Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-25
jim JONES IN WASHINGTON

There were about dozen other call
ers the day Jane and 1 went to pay our
respects, escorted by the Hon. Sam,
who is our brother-in-law besides be-
ing a member of congress and with
whom we are spending the winter,
while our Oldest boy, Tim, and Ned
Saunders, who clerked for my father.
run the hardware business out in Fair
view Center. The president disposed
, of the fifteen or sixteen of us in
something less than ten minutes, but
don't believe there was one of the
party who felt there was anything
hurried in his reception. The secret OF
| it was, I think, that the fraction of
minute the president devoted to each
person was in fact devoted to that per-
son 1t was as IL that particular per-
son and the president were the only
two in the room and the exchange of
pleasantries between them the only
thing of worth while importance in all
tic world.
Hello, Sam" the president greeted
our escort, and the swelling of the
Hon. Sam was visible to the naked eye.
thought he would respond with
Hello. Warren" hut his How do you
do Mr.. President" was as ormal as
he could make it. Then the president
inquired about the progress of a bill
in which Sam Is Interested, said
word or two about mutual acquaint-
anCes in congress, inquired after one
of our senators who has been i'll, and
turned to us, which required Sam to
pronounce our names, tell where we
were from and what we were doing
| here.
Tho president greeted Jane almost as
| lf they had been boy and girl together.
assured her that she would enjoy the
winter in Washington and expressed
the hope that he would have the pleas
urc of seeing her at some OF the White
| House social functions. What could
any Jane ask more than that?
| My status as business man he
| recognized by inqu' ing about condi-
| tions in our part of the country, and
didn't think the worst had been pass
cd and that things had taken a de-
cided turn for the better? When the
president thanked mo for the informa-
| tion 7 had given him I imagine 7 did
a little swelling on my own account.
| It may be far cry from president OF
the United states to a hardware NOR
chant in Fairvicw Center. but for the
| time being We wore talking man
fashion face to face about things of
common Interest, and the gulf between
us narrowed until there wasn't any
gulf at all.
| The man next in line was famous
golf player. and as VIC passed out Of
car-shot tho president was telling en-
| Enthusiastically OF n rcmarka bio score he
had made over some Long Island
course. And I couldn't help but think
how good thing 1t II both for tho
president and for the country that the
man In the White House has such
diversity OF interests.
Probably two minutes elapsed from
the time tho prcsidcn. first greeted
Sam until he had finished with INC.
Two minutes isn't much out NJ day.
even out OF tho day Of so busy man
AS is tho president. II may he that he
/ fore tho president sat down TO dinner
| that night he had forgotten my name
and wouldn't have known my face had
he met me ncSt day in tho street
| But I'll not forget oven n live to be
n hundred. That two minutes gave
nc something TO talk about all tho rest
OF my life. JIM JONES.
Washington, n. G.