The Washington times., 1922-08-27


IN the white dress uniform OF the
army. Almost directly opposite In
the Speakers pew--overioohin
the Democratic side Of the House
chamber-was the next most
interesting woman present--Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth - also by
virtue Of her marriage an Ohioan--
and with her, though as acting
Secretary Of the Navy he might
have had q place on the floor with
the cabinet group was her
brother. Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
jr. That's q pair that seems al
ways to enjoy being together.
They are both proud and fond Of
one another. and apparently
infinitely consenial. Mrs. Long
worth once said to me that she
thought she and Tied" were very
much alike. and while at the mo-
ment. thought she was rather
flattering him. I shouldn't wonder
II she was right.
7 TITLE MRS. ROOSEVELT
was not in town. lShe also
always seems to be all sorts OF
chummy with her sister-in-law-ino
fact, one rather wonders where
people got the idea that Mrs. Long
worth is. perhaps. a bit difficult.
She - Mrs. Roosevelt - has been
swinging back and forth between
her husband in Washington and
her children at Dover, N. H.. all
summer, and she happened to be
up there. They are delighted with
the place. ana I understand are
planning to build there. ..
The President arrived-as he al
ways does-a few minutes ahead
Of time, and the assembly, stand.
Ing to receive him. greeted his ar
rival with applause. Ones first
thought Is that he certainly Ii q
Presidential looking party. 30,
too. in q different way, was vii.
son. Then one realizes that, al.
though he 10 immediately well
groomed-he ID wearing the semi
formal summer dress that he
wears when he plays host at all
formally these summer days at the
White Housewife trousers and
shoes, . blue serge coat and soft
shirt. and usually a blue polka
dotted tie with a fine pearl pin.
With absolutely no inside iaforma-
ton on the subject. ia be willing
to bet that Mrs. Harding gave him
that pin, and he wears 1t to please
her--but one knows that while he
looks comfortable and summery,
and is almost as tanned from his
hours on the links. as Mondell over
there on the floor is from strenu.
GUS campaign out in Wyoming,
where campaigning seems to be
very much an outdoor sport, still
on closer inspection the President
looks tired and worried. Can you
blame him?
As one listens, ones eye wanders
over the floor. 1t disturbs ones
sense Of official proprieties to see
the Presidents secretary-George
B. Christian. 1r.-sitting with the
Cabinet. He doesn't belong there.
Then ones eye strays to Hughes.
who IL about to 60 to Brazil; to
Daugherty, most criticised member
/of the Cabinet-with the possible
exception Of Fall-and the only
one whose appointment may be re-
garded as personal: to Mellon
small. slightly built, benevolent
looking, and apparently incurably
shy-in . creamy palm beach suit;
TO Hoover. who would like to ra-
ton the world" land one notices
with amusement that his costume
In almost identically that Of the
President(-to Weeks-a mountain
Of . man, looking worn and far
from well.
Almost inevitably the eye strays
from him to Senator Lodge. appar.
entity greatly exercised as to how
his collar IL standing UP under the
heat. It isn't. Proof positive that
Lodge IL not the iceberg people
think. But he should worry! When
he has such an interesting vest on.
q suppose he would call 1t q waist.
coatD 1t seems to be of white duck
with an intricate design Of grey
flowers, and but nDr the dissolving
collar would give . wonderful ef-
feet of cool immaculacy, worn as
It is with blue serge. One realized
how that collar would affect the
Senator's morale; but for the mat.
ter Of that, the casualties In starch.
cd collars that day were something
fearful to contemplate.
McCUMBER-just defeated for
tA denomination, and obliged to
give his name to q tariff which
seems to be equally loathed, for
different reasons, by every onn
who expresses himself on It