The Washington herald., 1921-03-20

tne SlIt OF une Aireoaic ooBs
"caswell Laddie Boy" from q friend
in Cleveland, he followed one prec-
edent that his three Immediate
predecessors in, the White House
had set for him. in the keeping Of
animals more or less close to the
Executive Mansion. President Will
son came closest to him in point
of distance. Mr.. Wilson had an ex-
ceptionally fine flock Of sheep which
pastured on the White Mouse grass;
Mr.. Taft was a more or less con-
tented President with the very best
milk and cream for the White
House table. from Pauline, pride Of
Wisconsin. given the President by
the late Senator Stephenson Of
that State.
Back in the days of President
Roosevelt, Archie Roosevelt became
the proud possessor of q pony which
he delighted in riding around the
White House grounds. One day
when his brother Quentin, who was
killed in France. was sick In bed
with the measles. Archie conceived
the brilliant idea Of taking the
pony up to see him on the second
noor of the white House. He
couldn't very well lead him up the
stairs, so Archie put the pony on
the elevator and lifted him up SO
Quentin could get look at him.
Attaches of the White House recall
now that the pony apparently got
the measles on that visit
Just how Mr.. Harding will use
Laddie Boy hasn't been developed
yet but several plans had been
broached around the White House.
including one to teach him to re-
trieve golf balls for the President
and his friends.
1t was the day before Mr.. wilson
was to leave the White House.
Around the city was all the hustle
of a new administration coming In
and an old one fading out. Some
Of the preinauguration crowds
were out seeing the sights of WASH
ington.
A big blue touring car swung
around Scott Circle at sixteenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
and headed south toward the White
House. In the tonneau, bundled
up in robes. his face drawn, with
a cap pulled down over his eyes.
sat President Wilson. alone in all
the hurry. but nevertheless watch
ing the passing crowds as he drove
swiftly by them
Attention. roared the voice OF
q soldier on the sidewalk of Six
teenth street.
His own heels clicked in unison
with those of his two companions
in uniform. The three faced the
street together. his two companions
pulled their arms close in. lifted
their eyes and looked straight for
ward. while the one who had given
the command brought up his right
hand in q sharp, snappy salute.
Mr.. Wilson caught the salute out
of the corner of his eye. He smiled
little. bowed ever SO slightly and
was gone.
Our very newest Vice President,
Calvin Coolidge, fs known as q tao
turn Individual, but one who pos
sesses a rather keen, dry sort of
humor Some of his friends tell q
story to show Mr.. Coolidge's keen
ness which is at the expense Of
Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards.
Gen. Edwards commanded the New
England Division in France, but
was recalled before the war was
over. much to the disgust Of New
England. Gen. Edwards Is one of
the best-liked men in the army, but
he Is far from taciturn, and his
willingness to talk freely has some
times got him into unpleasantness.
Both the Vice President and Gen.
Edwards were guests at q reception.
Mr.. Coolidge got there first, and
when Gen. Edwards arrived and
saw him he walked over briskly and
remarked:
We'll. Old Loquacity. how are
your"
How are you, General?' was the
reply. '1 guess maybe my loquacity
got me q damned sight farther than
your taciturnity got you"
Will II. Hays. the latest thing in
Postmasters General, who succeeds
the well-beloved Mr.. Burleson. was
talking about how the country
should do everything to make the
Harding administration a success,
and pointed out how leaders in
thought had shown their desire to
do so.
"hyB baAu L1aSos bryan
came all the way to Marion from
Florida to help Mr.. Harding with
Even Debs would have come II
he hadn't been prevented by his
war work."
The finest set of whiskers that has
been seen in Congress for twenty
years is owned by Representative
VIM. o. Atkeson, who has brought
them all the way to Washington
from the Sixth Missouri district to
show what fresh air and little
careful attention will do for aspi-
rants for tho whisker record.
Accurate measurements of Mr.. At
keson's beard have not yet been
made by his colleagues. but they
arc estimated to be at least two and
onc-half feet long and q foot wide,
and they conceal the lower part Of
his face like a party platform con-
ceals what the party really expects
to do for the country. =.
The modest chin whiskers Of the
Secretary OF State, Charles l..
Hughes, or the still more retiring
vsndyke OF Speaker Gillet fade into
nothingness beside the Atkeson
crop, and not since the days when
Populism was sweeping the nation
has there been seen anything like
them outside some of the Mormon
communities in Utah, where whis-
kers grow almost as rapidly as al
fslfa in the irrigated sections of
Mexico.
Mr.. Atkeson has been running for
Congress SO long he has forgotten
when he first became q candidate,
but Il Is reported to have been
about eight years ago. He has re-
cslved the Republican nomination