The Washington times., 1922-07-23
WILL WASHINGTON
BOAST SUMMER
WHITE H0USE?"
Friendship" Offered
President and Mrs.
Harding
nIscUssIoN az to . possible

nlsCUSsIoN az 10 possible
sumner White House" crops
up every season Just as surely as
summer comes around, the terri
tory from Maine to California
being covered in the sites Dame
Rumor picks out. OF late. how
ever, she has besn busyins her.
self near home and has settled
upon Friendship. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Beaie McLean's beautiful
estate on the edge OF the District
Of Columbia, a. the spot where the
President and Mrs. Harding are
most likely to pass the rest Of the
summer.
At the White House 1t was Of
ficiaiIy stated that while the Nc
Leans had rendered the Hardings
the use of Friendship until
autumn, neither this nor any Of
the forty or fifty other places
which have been offered to the
President has been accepted.
Nevertheless, it's quite within the
bounds OF possibility that the in
vitation may be accepted later. for
the McLeans have gone TO Bar
Harbor for the rest of the summer,
beautiful Friendship lies idle and
there's a certain amount Of renova.
ton which the White House must
undergo every summer and which
can best be done when the Presi.
dent and Mrs. Harding are not
: in residence"
Friendship. built by Mr.. Nc
Leans father. the late John r.
Mclean, is one OF the show places
Of Washington, and boasts un-
usually beautiful gardens. With.
in the last year a nine-hole golf
course was installed on the estate.
which would undoubtedly afford
both pleasure and profit to the
President. -
TF this plan. which has been
carefully considered. is carried
out, Washington will have It's first
summer White House since cleve.
lands Administration. When the
weather turned warm II was
President Cleveiand's habit to move
out TO Red Top--now known as Oak
View-the comfortable and yet un.
pretentious residence on the out
skirts Of town. which he owned;
and back in Harrison's day a mod
est dwelling in Soldiers Home used
to be set aside for the use Of the
President In summertime.
At the time Of the Cleveland's oc.
cupancy. Red Top used to be in the
country, but since then one Of
wsshington's prettiest suburbs has
grown up around It, known aptly
enough, as Cleveland Park.
II 10 understood that. IL the Hard
ings should move to Friendship, of.
ficial business will continue to be
transacted in the regular executive
offices. although these offices, re-
Gently dubbed a barn" by the
President, have also to undergo re-
pairs.
In the Wilson Administration,
Harlakenden House. Winston
Churchill's place at Cornish. N. H..
hsd the distinction Of being the
summer white House for two sea-
sons, and another year the Wilson's
went to Elberon, N. J. That was
the summer OF President Wilson's
second nomination and he wanted
to receive the notification on the
home soil Of New Jersey. other
years the wilson's remained In
washington, making use Of the
Mayflower for brief holidays ss the
Hsrdinss like TO DO; and once they
visited Col. and Mrs. T.. NJ. House
on the North shors. making the
Journey to Massachusetts, on the
Mayflower. The Tsfts, used always
10 20 TO the North Shore while
Chief Justice Taft was IN the white
House and the Roossveits spsnt
most Of their summers At oyster
Bay.
THE McLeans are still hoping
that the President and Mrs
Harding may manage TO make
them q little visit at Bar Harbor
during the course Of the summer
and plans for . day at Newport ~
guests Of r. Livingston Beeckman,
former governor Of Rhode Island,
are also under discussion at the
White House, Presumably the
two visits will be combined In one