The Washington times., 1920-05-18
= Presidents and Pies
An Interesting Account of Washington Peo.
pie of Yesterday and Today By the wife
of the WeH-KnOUn Dipionatist
BY Mrs. Larz Anderson.

One day the Presidents daughter
Helen motored over to the navy
yard with US. She WAS seventeen
~ that time, a nice. intelligent
girl without any frills but very
popular. nevertheless, standing
high In her class at Bryn Mawr,
where she has since been made
deAn-the youngest dean OF women
In America. and now is at the head
OF that institution as acting presi-
dent
At the yard. Captain NibIack. now
admiral, and since In command OF
the Mediterranean fleet during the
great war. received us on board the
old Hartford. then a training ship,
but once the flagship on which Far
ragut. lashing to the rigging, di-
Tected operations when the Federal
fleet ran past the Confederate bat
'teries at New Orleans. l was es-
pecially interested in her, because
my father made his last cruise In
her on the Pacific.
Not long after VIC had a sGiall
eotillion for Miss Taft, and before
II, amused ourselves arranging the
favors in the ballroom. among
which were diverting little toys.
Presidential Billy Possums that
you could stick your fingers into
and make the paws move very real
isticalIy. as well as night lamps. and
tan gilt poles with tinseled stars.
About a hundred and fifty young
people attended. AS midnight APP
preached, the lights were turned
off and the electric stars and the
tiny cleaning lamps made quito a
fairy scene.
D~E .. la
fellow, OF exceptional scholarship
very intellectual, as indeed are all
this family. When we went TO New
Haven for the Harvard-Yale base
ball game. we made a call on him
in his quarters three flights up. In
the hall outside of his door was
box with some bottles and an in
scription in big letters. "Yale's
Water Wagon" His room was much
like other studens' rooms. 1t look
ed out on a green square, had
lounge and some easy chairs; his
mothers picture stood on small
table, and~,a couple of society en-
blems adorned the mantel.
Going out once more, we found
7 bright, gay scene. graduates saun-
tering about the yard in fancy cos
tune with pretty girls looking
their very best. Young Taft lunch
ed with us, and then our party set
out for the baseball grounds, get
ting there quite early. The ticket
taker at the main entrance re-
marked. "Your seats are at the end
of nowhere" but we were glad of it
for they proved to be at the end Of
the field. where the different classes
marched in. First came 'S4. wear
l. x1rb
had refused to put on comic attire.
declaring they were too old and dig
nified: LIS brother-inlaw, Philip
Mcmillan, headed the procession OF
'95, with the biggest and noisest
band of all; the members Of that
class were dressed in blue and
Khaki. One class wore Pierrot cos
tunes: another came as gondoliers
in blue and white carrying oars;
the little Dutch boys were wildly
applauded. but the pirates were the
best OF all, in purple and gold with
earrings. necklaces. and knives.
They disported themselves every
where over the place, and all the
bands played at once, and a medley
of different songs came from vari-
Gus parts Of the field.
At last the baseball mines ap-
peared and the game started. going
on very evenly until the fifth or
sixth inning: then Yale made one
home run after another. and Har-
ward got ratified and made only one
run against Yale's four, which we
considered very sad. But our Yale
brother rejoiced.
CHAPTER VI.
Sundry ViSitings and Nisitntions.
The weather became first spring
like and then little too summery.
Washington had grown very warm
when we packed up and went OF to
Winterture, N. j., to visit Senator
Dupont. His place seemed to me
one of the most beautiful in Amer
lea. To be sure, 1T had no view to
speak OF, but the trees were old and
large, and the walks and drives
through the estate lovely. The dog
wood trees were laden with flowers,
pink al Swell as white. like drifting
snow in a sunset. The Italian gar
den, with it's fountain, was small,
but exquisitely laid out, and the
usual.
Lots of interesting people were
there, not the least striking OF
whom was our host. very distin-
guished looking and showing in his
bearing the traditions OF his French
ancestry. Mr.. Winthrop, then Sec
retary of the Navy, and Judge and
Mrs. Davis were present. The Judge
was the man whom everybody had
urged to run, on the Democratic
ticket for the Presidency a few
years before. A foreign naval at
tache turned up and spent a profit