The Washington times., 1922-08-06

Washington. and calls upon the
Governor when he finds himself
in a State capital.
President Harding, who has been
entirely surrounded by individuals
or delegations discussing the twin
strikes-coal and rail-ever since
the present crisis developed. was
in an important conference when
Mr.. Marshall called and. couldn't
receive him. But he countered
with an invitation to luncheon and
on Thursday Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall were guests of President
and Mrs. Harding in the tapes.
tried State Dining Room, which
must have seemed to them alive
with memories Of the previous Al
ministration. ~
No. so far as I know the Mar
shalls did not call upon the former
President and Mrs, Woodrow
Wilson. Indeed, Mrs. Marshall
told me that they did not expect to
see the Wilson's, which at the
time struck me as rather odd since
most good Democrats find their
way to 2340 8 street when they
visit Washington. Moreover. Mr..
Marshall is one OF the members of
Mr.. Wilson's political household
with whom he had no quarrel, no
far as the world at large has ever
discovered, either before or since
his retirement from public life.
Their relations were always most
cordial and the irrepressible Mr
Marshall used even to beconfs
facetious with the somewhat aua
tere Mr.. Wilson upon ocacsion--
witness the time when he sent
the President a gift volume In
scribed From the Presidents
only Vice."
THE Marshalls and Vice Pred
dent and Mrs. Coolidge almost
missed each other, for Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall only reached town last
Saturday. and the Coolidges were
leaving Washington that evening
for Boston on the first lap Of their
journey to California. They man.
aged, however. to hail each other
In passing and renewed a pleasant
acquaintance formed in the few
days before the 4th of March, 1s2i,s
that the Coolidges were in town.
At that time Mrs. Marshall consti.
tuted herself guide, philosopher
and friend to her successor, taking
her about whenever possible and
introducing her to the Ladies OF
the Senate, the leadership Of which
is vested ex-officio in the wife Of
the Vice President.
The Ladies of the Senate, which
was organized in war time, for
work, at Mrs. Marshall's inspira-
ton and has carried on in peace
time. for pleasure, under Mrs.
Coolidge's direction, adjourned sey.
eral weeks ago. But somehow H.
refuses to stay adjourned. Not
only did they arrange a special
luncheon last Tuesday in Mrs. Mar.
shall's honor, but they are having
another party this coming Tues
day, when the club will be enter.
tained at Commonwealth Farm -
Mrs. John w. Harreld, wife of Sen.
ator Harreld, and Mrs. Tasker
oddie. Mrs. Harreld is spending
the summer out at the farm, a
lovely old place on the Silver
Spring road, where lunches or
Chicken dinners" are served on
order and which is becoming ex-
ceedingly popular with motor
parties. The ladies' are to assemble
at noon at Mrs. Thomas p. Cores
residence, 1925 Massachusetts ave-
nue., and will motor out to the
country under Mrs. Cores guid-
ance.
Even the Senate ranks have
thinned considerably in the last few
weeks, but some twenty ladies' re-
sponded to the call sent out by
Mrs. Henry r. Ashurst and assem-
bled on Tuesday in the big room In