Evening star., 1921-08-07
President Will Return
This Week From Long,
est Cruise on May
flower.
Will Be Accompanied by Sen
ators Phipps and Freline-
huysen, Gen. Sawyer and
Mr.. Christian on Trip Back
to Capital.

The President and Mrs Harding will
return the middle of this week from
the longest cruise they have taken
aboard the Mayfower. going north
along the coast TO Portland. Me. They
will be accompanied on their return
by Senator and Mrs. Lawrence c.
Phipps. Senator and Mrs. Joseph S.
Frelinghuysen. Brig. Gen. c. E. Saw
who were among their guests on the
trip north. The Mayflower was built
for Robert Goelet of New York. who
gave her to the government for use
during the Spanish war. after which
she was again put into commission
President. the late Col. Theodore
Roosevelt being the first President to
benefit by it. President and Mrs.
Harding have enjoyed the Mayfiower.
spending a number of the week ends
since they became chief executive and
first lady of the land, respectively.
cruising on the Potomac and the bay.
and Mrs. Harding has varied her
/ frequent small tea parties by taking
her guests for a short sail and having
tea served aboard.
The President is. however. not the
only official who has a yacht at his
beck and call, for the Secretary of
| the Navy has the Sylph, which is now
| at the navy yard. Some years ago
! the U. S. S. Dolphin was also here
and was used by the Secretary, the
| Sylph at that time being put at the
disposal of the assistant secretary.
The Dolphin Is now the flagship of
| the special service squadron of the
Canal Zone and is no longer used for
! pleasure.
! There are a number of other yachts
and houseboats that appear fire.
| Quently on the Potomac and are
| many times at anchor in the harbor.
j. P. Morgan's Corsair has been a
Senator and Mrs. Joseph S. Freling-
huysen had their houseboat Vic
! toria at anchor just off East Po-
| tomac Park. and for several weeks
| lived aboard. taking short week end
trips, and then sailed to their sum
yacht is now at anchor off Riverside
| drive. New York. and Senator and
( Mrs. Frelinghuysen will go there and
take a cruise of several weeks. when
Senator Boies Penrose has de-
| lightful little sailboat, with auxiliary
| motor. which is in New York waters
and which he has not used this
summer, remaining in his palatlal
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel
which consists of fourteen rooms and
two porches overlooking Rock Creek
Park.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. William Cline
! Borden are spending the SUM sumner era a
yacht Latonka is kept in readiness
for short or long trips.
| Col. and Mrs. Stephen LII. Slocun
are spending the summer cruising
along thecoast. They have two steam
yachts. the Luneta and the 1mitra
both Of them in New York waters.
Commander Richard G. Davenport
U, s. NJ, retired, and Mrs. Davenport
are spending the summer at NC
Mahon Island. Me-. where the Barge
their graceful steam yacht. is a
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H. Wander
erift of Pittsburgh. who spend th'
winters in Washington. at 172S New
Hampshire avenue, are estabilsnet
| in their summer home Long Rock, a
Clayton, N. Y, and their two steam
Yachts, the Wanderer and the Con
estoga, are also conveniently at anchor
Mrs. Henry D. Fry has closed he
apartment at Somerset House and
Namke Lodge at Blue Point, l. /
where her house boat Annabel Lee !
Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Mann. who re
, Gently returned from Europe. are a
, their summer home Greenbrier Cot
J. taee. Manchester, Mass, where tn
wild Cat, a steam yacht. is at anchor
The National Capital has many clubs
. country, golf and city clubs. and ther
, are two yacht clubs. the Capitol an
: the Corinthian. The Capitol club.
the foot Of eth street, of which Rich
;ard Clyde Cruitt. is commodore, ha
about 125 small boats. sailboats wit
,auxiliary gasoline motors. and smal
gasoline launches. This club is stu
ated on the main channel of the rivel
while the other boat clubs are on tn
; river proper. The Corinthian Yach
|. Club is on the virginia shore OF IN
r.ontinued on Fifth Pa9eJ