The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
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InUR fe11ov townsman. w. a.
~ Harding. had the boy, ont
early the other morning and I saw
two. automobile, whiritnr ont
Seventeenth street At six-thirty. In
the corner OF one machine was Mr..
Harding and some golf clubs and In
the car Following was q bunch Of
Secret Service men. one Of whom
seemed 70 be putting on his collar.
That's the right idea, Mr.. Presfdent.
The early morning Is the time 20
take the air. II 10000 others fn
this town would follow your ar
ample the town would be better
on. The President must, set HIS
Big Ben for around m He hs,
to work in a shave and a breai<fast
and glance at the papers before
getting away. The real fun.
guess, is with the rest Of tn. four
some which perhaps does not keen
the good hours the President does.
Mr.. Darling. over on the front pare.
handed the President a good laugh
with his golf cartoon the other
morning. I'll lay a little wager.
Those caraway seed, Of dlssen-
tion that the Senator is sowing in
the Senate over the wool tariff NAV
prevent anybody from pulling any
wool over the tax payers eyes
Talking about a wool tariff riRht
now has the same effect on my
blood pressure as DO those beauti-
full days about August fur Gales for
the ladies'
You simply can't keep the
Smiths out of the paper. The Coast
and Geodetic Survey has just de-
cjded where the geographic center
of the United States is. and Il is in
Smith County. Kanas. The latitude
is $3.50 and the Longitude ss:35.
Now we will hear a revival of the
scheme TO move the Capital OF the
United States to the center Of IL.
IL the Smiths should all vote for
the plan they might put it over.
Wonder where Mr.. Curtis and Mr..
| Capper stand on thisf
oiled up the. flivver the other
day and jolted down TO Frederick
burg to see Kenmore" abou,
which had read so much. Beauti-
full place. and the earnest ladies
should meet with success in get
ting money TO make Il an Amer
lean shrine. I also saw the mon
ument over the grave Of Mary
Washington and the house where
the mother OF Washington lived.
In a large plaza they have a statue
to Gen. Mercer. q native Of Fred
ericksburg. who was killed at the
battle OF Trenton. n. J., during ne
Revolutionary War. Seldom do you
see a prettier sight than when you
get your first glimpse OF the town
across the Rappahannock-
Harry Price, who tells them when
to come and 60 at Pennsylvania
avenue and Seventeenth street, says
some curious people are drivine
autos these days. Harry opines it
is remarkable. the chances some
people will take. Price is in a posi-
tion to see all kinds of plain and
fancy driving and he says the tour
list with the out-of-town license
and all covered with dust Il the
most careful OF the lot. The corner
is a bad one because OF the curve
IN the street car tracks and be-
| cause IL is one OF the main arteries
for getting down TO Potomac drive
and the tourist camp below the
railroad tracks.
Senator stanneld. OF Oregon. wa.
born in Cmatilla County. Oregon.
where they have the champion
vheatheld. Cmatills County pro-
duces ] per cent OF all the wheat
grown In this country and the
county 10 so big you could drop a
couple OF Rhode Islands In Il.
The Boggy River IN Oklahoma is
not where Col. Boyle comes from.
although you might suppose so nrst
OF. The chief claim Of the river
to fame Is that Charles d. Carter.
Congressman from that State. wa,
born along its rushing waters.
Indians. not golf. are the chi~f
product