The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-08-15
Informal Events Are Resumed
as the Presidents Health
Improves.
wAsHrNGroN, D. G, Aug. IA.

WAsHrNGToN, p, @, Aug. II,
" TERILY the war Is over, when
" the fact that the President
chooses TO take his daily drive
z. in a licsurely victoria behind a pair Of
horses rather than IN his big swift
motor attracts so much attention. 1t
! rather took one back TO the days Of the
Roosevelt regime, for the Colonel always
preferred horses, and the White House
equipages in his day were horse drawn,
Even when they were really going for n
ride the President and Mrs, Roosevelt
usually were driven out to one of,dhe
entrances of Rock Greek Park and there
mounted and were Off for an afternoon
IN the saddle, with only an orderly in
attendance, and he usually following at
! a discreet distance, | do not recall that
T. R.-evea though he is held in the
popular mind as "the man on horse
back"--evcr made Il practice OF mount
ing at the White House door and riding
through the big iron gates, which in his
F, day were open wide day and night.
1t was Mr., Taft who made the motor
the official White House vehicle, 'in
mercy to the horse" rs he himself cX-
planned, with genial gibe at his own
| heftiness And President Wilson, so
far as | know, has never before used
one Of the White House carriages eX-
ccpt in the inaugural parade, So per-
haps after all the fuss they made over
| his taking his daily drive III the Ola
Victoria was natural enough.
The White House seems 20 he emcrG-
ing slowly from the gloom OF the WIN
ter. There is no surer sign " the Presi-
, dents progress than the simultaneous
absence OF his physician and his secre~
Itary, the fact that while Dr. GraEsoh
was away on his first vacation IN wv"
or three years the President should have
| sent Tumulty as his personal represent
ative at the Cox notification ceremonies,
Socinlly the White House activities
lhave been confined to one or two. small
but high official and very informal
Iluncheons with the President, or an oc-
ca sional cup of tea In the Red Room
with Mrs Wilson 1t was thus that
she chose 10 honor Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, who came down from Hyde
! Park, bringing her school sirl daughter,
Anna, with her for several days with
Iher husband in Washington before going
q.
guests of the CoXes for the ceremony.
Mr.. Roosevelt came down for few days
in Washington to clear up his desk be-
fore leaving the department and p'unS-
irg into the campaign, but during inc
Short time that they were here he anu
Mrs. Roosevelt were continuously enter
tained but very informally
Both the Danieses and the Mereditls
gave dnrers for the RooseNeIts, nut pat
terning their hospitality after that OF the
| White House made them rs lnfoTmal US
possible, inviting their guests by tel--
phone 1t was rather Surprising "heh
one stopped to consider il, how few Went
UP from Washington 10 see now GOV COX
took the surprising news that ne was
picked as his party's nominee. 1t was
an official Democratic occasion Wh'ch
one would have expected to call out q
large official delegation from the cupu4I'
But OF the Cabinet circle the only ones
who went up were the Mcredlths, TAX
ling with them their guests. Mr. ami
Mrs. Earle Butler of Des Moines, who
tare on an extended motor trip Whlc!'
| includes Canada rs we'll as Washington
Joseph F. Tumulty. the secretary to the
President and the Roosevelts, Mr. and
Mrs. and little Anna and Judge Timothy
1T Arsh,rrv were the only ones WI
went. so far as I have heard though
the invitations We're scattered rather lIo-
orally throughout the town.
Judge Ansherry has been getting Mrs
| Ansberry and little Peter established AT
Bethlehem. y. Hin the Breton Woods
couniry--where they are 10 spend the
rest of the summer. and where little
later Mrs Cox and little Anna VIII loln
them. and he went direct to Dayton
from New York, not returning to wash
ington until later. The Roosevelts were
the guests of the Coxes at Trails End,
and ] doubt whether either Mr. or Mrs.
Roosevelt was as much thrilled with
the whole occasion as was Anna. Then,
il was all to do over again. with her
adored father as the hero of the day
at Hyde Park on Monday.
In the Cabinet Circle.
Secretary Baker and his son. Jack.
.cem to have been of for weeks
cruise on the Sylph while all this
nominating was going on. AS the
Sylph is the private sea going hack
of the Secretary of the Navy, one
doesn't quite understand how the Sec
retary of War fell heir to it-but
Jack, at any rate, enjoyed the expert
ence thoroughly. Secretary Baker is
planning to go to Ohio next week for
the Democratic State Convention. Miss
Betty Baker, who had been down in
Loudoun county, Va, visiting the 7.
Janney Browns. returned early in the
week to Beauvoir. out in Cleveland
Park. where the Bakers are established
for the summer.
The Postmaster-General and Mrs.