Evening star., 1923-10-17
TALKS and TALES
With and A6out
CAPITALS GUESTS

If present crowded conditions OF
Washington hotels. especially those In
the downtown section of the city, may
! be taken as a forecast OF what 70 to
be expected when Congress conveues
and things really get under way. a
tremendous outpouring of transients
will pay their respects to the Heart
of the Nation during the next eight
months.
With but two medium sized conven-
tions In session and only fairly good
representation from the Amalgamated
Order of Race Horse Followers in the
city. rooms at several hotels have
been at a premium for the last three
nights. Luckily, however, this situa-
tion is of benefit to all ftrst-class
houses. as folks must have a place to
lay their heads. and as the best OF
cooperation exists between the man
agements of all local hotels what is
loss to one is gain to the other.
AT the New Willard Hotel, where
the annual meeting of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology is in seS-
sion, one could not turn without con-
fronting an eye doctor. Representa-
ttves from every section of the eoun-
try are I'm attendance, and DR.. T f.
of the organization, who is stopping
at the house, was one busy party
through the day. I'VE look for this
10 be one of the most successful
heidi said the genial westerner as he
rushed to the small ballroom, wnere
most of the lectures and demonstFa-
tions are being conducted A COM
plete line of instruments and appa.
ratus is being exhibited on the first
floor.
If by any chance you ever dream OF
i I, f1f fSTp
elephants don't go into Mysteries and
imagine you are crazy, for such could
happen if you were out in the SUDAN,
Central Africa. where. according 70
New York. who Is at the Hotel Wash
ington there are more than $4,000 wild
elephants, and 1t is not an tnfrequent
sight to see herds numbering more
than 1000 tripping along like SO many
cattle.
Pedestrians must have their trou-
Bile crossing intersections. Mr.. Wehr~
hane?" was innocently suggested.
hunter. that it is just as well for them
to keep off the thoroughfares."
Mr.. Wehrhane is on an extended
motor trip after six months hunting
ports game plentiful OF course not
of the same type as that found in
! Africa and Asia. but sufficiently ag-
gressive to make worthwhile sport
Africa last year the globe-trotting
sportsman brought back to the Bronx
Zoo. New York, and the Museum OF
Natural History more than It's differ
| ent birds, included among which were
| five splendid specimens of the addra,
otherwise known as the desert gazelle.
These latter birds are to be found only
| in two small spots of the desert, are
| difficult to get, and those brought back
| to America are the first seen in this
country.
| Mr.. Wehrhane has spent much time
| in China, and considers it the most
| day. Il think China will get down
| TO business and pull together now,
\ continued the traveller. There are
huge undeveloped resources in the
Americans who are not taking ad-
| vantage of some wonderful oppor-
tunities / can hardly wait to get
| back there" And so saying the ruddy-
checked hunter hoped into his car.
A return to the hotel lobby was
made just in time to see Mrs. Thomas
A. Edison, wife of the wizard
q meeting OF officers OF the Daughters
| of the American Revolution. The good
lady was too busy TO say more than
i"I never felt better, but am very
much occupied right now
II have just crossed the continent
and have heard nothing but the most
complimentary remarks about Presi-
tion.' said George E. Sevey, well
! known Chicago attorney, as he reg
! istered at the Hotel Shoreham.
| Everywhere / went the general SEN
! timent seemed TO be that the affairs
| OF the country were in mighty safe
| hands"
| Mr.. Sevey is convinced that the peo-
pie of the middle west are enjoying
/ NNAA rhA
| than those in the east and far west
! and northwest. "All other reports
| to the contrary, We. in that section.
are playing it safe on unprecedented
! conditions. while the rest of the
world goes by
Birds Of a feather! Positively refus-
ing to leave the Arlington Hotel until
| his friend and fellow territorial gov
ernor had called 10 take him to the
| station. Notwithstanding he risked
missing his train, Gov. Scott c. Bone
! of Alaska, waited patiently for tho
arrival of Gov. Wallace r. Earring
! ton of Hawaii, and chatted most opti-
mtstically on the outcome of the con-
| ference of governors to be held for
| two days at West Baden. Ind,
whittier the two executives were
| bound.
Smiling his broadest Gov. Earring
| ton finally hove in sight, greetings
! were exchanged. the driver was in
/ structed to hurry, and just like that
the two cronies were out of sight.
| They will return Saturday morning
and after luncheon with the Presi-
dent will join the conference of gov
| ernors here to discuss the enforce
| ment act.
! Following an extended trip through
| New England and the middle west,
where at Cleveland he attended the
| national convention of druggists. I.
| Johnson. manufacturers OF surgical
! dressings, of New Brunswick, ". j.,
registered at the New Hotel Hamii-
| ton, and was most emphatic in his
opinion that President Coolidge viii
have little or no opposition for the
nomination to succeed himself
"You hear 1t at every turn" said
Mr. Jones. New England will back
him to a man, Ohio is strong for him,
as is New Jersey, while New York.
Illinois and Indiana are fast drifting
that way. Personally / think he will
be nominated by acclamation." And
so saying the bandage man went to
his rooms
And here's another one for William
Gibbs McaAdoo, or, that is. with quail
fications, for according to o. r.
Crosby of Warrenton. Va. who is
stopping at the Hotel La Fayette, the
democrats Ine OId Will
support the former Secretary of the
Treasury for the presidential nomi-
nation, provided Senator Carter Glass
is not in the running.
Mr.. Crosby is a close personal friend
of the former official, ard served as
assistant Secretary of the Treasury
under his administration. He went
TO Europe to preside at the meetings
of the interallied council of war
finance, representing the President
and Secretary of the Treasury.
The financier was most pessimistic
over the outlook in Germany and said