The New York herald., 1922-03-19


\ persons who pride themselves
as being in .'realy smart society,""
who are inclined To sniff at the Prcsi-
dent and the First Lady (I don't mean
at President and Mrs. Harding. but al
any one who happens 10 be 10 ding
down their positionsl, and to assure
any one who will listen, that except
for the fact thc they are in the White
House, you know. they really wouldn't
amount to a hin of beans socially"
Which may or may not be true, but
that's pretty big except" isn't it?
Certain il IS that being in the White
House the whole social solar system
revolves around them. and their alb
sence creates something very like an
aching void. They have been away
for ten days. and there was no ice
able official and diplomatic exodus
Everybody who was going to have
business or pleasure somewhere else
tried to arrange to get it over with
while the Hardings were making a
business of pleasure down in Florida,
and now that they're coming back,
others also are returning; and those
who couldn't get away are sitting up
and taking notice. The listlessness
Eas vanished.
Naturally the Florida trip, the first
vacation OF more than a day or two
with no Interior motive that the Presi-
dent has allowed himself since he took
making plans for the longer vacation
that 1t Is generally believed he will take
during the coming summer.
May Go TO Alaska.
This year there seems to be q really
well defined summer plan. The Presi-
dent will not feel himself tied to Wash
ington by the fact that Congress is in
session. for Congress (all of the House
and one-third of the Senate) viii have
n campaign on his hands. Both of the
great parties will be very busy prepar-
ing for the fall elections, since they
will involve not merely individuals but.
far more important, the control of
House and Nenate. the uphoiding OF
the Admin stration's hands. or an irri-
tating bloc to his most cherished
plans.
IL is not usual for the President to
take any very aggressive part in the
"off year" elections, and 1t Is whispered
that President and Mrs. Harding are
planning TO let candidates fight It out
among themselves, while they realize
cherished dream OF summer trip TO
Alaska. Apparently there Is TO be no
more permanent summer White House
than 4 de luxe Pullman attached to d
transcontinental express so far as the
President is concerned. And for Mrs.
Ha riding a cruise on the Presidents
yacht the Mayflower, down TO southern
waters, through the canal and up TO
Seattle TO meet her husband. and then
the trip up the coast with stately
escort Of ships-of-the-l'ne to their port
In the far North. Doesn't that sound
like a drca m of thrilling summer?
or course it's early yet--ard the
Presidents plans are always subject t.
change without notice-but they tell me
that those who have the arranging OF
Presidential trips are figuring on his
leaving Washington just about when the
summer Is settling down to do its worst
say about the first of July-and
travelling overland by rail. The party
hasn't been made up a. yet. of course,
but II Is likely 10 include SENATOR
mean Secretary-Fall and possibly one
or two others of the Cabinet and one or
two or MIR. Harding's Senatorial bud
dies"-presmmably those who have not
can't aigns on their hards-though
really. OF course. tho chief difficulty In
making ~ the Presidents parties Is
keeping them down"
Long Trip for Ms. Harding.
Mrs Harding's party will of course
ne 70 some extent the other half Of the
PRESIDENTS. and will leave Washington
lout two weeks earlier Their prog
Iess through the canal Is not likely TO
pe entirely unimpeded All sorts Of hos
italities win be offered to them and
~ sorts OF side trips urged uron them.
What they will see and do will be linn
Ted only by their time and strength. IL
III be the longest trir, by many many
Hes, that the little Mayflower has ever
ade.
Not only have the Hardings been
way. but a good part OF their cabinet.
scretary Weeks and Mrs Weeks went
Gown 70 Florida some time ahead OF the
residential party. and Secretary and
llrs. Hoover started out West Il week
ego, the Secretary on an inspection TRIP
md Mrs. Hoover TO make some Califor-
IA visits. Secretary and Mrs. Hughes
have been in Washington hut aside
from announcing Miss GATHERINGS en-
gagement they don't seem to be doing
anything especially interesting In a So
ciai way. They gave a small dinner on
sunday for the Assistant Secretary OF
state and Mrs Fred Dearing Sunday
dinners are not At all In the Hughes line
as general thing But the bearings
ncr0 goin@ away lri the Uughcses had
been away. and there didn't seem any
other time when they could do H. Mr.
Dearng has been named Minister 10
Portugal and will sail next month for
MS post, and Mrs. Dearing has given up
the apartment here and gone to Atlantic
city for while before they sqil.
SO far no one has b ,en appointed 10
Mr.. bearings rlace. but I believe Allan
Dulles, a nephew Of Mrs. Lansinr's wh,
has been stationed al Cons,antinopla Il
70 DC recalled 10 Washington and will
take over Warren D,iano Robbins's
place as Chief or the Division Of Near
Eastern Affairs when Mr.. Robbins goes
70 Germany as counselor Of the en-
oassy with Alanson Houghton next
month. or course the Lanslngs are a.
lighted. and equally OF course everybody
is busy giving farewell parties for the
Robbinses, and they are trying TO return
some az least OF the hospitalities that
are being offered to them. They are
giving party tonight. which Is In the
nature Of a farewell but they have
given several others OF the same sort
Women rim senate Galleries.
In the absence or the Hardings wa a4h-
ington has been tOrgirr along M ito NOT