Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-03
HOW WASHINGTON LIVES
OFF THE POLITICAL STAGE

InorlaS ,oT COLORADO, walks leisure
ly along Sixteenth street, tall, lean
and showing some relief from the
strenuous responsibilities of office.
1t is one of the silent testimonials
for the capital in spring that those
who have been told at the polls that
they can go home 1inger here and
move their trunks slowly. Some of
the congressman had become SO enam-
ored of their offices on the hill that
new members waited patiently for
them to yacaate. It was y,7 some time
scented to move. He had been in
congress so long that he chung to
the associations, Notwithstanding the
Ohio vote that deprived him of the
right to stay on
what is the life?" Secretary
Hughes 1ately'has eaten at more BAN
quets and shaken more hands than
Lucullus in his busiest days. The
Venezuelan commission has been the
center of receptions back and forth
and the secretary and Mrs. Hughes
have lent themselves to them with a
spontaneity that was not what the
capital expected from a household
more or less noted for New England
seriousness. When you wait half an
hour in the line approaching the Sec
rotary of state and find him shaking
grip of the first dozen, with high
spirits and the life of the party in
his manner. and then discover that
the very next night he did the same
, thing over again, and so on, while
the German note hung over his head,
there is revealed a paramount exam
pie of the force, physical courage and
endurance necessary in official life
here. Washington is not quiet place
in which to work. Other secretaries
of state have gone into seclusion, find
ing it difficult to stand the strain.
Elihu Root used to pack up his pa
pers and take the train to New York
when he had exacting problems to
work out.
Recreation Their Salvation
But recreation is the salvation of
hington-recreation and eating.
There was Senator Sterling, of South
Dakota, with the weight of the new
project of a department of education
on his mind, eating with vim the
salads and all the gelatines. frosted,
creamed and rosetted delectables at
the pan-American reception. And the
former Senator Gore, blind, standing
in the throng waiting to approach the
receiving line, smiling and having
good time. What Senator Penrose
seems to think recreation is deposit
ing his large frame in the reddest
touring car that ever traVersed the
capitaI. 1t shows "B. p" in flames
on it's door. and nothing could be
more becoming to the Pennsylvania
Senator than this car, which looks
like a cross between circus charlots
and the advance of the hre Depart
ment.
have many of the characteristics of
their owners. The dapper car of Sena-
tor Spencer, small and trim; the fine
little bull dog runabout of Up. Kr
Philander Knox; the large, open tour
ing car of Senator pat Harrison,
rolling up Massachusetts avenue Sun
day morning, like an enlargement OF
the senator's own soft brimmed hat;
the scuttling, expensive outfit with
Newport lines and upholstered air
of Senator Gerry, of Rhode Island;
and the great, big, roomy trolley car
that numbers Senator, John, Sharp
Williams to the capitol, where ne
sees, he says, the refreshing faces OF
fine-looking washington women. La
toilette and Borah take the trolley:
Senator Kellogg, known for his
nervous, quick movements, walks IN
good weather.
Senator Lodge comes forth from
his red brick house on MassacnuseIIs
avenue, after arduOus but recreatlon-
al labors with his new book on the
United States senate, soon to, be pup,
lished, in a spring gray fedora ana
walking stick and strolls doWntoWn
with his secretary. His nat coch1u
torial elegance and poise, he makes
quite a picture, more so, indeed, than
the miserable portraits Whlcn 81
him off at the neck and feature tne
Enp1and Whiskers. There is an I'M
1Triften motto around the Lodge resi-
dence, known to neighborS up an9
down the block ABOUT cleanliness anu
Goodness interRrefed ee lR tnG iann UHI
ing Of all the fresh white window
curtains and the incessant drone OF
the laundry corps in the backyard.
as they ply their irons every DAY
And then Senator Cummins. tear
ing himself away from the struggle
to get the hearing on the railroad
situation started. motoring down on
the Potomac speedway the other DAY
to watch the departure OF the United
States and Cuban mail "aero- marine
service with mental note Of another
notch in the deveIopn7 ent of his hob
by, transportation. The huge. white
hydroplahe looked like re1ncarnat-
ed Yacht with wings. Venezuelan
guests sat in her cabin, preparatory
to a turn around the canltal drop
ping flowers in honor Of Bolivar. The
two propelIers whirred and the craft
shot neatly through the air over. Ar
Iington, like a giant seagull, sailing
between the Lincoln memorial and
the Washington monument, far over
the decks of numerous little pleasure
R mac for o more Q Of The life" Then the
senator motored off in the direction
of the swimming basis of Potomac
park. where Nicholas IongWorth in
season used to frequent the pool,
generally early in the morning be-
fore going to the capitol, acquiring
before the summer ended livid bald
top and a muscularity and setting
ua that would point any innuirinc
foreigner to a considerable mart of