The New York herald., 1922-07-09
Interested in the Social Out
look as Well as the
Political:

6peotul Dispdtch 70 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
WASHINGTON, July s.
w WASHINGTON spent the glori-
Nv Gus Fourth and the week
eni Immediately preceding
IT In a stxxe vr -usDsnded animation
not dead-for already IL Shows healthy
signs of reviving, but sleeping.
1t is one of life's little ironies in
Washington that the capital of the
country, where leading men of the ma
ton mostly do congregate, and where
the Government of the nation chiefly
functions. is so entirely deserted on
the big national holidays, that the city
Is listless and apathetic. and cannot
seem to get UP any spirit for patriotic
celebrate
The official world quite generally
took its departure last Saturday, leav
ing mere corporals guard on duty
to watch the banked fires of the Gov
ernment machinery. The House al
most to a man had its grips packed
and taxicabs waiting to rush its men,
bers to the station, that they might
hasten home to look after their fences
For while they had adjourned tenta-
lively until August 15, none Of them
pretended to know when they might
really be recalled. A perfectly inno-
cent question addressed to Mrs. Fred
erick Gillett, wife Of the Speaker, as
to how she expected to spend the re-
cess. brought a laugh. II don't 'ex-
pect' anything; and even with the
question of adjournment apparently
settled we are making no plans. We
won't know how long our recess will
be until 1t Is over.'
However, in spite of her pessimism,
Mrs. Gillett seems to have been all
racked up and ready to go,-and she
and the Speaker and her daughter. Miss
Louisa Hoar, got Off about as soon as
the whistle blew and the House knew
that it was actually released. They
were off to York Harbor to remain "un-
til the House reassembles."
Possibly Mrs. Gillett's other daughter
Mrs. Reginald Foster who was until
her marriage a little more than year
ago, Miss Frances Hoar-will join them
there. The last news of her is that
she and her husband were visiting Mrs.
Grafton Minot.-Senator Lodges grand
daughter-at her summer home at
Pride's Crossing, and were among her
guests 1T a little dinner which she gave
Monday night in honor Of the Third AS
sistant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss.
One gathers from the announcement
that the Gilletts expect to stay at York
Harbor until the House whistle again
blows recalling the members that the
Speaker is one of the fortunate ones
whose fences do not need attention.
AS a matter of fact, Frederick Gillet
is an institution in Washington. He
has represented the second district
Of Massachusetts for fifteen consecutive
terms.
MondelI Family Goes West.
The acknowledgements Frank
Mondell OF Wyoming being Republican
floor leader and ranking next to the
Speaker In the councils of the House
did not get off until after the Fourth.
Last Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs. Mondell
ard their very attractive daughter, Miss
Dorothy Mondell. started for home. Mr..
Mondell, at the time the House recessed,
made it perfectly plain that August 10
was merely a tentative date for reas-
sembling, that the members expected
TO come back then at the latest but
were subject to a possible earlier re-
call They would come back as soon as
the Senate had done its worst to the
tariff and was ready to turn 1t over to
the House to correct its mistakes. or
course, Mr.. Mondell didn't put 1t that
way, but that's the way the House
feels about 1t.
Mr.. Mondell Is one Of those who goes
home, not to mend his fences but to put
I'D new ones. He is not candidate for
reelection, but for promotion. He wants
to break into the Senate and is out for
the toga at present gracing the manly
form of Senator Kendrick-who is a
mighty fine man and all that. but made
the mistake of being a Democrat. SO
Washington has it's field glasses trained
on the Wyoming campaign with mixed
feelings-whoever wins. it loses-ether
the Mondells or the Kendricks-and it
likes them both too well to consider the
outlook with equanimity. Probably.
purely from the social viewpoint, 1t
would prefer to have Mondell lose-and
trust to the 'little father" of all good
Republicans at the White House to find
some good excuse--with at least as high
a salary as the Congressional-for keep
ing them in Washington.
Mr.. Mondell is serving his fourteenth
term in the House-his States only
Representative there-and he and his
wife and their daughter. who recently
made her debut, are very thoroughly
part of official washington. The Ken
bricks. on the other hand, are newcom-
crs, having only been here for one Sen
atorial term of six years but they have
made for themselves very warm place.
They also have debutante daughter,
Rosa Maye, and they would certainly
leave rather big hole should the No
vember elections eliminate them after
next winter. Moreover. they do say
that Mondell will have q pretty tough
time beating Kendrick at the polls
For Senator Kendrick was head of the
cattlemen's association out in Wyoming
and is tremendously popular out there.
He is on the best possible terms with
his Republican colleague in the Senate
Francis Emroy Warren--who has
been here almost since the beginning of
time. and was sent back for another six
years at the last election. Warren is
something like the Republican boss of
Wyoming, and while of course he would
support his party's candidate and lend
his influence TO the returning of another
Republican from his State, still-he
probably would not fight so hard against
Kendrick, merely as a Democrat, as he
might against some other candidate
whom he didn't like so we'll personally.