The Washington herald., 1922-07-02


the most weight.
Anyway the town Is deserted!
Everybody" literally speaking
aimost-has gone of somewhere to
remain "over the Fourth" Inde-
pendence Day is being signalized by
many social functions and house
parties
One Of the most interesting Of
these parties Is being given by Mr..
and Mrs. Sumner welles at their
place at Manchester-by-the-Se He
used to belong to our diplomatic
service, you know. and Mrs. Welles
was one Of the Boston Skaters. Their
party will include the Spanish Am
bassador and Nine. Risno. the coun-
selor of the Spanish Embassy. Senior
Csrdenas, and the counselor OF the
Argentine Embassy, Felipe Espil,
and the departing Counselor of the
Russian Embassy and Nine. de Bach.
who are sailing on July s. This will
be their last festivity.
ALL OHIO PREPARES
TO WELCOME PRESIDENT.
OF course, the most important
Fourth of July" party will be that
staged in Marion. Ohio. to celebrate
the homecoming of the President
of the United states and Mrs Hard
ing-the foremost citizen OF Marion
and his wife. This will be their
first visit back home since enter
ing the White House, and the little
town will be en- fete tomorrow and
the day after and the day after that
to welcome its most distinguished
citizens.
1t will certainly be an important
episode in the municipal history Of
that now famous Main Street" and
White Oaks, the farm Of the Presi-
dents physician and friend, DR..
Charles Sawyer. on the outskirts OF
the town. will pass into the annals
as having served as a temporary
White House.
Marion's celebration is one Of the
many projected all over Ohio and
which include many historic ami
versaries as well as civic mile
stones.
Ohio. the Indian word. which
means q beautiful river. dates her
history back to 174s, and while the
Pacific Coast will be celebrating the
centenary of the great heEira across
the plains in search OF gold, Ohio
will mark the two hundredth of her
existence. The President seems to
take the keenest interest in all his
tory and especially in that which
concerns his home State and he Is
going to try to be present at as
many Of the Ohio celebrations as his
time will permit.
SUMMER LIFE IN CAPITAL
NOT BAD WITH MAYFLOwER-
Harding deserted the Mayhower, the
Presidents yacht. which they favor
so much lately, particularly for
week-ends. and motored up to Lees
burg to visit their close friends, the
Edward Beale McLeans, who have a
summer place there which they visit
occasionally. They have a town
house where they generally stay in
midwinter-when they aren't In
Florida-and suburban home.
Friendship" where they pass the
spring and fall. and a summer home
at Bar Harbor. Me-. where they are
going in a day or two.
President and Mrs. Harding are
taking their midsummer residence
in Washington very philosophically.
And why not2 With the White
III use and the Mayhower at ones
disposal 1t seems that one could
spend the summer in Washington
and yet not necessarily belong to
the Stole School Of Philosophy.
Before President and Mrs. Hard
ing left town for Leesburg the
President attended a dinner given
at the Chevy Chase Club as a fare
we'll to Brig. Gen. Charles Gates
Dawes. the retiring director of the
budget. The dinner was a surprise
party and was arranged by some Of
his associates. Not until on his way
out to the Chevy Chase Club that
evening did he begin to have sus-
picions and remarked to his COM
panion in the motor car, "I believe
you are trying to put something
over on me-" The companion
shrugged his shoulders and dis
claimed any such intention.
And so General Dawes, to his sur
prise. arrived at the club in time
for dinner with the President. the
Vice President, all of the Cabinet
members except Secretary Hughes
and Secretary DENLY. whose places
were taken by Wilbur ]. Carr, the
director of the consular service,
and Acting Secretary of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt. ia. General
Pershing. General Lord. the new di-
rector Of the budget; Secretary
Christian. Senator Watson and Sem
ator Mckinley. both of Illinois, and
all of the officers from the various
departments who had been associ-
ated with General Dawes in the
budget work-'budget officers" I
believe they are called-makinR in
all a company of about sixty as
sembled to honor the retiring di-
rector of the budget
On the whole it was a thorough
ly jolly evening. The orchestra
played several of General Dawes
compositions-you know he has
quite a musical reputation as we'll
as one for pungent speech and for
Strengthening out the finances OF
the country. General Lord sang one
Of General Dawes songs-yes, the
new director OF the budget Is musi-
cal too-and Senator Watson sang
The Battle Hymn Of the Repub-
lie"
The chief address of the evening
naturally enough, was made by the
President. who also presented the
honor guest with a heavy-papered
testimonial signed by all the guests
at the dinner-a souvenir of the
occasion and of the warm regard
of his fellow-workers. Afterward
brief speeches ware nnado h., c.