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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04


anything like the nonchalant way
most of them take heir duties at
the Capitol. There is party just
back from a junketing trip to
Panama and Cuba; Senator Walter
Edge will return from his wedding
trip abroad just about the time
Congress adjourns-and so it goes.
MANY Of the members of this
Congress-the lame ducks
when they go home In March will
go home to stay, and the next four
weeks are apt to be marked by
many farewell parties given in
compliment to the lame ducks and
their wives. OF course, Lent
starts in q fortnight, but. I don't
think that win stop the farewell
parties. Very little entertaining
stops for Lent any more. There
are only two kinds of parties you
can be sure will be given up in
Lent, White House functions and
charity balls land there are no
White House parties this year, as
you know.
Congress going out. Is apt to
make the spring social season
here rather short. After all, the
members Of the two houses of
Congress play q goodly part in
the social activities at the Cap.
ital and their departure takes
many other interesting official
and some not official-people home
or away. The White House will
be closed and most Of the Cabinet
fitting about-yes, I think the
spring will be rather dull. All I
see in prospect now are the usual
grist Of spring charity balls and
lawn fetes and garden parties.
THE Princess Bibesco is burst
ing forth once more in print
she is getting out a. new book
called Balloons" Washington
society-and society in many
cities and in several countries
recently enjoyed and did much
talking about the Princess book,
Il Have Only Myself To Blame"
I know I enjoyed 1t muchly.
Arthur Brisbane. I believe, de-
clared, the attractive young lady
to be a genius. Some Of the rest
Of the world agreed and some dis
agreed with that statement, but
I believe the book set a record
for the sale Of short stories. Her
new volume Balloons" has Just
left the press and Is causing an
even wider stir. She transfixes
a single moment Of, intense living
in each brief story and her in
sight into the psychology and
basic motives Of her characters
is most unusual; almost uncanny.
Somewhere / read a criticism
Of Balloons" that said, among
other things, Elizabeth Asquith
Bibesco is her mothers own
daughter" don't agree with
them; think she has Margot
Asquith beaten a mile" in every
way. Any one will surely admit
without a moments hesitation that
she is fifty times better looking.
Then she has a more charming per-
sonality than her mother ever
had, I'm sure; certainly more than
she has now. And what the
younger woman writes is far
superior to her mothers writings:
much more readable and much
more worth reading. I think
Princess Bibesco is a fascinating
creature.
She has her mothers audacity
without doubt; she is frank,
sophisticated, epigrammatic, subtle
and eolIra 0na,,a L.. ~.
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>~~e4..e~.~~Serse 49,
sacrificed Senatorial dignity -
Cabinet comfort. e
And there is small doubt that
Mrs. Poindexter expressed the
opinion OF this minority when she
paid her respects to the Cabinet ii
no uncertain terms.
It has all been written before
many times. Indeed, both sides oE
the oft-discussed question have
been played up in the news asaln
and again. And the views ofetks-
Senator'S wives have been thor
oughly hashed over in drawing
rooms. But for. the wife 81 =
United States Senator to discuss II
print official life as seen from the
inside and to point her discusNloi1
by handing IT, to certain individ.
uaI Cabinet members vel mo
wonder it has given the world and
his wife something to talk about!
WHAT I can't understand ID
why Secretary Weeks should
deem it necessary to deny categOrf-
cally such q statement as 'sthe War
Department provides good.lOpking
young officers to attend the Secre-
tary Of Wars receptions. OF
course. that is not true, IL by the
term provides the writer neaps
that they are detailed to attend.
for. as the Secretary states the
only officers actually on social
duty in Washington are the White
House aids. On the other handfit
is true in the sense that when the
Secretary gives a reception every
unattached officer In town, good
looking or otherwise, recognizes It
as his duty to attend. And. fter
all, what possible difference can't
maker
AS for the band ''to play at his
wife's days at hone." which Mrs.
Poindexter cites as one OF the
perquisites Of the Secretary Of the
Navy, and to which she seems to
take exception should say that
was rather an unfortunate en-
ample, for by the courtesy OF the
Secretary Of the Navy and the
commandment of the Marine Corps,
the Marine Band or the Navy Bard
always plays at the three or four
big receptions which are q feature
of the annual program Of the Com
gressional Club or when the Con.
gressional LADIES at Congress Hail
receive or at other Congressional
functions.
Mrs. Poindexter Is not the only
woman Of the Senatorial contin.
gent who is writing social gossip
for the press. Mrs. Henry Wilder
Reyes, wife of the Senator from
New Hampshire. for example. Il
doing series Of articles for Good
Housekeeping" under the title
Letters of a Senator's Wife" and
they are having wide circulation
Sand rousing considerable interest.
She, however, has managed TO
steer a. course between the Scylln
Of the commonplace and the
Charybdis Of indiscretion.
But the LADY from Washing
ton" may have felt that, sinceah
husband Is on the eve Of retiring
from public life, she could afford
to let herself go. On the other
hand, friends Of Senator Poindex-
ter claimed freely that the letters.
which were written along about
Christmas >time, were given pub
licity In the East by the enemies
of the Senator, who was being
groomed for the post Of Secretary
Of the Interior, with q view to In.
juring his chances.
All chance Of that, Of course.
has been scotched by the Senator'S
appointment to the post Of Amer
lean Ambassador to Peru. But
it would have been q ~piquant
situation, wouldn't it, i Senator
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INTRODUCING group of future beaux and
4 bellies! The youngest debutautes presented
are the Misses Irene and Mary Rose McCallum,
tvin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, IT,, and little Miss
Marie Louise Wagganan, the daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Wagganran, while Minnie Sheriff.
belongs to Col. and Mrs. Clarence O. Sheriff..
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Then there's Col. Williams
Littauer's suit, brought in the
Paris courts, to prevent his
daughter, Louise Littauer, from
marrying Lieut.. "Bill" Doellar,
which is nuts" to the younger
set, among whom Miss Littauer
is a general favorite.
And, of course, the publication
Of Mrs. Miles Poindexter's rather
caustic comments on certain Cab
met officers, their perquisites and
prerogatives. has brought q storm
down about her ears and has re-
vived the old-time controversy as
to the relative Importance Of the
Senate and the Cabinet.
THIS rivalry as to precedence
seems about as likely to be
solved as the ancient controversy
as to which came first, the hen or
the egg. The Senate feels that,
since 1t confirms the Presidents
appointment OF Cabinet officers, it
should take precedence, the crea-
tor being greater than the thing
created. The Cabinet, on the
other hand, takes the stand that
as the, Presidents official family
1t outranks all other domestic Of
ficials.
In practice, the question is us
ually compromised, the wives OF
Cabinet officers making the first
call upon the Senatorial ladies,
but the Cabinet taking precedence
over the Senate at dinners, recep-
tions and other official functions.
In all such matters there has
long been a chip on the Senatorial
shoulder. I remember well the
way Mrs. Weeks, wife Of the
Secretary Of War. flared up when
someone suggested, on her hus-
bands taking a Cabinet post, that
now, since she was assuming a
position so much In the public
eye, she might decide not to be
so consistently and persistently
averse to publicity. Her answer
was that she considered her posi-
ton as a Cabinet hostess no whit
more important than lDr position
as the wife Of a Senator and
should certainly make no change
in her mode of living.
To the unprejudiced observer.
however, it would appear to be
largely a question Of numbers.
Public interest, which is natur-
ally concentrated on the ten men
who head the executive depart.
ments and make up the Presi-
dents immediate encourage. wears
pretty thin when 1t comes to be
divided among the ninety odd
more or less distinguished gentle
men who hold down seats in the
Senate. And If there are certain
perquisites which naturally accrue
to. the departments heads, why,
stack up against them Senatorial
mileage-which amounts to q
considerable sum when a states
man halls from Washington State,
as does Senator Miles 1Poindexter
and the high cost OF the Con-
gressional leave to print" II
that be treason. make the most
Of it!
pRECEDENCE-as well as prec->
edent-has proved STUN
bling block in the path Of every
effort to simplify Washington's
calling code and tighten the bur-
den Of the social duties Of off,
cialdom. When Mrs. Harding
actually took the bull by the
horns last year and put a system
Of collective visiting into effect
to the extent Of inviting the ladies
of the Cabinet to the White House
and presenting them to the Sem
atorial hostesses assembled in a
body, the move. on the whole
received sympathetic support.
But there was q minority which
felt that the Tirst Lady had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04

Senator Walter Edges small son, Walter Edge, T.,
has been staying NTH his grandmother in Wash
ington while the Senator and his bride, who mas
Miss Camilla Loyal Asfe, Sewau haze been
honeymooning abroad Capt and Mrs Hayne
Ellis boast one of the most interesting families in
Washington Their children, shown below, are
(left to right) Robert, Hayue Ellis it., Lucia
and Long.
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needs his attention.
A party of sixty Senator's and
Congressman are going on J. a
junketing trip on the Hender-
son, which seems to be the par
ticular pet junketing ship these
days. 1t is due to sail about
March 5 for Panama, where the
fortunate few will view the
maneuvers of the joint fleets,
Atlantic and Pacific. Secretary
DENLY will go along, of course,
but Mrs. DENLY will not ac-
company him.
The Secretary Of War, John
w. Weeks, is planning a trip
about this time to the various
Caribbean ports, Panama and
Hawaii. have not heard
whether Mrs. Weeks will go or
not.
Then, Secretary Hughes has
his South American trip in pros
pect. At first it was stated that
Ambassador Henry p. Fletcher
would go with Hughes. but now
It would be more correct to state
that Hughes may go with
Fletcher. Mr.. Fletcher, as I told
you, will be the head Of our
delegation to the Pan-American
Congress to be held in Chile, be-
ginning March rs; and Secretary
Hughes win go il he can.
European conditions are making
Il rather difficult for the Secre-
tary Of State to make any plans
ahead, but he does expect to visit
Santiago while the conference Is
In progress and possibly to make
an address or two, although he
wilr not take a very active part
In the deliberations. He will
visit several South American
countries while he is In South
America.
WITH all these plans in the
air, there is not much likel-
hood Of an extra session being
called. Even the President has
holiday plans. He and Mrs.
Harding are going South almost
before the Congressional doors
are shut. Goodness knows, they
both need q change. The Pres
ident deserves q rest IL anybody
does.
Then President Harding wants
to go to Alaska this summer, to
take the trip he had set his
heart on last year, but could not
accomplish as Congress just
wouldn't quit. So don't think
the President win run the
risk Of being tied here again by
calling Congress together after
March 4. Secretary Of the In
terror Fall tried to make"
Alaska all last summer, too, but
never did succeed. And now he's
on the eve of leaving the Cabinet.
II Congress does go out on
March 4 and stays out until the
next Congress just naturally
comes together again in December,
It will be the first long vacation
that body has had in about nine
years. think the last time they
had that long interval without
converting was right after Presi.
dent Wilson came into office the
first time. He was inaugurated
in March. Congress met In De-
cember and has been together al
most without breaks-just short
breaks-ever since. OF course,
any Of the members may go away
any time the spirit moves them,
whether Congress is meeting or
not. So occasionally they go
tunketing to- all corners Of the
world or to Europe with their
families, or home to look after
political fences. or any place their
fancy takes them. I never saw
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
BY JEAN ELIOT

nUzZ, buzz buzz Buzz, buzz, buzzl The gossps have
had any juicy morsel5 TO roll under their tongues
all week that they have even neglected to discuss
MRS Harding real condition and the alleged sdplo
matte leaklquor this time, and inside information
The question Of accepting Mrs John B. Henderson gen
offer Of mansion to be used by the Vice President
the United States still being discussed pro and
drawing well sup on the HILL" ssss
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
CONGRESSIONA
EXODUS AFTER
MARCH FOURTH
SOlonS will Make a Decline for Railroad Sta
tiOn at Sound of Word "AdjOurnment."
Party of Sixty to Visit Panama for Naval
ManeuYerS Secretary Weeks Plans Junket.
Secretary Hughes Proposed South American
Trip-FareWell to Lame Ducks.
By EVELYN c. HUNT

lust month from today Congress will adjourn and
then there will be scamperngl Judging from
what hear practically every member Of that august
body will make bee line'' for the railroad station
the very first Of the word adjourned and
before the word is spoken
Most of the memberand their famliesare going home
but starting off pleasure trips first-they
need rest you know after their arduous duties
Senator and Mrs David Reed sailing for Bermuda.
Senator Reed Smoot is going home-the first he
has been there ages and he feels there much that
needs his attention $500
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WASHINGTON
STIRRED B
DAME RUMOR

GoSSipS Have Juicy MOrSelS to Roll Under
Tongues Mrs. HendeTSOn'S Offer Of Vice
Presidential Mansion Still Under Discussion.
Mrs. POindcxter'S @IndiScrcct LetferSn
Rouse No End of Interest Miss LittaueFS
Matrimonial Adventures Also Discussed.
By JEAN ELIOT
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
Bureau OF
Missing
Relatives

The star Invites its readers 20 use thu,
department a. an aid In fading missing
retatises or frtcnds. The department 10
10 help iu rrunitinx these who have been
separated These whose relatives or
fr,cnds are nissing are invited To report
fh- disappearance directly to The star.
Essdsrs who may know the whrrrnbort
Of persons mcnfioned In this column as
missing are requested also 60 repsrt 10
The star. Other newspapers zre invited
20 reproduce such Items as win Interest
tbefr rcarerE
LOUIS C. FUGUNT.-Ciose friends
Of Louis C. Fugrnt are becoming
alarmed at his disappearance. and
are attempting 10 locate him. He
has been missing from his home in
Pennsylvania for many months. He
Z, known 10 have q sister In spo-
kama but she has had no word con.
corning him recently. Anyone know
Ing Fugunt Is asked to communicate
with Miss Molly Tediock. at Renton.
Wash. Fox es7.
CHARLES T.. PIGGOTT. LEO p.
GOLDEN and G.. III. nfPEIMANS.
Tho Red Cross OF Seattle Is snx.
fous to locate these three men and
has asked that anyone knowing
their whereabouts communicates with
headquarters here as soon as pos
eibIe.
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men To HEAR
OF HOME WEEK
"Home Beautiful Speeches
to Be Given at Clubs

Feminine Seattle win get most Of
It's inspiration during Home Beau
tifui Week" which opens next
Monday. from tho special displays
which will DO shown In all the
leading furniture stores Of the city.
AZ tho same time tho masculine
population win DO receiving new
Ideas on how TO bcautity the homo
thru the medium OF educational
talks which are 10 bo delivered
before every civic and business or.
ganiEatiou that meets during the
week. An elaborate program OF
such addresses is now being worked
out by II. J. Finegold. director.
at.largs OF the Retail Furniture
Association OF Washington. which
Is directing the moTemen, IN this
stata and chairman Of the local
arrangements committee.
we realize" Otto s. Grunoaum
another dlroctor-et-iarge. said Mon,
day. that the average business
man II unable 20 find Tina during
tho day to visit tbs hons beautL
fur displays in thu stores. That
the reason why we arc arranging
for these speeches.
"ws'rs not overlooking the rnen
IN the displaya however. They
viii have ample opportunity to In
spoct them on tho closing niEht Of
the exhibition. Saturday. October
IA when open house. VIII b kept
by all the stores In tho city during
the evening.
"os COURSE thsre1l Be plenty Of
men who'll be able to visit the
displays during tho week. and We
want them to DO assured that
they'll bs perfectly welcome at all
times. But VIC particularly want
to sec them turn out for the
open houses when there will be
special features designed 10 inter
est them.
AFTER all. you know, q man
should be just as much interested
In identifying his homo AZ his wife
he has to live in II, too. And In
sure that round OF visits 70 sh'
exhibits viii convince any man tina
he'll enjoy life more II his homo u
truly beautiful
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
MORE PUPILS
IN SCHOOLS

Enrolment IN Seattle schools Is
higher this year than IN 1922. The
public school attendance Is consider.
ably larger than last year and pri-
vate school proprietors report fan
terms exceeding In numbers those
Of the previous term. A. A. Peterson
manager Of Wilson'S Modern Busi
ness college. reports an enrolment
Of 30 per cent over last year.
Miss Nellie Cornish, Of the Cornish
school. announces that It's enrolment
for tho fall term Is one OF the largest
in the schools history.
Ruth Dcherty has opened schoo
for dancing in the Odd Fellows tenn
pie and reports large classes.
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END MYSTERY
OF DISASTER
Fessel Skelet ton
Is Uncovered in
Shaft Wreckage


JACKSON. Cal. Oct. is-Th,
body OF William Fcssel. the
-s7th MINER Of the Argonant mine
disaster. was being prepared for
burial today.
A crew cleaning out the 1850
level OF tho mine yesterday broke
thru tangled barrier Of tirnbors
and muck and hahind Il saw ~
Inc hleached and white a skeleton
which was identified as that OF
Fcssal
Finding OF the body not only
accounts for all OF the men VITO
we're trapped in the mine by fire
morn than n year axe, but II puts
an end 10 a long series OF strange
stories which have hoen whispered
and some even published.
During the last year Fessel has
been reported alive In half a dozen
towns. hut all tho reports had
proven false. Such maze Of
runor had grown around tho case
that the -sTth miner had become
almost a legend.
The mystery surrounding Fessel
Ind been deepened by the fact that
when the bodies OF the other az
men were found n was discovered
that FeSacl's name and few words
had been burned with a miners
limp on the boards OF the bulk.
head the men had erected In hopes
Of saving their lives.
IL was believed some miner had
attempted TO burn message In
his last moments. on these boards,
telling rescue parties where Fcs.
sci might be found.
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Delegation Will Go
to Missionary Meet

A largo delegation OF Seattle
Methodists win attend the sist an.
nuai meeting Of the women's For
eign Missionary society Of this Meth
od!st Episcopal church at Wslla
WaIia. October 4 to 8.
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LETTERS TO CHIEF SEATTLE

Dear Chief Issue OF tina. N,
was under the @
department = '>1'"
This being third
Official ge,ser for IN. o,
urdor
Jurisdiction Of the sanitation and the con, a,
the therofrom nnt ~,
ave our 80 'N''''
Respectfully. w n PApRrrrru
Supt OF and Seger,
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To Superior Court Judge Calvin S. Hall

Dear sr The
divorce hearings " credit 10 yourself tho bench OF this city
havo watched tho saeous
TO tho OF tho multitude previously
by them want TO congratulate
ana deceney In refusing tho exploit their 10
yearod son as witness That a oommendahio
CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
To the Broadway Tigers

country
and teams would declare themselves lucky they carried
within 30 yards up
material tho
Defeats Of them
cheeruy victories al
Turner their roy
SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
To Frank Fuqua

Dear Frank SO
her traffic probem For tho city Fpni only
hope forget awful the administration
traffic laws In soatte CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
To the Vice Crusaders

Dear Sir; II strikes that vice loud
hurrah and little
elect as chief executive that II
CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
To Clark jackson

Dear STIR Your experiences
admirably ~ position
parmeut Heres hoping make soeAsa "rufss
pArimcut Of real value tho city. CHIEF
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To Hugo Kelley

Dear Iugo hear that have resigned private
Mayor Brown Attic and
wish the Of
far business Henry
g. Dahihy the
my best wishes CHIEF HEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01

Tour Honor Should girls homer
right In IL ns,rssted
and forced 10 i've under
should feei Tres 10 isaYs When for
everyone concerned to vRcats. CHIEF SEATTLE
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To Seattle and Tacoma

Dear Towns where contest dstsrrnins
city send the crowd tho washington
week Go 20 III I'm neutral tho biggest
fair with composition
important events Of tho year CHIEF SEATTLE.
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To the Burckhardt Divorce Principals

Unhappy People;
affairs Of family life
divorce 10 solve within
hearts and minds tho only solution publicity
DO avoided SEATTLE
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To Eastern Washington Republicans

Dear slrs When start auaeng yourselves ala
Al the last congressional primary
sponA That's just what judge Il. Hn democrat did,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01

Dear SIR find that ratified Of
questions fired HIP Friday
That's Prince old my small they
dToyc me aIppy. too CHIEF
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To the Federal Grand Jury


various officials of the IS OH 20 bs
Irregular II remains with tho
work that havo policemen OF Seattle
on your side CHIEF SEATTLE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
Find Body of '47th Miner in Trap
Ieftel;s from
RD|cH|EF cEATTLE


Dear Promotea
nuisance boxing smoke that
hangs tho
aud makes the Aroma or
course the majority OF like to smokebut most OF them realize
that thinga would be comfortable again had smoke
less" smokers. CHIEF SEATTLE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
To the University of Washington

Schools portal. ssooosd
students May the successful enthusiastically
mints,ratiysly. CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
To the Nimrods

Dear Hunsmcn: gun ana t..r n
pointed animal 30 hu
sportsuianike above all things Play fair
CHIEF SEATTLE
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To the Summer Season

Dear Summer Thanks staying you hav,
Autumn at safe dis,anc. o.,
many moons 10 come. CHIEF SEATTLE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-01
To Judge Netcrer

Dear Judge: That fouryear
tor last shows that
lon At that the dealers better
within a short time CHIEF SEATTLE