .-y q,
Another was given for Vice,
President Sherman and his wife at,
the willard, with about a hundred
guests. Because Mr.. Sherman had
been on the Indian Committee, the,
center of the table represented q
miniature plain with Indians and
tepees. f",.E
Picks Up Farming Hints.
sat next to the Secretary Of Ag-i
riculture and learned a lot about,
farming. After dinner the men.
joined the ladies, and ] talked y III.
Postmaster General Hitchcock, At
torney General Wickersham. ard
Secretary of state Knox. They dc
clared l.. could have anything he.
wanted as a diplomatic post, bE;.
all politicians arc such frauds that
/ refused to believe anything that
/ did not see in black and white. Il
--.. The Cabinet dinner at the Wllits
House consisted of about thirty
people. Mrs. Taft was unable TO
come down. but her youngest sis
ter. Mrs. Laughlin, a very pretty
and charming woman. took her
place. The company consisted OF
the Cabinet and few extra people
like ourselves. Mr.. Andrew Car
ncgic went in with me and held forth
upon his disapproval of football
had a little talk with the Presi-
dent. and then, when the men had
gone off to smoke and we were
left in the big yellow and white
ballroom, Mrs. Laughlin asked me
TO go with her and speak to each
lady in turn.
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Ito BE Continued Monday