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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-03
IN. coNNoR IS NAMED
AIDE TO PERSHINC HERE

erir. Gen. w. d. Connor has been
yiGned to duty here a assistant
ief of staff and director Of the sup
division of the army. the War Do
rtment announced yesterday.
rhe department also announced the
ugnment to duty of Lieut.. Col:
art Heintzleman a. assistant chief
Staff and director of military intel
nce. succeeding Brig. Gen. Dennis
Nolan. General Nolan has been az.
ned TO tho command of the Second
cid Artillery Brigade. with orders to
lend three months et Camp Knox.
w. as has also ! q. Gen. Robert
who haI been assigned to
the Third Field Artillery
Brigade. Brig Gen. Chase w. Ken
nedy was today assigned to the com
nand of the Ninth Coast Artillery dis.
rict, with orders to spend three
onths at the coast artillery school at
ut Monroe, Va
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-03
ALEXANDRIA, PICKS
CHAS. SMITH FOR
Va. LEGISLATURE
Defeats Capt. Jordon-Tucker
Gets City Majority Over
TrinkIe for Governorship.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug, s.
Alexandria yesterday gave Harry
st. George Tucker, candidate for
Governor, a majority of EOS over r.
Lee Trinkle. Arlington county, how
ever, gave Trinkle majority Of
ITO and Fairfax county gave Trim
Ae an estimated majority of over
$50. Charles Henry Smith, of this
CITY,, defeated Capt e. W.. Jordon,
Of Arlington county, for the State
legislature by a majority of 100.
In the city offices Howard w.
Smith was elected commonwealth
attorney; F. G.. Duvall was elected
police justice and Frederick w. Eb-
hardt was elected clerk of the gas
When motorcycle he was riding
collided with a wagon of the Texas on
Company, driven by Roy hewitt, yes
terday afternoon, Stanley Kelly, eight.
cen years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James l.. Kelly. received injuries from
which he died while being taken to the
Alexandria Hospital
Young Kelly, who was employed at
the Torpedo Station, was on his way
home in West End when he met his
death.
Alexandria Lodge of Elks will give
an excursion to Marshall Hall on
Wednesday. August 10.
According to reports from members
Of the boys camp held under the super,
vision of Director Wallace. OF the Y. NJ
c. A, the lads are having an enjoyable
time. The camp is located near Lees
burg, on Goose creek. and is on the
property of d. N. Rust, who gave the
land for this purpose. The lads will
bo in camp for ten days.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

Lenroot a most successful term Of
office. She has the qualities which
make for progress in any group in
which she is interested. She is we'll
poised and genuine. Her sympathy
and sincerity, her lack of superficial
ity, would make the most diffident
caller perfectly at her ease. The
wife of the Senator from Wisconsin
has stril<ingly beautiful fluffy white
hair. Her eyes are young and kind
Her skin is clear and of fine texture
The morning I spent with her she
wore simple dark cloth coat dress
with narrow filet collar and cuffs.
We talked about a number of things
that is, besides the Congressional
Club. A charming side of Mrs. Len
root is her attitude toward her
daughters. She is decidedly an up
to-date mother, but in her modern
ness she has not lost any of the char
acteristics which made the old-fash-
ioned mother dear to so many hearts.
In fact, Mrs. Lenroot's viewpoint
as a mother shows what true unself-
ishness really is. 1t is an eXplana-
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HRS. CHARLES B.
w WARD, retiring presi-
dent of the club

course, I should like to have her
with me. But | should no more
expect her to leave her work for
social functions | might be giving
than l should expect to call a son
home from his Office to help me.
The young woman Of to-day has
her work in the world just as much
as the young man.
Sometimes it is rather lonely
and little hard for the mothers" :"
she added. But every mother
faces without a thought that it is
but natural that some day her
daughter will leave her to be-
married. From the time daughters
are little girls their mothers plan
to have them marry and perhaps
go to the ends of the earth"
In this Mrs. Lenroot knows
whereof she speaks. She and the
Senator have another daughter who
is married and lives in California.
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lily picture was something like this:
On cold nights every one gathered
around the stove in the sitting room,
father with the evening paper,
mother with her sewing and the
children with their games or lessons
Any friends who dropped in for the
evening were guests of the entire
household. The center, for purely
physical reasons, if no other, was
the stove SO every one in the fam
lily knew what every one else was
doing, what his and her interests
were and what their friends talked
about.
"When that same family put in
steam heat the unit did not main
tain. Perhaps mother and father
still sat opposite each other under
the lamp, but sister had her own
loom, where she studied or read !;
brother had his room, and it was
warm enough for him to invite his
friends up there for chat. Soon fa-
Their and mother found that sons and
they were not in touch, not because
the children were trying to hide
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mediocrity, if you get my meaning.
A we'll intentioned person. He had
come 300 miles to see me. He said
that he had voted for me, that his
wife had voted for me. They all say
that now. In this case I'm sure it
was true, however. He stressed the
interest he had taken in the cam
paign and finally came to the point
by saying that he would like to have
job that would better his condition.
Il asked him what he would like to
have. Remember, this man had never
demonstrated any sort of unusual
ability. He said he would like to be
made Director of the Census. He had
with him the government blue book
that shows what positions there are
in all departments, and what they
pay.
Il took this book and ran my finger
down the list of former holders of
his place. l didn't want to offend
him. Other directors of the census
have been ex-Governors and ex-Sen-
ators. then said to my caller:
"I'm afraid you are shooting
pretty high. This job pays $4,000
a year. The duties are light and it
is always given to man who has
had distinguished career
This chaps eyes lighted up until
he was radiant.
Why he said, that is just the
kind of place want. l knew it
was good when l found it in the
book. "
The President erect smiled, tossed
away the raveled stogie and said:
Nov what are you going to do
with fellow like that"
Then his face grew stern and he
/ drummed sun-browned hand on the
broad arm of his chair as he shaped
his thoughts into words.
Presently he said:
"They take advantage of social
contacts to get their desires before
me. l can usually identify them in
advance. They seemingly have a
formula of their own. It's something
of this sort: May l have just a
word with you in private on a mat
ter of grave Importance" Il assent,
of course, and when we get in a dark
corner the trap is sprung. Some
times they want to go to Rome as
ambassador and again they merely
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whether it was the postmastershlp
in Arizona or Pennsylvania that was
coveted in this instance.
1t is unimportant, anyway, Tor IN
the words of President Harding hlm-
self. there have been thousands OF
'em after postoffices.
Seated in the green. upholstered
arm chair that was his tavorite
place for meditation aboard the prl-
yate car in which he made most OF
his campaign and post-election vaca-
ton trip, President Harding, on his
way from his Florida vacation to
saw farewell to his home town OF
Marion, told of some of his Difficult
ties with Office seekers.
sIt's the fellow who says he is en-
titled to place who is the most
pestiferous office seeker" unused Mr..
Harding as he contemplated the
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had made reservations for two on the
train he knew Hughes wanted to
travel on and then offered to share
his space with the Secretary Of State.
1t happened, though, that space had
been reserved by the ubiquitous se-
cret service men for Mr.. Hughes in
another car.
There is one Office seeker, however,
who is sure to land. That is old
Uncle Charley Pat.en. who took care
of the grounds about the Harding
home during the campaign, and fixed
the furnace fires during the meeting
Of minds at Marion following the re-
turn from Panama.
Uncle Charley lost the tip Of AMI
ear at Chickamauga when a COM
federate sharpshooter tried to put
a bullet through his head. Once he
was doorkeeper in the Ohio Senate!
He has served on the board of edu-
cation, too, at his native village,
Green Camp, not far from Marion.
Uncle Charley chews the same kind
Of tobacco as the President Of the
United States, and they have been
observed biting off the same plug.
The old man wears a spade beard.
Usually his clothes are shabby. 1t
was generally understood that he was
living on a government pension until
one day a member Of the Harding
headquarters staff happened to ap-
proach a Marion banks receiving
teller's window just behind Uncle
Charley.
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ere the lonesome New Congressmans Wife Finds Hon
Life in Washington for Her Is Much
Happier Since the Congress
slonal Club Was Formed

part OF the definite plans Of tho
season, the club is available for on
tertainments by individual members.
occasionally visitor of note in
Washington is the guest of honor for
some very special affair; and dances.
the attendance Of which is limited
to the families of members, are held.
IN TACT, scarcely a day passes when
the club is not the center for some
social feature or other.
In the recent elections of the Con-
grcsslonal Club Mrs. Irvine l.. Len
root, wife of the Senator from Wis
consln, was chosen president of the
organization. She received me last
Week at her home in the Woodward.
The Congressional Club fills a
place which was decidedly empty be-
fore it was organized" said Mrs.
Lenroot. Il know what it is to come
here new Representative wife.
The social system in Washington is
so different from that of any place
else in the country that the outlook
for the new Representatives wife
is not always happy. Since the
founding of this club, however, she
has a place where she very definitely
belongs"
Membership in the club is limited
to the wives, daughters living at
home and the other immediate rela-
tives of Representatives and Sena-
tors, who act as hostesses for the
men in office. Perhaps you have no.
ticed that in the Congressional direc-
tory-the blue book of all Washing
ton correspOndents-the section Civ
en- over to addresses lists the name
of each man with a star, cross or
little perpendicular lines preceding
his name. The star means that the
officials wife accompanies him, a
cross stands for an unmarried
daughter in society whose home is
with her father and mother, and two
little perpendicular lines designate
other ladies who are part of the
members family, mother, sisters
or aunts. If one of these latter acts
as hostess in the home of the Repre-
sentative or Senator she is eligible
to membership in the Congressional
Club.
An Embarrassing Time
Washington society rather takes
the breath of the new Representa-
tive's wife at first continued Mrs.
Lenroot. "Those who have friends
and plenty of means do not feel
this, Of course. Their place is al
ready made.
"But the new Representatives.
wife who has practically no ac-
auaintanceships and whose means
are limited may not be very happy
when she first arrives in Washing
ton. Imagine yourself setting out
to call at some very imposing home
whose mistress you do not know
even by sight You drive up in
your taxi, to find the street lined
with limousines. You are ushered
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your health is such that you are un-
fit to perform all of the duties that
sometimes confront Federal mar
shals.' He interrupted me to say:
"'But I'm entitled to it.
"Now, l simply can't appoint that
man. 1t would be gross breach of
faith with the people of the United
States to give him responsibilities
that he isn't equal to shoulder. Pm
not going to do it, of course, and
this man probably will convince him
self that I've cheated him."
Mr.. Harding chewed rehectively
on an unlit stogie for few moments
and then he said:
"There was one man who came to
see me at Marion. He was a work
man l had known for long time.
He is one of those people who are
wholly committed to the ranks of
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
ssT JUST qcanted to give
4 the President the four
leaf cloUer"

Cumberland mountains that the
speed of the train hurled past his
car windows in endless panorama.
"There was a chap-just say he
comes from West Virginia because
he doesn't-who wanted me to make
him United States marshal. He is
a hopeless invalid. He reminded me
that he had voted for me; that his
wife had voted for me and that he
had worked for my election.
II was prepared to thank him for
that, but he was insistent about the
marshalship. SO | said
"'Now, look here. You want me to
perform my duties honestly, I'm
sure. You realize my responsible
ties. Now in all frankness you know
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
Officers Of the Club

Mrs. Lenroot is the eighth pres-
dent Of the Congressional Club. The
others who have served are Mrs
Perkins, of New York; Mrs. Gregg,
of Texas; Mrs. Fletcher, of Massa-
chusetts; Mrs. Pomerene, of Ohio;
Mrs. Towner, Of Iowa, and Mrs
Ward, of New York, the retiring
president. The newly elected officers
are: Mrs. Lenroot, president; Mrs.
Joseph Frelinghuysen, wife of the
Senator from New Jersey, first vice
president; Mrs. Wallace H. White
jr., wife of the Representative from
Maine, second vice-president; Mrs.
James E. Watson, wife of the Sen
ator from Indiana, third vice -presi-
dent; Mrs. Homer Hoch, wife of the
Representative from Kansas, fourth
vice presidents; Mrs. Gordon Lee,
wife of the Representative from
Georgia, fifth president; Mrs.
Clyde Kelly, wife of the Representa-
tive from Pennsylvania, recording
secretary; Mrs. Lindley H. Hadley,
wife of the Representative from
Washington, corresponding secre-
tary, and Mrs. George. M. Young,
wife of the Representative from
North Dakota, treasurer. Every
part of the country is seen to be rep
resented in the list of officers.
There are standing committees in
the club on membership, entertain
ment, house, finance, press and
printing and book.
1t is fitting to predict for Mrs.
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want to be postmaster in their home
town. Oh, those rostmasterships.'
Mr.. Harding shook his head sadly.
"They write to Mrs. Harding.
They telegraph me. They waylay
my father. They appeal to my sis
ters. They set traps for my friends.
England sings God Save the King
America should sing: Deliver US
from Office seekers
The train came to a stop then and
the fagman said there would be a
delay Of ten minutes.
Come on, Duchess" said Mrs.
Harding's husband. "Were going
out for walk on the station plat
form"
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But that is not enough to fill the life
Of any intelligent young woman.
GAS matter of fact, in most
households to-day there really isn't
enough to occupy more than one
woman.
"That is one Of the reasons so
many girls are entering the profess
sions and the business world. There
have been changes, material changes,
in the home, each of which con-
tributes its difference and all of
which taken together make it vastly
different from what it was a few
years ago.
Just think of the difference
caused by steam heat. The old fam
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
The Boil Weevil King

In ST. Augustine recently was a man
distinguished among members of the
Harding party by the title of king
of the boil weevils. He is a loud
voiced individual who has made a
fat living in Washington for years
because of a supposed intimacy with
the great folks there. He came to
st. Augustine on behalf of several
rich men who want diplomatic ap-
pointments. This mans clients, of
course, must be impressed with his
close association with the President
elect.
1t SO happened that a reception
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
Wouldn't Suffer

What are you going to do, Uncle
Charley, when the boss goes to-
Washington" the old man was
asked.
"Me? Oh, I got a couple of farms.
l won't starve," and Uncle Charley
produced for deposit roll of green
backs so thick the teller had to open
his grilled wicket to take it in.
Then, by way of further explanations
Uncle Charley added:
Il want to go to Washington with
him, if / can fix it. l don't need the
money, but maybe l can learn some-
thing"
Apparently he fixed it," for when
Uncle Charley went to Washington II
was on one-way ticket, as Prea.
dent Harding had told him to Dr.,
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had been arranged there SO that the
guests Of the principal hotels might
meet Mr.. and Mrs. Harding. The
king Of the boil weevils made fran
tic efforts to fix it with the hotel
manager and the secret service men
so that he could stand in the receiv-
ing line next to Senator Harding
and announce the names of the call
ers. When the reception began,
though, it was Mr.. Christian who
stood next to the President-elect.
Then it became known that
Charles Evans Hughes was coming
to ST. Augustine to receive a formal
tender of the portfolio of state.
This individual found it expedient
to be in Jacksonville the day Hughes
was to arrive and got on the same
train that brought the new head Of
the Harding cabinet to st. Angus
tine. So it was that Hughes and
this man arrived in the lobby TO-
gether. To the other guests of the
hotel it appeared that Mr.. Boil
Weevil was the greatest of fxers.
Apparently he had been sent to meet
Hughes by the Great Man himself.
There was nothing wrong in all
this, but it illustrates the method of
many job seekers who find it more
profitable to get jobs for others than
for themselves. Incidentally, when
Mr.. Hughes started North this man
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tion Of many Of the fine business
women of the younger generation
who are SO successful in the world
to-day.
Mrs. Lenroot was speaking of her
daughter Katharine, who is in the
Children's Bureau of the Depart
ment of Labor. Miss Lenroot is we'll
known on her own account for the
work she has done in connection with
this dena artnent.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
The Unselhsh Mother

"From the time my daughters
started to school," said Mrs. Len
root, sit never occurred to me that l
had any right to demand anything
for myself of them. The young
women of to-day have such splendid
opportunities for education and their
field for action is so broadened that
to try to hem them in with home
duties that are already being taken
care of would be a waste.
"In this apartment, for instance,
what could my daughter do? She
could dust every day, I suppose, and
she could be a companion for me.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
Daughter on Sons Footing

$50 there are hundreds of little
physical changes in the home of to-,
day which make it less and less
place where daughters can spend
,heir lives. The labor-saving devices
have reduced things which might
occupy the woman in the home. As
we live here in Washington there
are ways in which my daughter
could be a comfort to me. OF
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
Welcome on the Doormaf

However, there is one society CEN
ter in the city of ambitions where the
new Representatives. wife or the
new Senator's wife is more than well
come-she is at home. This is the
Congressional Club
The club is not an old organiza-
ton. 1t was founded less than a
score Of years ago to fill a long-felt
need. Some of its members can re-
call the days when they first came
to Washington to be confronted with
the formidable calling system, the
problem Of place to entertain and
the hazily Indifferent atmosphere of
capital society, without the assur-
ance and resource offered in the Con-
gressional Club.
To-day the club has its own
building, where the members whose
Washington homes are not sufficient
for large functions may entertain
Individually or in groups where the
least known of the newcomers may
find herself part of group that is
recognized and powerful socially.
An attractive list of society affairs
is scheduled for each season.
New Years Dav
New Years Day is the clubs
great event. The first Of the year
is always greeted in Washington by
a sort Of universal open house.
Everybody is "at home to callers.
1t is astonishing that there is any
one to act as a guest, because it
would seem that everybody was
playing host or hostess. But some
way every function is crowded, and
the Congressional Club more than
any of the others. Among the other
yearly entertainments Of the club
are a reception to the Vice-President
and his wife and one to the Speaker
of the House of Representative anc
his wife. Every Friday Afternoon
program is held, sometimes OF
music, sometimes lectures. the course
of the season seeing some Of the
best talent in the world represented
at the clubhouse. Following the pro
gram the affair becomes social tea
Besides the functions which are
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The Perfect Hostess

"Of course, even in these per-
functory affairs the charm of one
hostess may stand out. | have
known women who were so hos
pitable that even in such formal
teas as that they manage some way
TO make every guest feel as if she
were especially welcome. Such
hostesses are gifted and excep-
tional. Even after you have be-
come accustomed to the ways of
Washington, the big pcrfunctory
affairs are not the things you most
enjoy. They are simply part of
the life here and have a distinct
reason for being which we come to
understand as we continue to take
part in Washington society,""
The feeling Of having no place to
go or, rather, Of too many places to
go and too few where you are want
ed, is dispelled for the new Repre-
sentative's wife in the club, which
really needs her membership. She
may join the Congressional Club as
soon as her husband takes office. 1t
has another angle which makes it
stand out in Washington society. II
is the one place where the rules OF
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precedence do not maintain. The
youngest Representatives. wife and
the oldest Senator's wife may sit
side by side without regard for the
difference in their rank. The club
is exclusive by reason Of it's restric-
tions on membership, but it is essen
TALLY democratic within its own
ranks.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
BY Boyden r. Sparkes

I'm tricks that are vain and ways
that are devious Bret Harte's
H. heathen Chinee might get some
professional instruction from the
more clever individuals among the
hreless Office seekers who have been
laying siege to gentleman who until
recently was the editor of The Mari
on (Ohio) Daily Star.
Each day as Mr.. Harding played
over the golf links at st. Augustine
he was preceded by lean, alert
secret service man. This individual
would cross and recross the course
ahead of the then President-elect,
scanning the brush and shrubbery
for human parasites that members
Of the Harding party learned to re-
fer to as boil weevils, after that
devastating blight of the cotton
plant. Boil weevil, in the vocabu-
laries of those about the President,
means Office seeker.
The Golf Course Guard
A few days before Mr.. Harding
left st. Augustine for the Capital,
the secret service golf course scout
spied paunchy, perspiring man IN
derby hat approaching the Hard
ing foursome as it approached the
tenth green.
Telling about the incident after
wards, the secret service man said he
intercepted the stranger and de-
manded to know his purpose. On
the honor of the service the guard
vouched for this reply:
Il merely desired to give this four
leaf clover to the President" (when
they called him "presidentV before
inauguration it was the surest tip
1f to Office seeking notives) "to bring
him good fortune" With scientific
cunning the bodyguard examined
the good luck token and found it
spurious. The fourth leaf had been
skillfully tied to en- ordinary three
lcafed clover.
a bit Of sharp questioning IN n
stern voice then uncovered the real
purpose of this particular boil
weevil. What he wanted was an
opportunity to ask for postoffice
appointment. The secret service
man said that he had forgotten
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Mrs. Lenroot, the Organization S
President, Explains Its Value IN
LightofH OwnExperiences

anything, but just because some CT
the discussion and some of the in
terests were not centered around
The stove in the sitting room as they
had been.