Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-05-12

nearly every club and citizens
| organization in the city of Washington
by right OF honorary membership. Ht
becaIee an active member of two OF
three clubs while he was a senator OF
the United States and therefore he Is
no stranger personally In some OF the
clubhouses and on several of the golf
links of the District Of Columbia.
All Presidents have felt the need of
outdoor exercise. In fact, their physi-
clans have told them that If they did
not take il they would not be able to
do their work. So 1t is that pleasure
in this case becomes medicine, and out
| of doors has become a part of the reg
ular life of the presidency-a neces-
sary part of it. Mr.. Wilson used to play
golf at one country club after another.
He played no favorite, so TO speak.
President Harding has played the game
as part of his routine of necessary
recreation, at several different clubs.
There are several prominent clubs in
Washington which are located within
tennis courts or any other of the APP
purtenances of the outdoor life.
Among these are the Cosmos club,
composed almost entirely Of scientists;
the Metropolitan club, which Is com
posed to a considerable extent of men
OF leisure, and the Army anC NE>Vy
club, whose membership Is cor. pOsed
entirely Of officers or former officers Of
the service.
President Harding is an honorary
member in these three clubs, but he
probably seldom will see the interior
great occasion when they are giving
receptions for foreigners of such note |
as to make the presence of the Presi- |
dent necessary from the diplomatic
point of view.
Army and Navy Club.
The Army and Navy club today Is
one of the most interesting institutions
in the United States, for there daily
gather men who saw service in the
great war in every possible soldier ca
|
Generals pershng, Bullard, Liggett,
Dickman. Bundy. Edwards and other
general officers, and scores, OF colOnels,
ma jOrs and captains who threaded the
nazes of the Argonne with their men,
or who met the foe Ia the salient of st.
AihieI or along the reaches of the
Marne, the Meuse, the Aisne or the
Eismes.
In addition TO these officers. thaF
are scores OF veterans of the Indian
wars, a good many veterans of the |
civil war, and even one or two veter-
ms of the Mexican war, who, now on
he retired list, meet almost daily In
he club land talk over the past among t
or the present with the
men who faced the German on the soil
If France.
In the Army and Navy club lectures c
IN service subjects frequently are +
yiven. They are interesting, for in al
most every instance they are lllustrat-
ID by government pictures, moving, or
It'll life, which show the actual opera r
ions In the field of France, or with the :,
rand fleet of the North sea, or with
he American destrOyerS In the sub
marine infested waters off the coast OF
reland. h
Cosmos Club Full Of Scientists. =
The Cosmos club occupies the old
esidence of Dolly Madison, with some
editions thereto which have been re-
emily purchased. IT
All the scientists in the government n
are members of the Co.'S y,
los club, and nearly every scientist Of
ote In America who lives at distance
er. The lectures which frequently h,
re given at the club have an appeal
)r a scientist, but, like those given at ~
le Army and Navy club, they have C(
little appeal for the lay ri
IAN, because they are strictly scien-
tic, and Latin terms fly about like
vallows just before migration time.
There are wOmen's clubs In Wash
gton, and to many of them Mrs.
arding has been called to member
Zip. She takes an active part In the D,
ork of the Congressional Club of
omen, of which she was a member
hen her husband was a senator. In
Gram of Radium for Nine. Curie Fl
A gram of radium valued at cl
10000 has just been put into the W.
eping of the United States govern. al
ant bureau of mines to be tested for W.
purity and efficacy. 1t will take fr
o months to prove 1t, and as no fail. TO
e in efficacy is apprehended. It will W.
presented to Madame Marie Curie. TO
e great woman scientist, by the won. Sc
of America.
AT the White House In June Mrs ..
aren G. Harding, wife of the Presi. WI
nj, will present the gift OF the Amer IN
II women to Madame Curie, who IL Gu
ming fn ATnarIna from, Eronra fo err