Evening star., 1921-03-07

party leaders to acquaint the Presi-
dent with some small part of the
women's activities in the last cam
paign and to let him know something
Of their plans for organization work
| in the future.
Townsend Makes Protest.
Senator Townsend Of Michigan. after
a conference today with President
Harding. said he had protested
against the removal from the inter
! national joint commission by former
President Wilson Of Obadiah Gard
ner, chairman. and the selection of
former Secretary of Labor Wilson as
sion. Senator Townsend contended.
would be seriously Handicapped by the
change in executives.
A full-blood English bull pup as an
addition to the White House kennel
was offered offered today y. Tom Grant mt Tor for
merce. called at the executive Offices
to make the offer for Maurice Berman
of 504 18th street. owner Of the pup.
The pup in question is the pick of
seven born early on March 4. The
mother is named Melba and is valued
| at $4,000.
Charles Lee Patten, known as
Uncle Sam" in Marion because of his
whiskers and who is eighty years old,
; was today appointed by President
Harding to the White House grounds
stan. He is an old friend of the Presi.
dent and for a long time he has Off
ciated as caretaker of the grounds
about the Presidents home in Marion.
Joseph w. Tolbert, a member Of the
! republican national committee from
South Carolina. was one Of the early
callers today. He merely shook hands
with the chief and wished him sue
MI
mitteeman in years and service. and
| he is equally noted for his dislike for
neckties> Because Of the absence of
this part of his apparel he is fire.
quently called '.Tieless Toibert."
The novelty Of the open door" pol
| icy regarding the grounds of the
! President Harding a few hours fol-
! lowing his inauguration, has by no
! means worn off. The crowds today
, still continued to pour through the
i various gates and looked with inter-
| est at everything about them. 1t is
/ in the vicinity of the portico at the
! front entrance that they congregate.
| with the hope Of catching a glimpse
| of the White House occupants.
! Mr. Harding spent the greater part
! of yesterday morning at hts desk in
| the White House Office building. He
! received no callers, but with several
i of his assistants waded through a
! tant matters which had accumulated.
! His desk was practically cleared in
remarkably short time.
] Mr. Harding was forced to forego
his original desire to attend religious
services In the morning. with Mrs
| Harding he motored to Grasslands
near Loughboro road and Nebraska
avenue. in Maryland. for breakfast.
| In the breakfast party were = num-
/ her of the Presidents old friends in
the Senate. The ride was greatly en-
joyed by both the President and Mrs
Harding and according to them it
served as a genuine tonic and q
splendid opportunity for a much need
/, ed rest.
/ The dinner at the White House was
those relatives who are house guests
and a few old friends being with the
President and Mrs Harding on this
occasion. The relatives and guests
were his father Or. George 7. Hard;
Harding and Mrs. Carolyn H. votaw.
The other guests were DR.. and Mrs
c. Z. Sawyer Of Marion. Mr.. and Mrs.
Malcolm Jennings OF Columbus. Mr..
and Mrs: r, B; Creager Of BROWNS
Soobey of San Antonio. Tex. The
Scobeys and the Creagers were hosts
! TO Mr. and Mrs. Harding on their visit
to south Texas last November. while
Mr.. and Mrs. Jennings are friends Of
many years standing.
Arthur Macdonald, we'll known To-
cal anthropoiogist. is being urged for
! appointment as director OF the United
States census bureau. A petition set
/ ting forth the qualifications Of Mr..
Macdonald and requesting his selec-
tion has been sent to President Hard
ing by friends of Mr.. Macdonald.
| This petition was signed by sixteen
members of the Washington Home-
opatpic Medical Society and thirty
members of the National Society Of
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution.
Mr. Macdonald is the author of a
number of papers. among them being
"AnthropoIogy Of Modern Civilized Man
and Physical and Mental Examina-
tions Of American Soldiers"
J DR. George T. Harding, father of
the President. attended religious serv-
ices yesterday morning at Calvary
Baptist Church. His son attended the
church as a member OF the Senate
Following the services he visited the
Vaughn Bible class Of the church
DIR. Harding Is enjoying himself
seeing the sights in Washington, and.
as he expressed it, he will not have
missed anything by the time he starts
back for Marion He is making q
point to visit each OF the Departments
and bureaus.
INAUGURATION MEDAL OUT.