The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18

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prospect, but she, too, il looking
forward to the joys of the spring
season in Washington.
Mrs. Selden p. Spencer 10 an
other Senatorial woman who is
Joying in the prospect OF spring.
with no official duties on her
mind and only the pleasant infors
NAL festivities Of the little sea.
son." She has not been well, as
I may have told you, so is taking
things in a very leisurely fashious
and that is one reason why She
will not accompany Senator Spens
Ger on the trip to Europe which
he has in mind-if he gets Off.
Again one runs afoul of plana
which are not yet completely for
mulated.
WHO is going and where? Well
1t develops that the ''supef
junket which Secretary Of WaH
Weelksais. organizing is headed
for Alaska instead Of Hawaif9 as
was originally stated. A Con-
gressionaI party, including men
bers of the Appropriations Coms
mittees Of the Senate and the
House, will sail on the st. Mihiel
on April Is. going through the
Panama canal and as far North
as st. Michael, Alaska. The pur.
pose of the trip is to inspect the
Notifications under the jurisdic-
ton Of the army and frequent
stops viii be made along the, way.
The members are privileged to
take. their wives with them il
they like-and presumably they
win like.
The only limit to the number
of the party is the first-class &C.
conmodation space on the st.
Mihiel, which will take care Of
some 120 persons, comfortably
To those who are wont to howl
at the expense of Congressional
junkets, be it known that, al
though the Congressional tourists
will be charged only the 81 per
day customary on army trans
ports, the ST. Mihiel will carry
enough freight to pay for the
trip. The tourists will be de-
barked at Seattle-with no car
fare home.
The Naval Affairs Committees
of both the Senate and the House
are bound for Panama to witness
the naval manuever, sailing on
the Henderson which is begin
ming to be known as the "junket
transport. Secretary DENLY, OF
the Navy, will be the bright
particular star of this cruise. .
No, as I understand it, there
are to be no ladies on this party,
but I have heard that q number
of the Congressmen's families are
making plans to take a trip to
the West Indies on the ChristobaB
putting in at Panama about the
time the Henderson reaches there.
There'l be a lot of parties, Of
course, wherever the Henderson
with it's important freight ties up;
and the ladies naturally don't
want to miss 'em all. I believe
that Mrs. Hart Fem, of Connects
cut, is among the ladies planning
to take this trip.
H E N, of course, the Atlee
Pomerenes and the Frank B.
Kelloggs, to return to the '1amc
ducks" are sailing for Chile on
March 6 with the American
delegation to the Pan American
Congress. Senator and Mrs. Kel-
logg had planned a trip to South
America long before the Senator
was appointed to our conferences
delegation; and while, Of course,
they will be detained in Chile
most Of the time, they hope to see
something Of that part of the
world. They are arranging to Z
take the famous trip across the !
Andes and the great expanse Of I
Brazil, at all events, and win !
sail from Rio de Janeiro Tor \
home. They must be hack in this /
country by the early days Of May. 1
however, as Senator Kellogg has 4