The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

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as her emissary. primed, no doubt.
with instructions to tell the First
Lady all about II. And Mrs. Nc
Lean. with Mrs. Lasker, wife Of
A d. Lasker, OF the Shipping
Board. occupied the seats always
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 I'm 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 Gilleft
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. Stanfieid 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 . message from the
Chief Executive, but day after
day she IL 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. IL 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 a new dignity in tn"
new Congress as the senior mem
Der of the House-not by virtue
of his age, but by reason OF his
length of service.
Speaker Grlett on March ].
1923. 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 sery-
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-Msrch 4. 1893.
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
group of the wives of Senators
who are now in the lame duck
class. Mrs. Pomerene tohio) was
there. with Mrs. Poindexter
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 q merry
little family party, Senator and
Mrs. Walter r, George and their
two beys-but ne, II was On Mon
day that I saw them in the gal
'sr.' TA'yy ssvs arrived 4. tow.