The Washington herald., 1922-09-24
Washington Society Is
Approaching Normalcy
By Evelyn c. Hunt.
By Evelyn c. Hunt.

and yet it would appear as
though Il will be some weeks yet
1 before II Is entirely normal Every
day brings back many of social
peominence from all corners of the
country and of the globe, but still
Congress is 'adJourning and the
wandering ambassadors and minis
ters. not even the majority of them.
will return before the first and the
Supreme Court justices won't get
together until about then, and the
Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge
will spend the autumn in Massa-
chusetts now that the Vice Presl-
dent Is not needed by the Senate.
Though a great many members OF
Congress have only returned in the
last week or so. after absences of
various lengths. the majority only
left when Congress disbanded n
day or so ago. Most of them have
important political matters to look
after. And those who haven't are
helping some political buddy" to
look after his.
,1t Is probable that Mr.. Coolidge
will make a strenuous political
! speech making campaign. Requests
that he make such speeches just
pour in from all sections of The
country; he 10 probably the best
spokesman for the administration
next to the President. And, OF
course. Mr.. Harding won't be able
to do anything of the sort now. He
had planned to do some campaign
ing but all of his plans, one right
after another, have been 'knockel i
in the head" first by one thing and
then by another he has been hoo
dOoed. / never saw anything like
II! He had to give up last week
his trip to Detroit and Cleveland
for big Masonic 'doings;'k could not
make up his mind TO leave his sick
wife. He had to give up his long
anticipated Alaskan trip because
Congress would not finish up: then
the long Industrial deadlock kept
him home from Mooseheart, Ill, and
one or two visits to various places
which were planned were dropped.
HOWEVER, he is not to lose his
i honors by giving up the trip
= 10 Cleveland, for his initiation from
the thirty-third Masonic degree
the thirty-third Masonic degree.
probably will be conducted in the
near future by calling an extraor-
binary conclave of the Supreme
Council, as the President will be
unable to attend the cOnclave. Now
that Mrs. Harding is so much bet
ter the President has resumed Ills
regular routine of work ana mas
even managed to get in little golf.
II is said now-not by anyone who
particuIarly knows, however, but
generally accepted-that the Presi-
dent will take Mrs. Harding away
as soon as Sne Is StIOh5 SAH54'
her period of convalescence, but SO
far Mrs. Harding is still too Ill TO
plan much of anything. Great is
the rejoicing here, though. that she
is convaIescing. though her doctors
have warned that it will be Ions
and tedious. j think it is very un-
likely that there will be the regd-
lar prescribed" program OF state
functions at the White House this
winter; 1 don't believe Mrs. Hard
ing's physicians will ever agree
to 1t.
But. as I was saying. the Vice
President will do some campaigning.
II Is quite evident that Congress
won't do anything between now and
the November elections-what a diff
ference it would make in the
saicieucy of our government IN
.veryway IL there were no re-elec-
tions-so the Vice President and
most of the other officials will do
a bit OF 1eNerlSu NOiA Oh "''
poIitical fences before the Novem-
ber-some one said frost Certainly
all of the convincing speakers in
the Cabinet will speech" unless II
Ia the Secretary Of State. Secre-
tary and Mrs. Hughes are due TO
land in this country today from
Brazil. where the Secretary won new
Iaurels as the Presidents special
representative at the Brazilian CEN
tenniaI exposition. The Hugheses
returned sooner than expected; they
decided not to wait to return with
the official party on the Pan Anne
lean but to come pack on the Mary
s1and. His return home -may release
less important men. but better
campaigners. With his arrival to.
dav all of the Cabinet will be on
hand-that is, they will all be here
by tomorrow for a few of them
do manage to slip away week-ends.
You see some Of their wives aren't
back yet but they will all be here
think before october is more than
a day or two old.
Mrs. Wallace. wife Of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, came back last
week after a lengthy stay at their
Des Moines home and a short visit