The Washington herald., 1921-03-20
Folks and Things
Round Washington
There Must be Pet Around the White House
MIR. Coolidge Scores One.
By ROBERT DoUoAN.

nothing remained but the ,fiags, the
stand and . guard Of Marines,
splendid in shining equipment with
very businesslike rifles In their
hands. When he attempted to
mount the steps to the platform q
Marine stopped him.
I'm Senator Sutherland" said
the West virginian. as II this were
an "open Sesame"
II can't help who you are, buddy" 81,
replied the soldier. Nobody goes
up these stairs now, Them's the
orders" ~
The Senator waxed indignant but
the Marine remained quite calm, but
since the rife and . few COM
panions In arms were on his side
the Senator looked over the lead
ing maxims on the subject. decided
discretion was the better part OF
valor and asked for the officer
in charge. He got through when
lieutenant colonel came along.
Associate Justice Day, Of the
United States Supreme Court. is
long on law but somewhat short
In stature and the zeal with which
he has pursued the legal meaning
to its lair in dusty books and tones
has dried his kindly face a bit.
He has a son. Rufus Day. who is
probably at least twice as big as
he 10 physically. The Associate
Justice took the son up to the Su-
preme Court and introduced him to
the other members OF that tribunal
Chief Justice White was about
the last man they ran into. The
1 fNhtaf TnsfiAA
kindly twinkle in his eye, looked
from the small spare figure of the
father to that big form of the son.
see your son is block of the old
chip"
A friend who had known Thomas
Riley Marshall for q great many
years saw him after the cres OF
once had been removed from his
shoulders. just as he was about TO
board Washington street car. He
stopped him and asked him;
| Tell me, Mr.. Vice President.
what can be done to make the
office of Vice President a great
once?
"I'll tell you in one minute ana 7
won't even have to miss this car
said Mr.. Marshall. There isn't any-
thing you can do. The Vice Presi-
dent will always be chambermaid ID
to the King"
The telephone experts were try
ing out the ampiifying device with
which President Harding's inaug-
urai speech was made to reach tens
OF thousands OF persons several hun
dred yards away from the inaug-
ural stand. One of the experts was
delegated to read speeches to see how
the voice carried and men were sta
toned in listening posts across the
Plaza to observe. The reader start
ed out with Daniel Webster. turned
on a little William Jennings Bryan,
launched Into Roosevelt speech.
but still the listeners didn't seem
to be satisfied. Finally he got tired
and forgot that every word he said
carried out into the Plaza,
How many of these damned
speeches have I got to read" he
asked of nobody in particular. The
preinauguration crowds out in
front got a good laugh, just like
they do on the stage when some
other actor uses that naughty WORD
| There Is one of the oficial guides
who shows visiting stranger
around the United States Capitol
who will be willing and anxious to
work for the nomination OF Mrs
Alice Roosevelt Longworth IL she
ever decides to become a candidate
for the high once her father held
Mrs. Longworth Is a consistent at
tendant at the sessions of the SEN
ate and as q consequence she has
become quite well known to most
OF the guides and Capitol attaches
1t Is worth while for a guide to dc
more than the perfunctory, and IL he
succeeds in pointing out q few cell
ebrities in his tour his fee is likely
to be increased by a few tips.
This particular guide was show
ing a string of visitors through the
Capitol. As ne left the Supreme
Court room and turned to go over
into the Senate wing. he spied Mrs
LonEworth coming toward Him.
There" he said. not too modestly
so Mrs. Longworth could hear him
and at the same time not SO loud
IT would be offensive, "is Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt I.ongworth, daughter OF
the late President and wife of the
distinguished member Of Congress
from Ohio"
He turned toward Mrs. Lonr.
worth and took of his can. She
| smiled and the ptiide bad a. q,