The Washington times., 1922-11-26

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as her emissary. primed, no dou
with instructions to tell the FIJI
Lady all about it. And Mrs. y
Lean, with Mrs. Lasker, wife .i
A. D. Lasker, Of the Shippi
Board, occupied the seats alwa
reserved for Mrs. Harding and
her guests. Mrs. Heber Votaw,
the Presidents sister. joined them
there after a time: and presently
along came Gen. Sawyer.
Mrs. Coolidge was in the gallery
on Monday and, I'm told, she was
also present to hear the Presi.
dents address on Tuesday, al
though I admit I didn't see her
II she was, she left Immediately
afterward for Mercersburg. FOR
she was booked to spend the day
there with her boys and nothing
would persuade her to disappoint
them. The Vice President, By the
way, was absent that day, having
been commandeered for an ad.
dress in Cleveland.
The wife of the Speaker Of the
House. Mrs. Frederick Gillett
was an interested spectator a
the ceremonies on both days. And
on Tuesday had the Henry
Whites, the Eugene Meyers and
other guests with them. AS ones
eyes grew accustomed to the dim
light one could locate such keen
Congressional fans" as Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, Mrs. Henry
Wilder Keyes. with Mrs. Robert
w. Stanfield and Mrs. James r.
Mann.
Mrs. Longworth probably spends
more hours in the Senate
gallery than any other one woman.
Not only does she never miss an
event of such Importance as the
reading Of q message from the
Chief Executive. but day after
day she is present, following the
debate with keen attention and
displaying an extraordinary intel.
ligent interest in the progress OF
legislation. She's a clever politi
clan herself, this daughter Of
Theodore Roosevelt; and, although
she's never tried for office and
probably never will, 1t Is whis
pered that she has been the god
dess from the machine in more
than one clever political move.
Speaker Gillett, by the way
will have y new dignity in tn"
new Congress as the senior mem
ber of the House-not by virtue
Of his age, but by reason of his
length of service.
Speaker Gillett on March !,
1928, will have completed thirty
years of continuous service in
the House, and by that very
token is believed to hold the all.
time record for continuous serv.
ice. Uncle Joe" Cannon will
be going out with the record o.
forty.six years, which will prob.
ably never be equaled in the fu.
ture, as 1t never was in the past
but Cannon's service was not
consecutive, as Speaker Gillett's
has been.
Senator Lodge began his con-
tinuous service in the Senate on
the same day as Gillett in tho
House-March 4, 1898.
The oldest man in the House
in point Of years is Gen. Isaac
r. Sherwood, who Is almost
eighty-eight.
ONE rather pathetic little group
was discovered In the gallery
reserved for Senator'S families-a
group of the wives Of Senators
who are now in the lame duck
class. Mrs. Pomerene (Ohio) was
there, with Mrs. Poindextcr
washington. while HARDLY were
lovely Mrs. Frelinghuysen, wife OF
the Senator from New Jersey; Mrs.
Frank b. Kellogg, Mrs. Joseph I.
France and Mrs. Howard Suther.
land.
In happy contrast was a merry
little family party, Senator and
Mrs. Walter +, George and their
two boys-but no, 1t was on Mon.
day that ! saw them In the gal.
lssX They have arrived in town