Evening star., 1923-09-10
TALKS and TALES
With and about
CAPITALS GUESTS

to head the @. o. p. ticket in the
coming campaign already recorded
there Is nothing now to prevent
nominations being closed and the
choice of the Massachusetts states
man made unanimous.
Jubflantly happy over a wonder
J fully successful season, the big chief
of the American League OF base ball
clubs sat In his rooms at the Hotel
! Washington and let go veritabie
barrage of Mandatory remarks on the
sterling qualities of the present oc-
cupant of the White House. and
seemed most confident that the
/ thirtieth President of these United
States would encounter little oppo-
sition for the nomination to succeed
himself as leader of the republican
| party.
Everywhere co." said Ban E..
"and you know / travel. / find moth
ing but satisfaction over the way
/ President Coolidge is handing the
affairs of the nation. We in chicago
are back OF him strong, and now
that the coal strike has been settled
Illinois republicans feel his nomina-
i tion assured The Prairfes state Will
! be one of the first to swing in behind
Massachusetts, as soon as his name
| is presented"
Mr. johnson is IN town on matters
pertaining to the bill in Congress
which calls for the acceptance by the
government of the 100000 memorial
to base ball offered by the American
! League, and which if accepted VIII
grace East Potomac Park. The Dill
passed the Senate at the last session
/ but owing to the crowded calendar
| failed to come UP in the House before
/ adjournment
| Work on the monument is going
right ahead, the design having passed
the Fine Arts Commission and is now
being considered by the sculptors'
commission which was appointed TO
decide on a suitable shaft.
| The league head seemed rather dis
| appointed that both pennants would
likely go to New York once more and
said he would be more satisfied If the
west had ed in the 1928 world
series. He was emphatic in his opin-
lion that Detroit is the greatest. base
ball city in America, New York. Chi
cago and other large centers notwith-
standing.
He had just started to say that he
thought Dempsey would slip the X. o.
to the Wild Bull of the Pampas when
the phone rang and his old friend
Postmaster Bill" Mooney announced
he was ready to go to luncheon.
As Massachusetts, has been referred
to 1t might be in order TO fash an
expression of opinion as to how Bay
state folks regard their presidential
i'son, given by Robert j. Bottomly.
prominent Boston lawyer, member Of
the executive committee of the re-
publican state committee and intimate
friend Of the Chief Executive, who is
stopping at the Hotel Arlington while
IN the city on business with the de-
partments. ..
1T is superhuous to say that Massa-
Icnusetts will go 10 the next repubii-
can convention 100 per cent strong
Tor the nomination Of President Coo
iHoBe. Our people know their old gov
ernor sosweil and are so pleased that
the rest OF the country is fast becon1-
ing acquainted with his methods that
it is hard for them to figure any on
position 10 his nomination to succeed
himSeir. OF course, they with the
rest OF the country, were highly
eiaIeo with the settlement of the coal
iStrlke. but to be perfectly frank. thew
looked for little else than an amicabIe
arrangement, as they all know Cal
ana ms record as strikebreaker."
Mr. Bottomly said further that New
66ngiand Ielt confident that with
TreSioent Coolidge at the helm the re
publican party would sweep the coun
Try at the coming election.
heferrlng to conditions in Massa
cnusetts generally, the Bosten attor-
ney said that while the textile In
dustry had seen better. wears tb;rs,,
were picking up and that IL wouId iSiia5 "a
be long before oId-tfme prosperity
VIII prevail once more
And back to the Dempsey -Firpo
nght Just long enough to announce
that the entire New York Amer;n.T
base ball team is of the opinion tbat
| rafting Jaques" will be chaneinr
ms togs when helpers are taking the
south American from the ring.
Running into Babe Ruth and his
| teammates just as they were rushing
from the Raleigh Hotel TO catch
train for New York after winding nm
the season here the BRmbino waved
ms mighty wallpapers" when asked
who he fancied. and shouted Lack
VIII XIII him. How aoout it, Whitley p
s nnu tne tow-headed Witt nodded r.
dltto. Put us ali down as favorinK
dempsey TO win cried back tho hi
feilow as his car dashed away.
Cincinnati may be an inland CITY
and her base ball team might NOT.
quite class with the New YorE
JOINTS but when it comes to pro
I gressive young women bank EMPLOYEES
she is In class by herself.
seemingly as fresh as when about
4 ios 10 start i, a long trip instead of end
to the desk at the Arlington Hotei
registered, and then straightwsy-
proceeded to inspect the points of
'ntsPest Tbes in aan and about the city.
ney We're: Viola Agnes, chaper-
4
and Ada Wonder Haar all connected
| with the Western Bank and .Trnst.
Company of Porkopolis, and were ON
the hrst leg of a vacation journey
mat VIII take them to Norfolk. va. :;
New York city. Buffalo, Niagara
Fails and home again.
II rs the custom of our bank to
allow all its employees two weeks
VaSAtion, and our president, Fred
erN& Hertenstein, is ALWAYS desirons
that we travel, not alone for pleasure
put to visit other financial institu-
tions, inspect their systems. and if
any worthwhile benefits for women
Workers are discovered to report such
| 10 MIN for discussion at board meet
lngs. explained Miss Agnes, as her.
three pretty companions fretted at
the delay. o.
The young women will remain IN
town until. Wednesdays during which
time they will spend a portion ne
their time looking over local bank
ing houses.
So intent are certain political Iaad.
ers IN the philippines to gain abso-
iute independence that they flare nm
at the slightest provocatfou to fnr-
I ther their movement and embaras :
as much as possible Gov. Gen. Wood
and his administration. At least. tha /
Is the opinion of Mrs. C. F. MoelIch
of Manila, wife of the general agent
in the far east OF the Wrirlev Cam
pany, who with her daughter Mar
saret is making an extended etav
at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Il was on the Pacific when the re-
cent furry, which resulted in the
resignation of the entire cabinet. er :
|, CURED, but there was an undercur-
, rent or dlscontent quite noticeable
before J. left" said Mrs. Moeiich as
she looked down on the bsthers .'To
! my way of thinking the Filfpinos are
far from capable OF governing them