The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Vice President Coolidge tc
Celebrate Birthday in Ma
~ tional Capital.
spsoso, Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.


WASHINGTON. d. c.. July I.
TOURTH OF JULY week end
finds Washington a deserted
village as Of yore; but it's moth
ing like SO completely deserted as II
used to be. and for nothing like so
long time.
Up on the Hill the members OF the
House are busy packing their grips,
with campaign literature. and betak-
ing themselves out to their home dis.
tricts to look well to their fences, re-
joicing that their big brothers in the
other wing of the Capitol agreed to
their going-for a month; only one
short monitor they must be back
early in August for the tariff vote.
And the Senate is settling down with
a groan to the realization that 1t has
enough work ahead OF 1t now. when
most of it's members had hoped to be
at home explaining things to their
constituents, to keep them here till the
snow flies.
The Coolidges have been quiescent
socially for. the last week. They have
their two sons with them-"just stay
Ing on from day to day'-till they get
ready to go up to their grandfather's
farm in Vermont. Mrs. Coolidge said
last time 1 talked with her that they
expected to spend the Fourth right
here in Washington, and had no spe-
cial plans for celebrating the day.
Probably not, as national holiday;
but as a family holiday they are likely
to have some sort of quiet celebration,
and l shouldn't wonder IL the boys
were staying on for that. For it is not
merely Uncle Sans birthday, it Is as
every one knows, or did during the
campaign, Calvin Coolidges birthday,
too.
About the only definite summer plan
that the Vice-P President and Mrs Coo
lidge seem to have made Is for trip to
California in August. The Vice-Presi-
dent is scheduled for an address at the
meeting of the American Bar Associa-
elton and he and Mrs. Coolidge will go
out for V. When he allowed himself to
be put on that conventions program Mr..
Coolidge thought he was quite safe in
making an engagement for August Ger
tainly his duties with the Senate would be
over by then. Maybe they willard maybe
not. No one is prophesying as to that
with any conviction. But If they aren't
the Vice-President will probably for once
avail himself of the services of the Presi-
dent of the Senate pro tenn, and let
some one else WELD the gavel In the re-
Gently rather uproarious upper chamber
for few days while he goes out to the
coast and keep his engagement there.
One does not recall any previous Vice
IN xr,l,o ALL III
Job of presiding over the Senate so seri-
ously as Mr. Coolidge does and allowed
himself such rare holidays.
Secretary and Mrs. Hughes are maxi
ing no plans at all so far as the Fourth
is concerned. They are welcoming their
youngest daughter. Miss Elizabeth
Hughes. who has spent the winter down
in Bermuda. and who is joining them at
Greystone just about now.
May Go to Brazil.
1t is said-but I don't know how au-
thoritatively-that Secretary Hughes is
quite likely to go to Brazil as official
representative Of the United States at
that country's centennial celebration
along in the fall. His going is contin-
gent on Uncle Sans being able to spare
him from his official duties here. and it
Is fair to assume that IL he goes Mrs.
Hughes will accompany him.
Secretary Davis has gone out to
Mooseheart, ILL.,. to spend the Fourth
with Mrs. Davis and the children at their
summer home there-and perhaps in
cidentally to make a first hand investi-
cation into condition at Herrin. Secre-
tary Weeks has Joined Mrs. Weeks at
their farm at Lancaster, n. H. Mrs o.
L. Weller, wife of Senator Weller OF
Maryland. is visiting Mrs. Weeks up at
Lancaster. her husband being in Japan
with the party which is attending the
reunion of the Annapolis class of 81 in
Toxic.
Secretary Wallace Is to be away He
and his youngest daughter, Miss Ruth
Wallace, will be the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. w. Aver at Meredith, N. Y over
the Fourth, and he is to make an ad-
dress at celebration there. Miss Mary
Wallace sailed to-day with a party of
friends for some months of travel
abroad. Mrs. Wallace is in Detroit Wis
iting one of her children and brand
new grandchild and will not return to
Washington until next week.
Miss Ailsa Mellon went to New York
early in the week and after a couple of
days at the Ritz, chaperoned by Miss
Sylvester. expected to go to Southamp-
ton to visit the Edward MELONS and to
X.
Speaking of weddings. can't resist say
ing II told you sou apropos of Mrs.
McDonald's to Marquis Huntly In Lon
don last Monday Though I admit that
mad not expected the prophecy of last
weeks letter to be verified quite so
promptly.
About the last thing any one seems to
have heard of the Hoovers was to the
effect that Secretary Hoover had re-
ceved degree from the University of
krakow, In acknowledgment of his
splendid work for the relief of stricken
Poland. 1t will make an ineresting ad-
dition to Secretary Hoovers collection
of degrees.
June, you know, is not merely the
month OF brides, IL Is the open month
for distinguished public men to collect
college degrees President Harding
started the ball rolling when he went
20 Princeton early In June. His primary
object was to attend the unveiling of the
Princeton battle m onument, but while he
was there he also received an honorary
Ill. d. from Princeton University, which
had previously similarly honored eleven
Presidents OF the United States. The
Vice-President has not been In the bus-
ness of collecting degrees this year. His
own alma mater, Amherst. gave to him
her honorary degree when he was Gov
ernor of Massachusetts. and he is now
one of her board of trustees. and while
he went up there recently to attend a
hoard meeting. he did not make COM
mencement address. Indeed, believe he
was not there for commencement. The
only place where he made an address
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