The Washington times., 1922-08-06
RUM0R PERSISTS
NARDINGS TO GO
ITO NEW ENGLAND
All Plans Dependent
Upon the Strike
Situation

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tage at Prides Crossing. Mass,
for the rest of the summer and
expected to spend part Of Septem-
ber there. was coupled with the
rumor that President and Mrs.
Harding would visit him there be-
fore the summer is over. Possibly
they will, too. when--or if--the
strike situation is ironed out.
II he can bring order out of
the chaotic industrial conditions,
President Harding will doubtless
feel that he has earned a vdca.
tion--and certainly he will need
1 It. Possibly then, along about
September, he and Mrs. Harding
will slip away to New England
for a few weeks, and It may be
that they will make the trip on
the Mayflower.
They are not wasting time max.
ing plans, however, for the Presi.
dent will certainly not leave town
at all until the coal and rail strikes
are in process of settlement, but
they have several invitations to
visit in New England which are
most appealing. Secretary Mellon
wants them to come up to the
North Shore, r. Livingston Beck.
man, sometime governor of Rhode
Island, is singing the praises of
Newport and urging them to pay
him a visit at his beautiful estate
Lands End and the Edward Beale
McLeans would be desoiated il
President and Mrs. Harding went
North and did not visit them at
Bar Harbor. Moreover, the Sec
retary Of War and Mrs. Weeks are
counting upon entertaining Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding at Mt. Pros
pect. their summer home at Lam
caster. N. H. The Hardings
were guests at Mt. Pros
pect last summer and at the same
time had a big house party-the
Speaker and Mrs. Gillett were
among the guests 1 remember,
also Senator and Mrs. Frank B.
kellogg and Senator Hale and other
members of the Presidents golf
cabinet" Mrs. Weeks was abroad
at the time and the Secretary's
daughter. Mrs. John Washington
Davidge. played hostess for her
father. The Weekses own the
whole Of beautiful Mt. Prospect
and the place, which boasts its own
golf links and every sort Of pleas
-ure ground. is far enough from the
maddening crowd to be an ideal
summer White House"
IF the President and Mrs.
Harding do go North for a visit
or visits-ot any appreciable
length, 1t will doubtless give op.
portunity for the annual renova-
ton of the White House, best .ac
complished when the Chief Execu-
tive is not 'in residence" And in
that case, I presume, the project
of moving out to Friendship, the
McLeans' place on the edge Of
town, which was Snder discussion
for awhile, win be entirely given
up.
As fcr the proposed trip to
Mooseheart, ILL.,, 50 attend the
birthday celebration at the "City
Of Childhood"-the Moose home
for children, Of which Secretary
Davis is the patron saint-it will
go through unless the strike situa.
ton becomes too acute. Not only
have the President and Mrs.
Harding promised to attend the
celebration, but the trip has i'm
portart political aspects and will
not lightly be given up. But
whether or not they will stop off
in Evanston, ILL.,, to stay with
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charlie"
Dawes, remains to be seen.
SOCIAL activities at the White
House have been practically nil
of late. The Marshalls had lun-
cheon with the President and Mrs.
Harding one day. Ambassador
Herrick lunched at the White
House. and old friends like
Senator and Mrs. New and Senator
Kellogg drop in upon occasion. But
for the most part, Mrs. Harding Is
enjoying a well-earned rest while
the President wrestles with the
strike problem.
The First Lady is, however, by
no means idle, for she Is acting as
her own social secretary during the
absence of Miss Laura Harlan, who
is at Murray Bay, Canada, for a
month or so. And the job of White
House social secretary is no sine
cure even in midsummer. The
mere handling Of the personal cor.