The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-01

What is the life in washing ton You say, and the first thing you hnow you pass Senator Ashurst Of Arlzona midway between the capitoi anu ii' home his broad -brimmed hat m ms hand his coat flying, his face flushed and bis black hair damp with exertion, out for a. long walk. Public men prop ably walk more here than they do al home. Exercise is almost imperative.
 THEY ALL WALK
 | President Harding is so dependent unon if that he turned out at o'clock one morning to play golf. He has salo | from the White House that hls physl- Ecal condition requires some outooor life and that instead of placing goli In the light of abandonment or "ork for pleasure. it should be considered as training for more work. But ehe llfe2-Senator Mccormick, mounted on
 a giant animal, galltped bare heaoea along the bridal paths of Rock creek
 park. Congressman Edmund Platt or New York is follower of the rlch Va riety of birds roundapout-a 'ohh Burroughs" of Congress. l Or Sunday morning the high ofr1- cials are out with high hats and canes
 atrolIinp on their way to church, like Senator Spencer and his wife, who IS
 an expert in Bible history; or Con- l sressman Robsion, who conducts | sunday school class of congressman. Former Senator Thomas of Colorado walks leisurely along. Sixteenth street, tall lean and showing some reiier 1 from the strenuous responsibilities of office.
 l If is one of the silent testimonials for the capital in spring that those who have been told at the polls that
 they can go home, finger here ana
 move their trunks slowly Some oi the congressman had become So enam- .
 ored of their offices on the hill that new members waited patiently TOT them to vacate. It was some time be.
 fore old General Sherwood consented to move. He had been in Congress so long that he clung to the associations, notwithstanding the Ohio vote de- prived him of the right to stay on.
 BUOYANT LANSING
 Former Secretary Lansing, buoyant in his air and tailoring, walks to church on Connecticut avenue, and walks home, while visitors in the city stand aside and pass his name along. MT. Lansing is lithesome and happy In countenance, swinging his cane' smll- Ing characteristically, smile that changes his face from that of a seri- ous- minded rather grim and 1act- chewing lawyer to a much younger man, with frolicksome tendencies. What is the life?" Secretary
 Hughes lately has eaten more pan quets and shaken more hands than Lu- cullus in his busiest days. The Vene> zuelan commission has been the center of receptions back and forth, and the Secretary and Mrs. Hughes have lent to them with a spontanelty that was not what the capital expected from household more or less noted for New England seriousness.
 Then YOU wait a half an hour in the line approaching the Secretary or state and find him shaking the tWo-tnou- sandth hand with the grip Of tne Iirst dozen. wit hhlgh spirits, and the life of the party" Tn his manner, and then discover that the very next night he did the same thing over agaln, and so on, while the German note hung over ais head, there is revealed 8 para mount example of the force, physical courage ana endurance necessary in official life here. Washington Is not q quiet place In which to work. Other secretarles of State have gone into se- clusion finding it difficult to stand the strain Elihu Root used to pack up his papers and take the train to New York when he had exacting prob lens to work out.
 PENROSE PREFERS RED
 But recreation Is the salvation or Washing gton--recreation and eating. There was Senator Sterling of South Dakota, with the weight of the new project of a department of education in his mind, eating with vim the sai> ads and all the gelatinous, frosteO, creamed and rosetted delectables at the Pan- American reception. And the former Senator Gore, blind, standing in the throng waiting to approach the receiving line, smiling and having good time. What Senator Penrose seems to think recreation is deposit Ing his large frame in the reddest touring car that ever traversed the capital. It shows "B. P.'' Tn flames on its door. and nothing could be more becoming to the Pennsylvania senator than this car, which looks like a cross between circus chariots and the ad- vance of the fire departments.
 Automobiles around the capital have been many of the characteristics of their owners The dapper car of Sena- tor Spencer small and trim; the little bulldog runabout of "P. K.." Philander Krox; the large open touring car of Senator Pat" Harrison rolling up Massachusetts avenue on Sunday morn ing like an enlargement of the sena- tors road-brimmed hat: the sout- tling expensive outfit with Newport lines and upholstered atr of Senator Gerry of Rhode Island, and the great big. roomy trolley car that lumbers Senator John Sharp Williams to the Capitol where he sees, he says, the refreshing faces of fine-looking Wash ington women. LaFollette and Borah | take the trolley. Senator Kellogg,
 known for his nervous, quick mcve-
 ments walks in good weather.
 AND ENTER LODGE
 | Senator Lodge comes forth from his red brick house on Massachusetts ave-
 nue after arduous but recreational la
 bors with his new book on the United
 States Senate. soon to be published. Tn
 a spring gray fedora and walking stick. and strolls down town with his secretary. y His hat cooked slightly.